Ed Brown (racing driver)
American racing driver
Ed Brown (born 1963) is an American businessman and retired race car driver who last competed in the United SportsCar Championship.
Racing career
He was the overall winner at the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona and the 2016 12 Hours of Sebring, both for Tequila Patrón ESM.[1][2]
Brown also competed in the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans.[3]
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2015 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ligier JS P2-Honda | LMP2 | 339 | 15th | 7th |
2016 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ligier JS P2-Nissan | LMP2 | 341 | 16th | 10th |
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 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | P | HPD ARX-03b | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo | DAY 7 | SEB 5 | LBH 7 | LS 1 | DET 7 | WGL 11 | MSP 7 | IMS 7 | ELK 8 | COA 4 | PET | 8th | 262 |
2015 | Tequila Patrón ESM | P | HPD ARX-04b 1 HPD ARX-03b 2 | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo | DAY 14 | SEB 8 | LBH | LS | DET | WGL | MSP | ELK | COA | PET | 22nd | 42 | |
2016 | Tequila Patrón ESM | P | Ligier JS P2 | Honda HR35TT 3.5 L V6 Turbo | DAY 1 | SEB 1 | LBH | LS | DET | WGL | MSP | ELK | COA | PET | 19th | 72 | |
2017 | Tequila Patrón ESM | P | Nissan Onroak DPi | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 | DAY 7 | SEB 10 | LBH 9 | COA 5 | DET 7 | WGL | MSP | ELK | LS | PET | 14th | 117 |
Business career
Brown was president and CEO of Patrón Spirits Company, and founder of Extreme Speed Motorsports, the racing team for whom he drove. ESM was sponsored by Patrón.[4]
References
- ^ "Honda, Ligier, ESM win Rolex 24 at Daytona". Autoweek.com. 2016-01-31. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ AP (2016-03-20). "Tequila Patron ESM wins 12 Hours of Sebring". Usatoday.com. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ Matt (2016-06-13). "24 Hours of Le Mans Preview: Tequila Patrón ESM". Nasportscar.com. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ "Patron Spirits CEO Ed Brown Doubles As Company's Car Racing Champion". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
External links
- Ed Brown driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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Winners of the 24 Hours of Daytona
- run as the Daytona 3 Hour Continental (1962–63)
- Daytona 2000 (1964–65)
- 6 Hours of Daytona (1972)
- 24 Hours of Daytona (1966–71 / 1973 / 1975–present)
- Peter Gregg
- Pedro Rodríguez
- Rolf Stommelen
- Bob Wollek
- João Barbosa
- Derek Bell
- Hélio Castroneves
- Scott Dixon
- Christian Fittipaldi
- Butch Leitzinger
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Brian Redman
- Memo Rojas
- Andy Wallace
- Allmendinger
- Alonso
- Amon
- J. Andretti
- Ma. Andretti
- Ballot-Léna
- Bandini
- Barber
- Beretta
- Bergmeister
- Bernhard
- Boesel
- Bouchut
- Bourdais
- Boutsen
- Braun
- Briscoe
- Brown
- Brundle
- Buckler
- Cameron
- Campbell
- Collard
- Dalziel
- Derani
- Dismore
- D. Donohue
- M. Donohue
- Dupuy
- Durán
- Duxbury
- Dyson
- Elford
- Fellows
- Field
- Fitzpatrick
- Franchitti
- Fréon
- García
- Garretson
- Gentilozzi
- Gordon
- Graves
- Gurney
- Hand
- Hasemi
- Helmick
- Henn
- Herrmann
- Hezemans
- Hill
- Hoshino
- Ickx
- Jarvis
- Jelinski
- Joest
- D. Jones
- P. J. Jones
- Kanaan
- Kimball
- Kinnunen
- Kneifel
- Krages
- Larson
- Lässig
- Lavaggi
- Law
- Lienhard
- Luyendyk
- Martin
- McMurray
- Mears
- Merl
- Millen
- Moran
- Moretti
- Nasr
- Neerpasch
- Negri
- Newgarden
- Nielsen
- O'Connell
- Oliver
- Ongais
- Pace
- Papis
- C. Parsons
- Paul Sr.
- Pescarolo
- Pew
- Pilgrim
- B. Rahal
- G. Rahal
- Rice
- Robinson
- Rockenfeller
- Rossi
- Schneider
- Schrom
- Siffert
- Suzuki
- Unser Sr.
- Van der Merwe
- Van Overbeek
- Weaver
- Wendlinger
- Werner
- Wheldon
- Wilson