Shane Lewis Looks Forward to Second time Around at The Glen

Shane Lewis Looks Forward to Second Time Around at The Glen 

 

 

JUPITER, Fla., August 11, 2004 - Shane Lewis is looking to make-up for
lost opportunities as he revisits up-state New York this weekend for
Friday's Sahlen's 200 at The Glen. The Jupiter, Fla. driver is making
his second appearance of the season at Watkins Glen International in the
No. 7 PAP-Parts/ AutoAssets BMW-FABCAR for Southard Motorsports. Most
recently, the perennial sports car favorite drove at The Glen's
3.4-mile, 11-turn "Long Course" on June 20th. Then, Lewis' Grand
American Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype (DP) was eliminated
from the race when it was hit from behind in the opening laps of the
event. He will now return to The Glen as part of the Nextel Cup weekend.
Lewis, who competed in four different cars in two races during last
week's Grand American weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, will
again pilot the No. 7 BMW in the Rolex Series' top class at the
2.45-mile Watkins Glen "Short Course". 

 

Shane Lewis

(about the Sahlen's 200): "I always love coming up here to Watkins Glen.
I've had a lot of success at this track. I've also had a lot of
disappointment here. We had a pretty good car here last time around but,
unfortunately, we never had the chance to show it. We were taken-out
early by a bonehead move by one of my competitors. This time, if we can
keep from getting punted from behind, we hope to show better. We still
have a lot of work to do with the PAP-Parts BMW-FABCAR. We made our
first big changes last week and we got closer. It was definitely a step
in the right direction."

 

(about running more than one car in this week's race): "Well, right now
I'm only planning to drive the PAP-Parts BMW but you never know what
will happen. The No. 57 AutoAssets' Porsche [GT class sister car to the
No. 7 DP] is running this weekend too so anything is possible. If you
get me a strong-enough rental car I might roll that out there too. I
just love to race and take every opportunity to do it. Four cars in two
races last week was pretty hard work though."

 

(about the development progress of the No. 7): "We're making a lot of
progress with the Daytona Prototype but we still have a lot of ground to
catch-up to Riley's, Doran's and even the Brumos FABCARs. We got a later
start in our development program than they did so the results haven't
been where we want them yet. Steve and the whole Southard Motorsports
team is putting so much effort into this program and we are making-up
some ground. Just not as much, as fast as we would like. I don't know if
we'll catch-up by the end of the season or not? We don't' have a lot of
time left to do that.  I can say every one of us at Southard Motorsports
is putting every last bit of energy into making that happen."

 

For more on Shane Lewis please see
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.shanelewis.com> www.shanelewis.com. To learn more about Southard
Motorsports, please visit
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.pap-parts.com> www.pap-parts.com or
<outbind://3/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/homestead/www
.autoassets.com> www.autoassets.com. 

 

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