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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">10/03/2002</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Shane Lewis joins American Viperacing</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Lewis takes on ALMS in Viper</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">American Viperacing is proud to announce that we have agreed to terms this morning with driver Shane Lewis for the full 2002 ALMS season.<BR> <BR> Lewis will head up the Dodge Viper GTS-R entry with sportscar veteran Rick Fairbanks for the full season. ‘I am very happy to have Shane as my co-driver for this year, we have been friends and competitors for a few years now and I am looking forward to sharing the car with Shane.’ Rick Fairbanks continues ‘Shane has an innate ability to set up a car and be at speed almost immediately.’<BR> <BR> Shane Lewis competed in several rounds of the American Le Mans Series for AVR in the 2001 season highlighted by the second in GTS in the Portland round. As a team, we are happy to have Shane back as he has a very good rapport with the crew, and he is a positive personality and showman for the fans to get behind and cheer for.<BR> <BR> ‘I am very much looking forward to driving with Rick, since we have been competing against each other I have developed a great respect for his driving abilities and competitive spirit’ explains Lewis. He goes on to state ‘I started to gain a comfort level with the car and AVR as a team last year, and I am looking forward to getting back in the Viper and to the challenge of developing the car and the program going forward. I feel as the season moves along, we will make for a great driving team and a great program to bring to the forefront of sportscar racing in 2002.’<BR> <BR> Lewis will greatly assist a program that is making several major upgrades to a racecar that has a great winning tradition in the Viper. Beginning with Sebring, and continuing prior to the Le Mans testing, AVR is looking to make great strides in the development of the cars as we chase the Corvette’s and Saleen’s for the championship.<BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>