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Tuesday, December 17
Updated: January 22, 11:08 AM ET

Alex Tagliani
By Robin Miller
ESPN.com

Team: Player's/Forsythe
Nationality: Canadian

Alex Tagliani
Tagliani

STATS

Year
Rank
Wins
Top 5
Top 10
Poles
Best finish

2002 8 0 5 13 0 Second

Career 0 10 28 3 Second

2002 recap
The good: Alex Tagliani scored a pair of second-place finishes at Japan and Elkhart Lake, Ind., a fourth at Miami and two fifth-place finishes at Monterrey and Cleveland. He also started on the front row at Chicago and third at Monterrey and Elkhart Lake.

Season highlight: The Canadian stormed from 12th to second on the oval at Motegi, Japan, leading 23 laps in the process.

The bad: He suffered through a pair of three-race slumps that really hurt his chances in the standings.

Season lowlight: Tagliani was rear-ended and knocked upside down at the aborted start of the Australian monsoon.

Alex Tagliani
Tagliani led laps in 2002, but failed to win a race.

Key stat: He led 115 laps, but never the last one.

2003 outlook
Has a contract with Player's, but is being farmed out to another team because the Canadian-based operation can only field two cars. Likely to end up with Paul Gentilozzi's new outfit.

Update: Tagliani has indeed signed on to drive for Paul Gentilozzi in 2003.

Prediction: A pivotal year for Tagliani. He's got the speed to win, but does he have the other ingredients?

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