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🇺🇸 Erik Darnell

Racing driver from United States. NASCAR Truck.
Driver facts
Full name
Erik Darnell
Born
2 December 1982(b. 1982)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Series
NASCAR Truck
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
54
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
4,115
Erik Darnell
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,115
Rank 3069 of 38,983 indexed, -37 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Erik Darnell is a racing driver from United States who last raced in NASCAR Truck. Darnell has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 54 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,115 ranks Darnell 3069th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2021 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2021-05-07NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at DarlingtonNASCAR TruckP17+40
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+150Darlington 2009NASCAR XfinityP4
+122Milwaukee 2009NASCAR XfinityP4
+105Richmond 2009NASCAR XfinityP12
+99Loudon 2009NASCAR XfinityP9
+96Nashville 2009NASCAR XfinityP9
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Richmond5 starts+11
Struggles
Charlotte4 starts-10
Dover4 starts-2
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2021▸NASCAR Truck100000P34+404,152
2012▸NASCAR XfinityThe Motorsports Group3100000P35−4084,111
2011▸NASCAR XfinityKey Motorsports100000P36−1274,519
2010▸NASCAR XfinityRoush Fenway Racing400100P44−114,646
2009▸NASCAR XfinityRoush Fenway Racing1600010P21+5754,657
2008▸NASCAR XfinityRoush Fenway Racing100000P38+2,7334,083
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Darnell finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Mike Bliss3,44753153828%
🇺🇸 Justin Allgaier5,76652104219%
🇺🇸 Michael Annett4,63452143827%
🇺🇸 Eric McClure3,74046262057%
🇺🇸 Mike WallaceFIA Bronze4,11245172838%
🇺🇸 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.5,5574263614%
🇺🇸 Joseph Joe Frank Nemechek III3,24942162638%
🇺🇸 Brad Keselowski5,9944153612%
🇺🇸 Kyle BuschFIA Platinum5,985412395%
🇺🇸 Jeremy Clements4,22840152538%
🇺🇸 Denny HamlinHigher-rated, 1× champion7,3811531220%
🇺🇸 Ryan BlaneyHigher-rated7,083131128%
🇺🇸 Corey HeimFIA Silver, 3× champion6,417110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
3,059🇦🇪 Adam Al AzhariBritish F44,117
3,060🇫🇷 Alexey VasilievFIA GT Championship4,117
3,061🇫🇷 Fabien MichalAsian Le Mans Series4,117
3,062🇫🇷 Gael JULIENRoad to Le Mans4,117
3,063🇧🇪 Hans-Jörg HöferFIA GT Championship4,117
3,064🇩🇪 Tim HeinemannNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,117
3,065🇷🇺 Denis BulatovGT World Challenge Europe4,116
3,066🇺🇸 Giano TaurinoLamborghini Super Trofeo NA4,116
3,067🇺🇸 Jason DaskalosGT World Challenge America4,116
3,068🇬🇧 Timothy CRESWICKEuropean Le Mans Series4,116
3,069🇺🇸 Erik DarnellNASCAR Truck4,115
3,070🇧🇪 Lorens LecertuaGT World Challenge Europe4,115
3,071🇵🇹 Thierry PerrierNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,115
3,072🇺🇸 Andrew PattersonNASCAR Xfinity4,114
3,073🇺🇸 Gavan BoscheleARCA Menards Series4,114
3,074🇨🇭 Patrik KaiserNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,114
3,075🇲🇽 Santiago CreelTCR World Tour4,114
3,076🇵🇹 Stefano GattusoWEC4,114
3,077🇨🇦 Dalton KellettIndyCar4,113
3,078🇩🇪 Ernst PalmbergerFIA GT Championship4,113
3,079🇺🇸 Jonathon FogartyWEC4,113
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Erik Darnell is a competitive amateur stock car driver with a Racer Rating of 2,791. This rating places him in the club-to-competitive amateur band; it reflects a driver with genuine racing experience and competition at recognised level, but not operating within the full professional ranks. Darnell comes from racing stock; he is the grandson of Bay Darnell, who also raced in NASCAR and USAC. He joined Roush Fenway Racing in 2005 after winning a spot on the Discovery Channel programme Roush Racing: Driver X alongside David Ragan, and has held a professional affiliation with a top-tier NASCAR team.[1]

Darnell's racing record on file spans a single NASCAR Truck Series campaign in 2021. He made one start that season and finished 49th in class; he did not score a podium finish. His average finishing position across that single classified start was 17th, a calculation that reflects the limited scale of his recorded career data. In that one outing, he finished ahead of several drivers who would go on to stronger careers, among them Corey Heim, a three-time NASCAR Truck Series champion and FIA Silver graded professional; Chandler Smith, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion; Derek Kraus; and Parker Kligerman, an FIA Silver graded driver. A single result against drivers of this calibre does not establish a pattern, but it indicates he was competitive in that field on the day he raced. Darnell is now retired from active competition. A report from February 2024 suggested a possible return with NIECE Motorsports for a Darlington race, but no results from such an entry appear in the record.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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