Eric Powell (racing driver)

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Powell began karting in 1997, before moving to short ovals at the age of 14.^[1] After recovering from a serious eye injury in 2004,^[2] Powell went back to short ovals the following year, by competing in the FASCAR Sunbelt Series.^[3] Powell then won the 2006 Jim Russell Scholarship driver shootout, before joining Kensai Racing to compete in the KONI Sports Car Challenge the following year.^[4]

While working full-time as a stunt driver at Walt Disney World,^[5][1] Powell returned to racing in 2013 in club-level competitions around Florida,^[2] winning the NASA Western States Championship in the Performance Touring D class and getting invited to the Mazda Club Racer Shootout.^[6][7] In 2015, Powell made one-off appearances in the SCCA Majors Championship Nationwide and the NASA SoCal Division,^[8][9] as well as being a finalist for the Mazda Road to 24 Shootout at the end of the year.^[10]

The following year, Powell joined Tech Sport Racing to compete in the TCA class of the Pirelli World Challenge,^[11] taking a lone win at Laguna Seca en route to a third-place points finish.^[12] Remaining with Tech Sport for 2017,^[13] Powell took his only win of the season at the same venue, along with two other podiums, to end the year fourth in TCA.^[14] Continuing in the series for 2018, Powell took wins at Circuit of the Americas,^[15] VIR and Lime Rock as he closed out the year fourth in the TCA standings.^[16][17] Over the following two seasons, Powell made one-off appearances in TC America, winning both races at the non-championship St.Petersburg round in 2019,^[18] and race two at Indianapolis in 2020.^[19]

In 2021, Powell joined the Skip Barber Racing School to compete in TC America full-time, taking four wins and five other podiums to clinch the TCA title.^[20] After not racing in 2022, Powell spent two seasons in GT4 America for Nissan-fielding TechSport Racing,^[21][22] in which he and teammate Colin Harrison scored three Pro-Am podiums across both years.^[23] For 2025, Powell switched to TCR competition, joining Victor Gonzalez Racing Team to race in the Michelin Pilot Challenge alongside Tyler Gonzalez.^[24] Driving a Hyundai Elantra N TCR in the first six races, Powell took two podiums before switching to a Cupra León VZ TCR,^[25] as he closed out the season with wins at Indianapolis and Road Atlanta to jump to fifth in the TCR standings at season's end.^[26][27] In parallel, Powell also made his GT3 debut in the final four rounds of GT World Challenge America for Dollahite Racing.^[28] Sharing a Ford Mustang GT3 with Scott Dollahite, Powell took three class wins across VIR and Barber en route to a third-place points finish.^[29]

Remaining in GT3 competition for 2026, Powell joined Ford Racing customer team Proton Competition for his rookie season in the FIA World Endurance Championship, partnering Sebastian Priaulx and Ben Tuck.^[30]

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Racing career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	FASCAR Sunbelt Series
2007	KONI Sports Car Challenge – ST	Kensai Racing	7	0	0	0	0	115	33rd
2014	NASA Western States Championship – Performance Touring D								1st
2015	SCCA Majors Championship Nationwide – E Production							72	31st
	NASA SoCal Division – Performance Touring D		1	0	1	0	0	67	14th
2016	Pirelli World Challenge – TCA	Tech Sport Racing	12	1	1	2	6	919	3rd
2017	Pirelli World Challenge – TCA	Tech Sport Racing	11	1	4	3	3	150	4th
	SCCA Majors Championship Nationwide – E Production		2				2	59	11th
	SCCA National Championship Runoffs – E Production		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	4th
2018	Pirelli World Challenge – TCA	TechSport Racing	12	3	2	2	6	201	4th
2019	TC America Series – TCA	TechSport Racing	2	2	2	2	2	0	NC†
	SCCA Majors Championship Nationwide – E Production		3					15	52nd
2020	TC America Series – TCA	TechSport Racing	2	1	1	1	1	31	12th
2021	TC America Series – TCA	Skip Barber Racing School	13	4	4	2	9	211.5	1st
2023	GT4 America Series – Pro-Am	TechSport Racing	13	0	0	0	2	58	11th
2024	GT4 America Series – Pro-Am	TechSport Racing	7	0	1	1	1	45	15th
2025	Michelin Pilot Challenge – TCR	Victor Gonzalez Racing Team	10	2	0	0	4	2540	5th
	GT World Challenge America – Am	Dollahite Racing	7	3	4	1	7	156	3rd
2026	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGT3	Proton Competition	3	0	0	0	0	1*	20th*
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^† As Powell was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Michelin Pilot Challenge results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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Year	Entrant	Class	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2007	Kensai Racing	Street Tuner	Acura RSX-S	DAY 19			LGA 9	LIM 8	MOS							33rd	115
			Chevrolet Cobalt		HMS 32	IOW 12				MOH 21	WGL	BAR 19	TRO	UTA	VIR 14
2025	Victor Gonzalez Racing Team	Touring Car	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	DAY 11	SEB 6	LGA 12	MOH 8	WGL 2	MOS 2							5th	2540
			Cupra León VZ TCR							ELK 14	VIR 15	IMS 1	ATL 1

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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2026	Proton Competition	LMGT3	Ford Mustang GT3 Evo	Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8	IMO 10	SPA 16	LMS Ret	SÃO 10	COA	FUJ	CAT	MNZ	23rd*	2*

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2026	Proton Competition	Sebastian Priaulx Ben Tuck	Ford Mustang GT3 Evo	LMGT3	244	DNF	DNF
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