Shaune Lewis, head coach of the Kewanne High School basketball team, died Thursday, July 2nd at the Davenport Speedway.
Lewis reportedly had a medical emergency while out racing on the track, and later passed away from the complication.
The Oskaloosa-based motorsports podcast DIRT N Asphalt reported Lewis's death in a late night Facebook post.
Lewis was 47 years old and head coached the Kewanee Boilermakers varsity boys basketball team since 2015, guiding the team to back-to-back regional championships in his first two years of leadership.
Lewis was also an IMCA Late Model driver in the area and owner of Lewis Auto Body in Kewanee.