Alex Tagliani

Alexandre Tagliani (/tæɡlɪˈɑːnɪ/; born October 18, 1973), nicknamed "Tag", is a Canadian professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series, driving the No. 18 Chevrolet Camaro for 22 Racing.

Alex Tagliani
Alex Tagliani at the 2015 500 Festival Parade in Indianapolis, Indiana
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1973-10-18) October 18, 1973 (age 49) Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada
Awards	2009 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, 2011 Indianapolis 500 pole winner
IndyCar Series career
73 races run over 9 years
2016 position	31st
Best finish	13th (2010)
First race	2008 Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach)
Last race	2016 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 3
Champ Car career
131 races run over 8 years
Best finish	7th (2004, 2005)
First race	2000 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami (Homestead)
Last race	2007 Gran Premio Tecate (Mexico City)
First win	2004 Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America (Road America)
Wins Podiums Poles 1 14 5
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
8 races run over 6 years
2016 position	56th
Best finish	39th (2014)
First race	2009 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal)
Last race	2016 Road America 180 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 5 4
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
6 races run over 6 years
2020 position	65th
Best finish	56th (2019)
First race	2014 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Mosport)
Last race	2020 Sunoco 159 (Daytona RC)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 2
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
109 races run over 15 years
Car no., team	No. 18 (22 Racing)
2022 position	5th
Best finish	3rd (2016)
First race	2007 NAPA Autopro 100 (Montreal)
Last race	2023 NTN Ultimate Bearing 250 (Sunset)
First win	2008 Edmonton 100 (Edmonton Airport)
Last win	2022 Leland Industries Twin 125s (Race 2)(Sutherland)
Wins Top tens Poles 11 76 11
Statistics current as of May 15, 2023.

Tagliani has competed in a variety of disciplines including open-wheel, stock car, and sports car racing. He has raced in the Atlantic Championship, Champ Car, IndyCar Series, NASCAR Pinty's Series, and NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Racing career

Atlantic Championship

Tagliani debuted in the Atlantic Championship in 1996 with P-1 Racing, where he finished seventh in the overall points standings. Switching to Forsythe Racing, he finished third in 1997, fourth in 1998, and fourth in 1999, claiming two wins in each season.

Champ Car

Tagliani raced in the Champ Car series from 2000, when it was still known as CART, until its demise in 2007. He was signed by Forsythe Racing for the 2000 season replacing Greg Moore.

He 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.

In 2001, he was involved in the collision with Alex Zanardi at the Lausitzring that resulted in the loss of Zanardi's legs.

He remained at Forsythe until the end of 2002, when he was substituted by Paul Tracy. He 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, he 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. The seventh-place finish would equal the best of his three Top 10 championship points finishes.

He 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. He earned four pole positions during his Champ Car career.

Alex, along with many other 2007 Champ Car Drivers, has stated the Panoz DP01 was "one of" the best American Open Wheel Racers he ever drove during his career. This is among the collection of open-wheel cars he drove from the 1990s to modern day, and continues to do so, with less frequency into the 2020s. In the mid 2010s his career began a focus on "Stock Car Racing" rather than a large frequency of open-wheel.

IndyCar

In 2008, after the Rocketsports team decided not to take part in the IndyCar Series, Tagliani made the transition to stock cars and began racing in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. He also drove for Conquest Racing in the IndyCar Series Detroit Grand Prix, replacing the injured Enrique Bernoldi. Tagliani continued in the seat for the last two races of the season.

 

Tagliani with fans at Indianapolis Motor Speedway after winning the pole position for the 2011 Indianapolis 500

Conquest Racing announced that Tagliani would return as a full-time driver for the 2009 season.^[1] However, the team ultimately concentrated on road and street course races after the Indianapolis 500; ninth place in Toronto proved his best result. Tagliani left Conquest Racing after the 2009 Rexall Edmonton Indy race in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

It was announced on August 28, 2009, that Tagliani had signed a four-year deal with an option for a fifth year to drive for start-up FAZZT Race Team in the IZOD IndyCar Series beginning in 2010.^[2][3]

After a successful 2010 campaign with Tagliani, FAZZT Race Team was looking forward to an even more successful 2011 season, along with the possible expansion on the grid with a second entry. However, the team was purchased by Sam Schmidt on March 1, 2011,^[4] and was absorbed into Sam Schmidt Motorsports. 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.

