Shane Lewis (born August 8, 1967) is an American racing driver who has competed primarily in
sports car racing
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. He also competes in off-road 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
The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) is a non-profit American automobile club and sanctioning body supporting road racing, rallying, and autocross in the United States. Formed in 1944, it runs many programs for both amateur and professional ...
and
IMSA
The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) is a North American sports car racing sanctioning body based in Daytona Beach, Florida under the jurisdiction of the ACCUS arm of the FIA. It was started by John Bishop, a former executive dir ...
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
IMSA GT was a sports car racing series organized by International Motor Sports Association. Races took place primarily in the United States, and occasionally in Canada.
History
The series was founded in 1969 by John and Peggy Bishop, and Bill F ...
in the GT1 class. Soon after, he began participating in both
Grand-Am Road Racing
Grand-Am Road Racing or Grand-Am was an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize road racing competitions in North America. Its primary focus was the Rolex Sports Car Series, an endurance racing championship series. ...
and
American Le Mans Series
The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consisted of a series of Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le M ...
events. Lewis drove extensively in the
Rolex Sports Car Series
The Rolex Sports Car Series was the premier series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It was a North American-based sports car series founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship to replace the failed ...
for the Southard Motorsports
Daytona Prototype
A Daytona Prototype is a type of sports prototype racing car developed specifically for the Grand American Road Racing Association's Rolex Sports Car Series as their top class of car, which replaced their main prototype racing class, specificall ...
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
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in the GX class.
Lewis has also raced in European events, including three editions of the
24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is the world's oldest active endurance racing event. Unlike fixed-distance races whose w ...
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">24 Hours of Dubai and the 24 hours of Daytona.
Lewis has made brief forays into other disciplines of racing, including an attempted ARCA start in 2001 at Atlanta Motor Speedway">NASCAR start in 2002 at Watkins Glen International, an Automobile_Racing_Club_of_America">ARCA start in 2001 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and an Indy_Lights">Indy Pro series
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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.