Shane Lewis (racing driver)

Shane Lewis (August 8, 1967 in Lancaster, California) is an American racing driver who has competed primarily in sports car racing. He currently competes in the Trans-Am 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

Currently, Lewis competes in the Trans-Am series, where he drives for Robinson Racing.

Racing Results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1999	Riley & Scott Europe Solution F	Marco Apicella Carl Rosenblad	Riley & Scott Mk III/2	LMP	67	42nd	DNF
2000	Michael Colucci Racing	Cort Wagner Bob Mazzuoccola	Porsche 911 GT3-R	GT	22	46th	DNF
2003	Risi Competizione	Butch Leitzinger Johnny Mowlem	Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge	GT	138	39th	DNF

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1998	Mosler Automotive	Vic Rice Brian Hornkohl Chris Neville	Mosler Raptor	GT1	169	61st	DNF
1999	T. C. Klein Racing	Randy Pobst Bob Mazzuoccola Mark Raccaro	BMW M3	GT3	622	13th	5th
2000	MCR/Aspen Knolls	Bob Mazzuoccola Mike Bavaro Cort Wagner	Porsche 996 GT3-R	GTU	540	30th	DNF
2001	Pilbeam Racing America	Bruno Lambert Toni Seiler	Pilbeam MP84	SRPII	216	58th	DNF
2002	ACP Motorsports	Kerry Hitt Jim Briody Owen Trinkler	Chevrolet Corvette	AGT	287	53rd	DNF
2004	Southard Motorsports	George Robinson Jack Baldwin Vic Rice Stephen Southard	Fabcar FDSC/03	DP	359	40th	DNF
2005	Cegwa Sport/Southard Motorsports	Darius Grala Mark Patterson Quentin Wahl Bohdan Kroczek	Fabcar FDSC/03	DP	630	23rd	14th
2006	Southard Motorsports	Kris Szekeres Randy LaJoie Tony Burgess	Riley Mk XI	DP	548	38th	19th
2007	Southard Motorsports	Randy Ruhlman Graham Rahal Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Riley Mk XI	DP	214	62nd	DNF
2008	Southard Motorsports	Bill Lester Ted Christopher Alex Barron	Riley Mk XI	DP	527	42nd	DNF
2009	Gotham Competition	Jerome Jacalone Joe Jacalone Randy Pobst Gerardo Bonilla	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	675	18th	10th
2010	Autohaus Motorsports	Peter Collins Romain Iannetta Richard Zahn	Pontiac GXP.R	GT	125	40th	DNF
2011	Chris Smith Racing	Bill Sweedler Tom Sheehan Mitch Pagerey	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	495	35th	19th
2012	Orbit/GMG	Nicolas Armindo Bret Curtis James Sofronas Lance Wilsey	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	713	22nd	11th
2013	Napleton Racing	Nelson Canache Jr. David Donohue Jim Norman	Porsche Cayman S	GX	635	26th	1st
2014	Alex Job Racing	Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Shane Van Gisbergen	Porsche 911 GT America	GTD	656	26th	8th
2015	RG Racing	Robert Gerwitz Mark Kvamme David Cheng	Riley MkXXVI	P	644	24th	7th

External Links

Official website & biography

Racing results

Driver Database