KV Racing Technology

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Flag of the United States.svg KV Racing Technology
KV Racing Technology logo.png
Founded2003
Founder(s) Kevin Kalkhoven
Jimmy Vasser
Folded2017
Base Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Team principal(s) Kevin Kalkhoven
Jimmy Vasser
James Sullivan
Former series Champ Car World Series, IndyCar Series
Teams'
Championships
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Drivers'
Championships
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KV Racing's No. 5 car at the 2008 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg SPGP2008 184.jpg
KV Racing's No. 5 car at the 2008 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

KV Racing Technology was an auto racing team that last competed in the IndyCar Series. The team was originally formed as PK Racing before the 2003 season by Australian businessman Kevin Kalkhoven and former Formula One team manager Craig Pollock from the remnants of the PacWest team. [1]

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The team has also sponsored drivers in the Atlantic Championship.

Champ Car

In its first season, the team fielded one car and employed several drivers including Patrick Lemarié, Bryan Herta, Max Papis and Mika Salo, the latter of which scored the team's best result of third late in the season.

For 2004, the team was significantly revamped. It was renamed to PKV Racing, as businessman Dan Pettit and veteran driver Jimmy Vasser replaced Pollock as co-owners. The team also expanded to field two cars for Vasser and rookie Roberto González. Vasser scored the team's best finish and second podium with a second place at Toronto, but the season was otherwise lackluster. In 2005, PKV replaced Gonzalez with former series champion Cristiano da Matta, who took the team's first win at Portland. Da Matta finished 11th in the championship, while Vasser scored two third-place finishes and was sixth overall.

For 2006, the team fielded full season entries for veteran Oriol Servià and rookie Katherine Legge. Vasser retired from racing after driving a third car at Long Beach. Servià scored a third place at Cleveland and finished 11th in the championship, while Legge struggled and finished 16th overall. The team's 2007 driver lineup was Neel Jani and Tristan Gommendy. Mario Domínguez subbed for Gommendy at Edmonton, and Servià replaced Gommendy for the final two races due to sponsorship issues. The team's best results were Jani's pair of second places finishes at Toronto and San Jose.

IndyCar

Takuma Sato at the 2011 Indy Japan: The Final. Takuma Sato 2011 Indy Japan 300 Qualify.jpg
Takuma Sato at the 2011 Indy Japan: The Final.

The team switched to the IndyCar Series following the unification of American open wheel racing in 2008. Dan Pettit ceased his ownership role in the team and the team changed its name to KV Racing Technology. Australian businessmen Craig Gore and John Fish brought their Team Australia branding from Walker Racing along with driver Will Power to partner Servià.

Power won the Champ Car finale, the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach a race which also counted towards the IndyCar Series championship. Vasser also competed in the race in what was his true final race. In the 2008 Indianapolis 500, the first for the team and both drivers, Power qualified 23rd and finished 13th, while Servià qualified 25th and finished 11th.

Bryan Clauson's damaged No. 88 Jonathan Byrd's Racing car, run in conjunction with KV Racing Technology. returning to the garage at the 2015 Indianapolis 500. Bryan Clauson 88 car - 2015 Indianapolis 500 - Sarah Stierch 2.jpg
Bryan Clauson's damaged No. 88 Jonathan Byrd's Racing car, run in conjunction with KV Racing Technology. returning to the garage at the 2015 Indianapolis 500.

In 2009, the team ran a full-time program for Brazilian Mario Moraes. Paul Tracy also made five starts for the team: Indy 500, Watkins Glen, Edmonton, Toronto, and Mid-Ohio. Townsend Bell drove a third car for the team at the Indy 500. In 2010 the team ran full-time programs for Takuma Sato, E. J. Viso, and Mario Moraes, plus a part-time program for Paul Tracy. James Rossiter tested for the team at Barber. For 2011, Sato and Viso returned to the team, as well as gaining technical support from Lotus Cars, re-branding the team as KV Racing Technology – Lotus, or KVRT-Lotus. The team added Tony Kanaan in a third car, the #82, as a tribute to the late Formula One and Indy 500 champion Jim Clark. [2]

In the 2011 Indianapolis 500, Sato and Viso were the first two cars retired from the race due to separate accidents.

