Fresh off a fifth-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway two weeks ago, Scott Sharp heads to one of his favourite circuits on the IndyCar Series calendar this weekend, the fast three-quarter mile Richmond International Raceway. source: crash.net Sharp has been a long-time fan of the non-stop, side-by-side racing action produced at the Richmond bullring with its hectic 16-second laps. He was a competitive force in last year's race, running second at the halfway mark and remaining solidly among the top four throughout until contact with a lapped car 49 laps from the finish ended his night prematurely. Sharp and his Fernandez Racing team have been making steady gains with their new Dallara chassis, which turned its first laps in the season opener at Homestead. He is currently seventh in the championship standings as the series reaches the midpoint of the season this Saturday night with the SunTrust Indy Challenge. "I'm just thrilled to be heading back to Richmond this weekend," says Sharp, who has plenty of unfinished business with the Richmond bullring. "It is hard to really describe the type of racing you see here. Every lap is exciting - it's just non-stop action. "Last year, we were in a great position in the race, running in the lead pack with the 50-lap sprint to the finish ahead of us. Unfortunately, contact with a lapped car put us out so we never had a shot at it. Hopefully, we will change that this year. I really feel that the last race in Texas was the turning point of our season, and I am pretty excited about the string of races we have coming up."
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