Yearly Archives: 2009

Michael Lewis Has Extraordinary Qualifying Effort And Scores Valuable Points At VIR

Laguna Beach, California—Michael Lewis’s weekend at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, was filled with plenty of accomplishments during Rounds 3 and 4, April 25 and 26, of the Formula BMW Americas Championship. Fielding his No. 42 Formula BMW for Eurointernational, Michael began the weekend by qualifying a strong 3rd for Round 3. After the […]

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Michael Lewis Qualifies 3rd for Formula BMW Round 3 At VIR

Alton, Virginia—Michael Lewis made a late charge in his team Eurointernational Formula BMW and earned the third qualifying position for Round 3 of the Formula BMW Americas Championship at Virginia International Raceway. Michael earned the best starting spot of his rookie Formula BMW Americas season, clocking in at 1:57.685 (100.030 mph) around the 3.27-mile track. […]

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Michael Lewis Showcases Indocil Art and Design on Helmets

Laguna Beach, CA—Michael Lewis has a new look for the 2009 race season after teaming up with Ryan Young, of Indocil Art and Design, based in Rock Hill, South Carolina, who painted two of Michael’s helmets that feature cutting-edge graphics. Michael was referred to Ryan and Indocil from Kyle Kietzmann, of Bell Racing, and is […]

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Michael Lewis Sets Quick Time at Blythe in the Western Speed Ford Focus Midget

Laguna Beach, California—Driving the Western Speed Ford Focus midget, Michael Lewis set quick time on Saturday night, April 18, at Lucas Oil I-10 Speedway in Blythe, California, recording a lap of 13.853 seconds on the tricky 1/4-mile paved oval. Michael and his teammate Cody Gerhardt ran the four-lap trophy dash placing fourth and first respectively. […]

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Michael Lewis Scores Top-Five Finish At Famous Las Vegas Bullring

Laguna Beach, California—Michael Lewis, driving the #60 Western Speed Ford Focus Midget at the high-banked Las Vegas 1/3-mile paved track known as the Bullring, recorded a fifth-place finish in the 30-lap USAC California Ford Focus Pavement Series feature event on Saturday, April 4. Michael’s teammate Cody Gerhardt, driving the #40 Western Speed Ford Focus, finished […]

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Michael Lewis Has Strong Formula BMW Americas Debut in Puebla, Mexico

Laguna Beach, California—Rookie Formula BMW driver Michael Lewis, of Laguna Beach, California, driving for Antonio Ferrari’s Eurointernational team, had an outstanding first and second round of the Formula BMW Americas event in Puebla, Mexico, March 21 and 22. Michael qualified fourth of 13 drivers for both of the Saturday and Sunday races. “Qualifying went quite […]

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Michael Lewis Earns Second Place Finish At Havasu 95 Speedway

Laguna Beach, CA—Michael Lewis had an impressive night at Havasu 95 Speedway Saturday night, March 14, driving the Western Speed, Kevin Gerhardt-owned Ford Focus Midget, in the USAC Ford Focus California Pavement Series. Michael qualified the Eibach Springs, CTECH Cabinets, Molecule, Oakley, Team ASE, Klotz Oil, Orange County Convention Center, SSI Decals, Mettec, Earl’s Performance […]

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Michael Lewis Joins Western Speed

Laguna Beach, CA—After a successful two-race debut with the Western Speed team in the 2008 USAC California Pavement Ford Focus Car Series, Michael Lewis will compete with the team in 2009. Michael finished fifth at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale in November at the annual Turkey Night Grand Prix, and third in September’s race at Havasu 95 […]

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Michael Lewis Wraps Up Preseason Testing in Formula BMW Americas

Laguna Beach, CA—Michael Lewis set the third best time during the second Formula BMW Americas collective test at Carolina Motorsports Park, in Kershaw, South Carolina. Driving for Eurointernational, Michael clocked a time of 1:30:212, just behind two of his Eurointernational teammates. That put him at position three on the lap charts during the two-day session. […]

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Sponsor Team Announced for Michael Lewis Formula BMW Americas Championship

Laguna Beach, CA—A tremendous group of companies have agreed to sign on to be an important part of Michael Lewis and the Eurointernational Formula BMW Americas Championship team for the 2009 race season.  The sponsors participating with Michael’s Formula BMW Americas Championship team include CTECH Aluminum Trailer Cabinets and Carts, Eibach Springs, SSI Decals, Position […]

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Michael Lewis Debuts with Eurointernational at Test Session

Laguna Beach, CA—Michael Lewis, of Laguna Beach, California, turned some heads with his impressive lap times at the first collective test session of 2009 for the Formula BMW Americas Championship at Palm Beach International Raceway, in Jupiter, Florida, on Monday, February 16, and Tuesday, February 17. Michael was second quickest on the final day of […]

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Michael Lewis Joins Eurointernational In Formula BMW Americas Championship

Laguna Beach, CA—The reigning championship team in the Formula BMW Americas Championship race series has announced that kart series veteran Michael Lewis, of Laguna Beach, California, has joined the team. “We have just completed our preseason tests in FBMA Americas and Michael has shown continuing progress in his lap time and consistency,” said Eurointernational team […]

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Formula BMW Americas Completes Season’s First Official Test

The sixth season of open-wheel racing’s most complete driver development series officially got underway Monday and Tuesday as the Formula BMW Americas Championship conducted its first official test at Florida’s Palm Beach International Raceway. The growing roster of drivers and teams from North, Central and South America that will compete in the 2009 Formula BMW […]

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Listen to Michael Lewis’ internet radio interview

Listen to Michael Lewis’ internet radio interview with Derek Ross, in his SidePods Podcast—The Online Auto Racing Show about Open Wheel Racing from the RaceRemote Motorsports Media Network—live from the PRI Trade Show. You can also check out more at www.raceremote.com  {audio}images/stories/mp3/michael_lewis_quick_questions.mp3{/audio}   Press the play button to listen now.      

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MJLracing.com goes LIVE!

Today MJL Racing officially launched their website!  Thanks for stopping by to see what is happenning at MJL and what is going on with Michael Lewis’s racing career. Take a look at the gallery to see some of the most recent images from some of his races and practices in karting, USAC Focus Midgets and […]

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