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 Name: Brandon The Kid Lewis
Born: 9/28/1985

Team Responsibilities: Driver

Biography:

Brandon “The Kid” Lewis has already reached several milestones in his young career. After earning his nickname while qualifying at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn. At 19-years-old, he went on to qualify against a loaded field at the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis that same year.
 
As his progression has continued through this year, he second season racing a top alcohol funny car on the NHRA second, he has seen track records,  personal best times and speeds and a second qualifying time at Indy.
 
All of his success can be traced back to when The Kid was still a kid.
 
Lewis was born into a racing family. His father, Dave Lewis, has been racing for nearly 40 years and his older brothers have all been involved in racing.
 
The Kid said he got hooked on the adrenaline rush of drag racing when he got his go cart at 5-years-old, but his mother, Sally Lewis, said it might have started even earlier, when he tried to ride her vacuum as a 2-year-old.
 
To go along with his racing achievements, The Kid is also a red-belt kickboxer, recently completed surgical technician classes and has a fully-shaved ‘03 S10 show truck.
 
Having proven that he and his team have the ability to improve after each race, The Kid has his eyes on plenty more success.

Career Overview:

Best Elapsed Time: 5.65 seconds
Top Speed: 257 mph
Best Reaction time: 0.009
Born: September 28, 1985
Hometown: Broken Arrow, Okla.
Hieght: 5-foot-9-inches
Weight: 180 lbs.
Name: Dave Lewis
Born: 1/20/1949

Team Responsibilities: Owner

Biography:

It was little surprise when Dave Lewis’s son became a drag racer. The owner of Lewis Racing Team, and The Kid’s father, began racing in 1968 at Orange County Raceway in California. Throughout his career Lewis has been behind the wheel of front engine dragsters, rear engine dragsters, funny cars, altereds, door cars and outlaw pro mods.
 
As Lewis takes time off from driving, he gets his racing fix in The Kid’s pits. A hands on owner, Lewis gets his hands dirty at every event, pitching in almost four decades of experience.
 

His involvement with the pit crew is understandable, though, as it is made up of skilled mechanics who also happen to be some of his closest friends.

 
As father and team co-owner - with his wife Sally  - Dave Lewis has high hopes for his driver’s future.
Name: Mike Boyce
Born: 11/15/1947

Team Responsibilities: Crew Chief

Biography:

Lewis Racing Team crew chief Mike Boyce said he started working with car engines by accident. It began just helping a friend, and now his “accident” is one of the best things that could have happened to Brandon “The Kid.”
 
Before he began his run with Lewis Racing, Boyce was a part of 13 world championships  and seven world records with alcohol drag boats.  He still tunes the blown alcohol flat of  nine-time world champion Don Ermshar.
 
He was recruited to direct the pit by team owner Dave Lewis, the friend who got him into cars to begin with. When Lewis was racing an outlaw pro mod, Boyce took car of what was under the hood.
 
Now Boyce is taking care of more than a car. He’s the crew chief for his close friend’s son.
Name: David Kessler
Born: 8/5/1968

Team Responsibilities: Clutch

Biography:

The road that brought David Kessler into The Kid’s pits had several turns along the way.
 
Kessler started working on alcohol motors when his father-in-law and Lewis Racing crew chief Mike Boyce convinced him to help with his drag boat endeavors.
 
From there Boyce brought Kessler along to help work on Lewis’s top alcohol funny car during the off-season, before asking him to join the crew full-time. Now, Kessler focuses on clutch work for The Kid.
 
Even though this is Kessler’s first gig on a pit crew, he hopes it will continue to grow and has ambitions of working in The Kid’s top fuel pit one day.
Name: Rich Moline
Born: 5/8/1958

Team Responsibilities: Pit Mechanic, Part-Time Cook

Biography:

Rich Moline claims he was born loving drag racing. He became a serious driver in 1976 when he moved away from home and could finally race without his parents knowing.
 
Moline bracket races for several years before moving up to race super comp. He made his mark in the now-defunct Mid America 790 Association, winning the championship in its final year of existence.
 
A friend of team owner Dave Lewis, Moline joined Lewis Racing Team for the 2006 season.
 
All three of Moline’s children compete in junior dragsters. He runs a race trailer dealership (trailerzoo.com) in Cushing, Okla.
 
 

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