Shane Lewis (racing driver)

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Shane Lewis
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NationalityFlag of the United States.svg  American
Born (1967-08-08) August 8, 1967 (age 56)
Racing licence FIA Bronze Driver.png FIA Bronze

Shane Lewis (born August 8, 1967) is an American racing driver who has competed primarily in endurance sports car racing. He also competes in Unlimited Trophy Truck desert racing and short course SXS racing.

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Career

Shane Lewis's motorsport career began in 1989 in Southern California. At the end of the year, he won the 20th edition of the United States Formula Ford Festival.

From 1991 onwards, he started regularly in SCCA and IMSA races. In 1995 he won the IMSA supercar races at Mid-Ohio and Phoenix.

In the 1996 SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge, he finished second in the championship behind Almo Coppelli. In 1997, he began competing in the IMSA GT Championship in the GT1 class. Soon after, he began participating in both Grand-Am Road Racing and American Le Mans Series events. Lewis drove extensively in the Rolex Sports Car Series for the Southard Motorsports Daytona Prototype team, while in American Le Mans he drove for a variety of teams, mostly in GT classes. He secured a total of three race victories between the two series, including the 2013 24 Hours of Daytona in the GX class.

Lewis has also raced in European events, including three editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and five of the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring. He has taken victory in class in the 2010 24 Hours of the Nürburgring and the 2013 24 Hours of Dubai and the 24 hours of Daytona.

Lewis has made brief forays into other disciplines of racing, including an attempted NASCAR start in 2002 at Watkins Glen International, an ARCA start in 2001 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and an Indy Pro series start in 2007 at Homestead-Miami Speedway

Lewis competed and won in the Trans-Am series, where he drove for Robinson Racing.

He currently races in the Creventic 24 hour series and the Nürburgring NLS.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1999 Flag of France.svg Riley & Scott Europe
Flag of France.svg Solution F
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Apicella
Flag of Sweden.svg Carl Rosenblad
Riley & Scott Mk III/2LMP6742ndDNF
2000 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Colucci Racing Flag of the United States.svg Cort Wagner
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Mazzuoccola
Porsche 911 GT3-R GT2246thDNF
2003 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of the United States.svg Butch Leitzinger
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Mowlem
Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge GT13839thDNF

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

YearTeamClassMakeEngine123456789101112RankPoints
2014 Alex Job Racing GTD Porsche 911 GT America Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 DAY
8
SEB
LGA
BEL
WGL
MOS
IMS
ELK
VIR
AUS
PET
65th26
Turner Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 V8 DAY
SEB
7
LGA
BEL
WGL
MOS
IMS
ELK
VIR
AUS
PET
2015 RG RacingP Riley Mk XXVI DP Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8 DAY
6
SIR
LBH
LGA
DET
WGL
MSP
ELK
COA
PET
27th26
2021 Gilbert Korthoff MotorsportsGTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY
SEB
MDO
DET
WGL
WGL
7
LIM
ELK
14
LGA
LBH
VIR
PET
70th186

24 Hours of Daytona results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Mosler Automotive Flag of the United States.svg Vic Rice
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Hornkohl
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Neville
Mosler Raptor GT116961stDNF
1999 Flag of the United States.svg T. C. Klein Racing Flag of the United States.svg Randy Pobst
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Mazzuoccola
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Raccaro
BMW M3 GT362213th5th
2000 Flag of the United States.svg MCR/Aspen Knolls Flag of the United States.svg Bob Mazzuoccola
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bavaro
Flag of the United States.svg Cort Wagner
Porsche 996 GT3-R GTU54030thDNF
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Pilbeam Racing America Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bruno Lambert
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Toni Seiler
Pilbeam MP84 SRPII21658thDNF
2002 Flag of the United States.svg ACP Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Kerry Hitt
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Briody
Flag of the United States.svg Owen Trinkler
Chevrolet Corvette AGT28753rdDNF
2004 Flag of the United States.svg Southard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg George Robinson
Flag of the United States.svg Jack Baldwin
Flag of the United States.svg Vic Rice
Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Southard
Fabcar FDSC/03DP35940thDNF
2005 Flag of the United States.svg Cegwa Sport/Southard Motorsports Flag of Poland.svg Darius Grala
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Patterson
Flag of the United States.svg Quentin Wahl
Flag of the United States.svg Bohdan Kroczek
Fabcar FDSC/03DP63023rd14th
2006 Flag of the United States.svg Southard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Kris Szekeres
Flag of the United States.svg Randy LaJoie
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tony Burgess
Riley Mk XI DP54838th19th
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Southard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Randy Ruhlman
Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal
Flag of the United States.svg Elliot Forbes-Robinson
Riley Mk XI DP21462ndDNF
2008 Flag of the United States.svg Southard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Bill Lester
Flag of the United States.svg Ted Christopher
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Barron
Riley Mk XI DP52742ndDNF
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Gotham Competition Flag of the United States.svg Jerome Jacalone
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Jacalone
Flag of the United States.svg Randy Pobst
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Gerardo Bonilla
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT67518th10th
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Autohaus Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Peter Collins
Flag of France.svg Romain Iannetta
Flag of the United States.svg Richard Zahn
Pontiac GXP.R GT12540thDNF
2011 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Smith Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bill Sweedler
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Sheehan
Flag of the United States.svg Mitch Pagerey
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT49535th19th
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Orbit/GMG Flag of France.svg Nicolas Armindo
Flag of the United States.svg Bret Curtis
Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas
Flag of the United States.svg Lance Wilsey
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT71322nd11th
2013 Flag of the United States.svg Napleton Racing Flag of Venezuela.svg Nelson Canache Jr.
Flag of the United States.svg David Donohue
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Norman
Porsche Cayman S GX63526th1st
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States.svg Cooper MacNeil
Flag of the United States.svg Leh Keen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Louis-Philippe Dumoulin
Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen
Porsche 911 GT America GTD65626th8th
2015 Flag of the United States.svg RG Racing Flag of the United States.svg Robert Gewirtz
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Kvamme
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg David Cheng
Riley MkXXVI P64424th7th

NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series

Winston Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NWCCPtsRef
2002 Otto Motorsports 09 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN
DNQ
MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL CAR PHO HOM NA- [1]

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2007 Michael Crawford Motorsports HMS
20
STP1 STP2 INDY MIL IMS1 IMS2 IOW WGL1 WGL2 NSH MDO KTY SNM1 SNM2 CHI 42nd10

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References

  1. "Shane Lewis – 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.