Eric_Lux_(racing_driver)

Eric Lux (racing driver)

American racing driver

Eric Lux was one of the first 16-year-old drivers to finish the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, and the youngest winner in the Rolex Sports Car Series.^[1] Eric is an American businessman and race car driver. He continues to race part-time at a professional level in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship. In 2022, Eric and teammates Pato O'Ward, Colton Herta, and Devlin DeFrancesco won the 60th Anniversary of the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona in the Le Mans Prototype 2 category for DragonSpeed.

Quick Facts Nationality, Born ...

Eric Lux
Nationality	American
Born	(1988-03-22) March 22, 1988 (age 36) Buffalo, New York
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career
Current team	DragonSpeed
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Starts	136
Championships	1
Wins	10
Podiums	29
Poles	6
Previous series
American Le Mans Series Rolex Sports Car Series
Awards
IMSA Rookie of The Year

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

•136 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.

•Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona LMP2 IMSA Winner 2022.

•10 Wins in IMSA, WEC, ALMS, SRO & Rolex Sports Car Series.

•29 Podium finishes in IMSA, WEC, ALMS, SRO & Rolex Sports Car Series.

•52 Top-5 finishes in IMSA, WEC, ALMS, SRO & Rolex Sports Car Series.

•67 Top-10 finishes in IMSA, WEC, ALMS, SRO & Rolex Sports Car Series.

•24 Hours of Le Mans, 1 start, best result 10th.

•24 Hours of Daytona, 14 starts, best results 1st and 3rd.

•6 Hours of Watkins Glen, 9 starts, best results 1st and 3rd.

•10 Hours of Petit Le Mans, 4 starts, best result 2nd.

•12 Hours of Sebring, 5 starts, best results 3rd twice.

•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 in 2005.

•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

More information Year, Team ...

Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2008	Eddie Sharp Racing	22	Toyota	GRE	IOW	SBO	GLN	NHA	TMP 23	NSH	ADI	LRP	MFD 11	NHA	DOV	STA	45th	224	^[2]

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Results

More information Year, Entrant ...

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2014	Starworks Motorsport	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	DAY 5											26th	51
2014	8 Star Motorsports	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8		SEB 5	LGA	KAN 3	WGL 10	IMS	ELK 7	VIR	AUS	ATL		26th	51
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	WGL	WGL	ELK	LGA	ATL					11th	322
2022	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY 1†	SEB	LGA	MDO	WGL	ELK	PET					NC†	0†
2023	Rick Ware Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 6†	SEB 7	MON 5	WGL 9	ELK	IMS	PET					17th	770
2024	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY	SEB	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	ATL

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

24 Hours of Daytona results

More information Year, Team ...

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
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

More information Year, Team ...

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2013	Greaves Motorsport	Alexander Rossi Tom Kimber-Smith	Zytek Z11SN-Nissan	LMP2	307	23rd	10th

References

[1]
Eric Lux, 16-year old Buffalo boy, could be youngest driver ever to finish Rolex
[2]
"Driver Eric Lux 2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-02-04.

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