Early Years 1976 - 1995
Eric Martini originates from United Kingdom, where he was born an raised. From a very early age he was into motor racing, thus his father got him into the sport at the age of seven. His educational background is in industrial design, which he studied in Coventry University UK. Regardless of his education, his career took a full turn at the age of 16. In 1992 Eric had proven his speed by winning his class at the prestigious British Super One National Kart Championships. This guaranteed his spot in a factory team for the 1993 season CIK FIA World Karting Championships. He placed fourth in the championship in the Super Formula A class, which was enough to aid the leap into British touring car championship for 1994. Eric was granted a works seat at Team Mondeo, which ran the 1993 Ford Mondeo Super Tourer, which he managed to wheel to sixth spot in the championship. For 1995 season, he was offered a seat in Alfa Romeo´s factory team car. The 1995 season was a bad one for the Alfas, and Eric only managed to finish 17th in the championship.
Active Racing Career 1995 - 2014
After the catastrophic 1995 season Alfa Romeo was going to withdraw from the British Touring Car Championship, This would mean that if Eric could not continue his contract with Alfa Romeo, he´d be left unemployed for the 1996 season. Regardless of his bad performance in the 1994 season, he was put on the driver roster for Alfa Corse, and he raced the 1996 International Touring Car Championship in the infamous Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI, finishing third in the overall championship, The following seasons from 1997 to 2000 Eric raced across Europe in various different series's due to Alfa Romeo´s unclear plans with their touring car program. In 2001 he made a breakthrough by winning the European Super touring championship with Alfa Romeo Team Nordauto. This opened his doors to FIA GT.
Eric ran in FIA GT for the 2001 to 2009 seasons with BMS Scuderia Italia and AF Corse. He finished generally with very successful results, yet he was unable to clench the driver´s championship in those years. He switched continents and teams, but he remained in a Ferrari backed team. His new home was Risi Competizione in the USA.
Eric Started the 2010 season in Risi´s Ferrari F430 GTE. This was Eric´s first go at proper endurance racing, and he managed to finish third in the championship with his team. Eric raced for Risi Competizione till 2014, but his last season with Risi season was cut short due to a heavy incident in the 2014 Rolex 24 hours of Daytona. Eric was hospitalized due to injuries he sustained in the major incident, and that marked the end of his professional racing career.
Near history 2014 - 2019
After recovering from the injuries sustained in 2014, Eric was looking to get back into the world of motorsports in 2015, but not as a driver. His contact in the International Motorsport Association (IMSA) had tipped him off, that state of San Andreas was completely lacking a sanctioning body for motorsports. With the help of IMSA, Eric went to San Andreas and started the first ever nationwide motor racing sanctioning body in the state. San Andreas Central Motorsport Association was born.
To be continued..
