Mont-Tremblant
Shane Shots - Notes
on Shane Lewis
Grand American Rolex Sports Car
Series - Daytona Prototype
Class
6 Heures du Circuit Mont -Tremblant - Le
Circuit Mont-Tremblant , Quebec
, Can. - May 19-20
No.3 PAP-PARTS / OZEXE Southard Motorsports BMW-Riley
Daytona Prototype
birthplace: Lancaster,
Calif.
current
residence: Jupiter, Fla.
height/ weight: 6'
/ 160 lbs.
other
interests: all
forms of Motorsports, boats and riding motorcycles
web site: www.shanelewis.com
helmet: blue
and white with a large, red 'S' outlined in black on each side
mont-tremblant quote:
"I absolutely love this race
track. It's really got a little of everything you want in a road course.
I also think that it will be one of the most competitive six hour races
in history. This will be a race that will really showcase a team as
a whole. It's going to make the
teams work harder and smarter that ever before. The cars are very
fast and still very reliable so every driver will have to be flat out
just to stay on top."
to the point
Shane Lewis is currently ranked 12 th
in the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype championship
with 79 points just four markers out of the top-10. The Southard team
holds 11 th in the team standings for the second weekend in a row after
four races.
double-podium
Mont-Tremblant was the site of
one of the most unique moments of Lewis' career. In 2002, he was entered
in a GS II Grand-Am Cup car that was, at the time, eligible for competition
in the Rolex Series at the endurance races. Early in the weekend, a
GTS team requested his talents and Lewis was added as a team driver
in that car. Though initially not expecting to drive many stints in
the GTS car, he ran much of the race in both cars; driving every hour,
jumping from one car to the next. At the end of the six-hour event
Lewis stood on the top-step of the GS II podium with a victory and
on the third step of the GTS class podium. It marked a unique part
of history in Grand American and for Lewis.
green hell
Shane Lewis flew to Germany to take part
in the 33 rd Annual 24 Hours of Nürburgring on May 7-8 th . In
his rookie appearance at the track known as "Green Hell" in 2004, Lewis
ran to eighth in class. Things did not go as well this year when a
fuel pressure problem in his No. 3 steam-racing Porsche forced the
car to miss the first practice/ qualifying session. They returned to
qualifying and, starting the race, Lewis began to fight his way to
the front. 2004 Southard Motorsports teammate Vic Rice took the second
stint behind the wheel but a punctured tire forced a slow return to
pit lane and dropped the car several laps down with significant damage.
Fighting the 15.57-mile, 73-turn track, miserably cold and wet conditions
and a heavily damaged car, the team suffered another blow when the
car hydroplaned into a wall damaging the car even more. While the team
worked to repair the damage, after a brief stint on track by Lewis,
the team declared the car unable to continue. Lewis finished 20 th
in the A7 class in a field of over 270 entered cars.
travelin' man
Shane Lewis is not a man to sit around
and wait for the next race. He goes and finds them. While the Rolex
Series has been off, Lewis left Monterey and traveled directly
to Germany to race in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring (see green hell
note). He returned from Germany and, one day later, flew to Elkhart
Lake, Wisc. to participate in the Historic SportsCar Series (HSR) round
at Road America in two different GTP cars. From Wisconsin he returned
to Florida to test his racing kart at Moroso Motorsports Park. He
comes to Mont-Tremblant for the Six Hours directly after that. Following
the Six Hours in the No. 3 BMW-Riley, Lewis will fly to Indianapolis
where he has been invited to attend the 89 th Annual Indianapolis
500. From Indy, he will head north to Minneapolis to assist in a
tire demonstration. A week later he will race in the Six Hours at
the Glen in the Southard entry.
PR Contact:
Contact: Tom Moore, Shane Lewis Public Relations
Tom@DarkhorseCom.com