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Tagliani to stay on at Conquest

US single-seater veteran Alex Tagliani will remain with Conquest Racing for the rest of the IRL IndyCar season, including the non-championship Surfers Paradise event - after replacing the injured Enrique Bernoldi in Detroit last weekend

Bernoldi injured ligaments in his left hand during the race at Sonoma two weeks ago and will not be fit in time for the season finale at Chicagoland on Sunday.

The team also decided that Tagliani's vast experience of Surfers, where he raced Champ Cars for several years, would be valuable as it looks forward to the future.

"Unfortunately Enrique's injury is not healing as fast as we thought and would've liked, and with Alex doing such a great job last weekend it was an easy decision to keep him in the car for Joliet," explained Conquest team owner Eric Bachelart.

"We also elected to keep Alex for Australia since he has so much experience at that track.

"We've been looking for strong results all year and we saw what he was able to do in Detroit. Bringing Alex to a track he knows at Surfers and with more time behind the wheel, I think we will be able to fight for a win and end the season on a high note."

Tagliani, who is anticipating his first oval start in more that three years, added: "I'm honoured that Conquest has called on me again this weekend to drive for them.

"It was such a satisfying feeling to be working with such a professional group of guys last weekend. We came in at the last minute and made so much progress in so little time. We had a top five car on race day and that is proof just how good these guys are.

"As for this weekend, it's been a while since I have done ovals but I'm not worried about getting back into it. Once again I want to help the team as much as possible. I can't wait."

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