Paul Lewis (racing driver)
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Paul Lewis is a retired NASCAR
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 Grand National Series race car driver whose career spanned from 1960 to 1968 while primarily driving a #2 Dodge
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 vehicle owned by Mr. Bobby Allison
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Summary

He has managed to lead 71 laps out of 24,090 regulation laps - the equivalent of 19356.3 miles (31,150.9 km). Lewis has started an average of 19th and finished an average of 17th with one DNQ at the 1962 Southeastern 500. The worst season for this driver was the 1964 NASCAR Grand National season where he finished in 142nd place for championship points. All of the laps that Lewis had led were in the 1966 and 1967 NASCAR Cup Series seasons. 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.

Lewis has managed to earn a grand total of $52,867 from all the racing events that he participated in ($ in today's money).
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