Shane Lewis (born August 8, 1967) is an American racing driver who has competed primarily in endurance

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. 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

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and

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races. In 1995 he won the IMSA supercar races at Mid-Ohio and Phoenix. In the

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, he finished second in the championship behind Almo Coppelli. In 1997, he began competing in the

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in the GT1 class. Soon after, he began participating in both

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and

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events. Lewis drove extensively in the

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for the Southard Motorsports

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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

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in the GX class. Lewis has also raced in European events, including three editions of the

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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

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. Lewis has made brief forays into other disciplines of racing, including an attempted

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start in 2002 at

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, an ARCA start in 2001 at

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, and an

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start in 2007 at Homestead-Miami Speedway Lewis competed and won in the

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, 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

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

24 Hours of Daytona results

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

References

External links

Official website & biography
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