Sharp takes 1st IRL race at Nazareth.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: April 21, 2002| Author: Fleischman, Bill | Copyright information

NAZARETH, Pa. _ On a day more suitable for football than racing, the Indy Racing League Sunday made its Nazareth Speedway debut.

With the estimated crowd of 15,000 bundled up against temperatures in the high 40s, Scott Sharp stalked Gil de Ferran for the closing 47 laps. Sharp inherited the victory in the Firestone Indy 225 with about half a lap remaining when de Ferran's Team Penske car ran out of fuel. Felipe Giaffone finished second, .4969 of a second behind Sharp. De...

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