Scott Sharp News

Simon Pagenaud signs up to replace Scott Sharp in the Patron Highcroft Racing line-up for the 2010 ALMS season With Scott Sharp having left the team to set up his own GT2 outfit for 2010, American Le Mans Series title winners Patron Highcroft Racing has named Frenchman Simon Pagenaud as his replacement for the defence of its crown.

Question: I am glad to see IZOD is coming on board and anticipate the announcement on Thurs.

Scott Sharp quits Highcroft Racing and switches focus to his new team, 'Extreme Speed Motorsports'. Scott Sharp has confirmed that he will concentrate on team ownership next year - expanding his squad's Ferrari 430 GTC assault to a two-car outfit in the American Le Mans Series.

Question: Any word on Gil de Ferran's possible IndyCar teams for next year? Really hoping it happens.

Scott Sharp is launching his own ALMS team that will compete in GT2. Veteran racer Scott Sharp, who has made his mark everywhere from Trans-Am and Champ Car to IndyCar and the American Le Mans Series, announced Saturday that he will own a new race team named Extreme Speed Motorsports that will compete in the American Le Mans Series' GT2 class in ...

MONTEREY, October 5, 2009: Drama and celebrations will highlight the four-hour American Le Mans Series finale set for this Saturday, October 10, at the famed Laguna Seca Raceway with the Monterey Sports Championships beginning at 2:45 p.m. [PDT]. The drama will be the battle for the coveted LMP1 driver and team titles between the Acura squads of ...

A picture of the Highcroft Patron Acura ARX-02a race car at Road Atlanta. The Highcroft Racing team will build a new car for Saturday's running of the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta after the team's main car was destroyed Thursday in a crash during practice.

BRASELTON, September 21, 2009: The Patron Highcroft Racing team wants its current trend to continue when the green flag drops Saturday for the prestigious Petit Le Mans sports car classic.

Former Indy 500 champion Dario Franchitti will return to the Patron Highcroft Racing team for the forthcoming Petit Le Mans event at Road Atlanta, completing a three-driver line-up with current American Le Mans Series points leaders David Brabham and Scott Sharp.

Gil de Ferran is retiring as a race-car driver -- again. The first time, in 2003, he turned into a tour de force as he won the Indianapolis 500 for the first time.

Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud went flag-to-flag Saturday to win the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, their fourth consecutive overall victory in the American Le Mans Series.

Gil de Ferran is retiring as a race-car driver -- again. The first time, in 2003, he turned into a tour de force as he won the Indianapolis 500 for the first time.

Michelin wide-tires fitted for Acura at Mid-Ohio A pair of radically designed Acura prototypes will lead the Michelin technical partner teams to the Acura Sports Car Challenge at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the sixth stop on the 2009 American Le Mans Series schedule, August 7-8. Designed to provide greater cornering power, braking and extended ...

Indianapolis, July 20, 2009: World of Outlaws Sprint Car driver Donny Schatz and American Le Mans driver Scott Sharp will be guests Monday, July 20, on www.racefanradio.com's On Track On Radio, a weekly motor racing program hosted by Tim Tuttle and Roger Hughes from noon to 1 p.m. EDT.

"I can remember being [at Lime Rock] when I was 4 or 5 years old," Sharp said. Soon enough it was Sharp's turn to take a few turns at Lime Rock.

SMP has named Scott Sharp, Indy race car veteran and current American Le Mans Series driver, as the 2009 season spokesman for SMP's Intermotor brand of premium quality engine management parts for import vehicles, now available in the U.S. "We're thrilled to be working with IndyCar driver Scott Sharp, as he represents our Genuine Intermotor brand of ...