John Pew (born April 1, 1956 in

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) is an American racing driver, who competes in the

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for Michael Shank Racing. He won the

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overall in the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Ford-Riley

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Early racing career

Pew began racing in 2000 in the Skip Barber Racing School. After making his sports car racing debut (see below), he moved to the Star Mazda Masters Championship, winning the title in 2005 for drivers over 45 years old. He returned to the Star Mazda Masters Championship in 2006 but only managed sixth in points, but was the highest-finishing Masters driver in two races.

Grand-Am

Pew made his

debut in 2004 when he competed in

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in a Baughman Racing

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. In 2006, he also competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona with co-drivers Hal Prewitt, Steve Marshall,

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, and Ben McCrackin in a Synergy Racing

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, finishing 17th. In 2007 Pew moved full-time to

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in Grand-Am's Rolex Sports Car Series

class with Michael Shank Racing co-driving their car with Ian James. Pew finished 25th in drivers points in the DP class. In 2008 Pew, James, and

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captured his first win at

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, and Pew improved to ninth in DP class points. In 2009 he returned to Michael Shank Racing, this time teaming with Michael Valiante and finished 12th in DP driver points. For 2010 his Michael Shank Racing teammate was Oswaldo Negri and Pew improved to seventh in points. Pew also won the

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award for the top Pro-Am racer in the Grand-Am series. The team of Pew and Negri returned to Shank in 2011 and Pew improved to sixth in DP points, again winning the Jim Trueman award. Pew and Negri returned to Michael Shank Racing in 2012. The team of Pew and Negri along with one-off co-drivers

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and Justin Wilson won the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona.Fryer, Jenna
Allmendinger leads Michael Shank Racing to win
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Personal life

Pew is married, to Stephanie. He is an avid recreational sailor who has sailed over 100,000 miles across the world's oceans and currently resides in

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Racing record

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results

* Season still in progress

24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

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