Laguna Beach’s Michael Lewis earned his first win in the Formula 3 Euro Series at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, near Valencia, Spain, on Saturday, Sept. 29. Lewis started on the pole position for the 20-minute sprint race, and led every lap to claim the victory. “I am incredibly happy,” said Lewis. “Today, the start was decisive, [...]
A strong qualifying effort by Laguna Beach’s Michael Lewis led to his third place finish on Saturday, Aug. 25, at Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands in Round 16 of the Formula 3 Euro Series. Rain cleared up in time for the 11:15 a.m. start of the Dutch 4.307-kilometer race. Lewis started on the outside [...]
Michael Lewis, 21, of Laguna Beach, finished second racing in the Formula 3 Euro Series this past weekend in Spielberg, Austria. Lewis started the race in third. While he challenged for the lead at times, he also had to fend off a battle for second position during the 20-minute sprint race. The weekend featured three [...]
Michael Lewis, 21, of Laguna Beach, finished second racing in the Formula 3 Euro Series this past weekend in Spielberg, Austria. Lewis started the race in third. While he challenged for the lead at times, he also had to fend off a battle for second position during the 20-minute sprint race. The weekend featured [...]
Laguna Beach’s Michael Lewis won the Formula 3 Italia rookie championship series in Monza, Italy, by a convincing margin of 10 seconds over second-place driver Sergio Campana. As a result, Lewis earned the opportunity to test drive a Ferrari Formula 1 race car at the Vallelunga Circuit next month. After the win on Saturday, and [...]
Laguna Beach race-car driver Michael Lewis drove in the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit in Belgium, finishing sixth in the Formula 3 Italia Championship. Lewis arrived at the seven-kilometer track (4.35-mile) with high expectations after two previous team tests put him among a group of drivers with top lap times. About halfway through the qualifying session, Lewis [...]
By Meredith Kaplan Burns, Special to the Independent Laguna Beach’s Michael Lewis topped off his three-week return trip home in the U.S. at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale on Saturday, June 25, driving the late-model stock car to a fourth-place finish. Lewis qualified in the Tim Huddleston-prepared #59 High Point Racing car in the seventh position [...]
Auto racer Michael Lewis’ results in Italy’s Misano circuit last weekend placed him third in the Formula 3 Italia Championship point standings and second in the rookie championship battle. When the checkered flag waved on lap 20 of Saturday’s 30-minute timed race of 16 drivers, the Laguna Beach 20-year-old achieved a second-place finish. On Sunday, [...]
Editor, Thank you so much for including the article about Michael Lewis in the May 27 edition of the Laguna Beach Independent. I also wanted to let you know that I enjoyed the article about Charles and Rebecca Brady “Taking a Flight Into History,” also May 27. Their story could have gone on much longer [...]
Laguna Beach’s Michael Lewis has begun a year of racing and testing that will see him crisscrossing the Atlantic and strapping into two different breeds of racing cars through the end of November. He’ll also be competing at two tracks stateside: Toyota Speedway at Irwindale and the Las Vegas Bullring. Instead of a nimble 1000-pound, [...]
Racer Sets Record in Formula 3 Testing Laguna race car driver Michael Lewis set fast times during testing last month at Italy’s Mugello Circuit. Racing his PREMA Powerteam Dallara, Lewis earned P-1, but also became the only Formula 3 Italia driver to break the 1:39 barrier at the track, with his time of 1:38:989. “My [...]
Police Use Taser to Subdue Assault Suspect
An assault involving three men escalated into a struggle with Laguna Beach police, who ultimately deployed a taser twice to subdue the younger combative suspect in the 300 block of Cozumel around 1:15 a.m. Friday, May 10, police said. Police ultimately arrested Laguna Beach resident Sergio Gabriel Borgognone, 51, for allegedly resisting arrest and his [...]
