Eric Jensen (racing driver)

Eric Jensen (born February 1, 1970) is a Canadian professional race team owner and a former professional race car driver from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

As a driver, Jensen competed in the Atlantic Championship and Firestone Indy Lights series during a 13-year career from 1997 to 2009.

Jensen currently owns the professional car racing team Jensen MotorSport.

Jensen MotorSport continues to operate race cars in several professional race series. In 2011, Jensen MotorSport operated race cars in the Firestone Indy Lights which is a race series that runs together with IndyCar. The team operated three cars during the 2011 season for drivers Oliver Webb, David Ostella, and Juan Pablo Garcia. The team scored a season best result of 3rd at the Edmonton Indy and set a lap record for Indy Lights at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Jensen MotorSport competed in the Atlantic Championship for eleven years from 1999 until 2009. Eric Jensen won the Team Owner of the Year award in the final season of the series in 2009. Jensen drivers in 2009 included Markus Niemela and Matt Lee. Henri Karjalainen drove for the team in 2008.

Under Champ Car sanction, in the 2007 season Jensen operated race cars in the Champ Car Atlantic series for drivers Frankie Muniz, Tom Sutherland, and Dominick Muermans. In 2006, the team operated race cars in the Champ Car Atlantic series for drivers Tim Bridgman and Steve Ott. Jensen MotorSport also operated race cars for Frankie Muniz and Tom Sutherland in the Formula BMW USA championship.

Motorsports career results

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American Open-Wheel racing results

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Indy Lights

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
1997 Autosport Racing MIA LBH NAZ SAV STL MIL DET POR TOR
16
TRO VAN LS FON 31st 0
1998 Genoa Racing MIA LBH
17
NAZ STL MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIS TRO VAN LS FON 31st 0
2011 Jensen MotorSport STP ALA LBH INDY MIL IOW TOR
DNQ
EDM1 EDM2 TRO NHM BAL KTY LVS - -

Atlantic Championship

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
1997 Binder Racing HMS LBH NAZ MIL MTL
31
CLE TOR TRR MDO ROA VAN LS NR 0
1998 World Speed Motorsports LBH NAZ GAT MIL MTL
DNS
CLE TOR
26
TRR
26
MDO ROA VAN
16
LS HOU NR 0
1999 Jensen MotorSport LBH
15
NAZ GAT MIL MTL
17
ROA TRR
16
MDO CHI VAN LS HOU 32nd 0
2000 Jensen MotorSport HMS1 HMS2 LBH
18
MIL MTL
21
CLE TOR
16
TRR ROA
22
LS
20
GAT HOU
15
33rd 0
2001 Jensen MotorSport LBH
16
NAZ MIL MTL
19
CLE TOR
18
CHI TRR ROA VAN HOU LS 33rd 0
2002 Jensen MotorSport MTY LBH MIL LS POR CHI TOR
17
CLE TRR
19
ROA MTL
19
DEN
20
34rd 0
2003 Jensen MotorSport MTY
12
LBH
11
MIL LS
9
POR
14
CLE
8
TOR
13
TRR
11
MDO
13
MTL
14
DEN
12
MIA
10
12th 49
2004 Jensen MotorSport LBH
20
MTY MIL POR1 POR2 CLE
11
TOR
10
VAN
8
ROA
10
DEN
11
MTL LS 15th 71
2005 Jensen MotorSport LBH MTY POR1 POR2 CLE1 CLE2 TOR
5
EDM
7
SJO DEN ROA MTL
8
14th 54
2008 Jensen MotorSport LBH LS MTT EDM1 EDM2 ROA1 ROA2 TRR
15
NJ
18
UTA ATL 25th 9
2009 Jensen MotorSport SEB UTA NJ1 NJ2 LIM ACC1 ACC2
10
MDO TRR
8
MOS
9
ATL LS 12th 16
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