Shane Lee (racing driver)

Shane Lee
Lee in 2018
BornShane S. Lee
(1993-07-04) July 4, 1993 (age 31)
Newton, North Carolina
AwardsWhelen All-American Series 2013 Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
25 races run over 3 years
2022 position47th
Best finish25th (2018)
First race2018 Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 (Bristol)
Last race2022 Alsco Uniforms 300 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
3 races run over 1 year
2016 position38th
Best finish38th (2016)
First race2016 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville)
Last race2016 Striping Technology 350 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of May 28, 2022.

Shane S. Lee (born July 4, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 35 and Toyota Supra/Ford Mustangs for Emerling-Gase Motorsports. He has also competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Racing Series.

Racing career

Early years

Racing at Hickory Speedway in his youth, Lee was simultaneously Most Popular Driver and Rookie of the Year in the track's Limited Late Model class in 2012.[1] He was Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series in 2013.[2]

ARCA Racing Series

Lee, at the beginning of the 2016 ARCA Racing Series, tested with Win-Tron Racing at Daytona International Speedway in preparation of making his first start in the Lucas Oil 200.[3] The original schedule called for Lee to run nine races.[4] He ran ten, winning the pole at Chicagoland Speedway[5] but otherwise struggling to finish in the top ten early in the season.[6] He picked up his performance later in the season, which translated to a full-time ARCA ride with Cunningham Motorsports for 2017.[7] With a constant teammate in Dalton Sargeant, Lee led laps in four races and scored a top five in his first road course race[8] on his way to a third-place points finish behind champion Austin Theriault and teammate Sargeant.[9]

NASCAR

Lee's debut truck at Martinsville Speedway in 2016.

On March 23, 2016, it was announced that Lee would make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut for SS-Green Light Racing at Martinsville Speedway in April of that year.[10] He finished seventeenth in his debut and ran another race for SS-Green Light at Gateway Motorsports Park before signing with GMS Racing to drive their No. 24 truck at Texas Motor Speedway late in the season.[2] He finished sixteenth and on the lead lap in that race, marking his third consecutive lead-lap finish.[11]

After focusing on the ARCA Racing Series in 2017, it was announced on January 24, 2018 that Lee would drive part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for Richard Childress Racing, splitting the organization's No. 3 car with Austin and Ty Dillon, Jeb Burton, and Brendan Gaughan.[12][13] Issues plagued his early runs, with a blown tire ruining a potential Top 5 in his debut at Bristol Motor Speedway and a shortage of gas hindering his effort at Talladega Superspeedway.[14] At Pocono, Lee had a solid run finishing 12th, and then finishing 16th at Iowa. At Daytona in July, Lee had a great run. He was in the Top 10 for the majority of the race, finishing a career-best sixth-place finish. Then at the second Iowa race, he finished 13th.

In May 2019, Lee joined the newly-formed H2 Motorsports to run the remaining Xfinity schedule (with the exception of the road courses) in the No. 28 Circuit City-sponsored Toyota starting with the CircuitCity.com 250 at Iowa in June.[15][16][17] Although he had signed a deal with H2 for the entirety of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season,[18] he was released by the team for "performance-based" reasons before the Sport Clips VFW 200 at Darlington in August.[19]

In 2022, he returned to the Xfinity series driving for Emerling-Gase Motorsports. At Daytona, he finished 33rd. Atlanta, he finished 17th. At Martinsville, he finished 27th. He scored a 14th place finish at Talladega.

Personal life

Lee attended Gaston Community College.[1]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2018 Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI
14 		RCH TAL
15 		DOV CLT POC
12 		MCH IOW
16 		CHI DAY
6 		KEN NHA IOW
13 		GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS
30 		RCH
9 		CLT DOV
17 		KAN
4 		TEX
23 		PHO
14 		HOM
20 		25th 315 [20]
2019 H2 Motorsports 28 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW
18 		CHI
18 		DAY
21 		KEN
16 		NHA
33 		IOW
7 		GLN MOH BRI
13 		ROA DAR
Wth 		IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 34th 133 [21]
2022 Emerling-Gase Motorsports 35 Toyota DAY
33 		CAL LVS PHO ATL
17 		COA RCH CLT
24 		PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IND MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM MAR PHO 47th 71 [22]
Ford MAR
27
53 TAL
14 		DOV DAR TEX

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NCWTC Pts Ref
2016 Win-Tron Racing 07 Toyota DAY ATL MAR
17 		KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW
16 		KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR 38th 50 [23]
GMS Racing 24 Chevy TEX
16 		PHO HOM

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

ARCA Racing Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ARSC Pts Ref
2016 Win-Tron Racing 32 Toyota DAY
38 		NSH
16 		SLM
12 		TAL
11 		TOL NJE POC
14 		MCH
10 		MAD WIN IOW IRP POC
4 		BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI
21 		KEN
9 		KAN
8 		16th 1615 [24]
2017 Cunningham Motorsports 22 Ford DAY
3 		NSH
12 		SLM
4 		TAL
5 		TOL
22 		ELK
7 		POC
28 		MCH
15 		MAD
4 		IOW
11* 		IRP
9 		POC
13 		WIN
6 		ISF
5 		ROA
4 		DSF
6* 		SLM
9 		CHI
8 		KEN
5 		KAN
4 		3rd 4735 [25]

References

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  12. ^ "Richard Childress Racing Announces Multi-Driver Lineup for the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro SS in the NASCAR XFINITY Series". www.speedwaymedia.com. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
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