| Owner(s) | Ted Marsh Linda Marsh |
|---|---|
| Series | K&N Pro Series East |
| Race drivers | 31. |
Marsh Racing is an American professionalstock car racing team that currently competing in theNASCARK&N Pro Series East. The team is owned byTed Marsh, a longtime Chevrolet team sporting the No. 31 with backing fromWhelen Engineering. His current Rolex Series drivers include Boris Said and Eric Curran; his former NASCAR drivers included veteransSteve Park andRichard Childress Racing development driverPeyton Sellers.
Marsh Racing began competing in theBusch Series in 1998 withTed Christopher competing in three races for the team. Driving the No. 13Whelen Engineering Chevrolet, Christopher posted a best finish of 10th atNazareth. In 1999, the team attempted 12 races, again withTed Christopher driving the car. The team would make five races and post a best finish of 8th atNazareth.
For the 2000 season, Marsh Racing selectedSteve Park as the team's driver andWhelen Engineering returned as the sponsor for a limited schedule with the newly renumbered No. 31 car. Park put the car in the field nine of the fourteen events the team attempted and gave the team a new top finish when he placed 6th atRichmond. He also gave the team three top ten starts and a best start of second atRichmond.
Park returned to the team in 2001 and made all seven on the team's attempts. He posted five top ten finishes including a fourth atBristol. The team almost managed two top ten starts with a third place start atNew Hampshire. In September 2001, while Steve Park was driving the car he suffered a moderate concussion and was unable to race.Andy Santerre took over the car for the final three races of the limited schedule for the season, however mechanical failures plagued each race.
For the 2002 seasonDavid Green,Tim Fedewa, andDave Blaney drove the car at different points throughout the season. The team posted a best finish of 14th atBristol with Fedewa driving. Unfortunately, the team suffered through four mechanical failures and three crashes throughout the season.Dave Blaney returned to the car for the 2003 season after working with the team late in the 2002 season.
The team also switched toFord fromChevrolet partway the 2003 season, with Blaney bringing support fromJasper Motorsports, the team he was driving for in Winston Cup at the time. Competing in ten events he managed six top 15 finishes with a best finish of 9th atRichmond. His best start during the season was a 4th atChicagoland.
In 2004, the team again started the year withDave Blaney driving the No. 31Whelen Engineering Ford, however after three races he was replaced withTodd Bodine. Bodine would give the car its best finish of the season when he finished 5th atHomestead-Miami, however the team only managed three top 20 finishes out of the eight races Marsh Racing competed in.
Dave Blaney returned the No. 31 team in 2005 and brought support fromRichard Childress Racing as they switched back toChevrolet. The team's best finish of the season came atDover when Blaney finished 12th and the best start of the season came atRichmond where the team started 7th.
For the 2006 season it was announced thatSteve Park would return to Marsh Racing and drive the car in ten races.Peyton Sellers made hisBusch Series debut atNew Hampshire with the No. 31 team and made another start atMemphis Motorsports Park.
In early 2008,Turner Motorsports Development driver James Buescher was driving at select races. James qualified 18th, and finished 20th at the US Cellular 200 in Newton, Iowa. Then came the Camping World East Series 125 At The Glen at Watkins Glen. They qualified 20th, but due to engine trouble, had to withdraw from the event.
Next came a new driver for the #31 team, Eric Curran.
Curran has a long history of racing all types of vehicles, but more recently he has been driving Speed Touring and Speed World Challenge GT cars. In 2007, he finished 5th in Speed Touring points, and won four races in the #30 Speed World Challenge GT Corvette (built and maintained by Marsh Racing). In 2008, Curran finished 18th in Speed Touring (only racing 3 races), while finishing in the top 10 in points in the #30 World GT car (a full 10 race schedule).
Curran's Camping World East Series debut was a success with the Marsh Racing Team. He competed at the Mohegan Sun NASCAR Camping World Series 200 at Limerock Park in Lakeville, CT. Due qualifying being rained out, Curran had to start 26th based on team points. He fought his way up through the field to eventually lead by lap 21. After 82 laps, Curran finished in 6th place, a positive performance considering it was his first time in this type of car.
Ted Christopher got a chance to hop back in the car for the team's final race of the season at the Carquest Fall Final at Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford Springs, CT.
The Marsh team ran the 2009 season in World Challenge GT, and also looking for a full-time sponsor for the NASCAR Camping World Series East car.
Marsh Racing debuted in the Rolex Series GT class in 2010 at Barber Motorsports Park, with Said and Curran in the No. 31 Corvette. The pair finished 16th in their initial outing. After several months of development, Said earned the pole position atCircuit Gilles Villeneuve, and he and Curran finished ninth. Curran won the pole for the next race, the season finale atMiller Motorsports Park, but mechanical problems forced a 17th-place result. The team finished 15th in points.
Marsh Racing stepped up to the Prototype class for the 2014 season, fielding a Corvette DP forEric Curran andBoris Said. They finished 41st overall in the2014 24 Hours of Daytona.