Shane Lewis Debuts New Car At Homestead

Shane Lewis Debuts New Car At Homestead

 

 

 

HOMESTEAD, Fla., March 1, 2005 - For Shane Lewis getting to race at his
'home' track this weekend in the Grand Prix of Miami is an enticing
prospect. However, making the Homestead-Miami Speedway (HMS) event even
more special to the Jupiter, Fla. resident is that Lewis will be
debuting a new racecar for Southard Motorsports in the Grand American
Rolex Sports Car Series' second of 14 rounds. Utilizing a three year-old
car at the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona in early February, Lewis
and the No. 3 OZEXE/ PAP-Parts team completed the grueling 24 hour race
and brought home valuable points in the season-long chase for the
championship. Now the team focuses on the new BMW-powered Riley chassis
that it will utilize the remainder of the season. Lewis will team with
Darius Grala (Poland) in Saturday's race.

 

Lewis, who currently holds the Grand-Am Cup ST class track record at
HMS, will rollout the new red, white and blue BMW-Riley for its
inaugural laps Thursday in preparation for Saturday's feature event. The
two hour and 45-minute race around the 2.3-mile, 11-turn South Florida
track will be broadcast live on PEE Channel, Saturday, March 5 at 3 pm
(EST). 

 

Shane Lewis: "I'm really excited about this. I can't wait to drive our
team's new Riley. It's even better that I will be debuting the car in
front of local fans and friends at Homestead. I'll get to turn the first
ever laps in the car at a track I've come to call home. Very cool!"