Eric Lux (racing driver)
Eric Lux | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Williamsville, New York | March 22, 1988
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career | |
Current team | DragonSpeed Racing |
Eric Lux was one of the first 16-year-old drivers to finish the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, and the youngest winner of a Rolex Sports Car Series.[1] He continues to race part-time at a professional level typically in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship. Eric is the owner of several Buffalo, New York based businesses including Rembrandt Charms, Rembrandt Quality Manufacturing, RQA Services LLC, as well as NUCO Manufacturing which is based in Scarborough, Ontario.
2005-2011 Rolex Sports Car Series.
2008-2008 NASCAR Camping World Series.
2010-2013 IMSA American Le Mans Series.
2013-2013 FIA World Endurance Championship.
2014-2014 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
2015-2015 SRO GT World Challenge Series.
2017-2019 SRO GT World Challenge Series.
2018-Present IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Motorsports Career[]
•130 Professional Race Starts.
•1st Place Driver’s Championship - IMSA.
•Top-3 Driver’s Championship 2x - IMSA.
•Top-5 Driver’s Championships 2x - IMSA.
•Rookie of The Year - IMSA.
•62 Top-10 finishes in IMSA, WEC, ALMS, SRO & Rolex Sports Car Series.
•51 Top-5 finishes in IMSA, WEC, ALMS, SRO & Rolex Sports Car Series.
•28 Podium finishes in IMSA, WEC, ALMS, SRO & Rolex Sports Car Series.
•9 Wins in IMSA, WEC, ALMS, SRO & Rolex Sports Car Series.
•24 Hours of Le Mans, 1 start, best result 10th.
•24 Hours of Daytona, 11 starts, best result 3rd.
•6 Hours of Watkins Glen, 8 starts, best result 1st and 3rd.
•10 Hours of Petit Le Mans, 4 starts, best result 2nd.
•12 Hours of Sebring, 4 starts, best result two 3rds.
•12 Hours of Bathurst, 2 starts, best result 5th.
•6 Hours of Shanghai, 1 start, best result 5th.
•24 Hours of Dubai, 1 start, best result 5th.
•One of the first 16-year-old drivers to compete & finish the 24 Hours of Daytona.
•Youngest Grand-Am Cup GS Winner during 2006 Daytona 200.
•Has raced over 50 different GT, prototype and stockcars since 2004.
•Has raced with over 30 different racing teams since 2004.
•Youngest licensed racing driver in the United States in 2003 at 14 years old.
•Multiple regional and national karting championships and wins including in the World Karting Association.
NASCAR[]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Camping World Series[]
Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref |
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2008 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 22 | Toyota | GRE | IOW | SBO | GLN | NHA | TMP 23 |
NSH | LRP | MFD 11 |
NHA | DOV | STA | 45th | 224 | [2] |
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Results[]
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
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2014 | Starworks Motorsport | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | DAY 5 |
26th | 51 | ||||||||||
8 Star Motorsports | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | SEB
5 |
LGA | KAN
3 |
WGL
10 |
IMS | ELK
7 |
VIR | AUS | ATL | |||||
2018 | BAR1 Motorsports | P | Riley Mk. 30 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 14 |
SEB | LBH | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 59th | 17 | |
2019 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY | SEB | MOH
1 |
WGL
1 |
MOS | ELK | LGA | ATL | 7th | 70 | |||
2020 | Precision Performance Motorsports | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY
15 |
DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | ATL | MOH | CLT | ATL | LGA | SEB | 58th | 16 |
2021 | DragonSpeed USA | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson Technology GK428 V8 | DAY
3 |
SEB | BEL | WGL | ELK | LGA | ATL | *11th | *322 |
* Season still in progress.
24 Hours of Daytona results[]
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2005 | Team Sahlen | Ronald Zitza Bradley Blum Wes Allen Victor Gonzalez Jr. |
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | GT | 637 | 21st | 9th |
2006 | Tafel Racing | Andrew Davis Charles Espenlaub Jim Tafel Michael Cawley |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | GT | 634 | 25th | 12th |
2007 | Tafel Racing | Wolf Henzler Dominik Farnbacher Jim Tafel |
Riley Mk Xl | GT | 544 | 39th | 20th |
2008 | Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing | Leh Keen Sascha Maassen Wolf Henzler Jörg Bergmeister |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | GT | 580 | 33rd | 19th |
2009 | Farnbacher Loles Racing | Dominik Farnbacher Matthew Marsh Kevin Roush |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | GT | 688 | 13th | 5th |
2010 | JLowe Racing | Jim Lowe Jim Pace Tim Sugden James Walker |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | GT | 100 | 42nd | 27th |
2011 | Bullet Racing | Darryl O'Young James Walker Brian Wong |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | GT | 328 | 41st | 25th |
2014 | Starworks Motorsport | Renger van der Zande Sam Bird Mirco Schultis |
Oreca FLM09 | PC | 659 | 24th | 5th |
2018 | BAR1 Motorsports | Marc Drumwright Brendan Gaughan Alex Popow |
Riley Mk. 30 | P | 642 | 42nd | 14th |
2020 | Precision Performance Motorsports | Brandon Gdovic Johnathan Hoggard Mark Kvamme |
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | GTD | 608 | 34th | 15th |
2021 | DragonSpeed USA | Devlin DeFrancesco Christopher Mies Fabian Schiller |
Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 783 | 9th | 3rd |
24 Hours of Le Mans Result[]
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2013 | Greaves Motorsport | Alexander Rossi Tom Kimber-Smith |
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 307 | 23rd | 10th |
References[]
- ^ Eric Lux, 16-year old Buffalo boy, could be youngest driver ever to finish Rolex
- ^ "Driver Eric Lux 2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- 1988 births
- American Le Mans Series drivers
- Living people
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- 24H Series drivers