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Marsh Racing

Marsh Racing
Owner(s)Ted Marsh
Linda Marsh
SeriesK&N Pro Series East
Race drivers31.

Marsh Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. The team is owned by Ted Marsh, a longtime Chevrolet team sporting the No. 31 with backing from Whelen Engineering. His current Rolex Series drivers include Boris Said and Eric Curran; his former NASCAR drivers included veterans Steve Park and Richard Childress Racing development driver Peyton Sellers.

Busch Series

Marsh Racing began competing in the Busch Series in 1998 with Ted Christopher competing in three races for the team. Driving the No. 13 Whelen Engineering Chevrolet, Christopher posted a best finish of 10th at Nazareth. In 1999, the team attempted 12 races, again with Ted Christopher driving the car. The team would make five races and post a best finish of 8th at Nazareth.

For the 2000 season, Marsh Racing selected Steve Park as the team's driver and Whelen 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 at Richmond. He also gave the team three top ten starts and a best start of second at Richmond.

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 at Bristol. The team almost managed two top ten starts with a third place start at New 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 season David Green, Tim Fedewa, and Dave Blaney drove the car at different points throughout the season. The team posted a best finish of 14th at Bristol 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 to Ford from Chevrolet partway the 2003 season, with Blaney bringing support from Jasper 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 at Richmond. His best start during the season was a 4th at Chicagoland.

In 2004, the team again started the year with Dave Blaney driving the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Ford, however after three races he was replaced with Todd Bodine. Bodine would give the car its best finish of the season when he finished 5th at Homestead-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 from Richard Childress Racing as they switched back to Chevrolet. The team's best finish of the season came at Dover when Blaney finished 12th and the best start of the season came at Richmond where the team started 7th.

For the 2006 season it was announced that Steve Park would return to Marsh Racing and drive the car in ten races. Peyton Sellers made his Busch Series debut at New Hampshire with the No. 31 team and made another start at Memphis Motorsports Park.

Car No. 31 results

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Owners Pts
1998 Ted Christopher 13 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA
43
NZH
10
CLT DOV RCH
DNQ
PPR GLN
13
MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH
DNQ
DOV CLT GTY CAR
DNQ
ATL HOM
DNQ
80th 98
1999 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI
DNQ
TAL CAL NHA
12
RCH
DNQ
NZH
8
CLT DOV
30
SBO GLN
DNQ
MLW
40
MYB PPR GTY
29
IRP MCH
DNQ
BRI DAR RCH
DNQ
DOV
DNQ
CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 56th 563
2000 Steve Park 31 DAY CAR LVS
DNQ
ATL DAR
17
BRI TEX
13
NSV TAL CAL RCH
6
NHA
10
CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY
25
IRP MCH BRI DAR
DNQ
RCH
DNQ
DOV
9
CLT
DNQ
CAR
12
MEM PHO
41
HOM
29
50th 1093
2001 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR
7
BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH
9
NHA
6
NZH CLT DOV
5
KEN MLW GLN CHI
42
GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI
4
DAR
38
RCH DOV 43rd 993
Andy Santerre KAN
32
CLT MEM PHO
42
CAR HOM
38
2002 Johnny Benson Jr. DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH
43
50th 493
David Green NHA
33
NZH CLT DOV
38
NSH KEN
42
MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH
Tim Fedewa BRI
14
DAR RCH
31
DOV
36
KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO
Dave Blaney HOM
35
2003 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH
31
GTY NZH 44th 1133
Ford CLT
11
DOV
30
NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI
13
NHA
13
PPR IRP MCH
10
BRI DAR RCH
9
DOV KAN CLT
18
MEM ATL
10
PHO CAR HOM
16
2004 DAY CAR LVS
33
DAR BRI TEX
22
NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH
21
NZH CLT 49th 963
Todd Bodine DOV
20
NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI
24
NHA
14
PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH
DNQ
DOV KAN ATL
DNQ
PHO DAR
32
HOM
5
Randy LaJoie CLT
17
MEM
2005 Dave Blaney Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS
19
ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH
42
CLT
24
DOV
12
NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI
25
NHA
35
PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH
21
DOV KAN
20
CLT MEM TEX
31
PHO HOM
DNQ
49th 805
2006 Steve Park DAY CAL MXC LVS
30
ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH
41
DAR
39
CLT DOV
37
NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY
30
IRP
32
GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT 53rd 467
Peyton Sellers NHA
37
MAR MEM
33
TEX PHO HOM

K&N Pro Series East

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.

SCCA World Challenge

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.

Rolex Sports Car Series

#31 Corvette, celebrating winning at Road America in 2011

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 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and he and Curran finished ninth. Curran won the pole for the next race, the season finale at Miller Motorsports Park, but mechanical problems forced a 17th-place result. The team finished 15th in points.

United SportsCar Championship

Marsh Racing stepped up to the Prototype class for the 2014 season, fielding a Corvette DP for Eric Curran and Boris Said. They finished 41st overall in the 2014 24 Hours of Daytona.

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