Barracuda Racing Back with a Top Ten Finish in Toronto
Toronto, Ontario - July 14, 2013 - Race two of the Honda Indy Toronto on Sunday afternoon produced a top ten finish for Barracuda Racing, matching Alex Tagliani's best result of the season.
The Canadian driver started the 85-lap competition in ninth place in front of his "home" crowd. For the first time in IZOD IndyCar Series history, and in response to fan requests, the race commenced with a standing start.
The first half of the Honda Indy Toronto went caution free, with Tagliani running comfortably inside the top ten for most of the race. Barracuda Racing opted for a two-stop strategy, calling Tagliani into the pits on laps 20 and 53.
Late in the race, Tagliani slipped back to 13th place, but two more late-race incidents allowed him to advance three spots and finish the race in tenth.
"I gave it everything I had out there for the Barracuda Racing boys," said Tagliani.
Team owner Bryan Herta stated, "It was a solid day here in Toronto for race two. Ironically, I think our pace was a little better yesterday, but a clean run from Tag helped us secure a decent finish and some very useful points."
After ten out of eleven race weekends on track, the IZOD IndyCar Series will have two off-weekends before heading to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio will take place on Sunday, August 4. The race will be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network from 2-6 p.m. ET.
About Barracuda Racing
Barracuda Racing is operated by Bryan Herta Autosport (BHA). Founded by veteran driver Bryan Herta, and noted race engineer and team manager Steve Newey, Bryan Herta Autosport has been a race-winning team in Firestone Indy Lights competition since 2009 and won the 2011 Indianapolis 500 with driver Dan Wheldon in only its second IZOD IndyCar Series start. BHA currently fields entries in the IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights with Curb - Agajanian. Since 2012, BHA has partnered with Bowen and Bowers Motorsports, Inc. (BBM). Based in Toronto, Ontario, BBM is the coming together of leading sports and entertainment property development professionals, Chris Bowers and David Bowen, along with the financial management experience of Trapeze Asset Management Inc. For more information, visit
www.bryanhertaautosport.com.
About Barracuda Networks Inc.
Protecting users, applications, and data for more than 150,000 organizations worldwide, Barracuda Networks has developed a global reputation as the go-to leader for powerful, easy-to-use, affordable IT solutions. The company's proven customer-centric business model focuses on delivering high-value, subscription-based IT solutions for security and storage. For additional information, please visit
http://www.barracuda.com or follow us on Twitter: @barracuda.
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