# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hap-sharp
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:49:58.581Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hap-sharp"
name: "Hap Sharp"
slug: "hap-sharp"
description: "James \"Hap\" Sharp 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, Sharp and Jim Hall formed Chaparral Cars, Inc. and immediately began the design and construction of Chaparral 2, a mid-engined car with an aerospace inspired semi-monocoque fiberglass chassis."
tagline: "American racing driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1967-05-14_Targa_Florio_Collesano_Chaparral_2F_Hill%2BSharp.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1928-01-01"
deathDate: "1993-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.462402765773554
  historical:           14.68355066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Hap Sharp"
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    title: "Hap Sharp"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump