Shane Lewis (racing driver)
Shane Lewis (born August 8, 1967) is an American racing driver who has competed primarily in sports car racing. He currently competes in the GT4 America Series.
Career
Shane Lewis's motorsport career began in 1989 in the. 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 two 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.
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 in the Trans-Am series, where he drives for Robinson Racing. From 2018, he and the Robinson Racing team have moved to the GT4 America Series, where they compete in the Sprint category.
Racing Results
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1999 | Riley & Scott Mk III/2 | LMP | 67 | 42nd | DNF | ||
2000 | Porsche 911 GT3-R | GT | 22 | 46th | DNF | ||
2003 | Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge | GT | 138 | 39th | DNF | ||
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
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2015 | RG Racing | P | Riley Mk XXVI DP | Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8 | DAY 6 |
SIR |
LBH |
LGA |
DET |
WGL |
MSP |
ELK |
COA |
PET |
27th | 26 |
24 Hours of Daytona results
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1998 | Mosler Raptor | GT1 | 169 | 61st | DNF | ||
1999 | BMW M3 | GT3 | 622 | 13th | 5th | ||
2000 | Porsche 996 GT3-R | GTU | 540 | 30th | DNF | ||
2001 | Pilbeam MP84 | SRPII | 216 | 58th | DNF | ||
2002 | Chevrolet Corvette | AGT | 287 | 53rd | DNF | ||
2004 | Fabcar FDSC/03 | DP | 359 | 40th | DNF | ||
2005 | Fabcar FDSC/03 | DP | 630 | 23rd | 14th | ||
2006 | Riley Mk XI | DP | 548 | 38th | 19th | ||
2007 | Riley Mk XI | DP | 214 | 62nd | DNF | ||
2008 | Riley Mk XI | DP | 527 | 42nd | DNF | ||
2009 | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | GT | 675 | 18th | 10th | ||
2010 | Pontiac GXP.R | GT | 125 | 40th | DNF | ||
2011 | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | GT | 495 | 35th | 19th | ||
2012 | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | GT | 713 | 22nd | 11th | ||
2013 | Porsche Cayman S | GX | 635 | 26th | 1st | ||
2014 | Porsche 911 GT America | GTD | 656 | 26th | 8th | ||
2015 | Riley MkXXVI | P | 644 | 24th | 7th | ||
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
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NWCC | Pts | |||
2002 | Otto Motorsports | 09 | Ford | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN DNQ |
MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | CAR | PHO | HOM | NA | - |