Shane Lee (racing driver)

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Shane Lee
Shane Lee in Philadelphia May 2018 (cropped).jpg
Lee in 2018
BornShane S. Lee
(1993-07-04) July 4, 1993 (age 30)
Newton, North Carolina
Awards Whelen All-American Series 2013 Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
25 races run over 3 years
2019 position34th
Best finish25th (2018)
First race 2018 Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 (Bristol)
Last race 2022 Alsco Uniforms 300 (Charlotte)
WinsTop tens Poles
040
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
3 races run over 1 year
2016 position38th
Best finish38th (2016)
First race 2016 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville)
Last race 2016 Striping Technology 350 (Texas)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of February 19, 2022.

Shane S. Lee (born July 4, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 35 and Toyota Supra/Ford Mustangs for Emerling-Gase Motorsports. He has also competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Racing Series.

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Racing career

Early years

Racing at Hickory Speedway in his youth, Lee was simultaneously Most Popular Driver and Rookie of the Year in the track's Limited Late Model class in 2012. [1] He was Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series in 2013. [2]

ARCA Racing Series

Lee, at the beginning of the 2016 ARCA Racing Series, tested with Win-Tron Racing at Daytona International Speedway in preparation of making his first start in the Lucas Oil 200. [3] The original schedule called for Lee to run nine races. [4] He ran ten, winning the pole at Chicagoland Speedway [5] but otherwise struggling to finish in the top ten early in the season. [6] He picked up his performance later in the season, which translated to a full-time ARCA ride with Cunningham Motorsports for 2017. [7] With a constant teammate in Dalton Sargeant, Lee led laps in four races and scored a top five in his first road course race [8] on his way to a third-place points finish behind champion Austin Theriault and teammate Sargeant. [9]

NASCAR

Lee's debut truck at Martinsville Speedway in 2016. Shane Lee (27005654384).jpg
Lee's debut truck at Martinsville Speedway in 2016.

On March 23, 2016, it was announced that Lee would make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut for SS-Green Light Racing at Martinsville Speedway in April of that year. [10] He finished seventeenth in his debut and ran another race for SS-Green Light at Gateway Motorsports Park before signing with GMS Racing to drive their No. 24 truck at Texas Motor Speedway late in the season. [2] He finished sixteenth and on the lead lap in that race, marking his third consecutive lead-lap finish. [11]

After focusing on the ARCA Racing Series in 2017, it was announced on January 24, 2018 that Lee would drive part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for Richard Childress Racing, splitting the organization's No. 3 car with Austin and Ty Dillon, Jeb Burton, and Brendan Gaughan. [12] [13] Issues plagued his early runs, with a blown tire ruining a potential Top 5 in his debut at Bristol Motor Speedway and a shortage of gas hindering his effort at Talladega Superspeedway. [14] At Pocono, Lee had a solid run finishing 12th, and then finishing 16th at Iowa. At Daytona in July, Lee had a great run. He was in the Top 10 for the majority of the race, finishing a career-best sixth-place finish. Then at the second Iowa race, he finished 13th.

In May 2019, Lee joined the newly-formed H2 Motorsports to run the remaining Xfinity schedule (with the exception of the road courses) in the No. 28 Circuit City-sponsored Toyota starting with the CircuitCity.com 250 at Iowa in June. [15] [16] [17] Although he had signed a deal with H2 for the entirety of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, [18] he was released by the team for "performance-based" reasons before the Sport Clips VFW 200 at Darlington in August. [19]

In 2022, he returned to the Xfinity series driving for Emerling-Gase Motorsports. At Daytona, he finished 33rd. Atlanta, he finished 17th. At Martinsville, he finished 27th. He scored a 14th place finish at Talladega.

Personal life

Lee attended Gaston Community College. [1]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2018 Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI
14		 RCH TAL
15		 DOV CLT POC
12		 MCH IOW
16		 CHI DAY
6		 KEN NHA IOW
13		 GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS
30		 RCH
9		 CLT DOV
17		 KAN
4		 TEX
23		 PHO
14		 HOM
20		25th315 [20]
2019 H2 Motorsports 28 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW
18		 CHI
18		 DAY
21		 KEN
16		 NHA
33		 IOW
7		 GLN MOH BRI
13		 ROA DAR
Wth		 IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 34th133 [21]
2022 Emerling-Gase Motorsports 35 Toyota DAY
33		 CAL LVS PHO ATL
17		 COA RCH CLT
24		 PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IND MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM MAR PHO 47th71 [22]
Ford MAR
27
53 TAL
14		 DOV DAR TEX

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCWTCPtsRef
2016 Win-Tron Racing 07 Toyota DAY ATL MAR
17		 KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW
16		 KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR 38th50 [23]
GMS Racing 24 Chevy TEX
16		 PHO HOM

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920ARSCPtsRef
2016 Win-Tron Racing 32 Toyota DAY
38		 NSH
16		 SLM
12		 TAL
11		 TOL NJE POC
14		 MCH
10		 MAD WIN IOW IRP POC
4		 BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI
21		 KEN
9		 KAN
8		16th1615 [24]
2017 Cunningham Motorsports 22 Ford DAY
3		 NSH
12		 SLM
4		 TAL
5		 TOL
22		 ELK
7		 POC
28		 MCH
15		 MAD
4		 IOW
11*		 IRP
9		 POC
13		 WIN
6		 ISF
5		 ROA
4		 DSF
6*		 SLM
9		 CHI
8		 KEN
5		 KAN
4		3rd4735 [25]

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