Ed Pimm (born May 3, 1956 in Rock Tavern, New York), is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series.
He raced in the 1984–1988 seasons, with 42 career starts, including the 1985–1987 Indianapolis 500s. He drove two CART events for Gary Trout Motorsports finishing 12th at Mid-Ohio and 14th at Elkart Lake. He finished in the top ten 12 times, with his best finish in 3rd position in 1985 at Michigan. In 1987 and 1988, he also made 5 Winston Cup starts. Earlier in his career, he was the 1983 US Super Vee champion.
In 1987 and 1988, he also made 5 Winston Cup starts. He debuted in 1987, driving for Curb Racing at Talladega. Starting a year-long best 30th, Pimm led one lap and settled for a 27th-place effort after an engine issue. His run earned him two more races for the team, finishing 34th after an engine issue at Daytona and then crashed to 42nd in the season finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Pimm returned to the team in early 1988, running two races. He made the prestigious Daytona 500, starting 40th but ending with a career-best 24th place showing. It was also his only race in Cup competition that he was running at the end. Two weeks later, at Rockingham, Pimm started a career-best 29th before crashing to 34th.
Pimm never returned to NASCAR after that race.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
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1978 | Road Atlanta | Zink | Ford | Formula Ford | 9 | 8 | Running |
1979 | Road Atlanta | PBS | Ford | Formula Ford | 27 | 14 | Running |
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos | Points |
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1980 | Fleet Power Racing | MIL 22 | POC 3 | MDO 18 | MIN1 22 | MIN2 7 | ONT | 10th | 210 |
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
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1983 | Red Roof Inns | Anson SA4, Ralt RT5/83 | VW Brabham | LBH 9 | MSP 4 | MIL 1 | CLE 3 | ROA 4 | POC 1 | MDO 1 | MCH 1 | RIV 1 | LS 6 | PHX 8 | 1st | 151 |
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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1984 | Jet Engineering | LBH 12 | PHX1 Wth | INDY DNQ | MIL 19 | POR 16 | MEA 22 | CLE DNQ | MIS1 33 | 36th | 5 | [3] | |||||||||
All American Racers | ROA 26 | POC 13 | MDO 22 | SAN 22 | MIS2 19 | PHX2 10 | LAG 12 | LVG 19 | |||||||||||||
1985 | All American Racers | LBH 12 | INDY 9 | MIL 21 | POR 19 | MEA DNQ | CLE | MIS1 5 | ROA 11 | POC 20 | MDO 9 | SAN 8 | MIS2 3 | LAG 14 | PHX 9 | MIA 12 | 13th | 45 | [4] | ||
1986 | Curb-All American Racers | PHX1 22 | LBH 22 | INDY 17 | MIL 10 | POR 6 | MEA 12 | CLE Wth | TOR | MIS1 15 | POC 24 | MDO | SAN | MIS2 7 | ROA | LAG 11 | PHX2 7 | MIA 10 | 18th | 29 | [5] |
1987 | Curb Motorsports | LBH | PHX | INDY 21 | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | TOR | MIS 16 | POC | ROA | MDO | NAZ | LAG | MIA | 41st | 0 | [6] | ||
1988 | Elmer Fields Racing | PHX | LBH | INDY DNQ | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | MEA | MIS | POC | 35th | 1 | [7] | |||||||
Gary Trout Motorsports | MDO 12 | ROA 15 | NAZ | LAG | MIA |
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish |
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1984 | March | Chevrolet | Failed to Qualify | |
1985 | Eagle | Cosworth | 22nd | 9th |
1986 | March | Cosworth | 10th | 17th |
1987 | March | Cosworth | 30th | 21st |
1988 | March | Cosworth | Qualifying Crash |
NASCAR Winston Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | 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 | NWCC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||
1987 | Curb Racing | 98 | Buick | DAY DNQ | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | NWS | BRI | MAR | TAL 27 | CLT | DOV | POC | RSD | MCH | DAY 34 | POC | TAL | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | RSD | ATL 42 | 64th | 185 | [8] | |||||||||
1988 | DAY 24 | RCH DNQ | CAR 34 | ATL | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL | CLT | DOV | RSD | POC | MCH | DAY | POC | TAL | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | CLT | NWS | CAR | PHO | ATL | 60th | 152 | [9] |
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Pimm won four races in succession in his Ralt through August and September and when Cobb retired at Riverside, the championship was virtually over. Cobb won at Laguna Seca, when the engine in Pimm's Ralt wouldn't start and he had to race Trueman's Anson, but the points gap was still too great for Cobb to overhaul in the final race and Pimm was crowned champion.