Marsh Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that last competed 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. The team suffered through four mechanical failures and three crashes throughout the season. 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 Pts 1998 Ted Christopher 13 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA43 NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 80th 98 1999 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 56th 563 2000 Steve Park 31 DAY CAR LVSDNQ ATL DAR17 BRI TEX13 NSV TAL CAL RCH6 NHA10 CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY25 IRP MCH BRI DARDNQ RCHDNQ DOV9 CLTDNQ CAR12 MEM PHO41 HOM29 50th 1093 2001 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR7 BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH9 NHA6 NZH CLT DOV5 KEN MLW GLN CHI42 GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI4 DAR38 RCH DOV 43rd 993 Andy Santerre KAN32 CLT MEM PHO42 CAR HOM38 2002 Johnny Benson Jr. DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH43 50th 493 David Green NHA33 NZH CLT DOV38 NSH KEN42 MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH Tim Fedewa BRI14 DAR RCH31 DOV36 KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO Dave Blaney HOM35 2003 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH31 GTY NZH 44th 1133 Ford CLT11 DOV30 NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI13 NHA13 PPR IRP MCH10 BRI DAR RCH9 DOV KAN CLT18 MEM ATL10 PHO CAR HOM16 2004 DAY CAR LVS33 DAR BRI TEX22 NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH21 NZH CLT 49th 963 Todd Bodine DOV20 NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI24 NHA14 PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCHDNQ DOV KAN ATLDNQ PHO DAR32 HOM5 Randy LaJoie CLT17 MEM 2005 Dave Blaney Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS19 ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH42 CLT24 DOV12 NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI25 NHA35 PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH21 DOV KAN20 CLT MEM TEX31 PHO HOMDNQ 49th 805 2006 Steve Park DAY CAL MXC LVS30 ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH41 DAR39 CLT DOV37 NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY30 IRP32 GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT 53rd 467 Peyton Sellers NHA37 MAR MEM33 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

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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