Ed Brown

Edward "Ed" M. Brown (born January 18, 1963 in Denver , Colorado ) is an American businessman and racing driver .

He is the CEO of the spirits company The Patrón Spirits Company . In motor racing, he was active in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2015 .

Career

Brown worked in liquor distribution for a long time . In 2000, Brown became CEO of the spirits company Patrón . During his time as CEO, he managed to develop the Tequila brand Patrón into a premium spirit.

In 2008 Brown made his professional motorsport debut . He competed in the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge and was 25th in the drivers' championship with Orbit Racing . In 2009, Brown improved to 16th championship place in the GT3 Cup, which was sponsored by his liquor company that year. He also made his debut in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) and finished fifth in the Challenge class.

In 2010, Brown founded the Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports team together with racing driver Scott Sharp . Brown drove with Guy Cosmo in the GT class of the American Le Mans Series. The two drivers achieved 13th place in the final ranking. In 2011 Brown stayed in the American Le Mans Series and finished 20th in the GT class with changing teammates. He also took part in a race in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge for BGB Motorsports . In 2012, Brown completed his third ALMS season for Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports. He finished this in 15th place in the GT classification. He also contested two races each in the Rolex Sports Car Series and the Ferrari Challenge North America .

In 2013, Brown switched to an LMP2 racing car from Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports in the ALMS. Johannes van Overbeek was his team-mate in every race. The duo finished seventh in the P2 ranking. Brown also competed in one race in the Rolex Sports Car Series and three races in the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Championship . In 2014 , the ALMS and the Rolex Sports Car Series merged to form the United SportsCar Championship (USCC). Together with van Overbeek, Brown won the Prototype competition once. At the end of the season, the two finished eighth. He also competed in the IMSA Cooper Tires Prototype Lites . Brown also made two guest starts in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

In 2015 Extreme Sports Motorsports entered the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship on a full-time basis with Brown. Jon Fogarty was his teammate at every race. The third driver was David Brabham and van Overbeek. As part of the WEC, Brown also made his debut at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 2015 . Brown and Fogarty finished the season in 21st place overall. In addition, Brown competed in two USCC races in 2015.

statistics

Career stations

2008: IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge (25th place) 2009: IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge (16th place) 2009: ALMS , Challenge (5th place) 2010: ALMS, GT (13th place) 2011: ALMS, GT (20th place) 2011: Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge , GS (72nd place)

2012: ALMS, GT (15th place) 2012: Rolex Sports Car Series , GT (48th place) 2012: Ferrari Challenge North America, 458 (15th place) 2013: ALMS, P2 (7th place) 2013: Rolex Sports Car Series, GT (56th place) 2013: Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Championship, L1 (30th place)

2014 : USCC , Prototype (8th place) 2014: IMSA Cooper Tires Prototype Lites, L1 (29th place) 2015 : WEC (21st place) 2015 : USCC, Prototype (22nd place)

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

year	team	vehicle	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	rank
2014	Extreme speed motorsports	HPD ARX 03b	Honda	SIL	SPA	LMS	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	SAO	-	-
							10		13
2015	Extreme speed motorsports	HPD ARX 03b Ligier JS P2	Honda	SIL	SPA	LMS	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	4.0	21st
				24	23	15th	14th	DNF	25th	20th	20th

( Legend )

Remarks

1. ↑ Guest starts

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2015	Extreme speed motorsports	Ligier JS P2	Johannes van Overbeek	Jon Fogarty	Rank 15
2016	Extreme speed motorsports	Ligier JS P2	Johannes van Overbeek	Scott Sharp	Rank 16

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2010	Extreme speed motorsports	Ferrari F430 GTC	Guy Cosmo	João Barbosa		Rank 13
2011	Extreme speed motorsports	Ferrari 458 Italia	Guy Cosmo	Rob Bell		failure	mechanics
2012	Extreme speed motorsports	Ferrari 458 Italia	Jeff Segal	Anthony Lazzaro		Rank 26
2013	Extreme speed motorsports	HPD ARX-03b	Johannes van Overbeek	Anthony Lazzaro		Rank 13
2014	Extreme speed motorsports	HPD ARX-03b	Johannes van Overbeek	Simon Pagenaud		Rank 5
2015	Tequila Patron ESM	HPD ARX-03b	Johannes van Overbeek	Jon Fogarty		failure	malfunction
2016	Tequila Patron ESM	Ligier JS P2	Johannes van Overbeek	Scott Sharp	Luís Felipe Derani	Overall victory
2017	Tequila Patron ESM	OnRoak Nissan DPi	Johannes van Overbeek	Bruno Senna	Brendon Hartley	failure	malfunction

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Edward M. Brown. bloomberg.com, accessed November 21, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Ed Brown. esmracing.com, accessed November 21, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Patrick Lindner: All for one: Three premium tequila brands. welt.de, August 12, 2015, accessed on November 21, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Matt Hardigree: Ask Racer And Tequila Patron CEO Ed Brown Anything You Want. jalopnik.com, June 27, 2014, accessed November 21, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Ed Brown. imsa.com, accessed on November 21, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Tony DiZinno: ESM Adds Fogarty, Heinemeier Hansson to 2015 Lineup. sportscar365.com, December 9, 2014, accessed November 21, 2015 . 

Web links

• Official website of The Patrón Spirits Company
• Career Stats Ed Brown (English)