Shane Lewis (racing driver) explained

Shane Lewis
Nationality: United States
Birth Date:8 August 1967
Racing Licence: 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.

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-DriversCarClassLaps
1999 Riley & Scott Europe
Solution F
Marco Apicella
Carl Rosenblad
Riley & Scott Mk III/2LMP6742ndDNF
2000 Michael Colucci Racing Cort Wagner
Bob Mazzuoccola
Porsche 911 GT3-RGT2246thDNF
2003 Risi Competizione Butch Leitzinger
Johnny Mowlem
Ferrari 360 Modena ChallengeGT13839thDNF

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

YearTeamClassMakeEngine123456789101112RankPoints
2014Alex Job RacingGTDPorsche 911 GT AmericaPorsche 4.0L Flat-6DAY
SEB
LGA
BEL
WGL
MOS
IMS
ELK
VIR
AUS
PET
65th26
Turner MotorsportBMW Z4 GT3BMW 4.4 L V8 V8DAY
SEB
LGA
BEL
WGL
MOS
IMS
ELK
VIR
AUS
PET
2015RG RacingPRiley Mk XXVI DPDinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8DAY
SIR
LBH
LGA
DET
WGL
MSP
ELK
COA
PET
27th26
2021Gilbert Korthoff MotorsportsGTDMercedes-AMG GT3 EvoMercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8DAY
SEB
MDO
DET
WGL
WGL
LIM
ELK
LGA
LBH
VIR
PET
70th186

24 Hours of Daytona results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLaps
1998 Mosler Automotive Vic Rice
Brian Hornkohl
Chris Neville
Mosler RaptorGT116961stDNF
1999 T. C. Klein Racing Randy Pobst
Bob Mazzuoccola
Mark Raccaro
BMW M3GT362213th5th
2000 MCR/Aspen Knolls Bob Mazzuoccola
Mike Bavaro
Cort Wagner
Porsche 996 GT3-RGTU54030thDNF
2001 Pilbeam Racing America Bruno Lambert
Toni Seiler
Pilbeam MP84SRPII21658thDNF
2002 ACP Motorsports Kerry Hitt
Jim Briody
Owen Trinkler
Chevrolet CorvetteAGT28753rdDNF
2004 Southard Motorsports George Robinson
Jack Baldwin
Vic Rice
Stephen Southard
Fabcar FDSC/03DP35940thDNF
2005 Cegwa Sport/Southard Motorsports Darius Grala
Mark Patterson
Quentin Wahl
Bohdan Kroczek
Fabcar FDSC/03DP63023rd14th
2006 Southard Motorsports Kris Szekeres
Randy LaJoie
Tony Burgess
Riley Mk XIDP54838th19th
2007 Southard Motorsports Randy Ruhlman
Graham Rahal
Elliot Forbes-Robinson
Riley Mk XIDP21462ndDNF
2008 Southard Motorsports Bill Lester
Ted Christopher
Alex Barron
Riley Mk XIDP52742ndDNF
2009 Gotham Competition Jerome Jacalone
Joe Jacalone
Randy Pobst
Gerardo Bonilla
Porsche 997 GT3 CupGT67518th10th
2010 Autohaus Motorsports Peter Collins
Romain Iannetta
Richard Zahn
Pontiac GXP.RGT12540thDNF
2011 Chris Smith Racing Bill Sweedler
Tom Sheehan
Mitch Pagerey
Porsche 997 GT3 CupGT49535th19th
2012 Orbit/GMG Nicolas Armindo
Bret Curtis
James Sofronas
Lance Wilsey
Porsche 997 GT3 CupGT71322nd11th
2013 Napleton Racing Nelson Canache Jr.
David Donohue
Jim Norman
Porsche Cayman SGX63526th1st
2014 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil
Leh Keen
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin
Shane van Gisbergen
Porsche 911 GT AmericaGTD65626th8th
2015 RG Racing Robert Gewirtz
Mark Kvamme
David Cheng
Riley MkXXVIP64424th7th

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

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

External links

Notes and References

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