Shane Lewis worked his No. 7PAP-Parts/Southard Motorsports' BMW-FABCAR from tenth to third in theearly going of last night's Grand American Rolex Series' Food City 250. Theone-time Phoenix-resident, now living in Jupiter, Fla., piloted hisDaytona Prototype around the Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) roadcourse with precision. Through aggressive but calculated moves, Lewiscut through the competition to the delight of the Phoenix crowd.However, on a lap 47 re-start, while running third at the time, thewhite BMW-powered entry was struck from the side by a competitor,damaging the steering of the Steve Southard-owned FABCAR chassis beyondimmediate repair. The team retired in 36th position.Shane Lewis: "I can't even tell you how disappointing this is. Westruggled this weekend but the PAP Parts guys just never gave up. Wereally found it out there in the race. The car was running great. Wewere cruising and we were still taking positions. We fought up to thirdand then the 6 car just tried a move that was, I'll just say'aggressive'. He hit us pretty hard and damaged the steering. That wasit. I'm just disappointed for the Southard Motorsports' crew. They'vebeen busting their tails and I had a good chance to repay them with atop finish tonight and then to have someone else take us out like thatis pretty hard to take right now."Shane Lewis has been racing since 1989 with multiple race wins inGrand-Am sanctioned events, in the IMSA Supercar and SCCA Pro Series andthe Historic SportsCar Series. He has starts in ARCA stock carcompetition, at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb and is a former DaytonaEndurance Champion and Formula Ford Festival winner. He has driven insix Rolex 24s and three 24 Hours of Le Mans- leading the race in GTclass in 2003. He has two overall and one class-victory at the 24 Hoursof Nelson Ledges. Lewis was honored as the 1998 Professional Sports CarRacing Rising Star award winner. Lewis also serves as a test driver andprivate coach.