| Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth date | 8 June 1975 (age 51) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth place | Sarasota, Florida, United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current series | United SportsCar Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
| Racing licence | FIA Gold | ||||||||||||||||||
| First year | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Action Express Racing | ||||||||||||||||||
| Car number | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Engine | Cadillac 6.2 L V8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 1st (Chevrolet Sports Car Classic[2]) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Championships | 1 (in 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Codriver | Dane Cameron | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prev series | Rolex Sports Car Series
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Eric Curran (born June 8, 1975[3]) is an American race car driver who competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Action Express Racing with co-driver Felipe Nasr. Curran and previous co-driver Dane Cameron won their first race together, the Chevrolet SportsCar Classic, in the Whelen Engineering Team Fox Corvette DP on May 30, 2015.[2] He has three wins and four poles in the Rolex Sports Car Series. Curran joined Whelen motorsports in 2007. Curran won the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2018.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
Nationwide Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Nationwide Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NNSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2012 | NDS Motorsports | 53 | Dodge | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN 34 | CGV 37 | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 85th | 17 | [4] | ||
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
| Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
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| 1999 | Mid-Ohio | Chevrolet Camaro | Chevrolet | A Sedan | 1 | 5 | Running |
| 2010 | Road America | Chevrolet Camaro | Chevrolet | A Sedan | DSQ | 6 | Disqualified |
24 Hours of Daytona results
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
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| 2014 | Marsh Racing | P | Coyote Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 10 | SEB 12 | LBH 10 | LGA 6 | DET 10 | WGL 6 | MSP DNS | IMS 11 | ELK 5 | COA 8 | PET 5 | 13th | 175 |
| 2015 | Action Express Racing | P | Coyote Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 4 | SEB 5 | LBH 4 | LGA 5 | DET 1 | WGL 4 | MSP 2 | ELK 1 | COA 5 | PET 3 | 3rd | 304 | |
| 2016 | Action Express Racing | P | Coyote Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 6 | SEB 2 | LBH 3 | LGA 3 | DET 6 | WGL 2 | MSP 1 | ELK 1 | COA 2 | PET 4 | 1st | 314 | |
| 2017 | Whelen Engineering Racing | P | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 6.2 L V8 | DAY 6 | SEB 3 | LBH 8 | COA 2 | DET 2 | WGL 101 | MOS 1 | ELK 4 | LGA 2 | PET 2 | 2nd | 291 | |
| 2018 | Whelen Engineering Racing | P | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY 2 | SEB 3 | LBH 7 | MOH 8 | DET 1 | WGL 7 | MSP 3 | ELK 3 | LGA 5 | PET 8 | 1st | 277 | |
| 2019 | Whelen Engineering Racing | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY 2 | SEB 1 | LBH | MOH | DET | WGL 7 | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET 1 | 13th | 126 | |
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- 1 – Relegated to last in class for violation of minimum drive time requirements.
References
- ^ "Eric Curran"
- ^ "2015 TUDOR Championship Detroit Official Results". Archived from the original on 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
- ^ J.C. Watson. "Eric Curran #31 Racing, Official Website". Archived from the original on 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ^ "Eric Curran – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ^ "Eric Curran Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved October 26, 2023.