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Texas Firestone 550K Race Report |
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Start: 20th
Finish: 18th
Laps: 225 of 228
Status: Running
Race Winner: Ryan Briscoe
No. 77 Bowers and Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Race Notes
- Alex started 20th and gained four positions in the opening laps, moving up to the 16th position.
- Alex stayed within the 16th – 19th positions throughout the first half of the race.
- After a mid-race yellow on lap 133, the team made a strategic decision to leave Alex on the track as the leaders pitted when pits were opened.
- Alex took over the lead during yellow and continued in the lead on lap 142 when the track went green again and led until he needed to pit on lap 167.
- Alex led 33 laps tonight. He had previously led 21 laps in the IZOD IndyCar Series.
- As the pit stop ended, the fueling rig remained engaged and when Alex exited the pits fueler Phil McRoberts was struck by the fueling hose as it pulled loose from the car and he was thrown to the ground. McRoberts was unhurt by the incident and Alex returned to the track.
- Due to leaving the pit box with the fuel hose engaged, Alex was penalized with a drive-through penalty which put him back in 18th place when he returned to the track.
- Alex had to pit one final time for a splash of fuel on lap 221 and ended up in 18th place, three laps down from the leaders.
Alex Tagliani on the Firestone 550K Race:
“The team did a fantastic job tonight and gave me a really good car so it’s disappointing to not be able to capitalize on that. We had a little issue in Qualifying yesterday and the guys worked on it last night and fixed the problem. And you could see that we had a great car when we got out front. Once I got out front, I had a great car and the Bowers and Wilkins #77 car was absolutely amazing. We realized we had a small issue in Indianapolis and it carried over here in Qualifying. But the guys worked very hard and found the problem last night and I knew that tonight when I had such a good car. But the racing is just so competitive that you just can’t make it up when you start from the back. I’m so proud of the boys and so proud to show what a good car we had when we got out front. That is testament to the hard work of the team and shows the character of everyone on this team. Now, we know we have a good car so we will leave and regroup and do a better job in Iowa.”
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Texas Firestone 550K Qualifying Report |
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Qualifying Results
Position: 20th
Speed (4 lap average) : 212.526 mph
Pole Winner/Speed: Ryan Briscoe/215.273 mph
*Media Note: There will be one final practice held this evening from 8:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. ET
No. 77 Bowers and Wilkins FAZZT Race Team News and Notes
• In 2009 Tagliani made his first IZOD IndyCar Series start at Texas. He started 13th and finished 14th.
• Tagliani has made 33 oval starts in his career with a best finish of 2nd at Twin Ring Motegi, Japan in 2002.
• Tagliani has scored 3 pole positions on oval tracks during his career; Brazil in 2000; Fontana, CA in 2001 and Milwaukee in 2003.
• In the past five seasons (since 2005) Tagliani has only raced in eight oval events.
• Tagliani is currently in 11th place in the points standings with 126 points
• 2010 is Tagliani’s first full IndyCar Series season and his 10th season of open wheel racing.
Season Results
Event Start Finish Laps Completed Status Points Standings
Sao Paulo, Brazil 2nd 19th 28 of 61 Contact 12 19th
St. Petersburg, FL 8th 6th 100 of 100 Running 28 13th
Barber Motorsports Park, Al 21st 10th 90 of 90 Running 20 13th
Long Beach Grand Prix, CA 7th 21st 65 of 85 Contact 12 14th
Kansas Speedway 5th 8th 199 of 200 Running 24 12th
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 5th 10th 200 of 200 Running 30 11th
Alex Tagliani on the Firestone 550K Qualifying:
“It’s just a shame because I think the car is pretty good but somehow we can’t find the speed. We’re going to keep looking until the warm up tonight and see if we can find some speed. We didn’t have the speed today and couldn’t really draft or pass in practice this afternoon.
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FAZZT Announces New Chief Operating Officer |
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FAZZT Announces New Chief Operating Officer
INDIANAPOLIS (June 4, 2010) – The FAZZT Race Team announced today that team General Manager Rob Edwards has been named Chief Operating Officer of the FAZZT Race Team. Those responsibilities will include overseeing the commercial operations and sales division of the FAZZT Race Team. Edwards replaces former COO Jim Freudenberg who resigned his position earlier this month for personal reasons.
