Shane Lee (racing driver)

Shane Lee
Lee in 2018
Born (1993-07-04) July 4, 1993
Newton, North Carolina
Awards Whelen All-American Series 2013 Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
9 races run over 1 year
Car no., team No. 3 (Richard Childress Racing)
First race 2018 Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 (Bristol)
Last race 2018 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
3 races run over 1 year
2016 position 38th
Best finish 38th (2016)
First race 2016 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville)
Last race 2016 Striping Technology 350 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of October 6, 2018.

Shane Lee (born July 4, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing. He has also competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Racing Series.

Racing career

Early years

Racing at Hickory Speedway in his youth, Lee was simultaneously Most Popular Driver and Rookie of the Year in the track's Limited Late Model class in 2012.[1] He was Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series in 2013.[2]

ARCA Racing Series

Lee, at the beginning of the 2016 ARCA Racing Series, tested with Win-Tron Racing at Daytona International Speedway in preparation of making his first start in the Lucas Oil 200.[3] The original schedule called for Lee to run nine races.[4] He ran ten, winning the pole at Chicagoland Speedway[5] but otherwise struggling to finish in the top ten early in the season.[6] He picked up his performance later in the season, which translated to a full-time ARCA ride with Cunningham Motorsports for 2017.[7] With a constant teammate in Dalton Sargeant, Lee led laps in four races and scored a top five in his first road course race[8] on his way to a third-place points finish behind champion Austin Theriault and teammate Sargeant.[9]

NASCAR

On March 23, 2016, it was announced that Lee would make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut for SS-Green Light Racing at Martinsville Speedway in April of that year.[10] He finished seventeenth in his debut and ran another race for SS-Green Light at Gateway Motorsports Park before signing with GMS Racing to drive their No. 24 truck at Texas Motor Speedway late in the season.[2] He finished sixteenth and on the lead lap in that race, marking his third consecutive lead-lap finish.[11]

After focusing on the ARCA Racing Series in 2017, it was announced on January 24, 2018 that Lee would drive part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for Richard Childress Racing, splitting the organization's No. 3 car with Austin and Ty Dillon, Jeb Burton and Brendan Gaughan.[12][13] Issues plagued his early runs, with a blown tire ruining a potential top-five his debut at Bristol Motor Speedway and a shortage of gas hindering his effort at Talladega Superspeedway.[14] At Pocono, Lee had a solid run finishing 12th, and then finishing 16th at Iowa. At Daytona in July, Lee had a great run. He was in the top-10 for most of the race, finishing a career-best 6th place. Then at second Iowa race, he finished 13th.

Personal life

Lee attended Gaston Community College.[1]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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 NXSC Pts Ref
2018 Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI
14		 RCH TAL
15		 DOV CLT POC
12		 MCH IOW
16		 CHI DAY
6		 KEN NHA IOW
13		 GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS
30		 RCH
9		 CLT DOV
17		 KAN TEX PHO HOM -* -*

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2016 Win-Tron Racing 07 Toyota DAY ATL MAR
17		 KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW
16		 KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR 38th 50 [15]
GMS Racing 24 Chevy TEX
16		 PHO HOM

ARCA Racing Series

ARCA Racing Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ARSC Pts Ref
2016 Win-Tron Racing 32 Toyota DAY
38		 NSH
16		 SLM
12		 TAL
11		 TOL NJE POC
14		 MCH
10		 MAD WIN IOW IRP POC
4		 BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI
21		 KEN
9		 KAN
8		 16th 1615 [16]
2017 Cunningham Motorsports 22 Ford DAY
3		 NSH
12		 SLM
4		 TAL
5		 TOL
22		 ELK
7		 POC
28		 MCH
15		 MAD
4		 IOW
11*		 IRP
9		 POC
13		 WIN
6		 ISF
5		 ROA
4		 DSF
6*		 SLM
9		 CHI
8		 KEN
5		 KAN
4		 3rd 4735 [17]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rookie Shane Lee Leading At Hickory | NASCAR Home Tracks". hometracks.nascar.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  2. 1 2 "Shane Lee to Join GMS in Texas – POPULAR SPEED". www.popularspeed.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  3. ↑ "Introducing newcomer Shane Lee...with a Win-Tron welcome back". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  4. ↑ "Late Model Champion Shane Lee Lands Ride with WinTron Racing – POPULAR SPEED". www.popularspeed.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  5. ↑ "Rookie Shane Lee earns career-first pole at Chicagoland; SCOTT 150 Live on FS1". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  6. ↑ "Driver Shane Lee 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  7. ↑ "Shane Lee joins Cunningham Motorsports for '17 season". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  8. ↑ "Driver Shane Lee 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  9. ↑ "ARCA Racing Series standings for 2017 - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  10. ↑ "Shane Lee joins SS Green Light Racing for Partial Truck Schedule - NASCAR Camping World Truck Series News - MRN.com". www.mrn.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  11. ↑ "Driver Shane Lee 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  12. ↑ "Richard Childress Racing Announces Multi-Driver Lineup for the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro SS in the NASCAR XFINITY Series". www.speedwaymedia.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  13. ↑ "Dillons, Burton, Lee, Gaughan to drive RCR No. 3 Xfinity entry in 2018 | NASCAR.com". Official Site Of NASCAR. 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  14. ↑ Catanzareti, Zach (2018-06-02). "Shane Lee Earns Third Top 15 in Third XFINITY Start · Kickin' The Tires". Kickin' The Tires. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  15. ↑ "NASCAR Camping World Truck Series standings for 2016". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  16. ↑ "ARCA Racing Series standings for 2016". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  17. ↑ "ARCA Racing Series standings for 2017". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
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