IRL: Phoenix: Scott Sharp Friday report

PHOENIX (March 19, 2004)---Kelley Racing and driver Scott Sharp returned to the track today in a practice session for the Copper World Indy 200 to be held Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. Sharp posted a quick time of 21.5488-seconds/167.063 mph on the reconfigured one-mile oval. At the top of the speed chart today was Scott Dixon at 20.5208-seconds/ 175.432 mph

Practice for the Copper World Indy 200 will resume tomorrow morning at 9:10 a.m. with qualifying set to begin at 12:00 p.m. Sunday's Copper World Indy 200 is scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. green flag and will be televised live on ABC.

Scott Sharp -- #8 Delphi/Dallara/Toyota/Firestone

"Everybody on the Delphi team has been working really hard today. Andy (Borme) and the guys have been making changes but we just haven't quite found the sweet spot yet. Certainly, the track conditions have changed quite a lot since we were here testing. You have to add close to 30 degrees of ambient temperature, and track temperature and then throw in the different types of tire rubber from the different series on the track. So it's a bit of a curve ball right now but we're working hard to get things going."

Combined Practice Session Results
Position: 16
Speed: 167.063 mph
Time: 21.5488 seconds
Laps: 74

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