Indy driver Tagliani pays off wager with beaver-suit stunts

Published 3:10 pm Monday, August 5, 2013

IndyCar Series driver Alex Tagliani, of Canada, right, in a beaver costume, looks on as fellow driver Scott Dixon, of New Zealand, left, milks a cow with fair worker Jeff Jehn at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis, Monday, Aug. 5, 2013 as part of the payoff of a charity fund-raising bet. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — IndyCar driver Alex Tagliani has made good on a bet he lost to fellow driver Scott Dixon by wearing a beaver costume while riding a tricycle and milking a cow at the Indiana State Fair.

Tagliani’s stint as a clown on Monday happened because Dixon managed to raise $1,130 more than he did for charities through an initiative called Power of 2. Together, the two racers raised more than $13,000.



Tagliani also tried unsuccessfully to ring the bell at the “Strong Man” game on the midway and had photos taken with the fair’s “world’s largest male hog” and the “world’s largest popcorn ball.”

Tagliani, still wearing the beaver suit, prevailed over Dixon when the two raced go-karts for five laps on a quarter-mile banked oval track.

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

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