Shane Lewis Uses Local Knowledge To Earn Top-10 Mid-Ohio Rolex Run

Shane Lewis Uses Local Knowledge 

To Earn Top-10 Mid-Ohio Rolex Run

 

 

 

LEXINGTON, Oh., August 28, 2005 - Shane Lewis overcame a broken power
steering pump to fight his way to a tenth-place finish at this weekend's
EMCO Gears Classic at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Despite being a
resident of Jupiter, Fla., Lewis called on his 'local' knowledge of the
2.258-mile track to fine-tune his driving style to get the most out of the
BMW-powered PAP-Parts/ OZEXE Daytona Prototype (DP). Southard Motorsports
owner Steve Southard (Powell, Oh.) also used his local knowledge of the
track- which is less than an hour from the team's shop- to make a daring
call on fuel strategy. The combination brought the No. 3 from its 14th-place
start position into the top-10 in the 400 kilometer Grand American Rolex
Sports Car Series event.

 

"The power steering started going out on Darius [Grala, Poland, co-driver]
in his stint and got worse after I got in the car," commented Lewis, who led
the Rolex Series event at California Speedway this year. "The team had a
great call on the pit strategy. We made a gamble on the fuel and it paid
off. It was so close we ran out of fuel on the cool down lap. It's good to
get the guys a strong run here at their home track. This was like a victory
for us right now. Where we are in the development of the car, a top-ten is a
like a win." 

 

The race will be broadcast on SPEED Channel at Noon today. 

 

For more on Shane Lewis please see  <http://www.shanelewis.com/>
www.ShaneLewis.com. Southard Motorsports can be found at
<http://www.southardmotorsports.com/> www.SouthardMotorsports.com.

 

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