Erik Louis Darnell (born December 2, 1982) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

He won the championship in the purple plate class in his second year of competition, later racing Allison Legacy Series cars after go karts.

His first year of super late models was at Illiana Motor Speedway, with Erik finishing 3rd in the final standings with 1 win.

[3] Darnell drove in his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Milwaukee in 2004, finishing 26th.

On April 28, 2007, Darnell won the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway for his first Truck Series win.

He won his second career CTS race in June 2008 at Michigan International Speedway by .005 of a second over Johnny Benson.

He won the Dick Trickle 99 Super Late Model Oktoberfest race at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway in October 2013.

Darnell led much of the second half of the 2019 Oktoberfest ARCA Midwest Tour race at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway before finishing third behind Ty Majeski.

[5] On May 3, 2021, it was revealed through the release of the entry list for the Truck Series race at Darlington that Darnell would drive the No.