 

Tagliani celebrating after winning 2011 Indianapolis 500 pole

In 2011, for the 100th anniversary of the first running of the Indianapolis 500, Tagliani qualified on the pole position with a four-lap average of 227.472 mph, besting Scott Dixon in the last run of the day. Unfortunately for Tagliani, he would run wide in turn 4 on lap 147 and make contact with the outside wall, inflicting damage upon the car which would force him to retire from the race the following lap.

To date, Tagliani's best finish in the Indianapolis 500 is tenth, which he achieved in 2010 while driving for FAZZT Race Team. His best performance was arguably the 2016 event when he charged hard from 33rd starting position to lead 11 laps, matching a record set by Tom Sneva in 1980.

NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series

 

2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series car at Road America

Tagliani has run selected races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series since 2009. That year he entered the Montreal and Phoenix rounds with Pat MacDonald. He drove at Montreal in 2011 for Team Penske and 2012 for Steve Turner. He did not enter any race in 2013.

In 2014, Tagliani announced that he would drive in two races in the series for Team Penske.^[5] At Road America for the Gardner Denver 200, Tagliani won the pole position driving Penske's No. 22. Tagliani nearly won his first NNS race leading the second half. However, it was questionable with 10 laps to go if Tagliani had enough fuel. A caution came out before the final lap and just as the yellow period began, Tagliani ran out of gas in the extended race and stalled at the start/finish line. Tagliani switched to dry (slick) tires with most of the field on wet tires (on a drying track); he restarted in 23rd place and recovered for second place. At Mid-Ohio he finished fifth without leading any lap.

Later in 2014, 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.^[6] Despite the race being his very first Truck Series start, he earned the pole position and led the first seven laps. However, he would finish the race in sixteenth.

 

Autodrome Chaudière 2015 - NASCAR Canadian Tire Series (Photo Paul-Émile Poulin-Jacques)

In 2015, Tagliani drove one race for Team Penske in the Xfinity Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. He 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, 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, 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. He would lead 17 laps and score a seventh-place finish. Tagliani would part ways with Penske at year's end, to make way for other Penske drivers such as Austin Cindric.

Tagliani returned to the Truck Series for the 2017 Mosport race, driving the No. 02 for Young's Motorsports.^[7]

For the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 250, he moved to Kyle Busch Motorsports' No. 51 Toyota.^[8] He returned to the team in August 2020 at the Daytona International Speedway road course.^[9]

NASCAR Pinty's Series

In 2007, Tagliani debuted in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, entering two rounds with Dave Jacombs. In 2008, he raced in 9 out of 13 races with that team, scoring a win at Edmonton Airport.

Tagliani competed at two NASCAR Canada Series races in 2009, two in 2013 and one in 2013. He scored four pole positions, but his best finishes were fifth.

The driver returned as a full-time driver in 2014 with his own team. Again, his best results were fifth, and ended ninth in the overall standings. In 2015, he joined Colin Livingston's team, where he claimed his second win at Sunset and two third-place finishes. In 2016, he scored three wins at Sunset, Toronto and Edmonton International Raceway, and finished third in points.

