Another outstanding job by Alex Tagliani and the Rocketsports crew led to the second podium finish for the first year team in G. I. Joe's 200 at the Portland International Speedway source: cart.com Tagliani started fifth and finished third today in the #33 Johnson Controls Lola, scooping his seventh career podium. Tagliani drove the 100 lap race on the 1.969 mile/3.169 km Portland track as aggressively as possible and secured 14 race points. This puts Tagliani in ninth position in the Champ Car World Series standings with 46 points overall. "Our success today was a real team effort," said Tagliani. "The Rocketsports crew did a great job and gave me great pit stops. I raced like I normally do with support from Paul (Gentilozzi) and Phil (Howard). My engineers gave me a great car. It took a while for the car to come to temperature, but it worked really well once it did, for such a fast-paced race. I wish I were even more aggressive from the get-go to move higher up the grid, but I am happy with our results today," continued Tagliani, who sensed he had a quick car this morning during the warm-up session when he posted the fastest time of 59.309 with the #33 Johnson Controls Lola. The 20th Anniversary Portland race was Tagliani's 67th career start in four years. He has earned five top-ten finishes in eight races of the 2003 Champ Car World Series, including the first third-place podium in race two of the Rocketsports inaugural season. "I am glad we (the Rocketsports team) have had the start to the season we have had, and realized how competitive we can be early on," said Tagliani.
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