RACING DRIVER

Hap Sharp

1928 - 1993

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James "Hap" Sharp (January 1, 1928 – May 7, 1993) was an American race car driver who drove in six Formula One Grands Prix. He was most famous however, for being a 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hap Sharp has received more than 53,014 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hap Sharp is the 703rd most popular racing driver (down from 661st in 2019), the 11,431st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,799th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Racing Driver.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Hap Sharp ranks 703 out of 1,080. Before him are Alexander Albon, Oswald Karch, Aleix Espargaró, Robert La Caze, Roger Laurent, and Helmut Niedermayr. After him are Johann Zarco, Mauri Rose, Robert O'Brien, Johnny Thomson, Narain Karthikeyan, and Guy Tunmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Hap Sharp ranks 556. Before him are Yelizaveta Dementyeva, Joseph Vissers, Pat O'Connor, Tom Aldredge, Diane Foster, and Fred Ebb. After him are Gillian Sheen, Gertrude Liebhart, André Milhoux, Toimi Pitkänen, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, and Gino Pariani. Among people deceased in 1993, Hap Sharp ranks 296. Before him are Glenn Corbett, Clifford Jordan, Chinmayananda Saraswati, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, James Bridges, and Leon Ames. After him are Arnie Oliver, Karl Gordon Henize, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, Ruby Keeler, Don Barksdale, and Irene Sharaff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hap Sharp ranks 11,431 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Harney (1956), Josh Charles (1971), Tim Mayotte (1960), Charles Barton (1902), Marcus Mumford (1987), and Jim Loscutoff (1930). After him are George Dole (1885), Norman Dello Joio (1913), Doris Belack (1926), Wings Hauser (1947), Lucy Burns (1879), and Ruth Warrick (1916).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Hap Sharp ranks 62. Before him are Art Cross (1918), Pat O'Connor (1928), Frank Armi (1918), Pat Flaherty (1926), Colin Edwards (1974), and Kyle Busch (1985). After him are Mauri Rose (1906), Robert O'Brien (1908), Johnny Thomson (1922), Kitty O'Neil (1946), Jimmie Johnson (1975), and Troy Ruttman (1930).

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