Veteran open wheel driver Alex Tagliani has landed a last minute drive in the Indianapolis 500 with confirmation he will handle an entry for AJ Foyt Racing. The diminutive Canadian landed the pole in the showpiece 200-lap marathon in 2011 and recently celebrated the birth of his first child with Australian wife Bronte. Tagliani will pilot the #48 Al-Fe Heat Treating Honda that will be kitted out in livery paying tribute to the great Dan Gurney and his Eagle car. The entry adds to Foyt’s series regulars Takuma Sato and Jack Hawksworth. “My good friend Dan Gurney used to run that number and he’s supposed to be back at Indy this year so I thought it would be a great way to honor him,”...
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