Shane Lewis

Shane Lewis (born August 8, 1967 in Lancaster ) is an American racing car driver .

Career

Shane Lewis' motorsport career began in 1989 with involvement in US Formula Ford championships . At the end of the year he won the 20th edition of the Formula Ford Festival. Lewis was not known as a monoposto pilot , but as a sports car and GT driver .

From 1991 he regularly competed in the SCCA and IMSA racing series. In 1995 he won the IMSA supercar races in Mid-Ohio and Phoenix .

In the overall standings of the SCCA World Challenge in 1996 he finished second behind Almo Coppelli and in 1998 he was third in the GT1 class of the United States Road Racing Championship behind Thierry Boutsen and Andy Wallace . From 1999 the American Le Mans Series was his preferred field of activity, partly in parallel with engagements in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series . After finishing second overall in the GTC class of the American Le Mans Series in 2010 , after reports from many different races in 2014 , he switched to the newly founded United SportsCar Championship , where he is still active today.

Lewis also competed in Europe. He contested the Le Mans 24-hour race three times and the Nürburgring 24-hour race twice .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1999	Riley & Scott Europe	Riley & Scott Mk III	Marco Apicella	Carl Rosenblad	failure	Engine failure
2000	Michael Colucci Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Cort Wagner	Bob Mazzuoccola	failure	accident
2003	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Butch Leitzinger	Johnny Mowlem	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1997	Rice Racing	Pontiac Grand Prix	Vic Rice	Ray Kong	Kent Stacy	Rank 37
1998	Mosler Automotive	Mosler Raptor	Vic Rice	Tom Reese		Rank 19
2000	MCR Aspen Knolls	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Cort Wagner	Bob Mazzuoccola		failure	Power transmission
2001	MCR Aspen Knolls	Callaway C12-R	Vice Rice	Bob Mazzuoccola		failure	suspension
2002	American viperacing	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Norman Goldrich	Rick Fairbanks		Rank 18
2003	ACEMCO Motorsports	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	BJ Zacharias	Andrew Davis		failure	Gearbox damage
2010	Velox Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Jerry Vento	Lawson Aschenbach		Rank 23
2014	Turner Motorsport	BMW Z4 GT3	Paul Dalla Lana	Dane Cameron	Markus Palttala	Rank 32

Web links

• Official website
• Shane Lewis at Racing Sports Cars
• Shane Lewis at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mid-Ohio 1995 IMSA Supercar Race
2. ^ IMSA Supercar Race of Phoenix 1995
3. ^ SCCA World Challenge 1996
4. ↑ United States Road Racing Championship - GT1 1998