- Hap Sharp
Former F1 driver
Name = Hap Sharp
Nationality = flagicon|USA American
Years = F1|1961 - F1|1964
Team(s) = private Cooper, non-works Lotus andBrabham
Races = 6
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1961 United States Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =1964 Mexican Grand Prix James "Hap" Sharp (
January 1 ,1928 in Tulsa, Oklahoma –May 7 ,1993 ) was an American race car driver who drove in sixFormula One grands prix. But he was best known as co-owner and driver of the revolutionary Chaparral sports racing cars built by Jim Hall and Sharp in Midland, Texas. In 1962 Jim Hall and Hap Sharp formed Chaparral Cars, Inc. and immediately began the design and construction of Chaparral 2, a mid-engined car with an aerospace inspired semi-monocoque fiberglass chassis.Sharp's record while driving for Chaparral:
1962Road America 500, Hall and Sharp 1st - Chaparral 1
1964USRRC Kent, Sharp 2nd - Chaparral 2USRRC Greenwood, Sharp fastest lap - Chaparral 2USRRC Mid-Ohio, Sharp 1st - Chaparral 2Nassau Speed Week, Sharp/Penske 1st - Chaparral 2
1965Sebring, Hall/Sharp fastest lap and 1st - Chaparral 2USRRC Riverside, Sharp fastest lap and 2nd - Chaparral 2Bridgehampton, Sharp 2nd - Chaparral 2USRRC Watkins Glen, Sharp 2nd - Chaparral 2FIA Mr. Tremblant, Canada, Sharp 3rd - Chaparral 2USRRC Kent, Sharp fastest lap and 2nd - Chaparral 2USRRC Continental Divide, CO, Sharp 1st - Chaparral 2USRRC Mid-Ohio, Sharp 1st - Chaparral 2Road America 500 Hall/Sharp/Hissom 1st, Hall/Sharp/Jennigs 2nd - Chaparral 2Bridgehampton, Sharp fastest lap and 1st - Chaparral 2Kent WA, Sharp 2nd - Chaparral 2CLaguna Seca, Sharp fastest lap and 2nd - Chaparral 2Riverside, Sharp 1st - Chaparral 2Las Vegas, Sharp 1st - Chaparral 2Nassau, Sharp 1st - Chaparral 2C
Sharp retired from driving after the 1965 season.
His nickname "Hap" came from "Happy New Year", in connection with his date of birth. He committed suicide in 1992 after some problems in his personal life.
Complete Formula One World Championship results
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External links
* [http://www.chaparralcars.com/ Chaparral Cars website]
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