Tagliani joined Scott Steckly's 22 Racing team in 2017. In 2018, he finished second in the standings behind Louis-Philippe Dumoulin.^[10] During the 2019 season, he scored a win at Toronto and was running in points until myocarditis forced him out of competing in the Autodrome St. Eustache round, effectively ending his championship hopes.^[11]

Sports cars

Tagliani has competed in sports cars since the mid-2000s. He 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. In 2013, he drove driving a Ferrari GRAND-AM GT in the Rolex Sports Car Series. Later, Rocketsports Racing announced that it had signed Tagliani for the full 2014 United SportsCar Championship season to drive an Oreca FLM09.^[12]

Personal life

Tagliani has severe food allergies and suffered several episodes of anaphylaxis. He has promoted public awareness through the Food Allergy Canada and personal sponsor Pfizer.^[13]

He is also an advocate for young Go-Karting talent and the Go-Karting hobby across the world, from Briggs to Shifters to KZ. This is seen in some of his businesses and initiatives, such as "Tag E-Karting and Amusement" located in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec.^[14]

In 2023, he talked in depth regarding his NASCAR Pinty's Career, and some great lifetime memories of his in downtown Saskatoon, and area, over the years. He 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. He is one of the greatest assets to Canadian Motorsports and its rich history.^[15]

Motorsports career results

Career summary

Season	Series	Team name	No.	Races	Poles	Wins	Pts	Final placing
1995	Esso Protec F1600 Series	?		?	?	1	?	4th
1996	Atlantic Championship	P-1 Racing	90	12	0	0	70	7th
1997	Atlantic Championship	Forsythe Championship Racing		11	2	2	123	3rd
1998	Atlantic Championship	Forsythe Championship Racing		13	3	2	130	5th
1999	Atlantic Championship	Forsythe Championship Racing		12	3	2	118	4th
2000	CART Series	Forsythe Championship Racing	33	20	1	0	53	16th
2001	CART Series	Forsythe Championship Racing	33	20	2	0	80	11th
2002	CART Series	Forsythe Championship Racing	33	19	0	0	111	8th
2003	CART Series	Rocketsports Racing	33	18	2	0	97	10th
2004	Champ Car	Rocketsports Racing	8	14	0	1	218	7th
2005	Champ Car	Team Australia	15	13	0	0	207	7th
	V8 Supercars	WPS Racing	8	2	0	0	144	53rd
2006	Champ Car	Team Australia	15	14	0	0	205	8th
	Grand-Am Cup			3	0	0	45	59th
2007	Champ Car	RSPORTS	8	12	0	0	70	7th
	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series	Jacombs Racing		2	0	0	182	35th
2008	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series	Jacombs Racing		9	0	1	1091	19th
	IndyCar Series	Walker Racing	36	4	0	0	56	32nd
		Conquest Racing	15
2009	IndyCar Series	Conquest Racing	34	6	0	0	114	22nd
	NASCAR Nationwide Series	MacDonald Motorsports	81	2	0	0	134	115th
	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series	Stockton Racing	3/81	2	2	0	184	40th
2010	IndyCar Series	FAZZT Race Team	77	17	0	0	302	13th
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	Kelly Racing	11	2	0	0	72	NC
2011	IndyCar Series	Bryan Herta Autosport	98	16	2	0	296	15th
		Sam Schmidt Motorsports	77
	NASCAR Nationwide Series	Penske Racing	12	1	0	0	43	64th
	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series	Jacombs Racing	12	2	1	0	307	37th
	International V8 Supercar Championship	Kelly Racing	16	2	0	0	120	68th
2012	IndyCar Series	Bryan Herta Autosport	98	14	1	0	272	17th
	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Turner Motorsports	30	1	1	0	23	66th
2013	IndyCar Series	Barracuda Racing	98	10	0	0	180	24th
		Chip Ganassi Racing	10
	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series	DJK Racing		1	0	0	40	45th
2014	IndyCar Series	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	68	1	0	0	28	31st
	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Penske Racing	22	2	0	0	82	39th
	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series	Brad Keselowski Racing	19	1	1	0	0	103rd
	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series	Tagliani AutoSports	18	9	0	0	273	9th
2015	IndyCar Series	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	48	1	0	0	27	37st
	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Penske Racing	22	1	1	0	44	55th
	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series	Brad Keselowski Racing	29	1	1	0	0	91st
	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series	Tagliani AutoSports	18	9	0	1	356	9th
2016	IndyCar Series	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	48	2	0	0	35	31st
	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Penske Racing	22	1	1	0	35	56th
	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series	Tagliani AutoSports	18	11	1	3	446	3rd

