Tagliani is a first-class driver, and he's making the Forsythe team forget all about the Patrick Carpentier, but he might consider taking on a more boring race persona. Maybe he should imagine himself as Kenny Brack, a Swede so colorless that white rice has a more interesting personality, and yet a gifted driver who is clearly a champion in the making, as his very tough pass of Adrian Fernandez early in the Rio race proved. Looks like Tracy and Vasser for the CART championship. You'll notice that CART has adopted F1-style victory celebrations, which gives priority to the media and excludes the wining crew. It's part of CART's effort to make itself seem more professional, which is what the engine manufacturers are always asking for.
Trouble is, the crew members feel like second-class citizens now and they're justifiably angry.
It looked like he got waved away before the vent hose man was clear, so perhaps he was faultless when the vent guy got run down. Even so, Andretti has botched so many pit stops over the years, ether by stalling or knocking someone down, that there must be a reason. An oil tank malfunction meant Mayfield was roasted by 340 degree F temperatures throughout the race. Indeed the offending oil tank was less than six inches behind him. The driving skill required by a Winston Cup car is not beyond that of the average civilian with average motor skills, but the trick is to maintain concentration throughout exceptionally long races in exceptionally awful conditions.