NASCAR Pinty's - Alex Tagliani finishes fourth in Edmonton (13)

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Alex Tagliani Concludes the NASCAR Pinty's Series 
Canadian Western Swing with a fourth place finish 
in Edmonton


Montreal, July 30, 2017 - Racecar driver Alex 
Tagliani concluded his Canadian western swing on 
a positive note with a fourth place finish in the 
Luxxur 300 presented by Bayer. Round 8 of the 
2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series season was held 
Saturday evening on the one quarter-mile Edmonton 
International Raceway located near Wetaskiwin 
just south of Edmonton, Alberta.


Starting third on the grid, the driver from 
Lachenaie, Québec, kept his #18 EpiPen-Lowe's-St 
Hubert-Spectra Premium Dodge in the top seven 
during the first half of the 300-lap (121 
kilometres) race despite an understeering problem 
that required two interventions from his team 
during and after the mandatory five-minute 
mid-race break. Later around lap 193 and for 
reasons unknown to the team, series officials 
forced Tagliani to a drive through penalty. This 
caused the Tagliani Autosport driver to drop near 
the rear of the field. But, he slowly climbed his 
way back to the front and with less than 10 laps 
to go, he was fifth behind LP Dumoulin. Following 
the last full course caution restart on lap 293, 
Tagliani moved past his rival to finish fourth.


Alex Labbé won the event ahead of Donald Theetge. 
Cayden Lapcevich finished third ahead of 
Tagliani. Eighteen drivers started the race and 
15 crossed the finish line with eight on the lead 
lap. The race was under caution seven times for 
53 laps.


"We finally had a decent result this week, but at 
the conclusion of the practice session around 
noon time, I felt a little nervous because we 
were 15th overall," Tagliani said. "The team 
proceeded with changes on the car and I was more 
competitive later during qualifying, posting the 
third fastest time on the score sheet. However, 
the car was understeering way too much in the 
first half of the race and it would have caused 
premature wear on the tires had I pushed too 
hard. So I waited until halftime so that the team 
could rectify the problem, which they did. 
However, they did not go far enough so I made 
another quick stop shortly after the restart of 
the second half and the car felt just fine. Then, 
there were a few incidents during a full course 
caution and I was given a drive through penalty 
and we don't know why it was assessed. Even so, I 
came back from the rear of the field to finish 
fourth. Edmonton finally turned out real fine 
compared to the Saskatoon twin bill. The team 
came through tonight in fine form."


With five races left on the 2017 schedule, 
Tagliani has moved up two spots to sixth place in 
the driver championship with 277 points. He his 
now 31 points behind fourth place held jointly by 
DJ Kennington and LP Dumoulin. Assessed with a 
drive through penalty and finishing ninth in the 
race, Kevin Lacroix has relinquished first place 
to Edmonton race winner Alex Labbé who now totals 
346 points, 10 more than Lacroix. Third in the 
race, defending series champion Cayden Lapcevich 
maintains his third position in the standings 
with 315 points, seven ahead of Kennington and LP 
Dumoulin.


In 53 NASCAR Pinty's Series starts, Tagliani has 
five wins, eight poles, 20 top-fives and 33 
top-ten finishes. The Luxxur 300 presented by 
Bayer will air on TSN on Saturday, August 12 at 1 
p.m. EDT. Next stop: The Grand Prix of 
Trois-Rivières.


Drivers and teams to enjoy 15 days off before the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivières
Drivers of the NASCAR Pinty's Series will be off 
for 15 days before the start of the last stretch 
of the season, which will begin with Round 9 at 
the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivières the weekend of 
August 11-13. Not so for Tagliani and his team, 
who have a busy off-track schedule. First off, a 
trip on the south shore of Montreal for the 
opening the new RONA store located at 2395, 
Chemin de Chambly in Carignan (J3L 4N4) on 
Saturday, August 5 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. On 
Wednesday, August 9, Tagliani Autosport will be 
in the Trois-Rivières area for a visit at the 
RONA Warehouse located at 4025 Boulevard des 
Récollets in Trois-Rivières (G9A 6M1) to meet 
with fans and customers from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.


The next day, Thursday, August 10, again from 4 
p.m. to 8 p.m., everybody will gather at the 
Réno-Dépôt store at 4575 Boulevard des Forges in 
Trois-Rivières (G8Y 1V9) with the team hauler and 
the #18 EpiPen-Lowe's-St Hubert racecar. Fans and 
media are invited to attend these local pre-race 
activities and meet with Alex Tagliani who will 
answer questions, pose for photographs and sign 
autographs. During these events, Lowe's Canada 
joins with EpiPen to promote emergency treatment 
of anaphylactic reactions, which can happen when 
some people are exposed to a usually harmless 
substance called an allergy trigger. EpiPen, 
another major sponsor of Alex Tagliani, 
manufactures EpiPen® Auto-Injectors for the 
emergency treatment of anaphylactic reactions.


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PHOTOS
Alex Tagliani concluded his Canadian western 
swing on a positive note with a fourth place 
finish in the Luxxur 300, round 8 of the 2017 
NASCAR Pinty's Series season held Saturday 
evening on the one quarter-mile Edmonton 
International Raceway.
Photos courtesy of Tagliani Autosport



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Source:
Max d'Orsonnens
Tagliani Autosport
514-246-8909


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