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

CART/Champ Car

Champ Car results
Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points	Ref
2000	Player's	Reynard 2Ki	Ford XF	MIA 9	LBH 4	RIO 13	MOT 15	NAZ 19	MIL 22	DET 6	POR 13	CLE 16	TOR 5	MIS 16	CHI 9	MDO 9	ROA 14	VAN 18	LS 23	GAT 14	HOU 16	SRF 22	FON 6		16th	53	^[16]
2001	Player's	Reynard 01i	Ford XF	MTY 21	LBH 18	TXS NH	NAZ 22	MOT 22	MIL 12	DET 21	POR 12	CLE 9	TOR 2	MIS 6	CHI 6	MDO 7	ROA 8	VAN 23	LAU 21	ROC 14	HOU 19	LS 15	SRF 3	FON 3	11th	80	^[17]
2002	Player's	Reynard 02i	Ford XF	MTY 5	LBH 16	MOT 2	MIL 19	LS 10	POR 12	CHI 7	TOR 7	CLE 5	VAN 7	MDO 7	ROA 2	MTL 11	DEN 12	ROC 18	MIA 4	SRF 6	FON 8	MXC 10			8th	111	^[18]
2003	Rocketsports Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE	STP 19	MTY 3	LBH 10	BRH 8	LAU 18	MIL 5	LS 14	POR 3	CLE 8	TOR 17	VAN 14	ROA 3	MDO 6	MTL 4	DEN 9	MIA 13	MXC 16	SRF 7	FON NH			10th	97	^[19]
2004	Rocketsports Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE	LBH 8	MTY 5	MIL 13	POR 7	CLE 3	TOR 7	VAN 7	ROA 1	DEN 10	MTL 7	LS 6	LVG 16	SRF 19	MXC 11								7th	218^	^[20]
2005	Team Australia	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE	LBH 15	MTY 3	MIL 10	POR 18	CLE 4	TOR 3	EDM 7	SJO 9	DEN 14	MTL 5	LVG 7	SRF 4	MXC 8									7th	207	^[21]
2006	Team Australia	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE	LBH 3	HOU 11	MTY 5	MIL Wth	POR 11	CLE 4	TOR 6	EDM 12	SJO 14	DEN 16	MTL 7	ROA 11	SRF 3	MXC 5								8th	205	^[22]
2007	RSPORTS	Panoz DP01	Cosworth XFE	LVG 4	LBH 5	HOU 9	POR 5	CLE 6	MTT 8	TOR 8	EDM 14	SJO 15	ROA 5												10th	205	^[23]
	Rocketsports Racing													ZOL 9	ASN 15	SRF 7	MXC 13

