SHANE LEWIS TO APPEAR ON RPM 2NIGHT, AUGUST 6TH

SHANE LEWIS TO APPEAR ON RPM 2NGHT, AUGUST 6TH


-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-


CHARLOTTE, Monday, August 5, 2002 - Shane Lewis of Jupiter, Florida will
appear on ESPN2’s highly acclaimed motorsports’ news program, RPM 2Night on
Tuesday, August 6th. Lewis, a regular on the American Le Mans Series (ALMS)
and Grand-Am Cup circuits is scheduled to make his NASCAR Winston Cup debut
this weekend, August 11th, at Watkins Glen International. Lewis will be
driving the #09 National Healing Corporation/ Otto Motorsports Ford Taurus
prepared by Last Lap in the Sirius Satellite Radio At The Glen.


The 16-time 24-hour event starter will be piloting a special tribute car at
‘The Glen.’ The two-tone blue and yellow entry is owned by Edgar Otto, Jr.,
of Boca Raton, Florida and honors his father, Edward Otto, Sr. Otto, Sr.
will be inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of
Fame in Darlington, South Carolina on August 31st. The elder Otto was NASCAR
’s first vice president and was heavily involved in promoting events,
particularly in the northeast, for the stock car sanctioning body in the
early years of the Winston Cup, then Grand National, division. Among the
events that Otto promoted was the first NASCAR event at Watkins Glen
International 45 years ago.


Lewis will appear on the longtime auto racing news source with host John
Kernan to discuss his first Winston Cup race as well as the unique honor of
representing National Healing Corporation, Edward Otto, Sr.’s induction and
the anniversary of that first NASCAR road race. RPM 2Night is scheduled to
air at 6:30 pm (EDT) on ESPN2 with several re-airings on the cable sports
giant to follow. Check your local listings to confirm times in your area.


Shane Lewis is the 1998 Professional Sports Car Rising Star award winner and
has multiple race wins in the IMSA Supercar and SCCA Pro series. He has
driven in 16 24-hour races including two 24 Hours of Le Mans, six 24 Hours
of Daytona and six 12 Hours of Sebring. In 2002, he is competing as lead
driver for both the #43 Orison Marketing-Planet Earth Motorsports Corvette
Z06 in the Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series and the #45 American Viperacing
Dodge Viper in the American Le Mans Series.


For more on Shane Lewis please see www.ShaneLewis.com. To learn more about
Last Lap Motorsports, please visit www.lastlap.cc.

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Contact: Tom Moore, Shane Lewis Media Relations
770-466-5442 (phone), 770-466-5443 (fax), 404-229-3703 (cell)
Tom@DarkhorseCom.com (email