Conquest Racing’s Eric Bachelart—is urging Indy Racing League boss Brian Barnhart to change the pit closure rules before next week’s Rexall Edmonton Indy.
Alex Tagliani was in first place on Lap 58 when Graham Rahal and Ed Carpenter collided. If Tagliani had been allowed to pit right then, he would have likely retained his position with the other leaders who had just completed what would be their final stop.
As a result, the No. 34 Edmonton Northlands/King Tut team had to form up behind the pace car, putting Tagliani back to ninth place at that time.
“It’s hard to accept that we can lose a race, when we have been dominating the whole time, because of a yellow,” Bachelart said. “I really think that the officials should have a hard look at their rules. I think that too many times we have seen the leader lose the race because of a yellow.”
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“The current rules do not always reward the best car and driver on the track and it becomes a bit of a gambling exercise.”
Tagliani, however, did see some positives in the incident even though he was certain that it cost him and the team a victory.
“That rule really destroyed our whole race,” he said. “It’s a shame to see it slip away between our fingers. But in the end, we came (to Toronto) and we showed that we could be faster than anybody else.”
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