• ^ New points system implemented in 2004

IndyCar Series

IndyCar Series results
Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points	Ref
2008	Walker Racing	Panoz	15	Cosworth	HMS	STP	MOT^1	LBH^1 7	KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM				32nd	56	^[24]
	Conquest Racing	Dallara	36	Honda																	DET 22	CHI 12	SRF^2 4
2009			34		STP 10	LBH 10	KAN	INDY DNQ	MIL	TXS 14	IOW	RIR	WGL	TOR 9	EDM 13	KTY	MDO	SNM	CHI	MOT	HMS			22nd	114	^[25]
			36					INDY 11
2010	FAZZT Race Team		77		SAO 19	STP 6	ALA 10	LBH 21	KAN 8	INDY 10	TXS 18	IOW 12	WGL 17	TOR 17	EDM 23	MDO 4*	SNM 14	CHI 25	KTY 15	MOT 13	HMS 14			13th	302	^[26]
2011	Sam Schmidt Motorsports				STP 6	ALA 15	LBH 5	SAO 19	INDY 28	TXS 4	TXS 14	MIL 18	IOW 16	TOR 23	EDM 17	MDO 6	NHM 19	SNM 20	BAL 7	MOT 4	KTY			15th	296	^[27]
	Bryan Herta Autosport		98																			LVS C^3
2012		Dallara DW12		Lotus	STP 15	ALA 26	LBH 21	SAO																17th	272	^[28]
				Honda					INDY 12	DET 10	TXS 9	MIL 7	IOW 16	TOR 10	EDM 5	MDO 10	SNM 9	BAL 8	FON 20
2013	Barracuda Racing				STP 10	ALA 11	LBH 19	SAO 12	INDY 24	DET 23	DET 21	TXS 22	MIL 23	IOW 24	POC 17	TOR 17	TOR 10	MDO	SNM	BAL	HOU	HOU		24th	180	^[29]
	Chip Ganassi Racing		10																				FON 14
2014	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing		68		STP	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY 13	DET	DET	TXS	HOU	HOU	POC	IOW	TOR	TOR	MDO	MIL	SNM	FON		31st	28	^[30]
2015	A. J. Foyt Enterprises		48		STP	NLA	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY 17	DET	DET	TXS	TOR	FON	MIL	IOW	MDO	POC	SNM				37th	27	^[31]
2016			35		STP	PHX	LBH	ALA	IMS 23	INDY 17	DET	DET	RDA	IOW	TOR	MDO	POC	TXS	WGL	SNM				31st	35	^[32]

¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

³ The Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 wins	Championships
6	6	72	3	0	0	26	0	0

** Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.

*** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

Indianapolis 500

 

Alex Tagliani participating in the Pit Stop Challenge at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 2015

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2009	Dallara	Honda	33	11	Conquest Racing
2010	Dallara	Honda	5	10	FAZZT Race Team
2011	Dallara	Honda	1	28	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2012	Dallara	Honda	11	12	Team Barracuda – BHA
2013	Dallara	Honda	11	24	Barracuda Racing
2014	Dallara	Honda	24	13	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing
2015	Dallara	Honda	21	17	A. J. Foyt Enterprises
2016	Dallara	Honda	33	17	A. J. Foyt Enterprises

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2009	MacDonald Motorsports	81	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV 26	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO 38	HOM	116th	134	^[33]
2011	Penske Racing	12	Dodge	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	TAL	NSH	RCH	DAR	DOV	IOW	CLT	CHI	MCH	ROA	DAY	KEN	NHA	NSH	IRP	IOW	GLN	CGV 2	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM		64th	43	^[34]
2012	Turner Motorsports	30	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	CGV 22	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			66th	23	^[35]
2014	Team Penske	22	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA 2	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH 5	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM			39th	82	^[36]
2015				DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH 2*	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			55th	44	^[37]
2016				DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA 7	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			56th	35	^[38]

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	NGTC	Pts	Ref
2014	Brad Keselowski Racing	19	Ford	DAY	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP 16	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM		99th	0^1	^[39]
2015		29		DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP 5	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	91st	0^1	^[40]
2017	Young's Motorsports	02	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP 19	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	63rd	18	^[41]
2018		12		DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	CHI	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP 10	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	65th	27	^[42]
2019	Kyle Busch Motorsports	51	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR	TEX	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	CHI	KEN	POC	ELD	MCH	BRI	MSP 2	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO	HOM	56th	38	^[43]
2020				DAY	LVS	CLT	ATL	HOM	POC	KEN	TEX	KAN	KAN	MCH	DAY 22	DOV	GTW	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	65th	18	^[44]

