39 Facts About Alex Tagliani

Alex Tagliani competes full-time in the NASCAR Canada Series, driving the No 18 Chevrolet Camaro for 22 Racing.

Alex Tagliani has raced in the Atlantic Championship, Champ Car, IndyCar Series, NASCAR Pinty's Series, and NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Alex Tagliani debuted in the Atlantic Championship in 1996 with P-1 Racing, where he finished seventh in the overall points standings.

Alex Tagliani raced in the Champ Car series from 2000, when it was still known as CART, until its demise in 2007.

Alex Tagliani was signed by Forsythe Racing for the 2000 season replacing Greg Moore.

Alex Tagliani came close to obtaining his first victory in his third start, after taking pole position at Brazil and leading most of the race, but spun out from the lead with nine laps to go.

Alex Tagliani remained at Forsythe until the end of 2002, when he was substituted by Paul Tracy.

Alex Tagliani found a job with the Rocketsports team in 2003, and remained there for the 2004 season, in which he earned his first and only Champ Car victory at Road America.

In 2005, Alex Tagliani joined Team Australia, which was a rebranding of Derrick Walker's long-running team with the support of Australian businessman Craig Gore, and finished seventh in the championship despite lacking a race engineer.

Alex Tagliani returned to Rocketsports for the 2007 season, and finished 10th in points with a best finish of fourth in the first race of the season.

Alex Tagliani earned four pole positions during his Champ Car career.

In 2008, after the Rocketsports team decided not to take part in the IndyCar Series, Alex Tagliani made the transition to stock cars and began racing in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series.

Alex Tagliani drove for Conquest Racing in the IndyCar Series Detroit Grand Prix, replacing the injured Enrique Bernoldi.

Alex Tagliani continued in the seat for the last two races of the season.

Alex Tagliani left Conquest Racing after the 2009 Rexall Edmonton Indy race in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Alex Tagliani was retained, along with all sponsors, for a full-time entry during the 2011 season, racing alongside his new teammates Townsend Bell, Wade Cunningham, and Jay Howard.

Alex Tagliani has run selected races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series since 2009.

Alex Tagliani drove at Montreal in 2011 for Team Penske and 2012 for Steve Turner.

In 2014, Alex Tagliani announced that he would drive in two races in the series for Team Penske.

At Road America for the Gardner Denver 200, Alex Tagliani won the pole position driving Penske's No 22.

Alex Tagliani nearly won his first NNS race leading the second half.

However, it was questionable with 10 laps to go if Alex Tagliani had enough fuel.

Alex Tagliani switched to dry tires with most of the field on wet tires ; he restarted in 23rd place and recovered for second place.

Later in 2014, Alex Tagliani was announced as the driver for Brad Keselowski Racing's No 19 in the Camping World Truck Series event at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

In 2015, Alex Tagliani drove one race for Team Penske in the Xfinity Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Alex Tagliani earned the pole and was in contention for the victory, losing the lead in the second-to-final corner of the race after being hit by eventual winner Regan Smith.

Two weeks later, Alex Tagliani drove the No 29 truck for Brad Keselowski Racing at Mosport, leading a total of 8 laps and finishing 5th after battling Erik Jones for the lead late in the race.

In 2016, Alex Tagliani made a one-off appearance in the No 22 for Team Penske at Road America in the Xfinity Series, and earned the pole for the race.

Alex Tagliani returned to the Truck Series for the 2017 Mosport race, driving the No 02 for Young's Motorsports.

Alex Tagliani returned to the team in August 2020 at the Daytona International Speedway road course.

In 2007, Alex Tagliani debuted in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, entering two rounds with Dave Jacombs.

Alex Tagliani competed at two NASCAR Canada Series races in 2009, two in 2013 and one in 2013.

Alex Tagliani scored four pole positions, but his best finishes were fifth.

Alex Tagliani finished 59th in GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series GT class points in 2007, with a best finish of 13th at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City.

Alex Tagliani has severe food allergies and suffered several episodes of anaphylaxis.

Alex Tagliani has promoted public awareness through the Food Allergy Canada and personal sponsor Pfizer.

Alex Tagliani is an advocate for young Go-Karting talent and the Go-Karting hobby across the world, from Briggs to Shifters to KZ.

Alex Tagliani won in Saskatoon for the first time in 2022, and at the Honda Indy Toronto, at the World-Famous Toronto Exhibition Grounds, as recently as 2023.

Alex Tagliani is one of the greatest assets to Canadian Motorsports and its rich history.