Team Australia's Alex Tagliani has made a fantastic start to this year's Champ Car World Series by finishing third in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in California. source: teamaustraliamotorsport.com Tagliani's teammate Will Power, from Toowoomba, ran as high as fourth early in the race, but a couple of "rookie" mistakes saw him eventually finish ninth despite a couple of spins in his Aussie Vineyards Lola. The race was won by defending series champion Sebastian Bourdais and Englishman Justin Wilson. The result backs-up Tagliani's two podium finishes in Monterrey Mexico and Toronto Canada in 2005. There was dramatic start to the race when a first-turn accident eliminated Paul Tracy, Oriol Servia and AJ Allmendinger. Bruno Junqueira was also involved, but lasted another four laps before having to retire. This allowed Tagliani to go from seventh to third and Power from ninth to fifth by the end of the second lap. A second yellow on lap 13 saw both Tagliani and Power pit. A quick stop saw Power jump past Mario Dominguez into fourth spot. Power had Dominguez in his mirrors and overshot the braking marker at turn 1 on lap 36, but he avoided hitting the wall. He did loose a lot of time when his engine stalled. Shortly after, another yellow flag was waved after Katherine Legge spun and stalled at turn five. Tagliani went into third with a great pass on Dominguez on Shoreline Drive on lap 50 and held his position all the way to the chequered flag.
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