JPR News Archive 2007

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	11/09/2007 - Michael Shank Racing Moves to Ford Power for 2008 Columbus, OH - Michael Shank Racing team owner Mike Shank announced today that his two-car Daytona Prototype team will utilize Ford power for the 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve season. The motors will be supplied and prepared by famed Ford supplier Roush Yates Engines.
	09/15/2007 - Pew and MSR Teammates Close the 2007 Season with Another Top Ten Finish Tooele, UT - The #6 machine of Henri Zogaib, John Pew, and Ian James finished a fighting seventh after 139 laps of racing as James scorched his final stint to bring home the tenth top ten of the season for the No. 6 in the SunChaser 1000K at Miller Motorsports Park for the Rolex Sports Car Series season finale.
	08/25/2007 - Michael Shank Racing Returns to Double Top-Ten Form at Infineon Michael Shank Racing finished eighth and tenth in the Armed Forces 250 at Infineon Raceway on Saturday evening in the penultimate round of the 2007 Rolex Sports Car Series season. The result marks yet another double top ten finish for both team Lexus-Riley entries. Michael Shank Racing now looks forward to returning to defend last years race win at the season-ending Miller Motorsports event.
	08/09/2007 - Michael Shank Racing Finishes Strong at Watkins Glen Michael Shank Racing has staged some thrilling finishes in the Crown Royal 200 at the Glen on the way to multiple podium appearances, and Friday evening provided another new chapter as Ozwaldo Negri powered into eighth on the final lap after climbing up through the field from twenty-first position early in the race.
	08/08/2007 - Pew Pushes to Top Ten Qualifying at the Glen John Pew nearly matched the best qualifying result of his young Rolex career on Thursday, taking the Playboy-liveried Michael Shank Racing Lexus-Riley to ninth on the grid for Friday nights Crown Royal 200 at Watkins Glen. The sister Lexus-Riley of Mark Patterson and Oswaldo Negri will start the shortest race of the Rolex Sports Car Series from eleventh on the DP only grid.
	07/22/2007 - Michael Shank Racing Continues Double-Top Ten Runs at Barber Park Leeds, AL-Despite a hectic run of races through the hot summer season, Michael Shank Racing continues to put precious Rolex Sports Car Series championship points in the bank with both team Lexus-Riley entries. Sunday’s Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park marked the third Rolex race in as many weekends for Michael Shank Racing, and the team once again responded with strong results as Mark Patterson and Oswaldo Negri finished sixth, just ahead of James and Pew in seventh.
	07/14/2007 - Top 10 Streak Continues at Iowa North Palm Beach, FL- Michael Shank Racing scored another double top-ten finish with both team entries in Rolex Sports Car Series competition Friday night at Iowa Speedway
	07/06/2007 - MSR lead Lexus at Daytona Daytona Beach, FL-Michael Shank Racing was the highest-finishing Lexus-powered Daytona Prototype on Thursday night in the Grand-Am Rolex Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway as Ian James and John Pew co-drove to a fourth place finish in the Playboy-liveried No. 6.
	06/25/2007 - John Pew Records his Third Top Ten Finish in as many Starts North Palm Beach, FL-John Pew looked forward to the Mid-Ohio event as this was a track in which he knew well. Pew would find the practice sessions valuable in finding the cars limit as he would qualify the No.6 Lexus Riley for Michael Shank Racing.
	06/11/2007 - Pew and James come across the Finish Line in 4th Place at the Glen North Palm Beach, FL- In only his second race for the Michael Shank #6 Lexus-Riley, John Pew has secured another top ten finish. John and co-driver Ian James crossed thestripe in 4th place this past Saturday in the Shalen’s Six Hours at the Glen.
	05/29//2007 - Great Start to DP Effort for John Pew North Palm Beach, FL- Former Star-Mazda Series Masters Champion John Pew recently completed his first race for the Michael Shank Racing team. Pew was partnered in the Lexus-Riley Daytona Prototype with England’s Ian James.
	05/04//2007 - John Pew to Join Michael Shank Racing Columbus, OH - Team owner Mike Shank announced today that he has signed John Pew to a ten-race Rolex Sports Car Series contract. Pew will co-drive with Ian James in the No.6 Michael Shank Racing Lexus-Riley.
	03/29/2007 - Ready to Race North Palm Beach, FL- Former Star-Mazda Masters Series Champion John Pew has completed his physical rehabilitation program which was begun after he was sidelined last season due to a shoulder injury.
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