| Paul Lewis | |||||||
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Paul Lewis posing for a photo with fellow Johnson City veteran drivers Gary Potter and Brownie King |
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| Born | September 28, 1932 Johnson City, Tennessee, United States |
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| Awards | 1960 NASCAR Rookie of the Year Runner-up | ||||||
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career | |||||||
| 114 races run over 9 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 14th – 1965 NASCAR Grand National Series season | ||||||
| First race | 1960 Gwyn Staley 160 (North Wilkesboro Speedway) | ||||||
| Last race | 1968 World 600 (Charlotte Motor Speedway) | ||||||
| First win | 1966 Smoky Mountain 200 (Smoky Mountain Raceway) | ||||||
| Last win | 1966 Smoky Mountain 200 (Smoky Mountain Raceway) | ||||||
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Paul Lewis (born September 28, 1932) is a retired NASCAR Grand National Series race car driver whose career spanned from 1960 to 1968[1] while primarily driving a #2 Dodge vehicle owned by Mr. Bobby Allison[2]
He has managed to lead 71 laps out of 24,090 regulation laps - the equivalent of 19,356.3 miles (31,150.9 km).[1] Lewis has started an average of 19th and finished an average of 17th with one DNQ at the 1962 Southeastern 500.[1] The worst season for this driver was the 1964 NASCAR Grand National season where he finished in 142nd place for championship points.[1] All of the laps that Lewis had led were in the 1966 and 1967 NASCAR Cup Series seasons.[1] This driver started his career at the age of 27 and ended it at 35 years of age; a latecomer compared today's to NASCAR drivers who generally start their career at the top level between the ages of 18 and 21.[1]
Lewis has managed to earn a grand total of $52,867 from all the racing events that he participated in ($333,741.96 in today's money).[1]