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Scott Sharp Wins at Kentucky!
Topic Started: Aug 14 2005, 07:12 PM (82 Views)
Dewy9
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It's about time
Sharp breaks long drought with win at Kentucky

SPARTA, Ky. (AP) -- Former IRL champion Scott Sharp won for the first time in more than two years, holding off Vitor Meira on Sunday to win the Amber Alert Portal Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway.

Sharp, driving a Honda for Delphi Fernandez Racing, became the second driver of that car to win the Kentucky Indy Racing League race in as many years, following Adrian Fernandez.

Sharp's win was his ninth on the series, but his first since 2003, a streak of 40 winless races.

The 37-year-old Sharp took the lead on lap 134 of the 200-lap race, passing Dan Wheldon, and never was headed. Sharp's crew had a flawless pit stop during a caution on lap 172, and he blocked every subsequent attempt of Meira to pass him after that.

Meira moved into second during that pit stop, when he beat Wheldon, the series points leader, out of the pits. It was the fourth career second-place finish for Meira, a Brazilian who never has won an IRL race. He was the runner-up to Wheldon in this year's Indianapolis 500.

Wheldon finished third, the 11th time in 12 races he's finished in the top six.

Sharp shared the IRL series' inaugural title in 1996 with Buzz Calkins. But this season, Sharp's previous best finish was second, in Japan in April. He'd had three other top-five finishes before Sunday. His previous best finish at Kentucky Speedway was second in 2001.

Rookie Danica Patrick, making her 12th career start and seeking her first series win, started on the pole for the second time this season. But she surrendered the lead to Tony Kanaan on the first lap, soon fell out of the top five and never led again.

As she did in the Indianapolis 500, Patrick stalled her car during a pit stop, on lap 71. Six laps later, after a restart, Patrick had to return to the pits because of a problem with her Honda's gearbox. She finished 16th, 16 laps behind the leaders.

She wasn't the only contender with problems. Tomas Scheckter, who had raced as high as third, had electronic problems with his Chevrolet and exited on lap 82. Defending series champion Tony Kanaan led 25 laps and was second, behind his Andretti Green teammate Wheldon, when his Honda's right rear suspension went out on lap 99.

Kanaan, who completed every lap of every race last year, did not finish for the third time in 12 races this year.

Another Andretti Green driver, Dario Franchitti, lost a tire following a pit stop on lap 30 and fell to 22nd in the 23-car field. He rallied to move into second by lap 124, but a problem with a wheel bearing ended his race after 170 laps.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/raci...y.ap/index.html


Wooh! Buddy and Scott are my two favorites in the IRL, and great to see the Delphi car back in victory lane. :cooljoe: :D
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who? :shifty: :D
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1995 co-Champion... I think.
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1995 co-Champion... I think.

'96. Inagural year

Buzz Calkins was the co-champ.
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1996... It's been a hell of a long day lol.
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Complete Race Results

Pos Car Driver Chassis-Engine Laps Gap Status
1. 8 Scott Sharp Panoz-Honda 200
2. 17 Vitor Meira Panoz-Honda 200 0.0779
3. 26 Dan Wheldon Dallara-Honda 200 0.5176
4. 51 Alex Barron Dallara-Toyota 200 1.1378
5. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara-Toyota 200 5.3608
6. 95 Buddy Lazier Dallara-Chevrolet 200 5.4829
7. 6 Sam Hornish Jr. Dallara-Toyota 200 5.7471
8. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Panoz-Honda 200 6.2445
9. 14 A.J. Foyt IV Dallara-Chevrolet 200 6.3749
10. 91 Jimmy Kite Dallara-Toyota 200 6.5744
11. 2 Tomas Enge Dallara-Chevrolet 200 6.6616
12. 83 Patrick Carpentier Dallara-Toyota 200 6.8561
13. 33 Ryan Briscoe Panoz-Toyota 200 6.8811
14. 15 Buddy Rice Panoz-Honda 199 1 lap
15. 10 Jaques Lazier Panoz-Toyota 197 3 laps
16. 16 Danica Patrick Panoz-Honda 184 16 laps
17. 24 Roger Yasukawa Dallara-Honda 174 26 laps Mechanical
18. 27 Dario Franchitti Dallara-Honda 169 31 laps Wheel Bearing
19. 7 Bryan Herta Dallara-Honda 144 56 laps Gear Box
20. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara-Honda 99 101 laps Suspension
21. 4 Tomas Scheckter Dallara-Chevrolet 82 118 laps Mechanical
22. 20 Ed Carpenter Dallara-Toyota 67 133 laps Accident
23. 9 Scott Dixon Panoz-Toyota 27 173 laps Mechanical
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I was torn those last few laps. I like Scott and Vitor both a lot, so it was either a guy I like getting his first win in over two years or a guy I like getting his first win period.
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lmao Special Ed was second to last. And AJ IV's been pretty impressive now that he got that Chevy engine.
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