Alex tagliani

ALEX TAGLIANI

2012 was said by many to have been Tagliani’s most successful year in Indycar to date, although the results charts may not show it, he qualified in the top 6 (Firestone Fast 6) for every race bar one during the 2012 season.

Tagliani also raced in the NASCAR Nationwide Series on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, claiming pole position for the race hometown race there. In 2012 he also raced in the Starworks Daytona Prototype car in Montreal and Laguna Seca, finishing 3rd in only his 2nd race in that category.

In 2011 Tagliani became the first and only Canadian driver to claim Pole Position and at the historical Indianapolis 500 in the centennial celebration year.

In 2010, he qualified 5th for the biggest race in the world, the Indianapolis 500 where in 2009, he was named the Chase Rookie of the Year.

In 2009, Tagliani raced a limited schedule with Conquest Racing, starting six events for the team and compiling three top-10 finishes. He received Rookie of the Year honors at the Indianapolis 500 after starting 33rd.

In 2008, Tagliani won at the Historical Road America racetrack, achieved fourteen Podium and five Pole Positions, and won his first NASCAR Canadian Tire Series race in July 2008 at the Edmonton 100.

The history all began when Tagliani first stepped into competitive Go-Kart in 1987, he then made his way into Champ Car racing in 2000, after a number of successful campaigns in the Atlantic Championship. The 2002 season saw him lead a career-high 115 laps, finishing 15 events with three top five finishes and two podium finishes. 

In 2003, Tagliani joined the newly formed Rocketsport racing team and helped the inexperienced team to achieve ten top-10 finishes. He also sat on the pole twice, once in Milwaukee, and then again in his hometown of Montreal. In his second year with Rocketsport, Tagliani won in Road America and was placed in the top three in the championship for the majority of the season. Unfortunately, he finished the 2004 season in seventh place after heart breaking mechanical failures in the final races of the season.