LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 9, 2008) -- Three more drivers have been added to the starting field  –  at 20 cars and drivers, the biggest starting grid since 2002 – ready to battle in the Champ Car finale at the 34^th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 18-20.

Veteran Canadian driver Alex Tagliani will pilot the #15 Walker Racing entry, while Mexico’s Mario Dominguez will drive a second car for Pacific Coast Motorsports (PCM). Another veteran, Robert Moreno, will drive the #14 Minardi/HVM Racing car.

Tagliani finished 5th here last year and recorded his best Long Beach finish in 2003, standing  3^rd on the podium.  The April 20 race will be his ninth start at Long Beach.  Tagliani has one career Champ Car victory, at Road America in 2004.

Dominguez, wheeling the #96 PCM entry and teaming with Alex Figge, will be making his 7^th appearance on the starting grid here.  Dominguez notched a best-finish 4^th here in 2006 and has two career Champ Car wins, at Australia in 2002 and Miami the following year.  

Moreno, like Dominguez, will be making his 7^th career start at Long Beach, where he scored a best-finish 6^th in 1986.  He finished third in the championship chase in 2000 and has two career Champ Car wins, at Cleveland (2000) and Vancouver (2001).  Moreno’s teammates at Long Beach will be Nelson Phillippe and E. J. Viso.

They’ll join a starting field that is scheduled to include:

·         Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal, winner of the IndyCar Series race April 6 at St. Petersburg, Fla., and Justin Wilson,

·         Four-time Long Beach victor Paul Tracy, David Martinez  and Franck Montagny (Forsythe/Pettit Racing),

·         KV Racing Technology’s Oriol Servia, Will Power and Jimmy Vasser, the 1996 Long Beach winner coming out of retirement for the Champ Car finale,

·         Bruno Junqueira and Mario Moraes (Dale Coyne Racing),

·         Franck Perera and Enrique Bernoldi (Conquest Racing) and

·         Antonio Pizzonia and Juho Annala (Rocketsports Racing).

The final race in the Champ Car series is scheduled to get underway at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 20.