Pinty's Series

NASCAR Pinty's Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	NPSC	Pts	Ref
2007	Jacombs Racing	8	Chevy	HAM	MOS	BAR	MPS	EDM	MTL 25	MOS	CTR 23	HAM	BAR2	RIS	KWA		35th	182	^[45]
2008		7	Ford	HAM 20	MOS 5	BAR 7	ASE 24	MPS 17	EDM 1*	MTL 29	MOS 18	CTR 18	HAM	BAR	RIS	KWA	19th	1091	^[46]
2009	Stockton Racing	03	Chevy	ASE	DEL	MOS	ASE	MPS	EDM	SAS	MOS	CTR 22					40th	184	^[47]
		81											MTL 27	BAR	RIS	KWA
2011	Jacombs Racing	12	Dodge	MOS	ICAR 8*	DEL	MOS	TOR	MPS	SAS	CTR	MTL 5	BAR	RIS	KWA		37th	307	^[48]
2013	DJK Racing	28	Dodge	MOS	DEL	MOS	ICAR	MPS	SAS	ASE	CTR 5	RIS	MOS	BAR	KWA		45th	40	^[49]
2014	Tagliani AutoSport	18	Dodge	MOS	ACD 14	ICAR 5	EIR 13*	SAS 5	ASE 12	CTR 25	RIS	MOS 20	BAR 10	KWA 21			9th	273	^[50]
2015			Chevy	MOS	ACD 5	SSS 1*	ICAR 3	EIR 7	SAS 7	ASE 6	CTR 3	RIS	MOS 8	KWA 7			9th	356	^[51]
2016				MOS	SSS 1*	ACD 3	ICAR 6	TOR 1*	EIR 1*	SAS 4	CTR 3	RIS 9*	MOS 17	ASE 5	KWA 8		3rd	446	^[52]
2017			Dodge	MOS 18	DEL 2	ACD 7											6th	477	^[53]
	22 Racing						ICAR 5*	TOR 15	SAS 20	SAS2 9	EIR 4	CTR 1*	RIS 6	MOS 2	ASE 10	JUK 6
2018			Chevy	MSP 14	JUK 3	ACD 11	TOR 2*	SAS 3	SAS 6	EIR 3	CTR 1*	RIS 5	MSP 1*	ASE 2	NHA 7	JUK 13	2nd	516	^[54]
2019				MSP 11	JUK 5	ACD 5	TOR 1*	SAS 11	SAS 6	EIR 8	CTR 2*	RIS 2	MSP 3*	ASE	NHA	JUK	10th	394	^[55]
2020				SUN	SUN	FLA 4	FLA 6	JUK 14	JUK 5								12th	147	^[56]
2021				SUN 3	SUN 9	CTR 1*	ICAR 4	MSP 4	MSP 2*	FLA 4	DEL 14	DEL 18	DEL 17				4th	371	^[57]
2022				SUN 7	MSP 2	ACD 5	AVE 15	TOR 5	EDM 18	SAS 7	SAS 1*	CTR 4	OSK 5	ICAR 7	MSP 6	DEL 20	5th	476	^[58]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

Touring/sports car racing

(Races in bold indicate pole position)

V8 Supercar results

V8 Supercars results
Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	Final pos	Points
2005	WPS Team Australia	ADL	PUK	BAR	ECR	SHA	HDV	QUE	ORP	SAN 22	BAT 13	SUR	SYP	PHI																54th	144
2010	Rock Racing	YMC R1	YMC R2	BHR R3	BHR R4	ADE R5	ADE R6	HAM R7	HAM R8	QLD R9	QLD R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HDV R13	HDV R14	TOW R15	TOW R16	PHI R17	BAT R18	SUR R19 11	SUR R20 20	SYM R21	SYM R22	SAN R23	SAN R24	SYD R25	SYD R26			NC	72 +
2011	Stratco Racing	YMC R1	YMC R2	ADE R3	ADE R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	PER R7	PER R8	PER R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	PHI R19	BAT R20	SUR R21 19	SUR R22 11	SYM R23	SYM R24	SAN R25	SAN R26	SYD R27	SYD R28	68th	120

+ International driver, not eligible for points in 2010 format. Points listed is team points for driver Jason Bargwanna in the two races where Tagliani was co-driver for the #11 Kelly Racing Holden.

See also

• List of Canadians in Champ Car

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External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alex Tagliani.

• Official website
• Alex Tagliani driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Alex Tagliani career summary at DriverDB.com

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Ryan Hunter-Reay	Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 2009	Succeeded by Simona de Silvestro