“We are looking forward to continue to grow and develop the commercial operations side of the FAZZT Race Team,” said Edwards. “The team has a very strong commercial platform with a number of very strong partners and we will continue to strengthen those partnerships and create new ones.”
The FAZZT Race Team and its driver Alex Tagliani are currently 11th in points in the IZOD IndyCar Series in their first season of competition. The team has had an extremely strong debut, starting on the front row of the season opener in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Most recently the team showed outstanding effort at the Indianapolis 500 where the team’s full-time driver Tagliani started fifth and finished 10th. In addition to starting Tagliani, the team also prepared and entered an entry for open-wheel veteran Bruno Junqueira. Junqueira was the fastest bump day qualifier, started 25th and finished 32nd after an early accident forced him out of the race.
About FAZZT Race Team: The FAZZT Race Team was formed in July 2009 as a partnership between Andre Azzi of the Azzi Race Division, ATG, and other business partners. The team fields a full-time IndyCar Series team that made its debut at the season opening event in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The team has four Dallara chassis and has Canadian driver Alex Tagliani to drive the #77 entry. Andre Azzi, a Montreal based entrepreneur, is the teams’ Chief Executive Officer and Rob Edwards is the Chief Operating Officer and team General Manager. The team is housed in a 25,000 ft. race shop on the north side of Indianapolis with a second facility that will house their Research and Design division in Montreal. For more information, go to www.FAZZTRaceTeam.com.
Media contact: Jana Watt
FAZZT Race Team
(317) 709-3855 or janaw@fazztraceteam.com |
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Indianapolis 500 Race Day Report |
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Alex Tagliani’s Race Results
Start Position: 5th
Finish Position: 10th
Laps Completed: 200 of 200
Status: Running
Race Notes:
• Today was Alex’s 2nd Indy 500 and his best finish. He finished 11th last year.
• Alex was running in 3rd or 4th in the first segment of today’s race.
• After the first stop, Alex was caught out high and dropped back to 8th.
• He was continually running in the top-ten throughout the majority of the race.
• The team employed an alternate strategy by not taking tires for the final pit stop hoping to gain positions.
• Alex maintained excellent fuel mileage throughout the race which enabled him to stay in the top of the field throughout the 200 miles.
Alex Tagliani on today’s race:
“The team did a fantastic job and the Bowers and Wilkins car was too quick. On one restart I guess I turned it wrong and Saavedra didn’t give me a lot of room out there and he was a lap down, and I got into the marbles and lost 10 positions.
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Indianapolis 500 Race Final Practice Report—Carb Day |
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Driver: ALEX TAGLIANI
Entry: No. 77 Bowers and Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Event/Track: Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 2.5 Mile Oval
Event Dates: Race, Sunday, May 30, 2010 1:00 p.m. ET, 12:00 p.m. Pre-Race on ABC
Alex Tagliani’s Practice Results
Position: 10th
Speed/Time: 223.523 mph/40.2644 seconds
Total Laps: 46
Alex Tagliani on today’s practice:
“I’m just very happy again today. The car is good in traffic and I think we have a very competitive car. My goal today was to make sure the car was consistent through the long runs and so far, mission accomplished. We just have 500 miles to go and if we can be there at the end I think we can contend for the win.”
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THE ART INSTITUTE OF INDIANAPOLIS AND FAZZT RACE TEAM FOCUS ON THE YOUTH AT INDY 500 COMMUNITY DAY |
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Indianapolis, IN (Wednesday May 26, 2010)– The Art Institute of Indianapolis joined the Fazzt Race Team in their goal to reach out more to the younger Indy Racing League fans. Students at Ai Indy were asked to design a logo, website and Hero card for children. Ai Indy graphic design students Alex Noonan and Angie Fields created a logo for Fazzt Kidz and a hero card that is being passed out at Community Day at the Indianapolis Motor speedway today. The Hero card is to racing what baseball cards are to baseball. The Fazzt Kidz Hero card will have a picture of Fazzt Race Team driver Alex Tagliani on the front and information about him as well as a link to the website under construction.
The website, once completed, will include puzzles and games for young children to play as well as photos and informational videos by Alex Tagliani. The interactive site is being created by Ai Indy Web Design & Interactive Media students Jason Luzader, Chris Johnson, Jake Kawaguchi, and Matt Turpin. The hope is this site will educate and encourage the enthusiasm for the Indy Racing League among younger fans.
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