Indianapolis 500: Alex Tagliani Posts Fastest Lap in First Full Practice Session

Monday brought cooler temperatures at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but there was no rain.For the first time this year, we had a full scheduled six hour practice session that resulted in a total of 1379 laps turned by 39 cars. All of the teams were out with their primary cars and some made their first appearance of 2011 at the famous speedway.Some familiar names were at the top of the speed charts in the first couple of hours. The 2004 Indy 500 winner, Buddy Rice, took over the top spot, holding it for the early parts of the afternoon. When the Ganassi cars finally came out to take the track, it didn't take Scott Dixon long to land the fastest lap.He was bumped off the top spot, though, by Alex Tagliani with just about 30 minutes remaining i...

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