For 2012, Sato would leave KV for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, replaced by former Formula 1 driver Rubens Barichello. The team also announced that it would be partnering with Chevrolet. Although he was winless, Kanaan would finish 9th that season with a best finish of 2nd at Milwaukee. Both Viso and Barichello would struggle that year for results, with both drivers leaving the team at the end of the year. [3]

On 30 October 2012, HVM Racing's Simona de Silvestro joined KV for the 2013 IndyCar Series season. [4]

Kanaan's win in the 2013 Indianapolis 500 was the first for KV, while de Silvestro scored her first podium at Houston. Kanaan departed KV to drive for Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2014 IndyCar Series season, while de Silvestro also departed the team at season's end. [5] They were replaced by Dragon Racing teammates Sébastien Bourdais and Sebastián Saavedra for 2014.

The team had moderate success in 2014, with Saavedra claiming his first pole at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis and Bourdais taking his first IndyCar win at Honda Indy Toronto. Though Bourdais finished 10th in standings, a lack of results saw Saavedra's release from the team. His replacement for 2015 would be former GP2 driver Stefano Coletti. Coletti would struggle heavily adapting to IndyCar, with a best finish of 8th at the 2015 Grand Prix of Indianapolis. [6] Bourdais would take his second win at the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit. KV would release Coletti at the end of the season, reducing to only Bourdais' No. 11 for the 2016 season. The team would take its second consecutive win in Detroit.

Despite the win, funding for the team was in doubt as Kalkhoven wished to sell the team's equipment. In response, Bourdais departed KVSH for Dale Coyne Racing. Without proper funding, Kalkhoven and Vasser attempted to sell the team to Indy Lights owner Trevor Carlin, but the deal fell through. On 16 February 2017, Vasser and Kalkhoven released statements confirming the end of KV Racing Technology, and the sale of equipment and technical data to Juncos Racing.

In February 2018, former KVSH co-owners Jimmy Vasser and James "Sulli" Sullivan formed a partnership with Dale Coyne to field Sébastien Bourdais for the 2018 IndyCar Series as Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan. [7]

Drivers

Racing results

Complete Champ Car World Series results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearChassisEngineTyresDriversNo.123456789101112131415161718Pts PosPts
PK Racing
2003 STP MTY LBH BRH LAU MIL LAG POR CLE TOR VAN ROA MDO MTL DEN MIA MEX SFR
Lola B02/00 Ford XFE V8 t B Flag of France.svg Patrick Lemarié 2710101311191821st8
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta 1125th2
Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis 151216949917th25
Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo 14351116th26
PKV Racing
2004 LBH MTY MIL POR CLE TOR VAN ROA DEN MTL LAG LSV SFR MXC
Lola B02/00 Ford XFE V8 t B Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser 12161248521081781751258th201
Flag of Mexico.svg Roberto González 211491210713131612101410111215th136
2005 LBH MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL LSV SRF MXC
Lola B02/00 Ford XFE V8 t B Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser 12914566411111573366th217
Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta 21106111*1617171018612191411th139
Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Goeters 521829th3
2006 LBH HOU MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA SRF MXC
Lola B02/00 Ford XFE V8 t B Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià 618128510312481516413611th197
Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser 121424th7
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge 2081414613814131291316151616th133
2007 LSV LBH HOU POR CLE MTT TOR EDM SJO ROA ZOL ASN SFR MXC
Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE V8 t B Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neel Jani 211071512362921085899th231
Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy 225111371312158716412th140
Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez 1718th78
Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià 1436th237

Complete IndyCar Series results

(key)

YearChassisEngineTyresDriversNo.12345678910111213141516171819Pts PosPts
2008 HMS STP MOT LBH 1 KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF 2
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 F Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià 51271111626165231655121541759th358
Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE V8 t B 5
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 F Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power 82582713141392515114222625852212th331
Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE V8 t B 1*
Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser 1210NC
2009 STP LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI MOT HMS
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 F Flag of Brazil.svg Mario Moraes 521191133910171614112318435714th304
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy 723rd113
15920196
Flag of the United States.svg Townsend Bell 8432nd32
2010 SAO STP ALA LBH KAN INDY TXS IOW WGL TOR EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY MOT HMS
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 F Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato 522222518242025191525925182627121821st214
Flag of Venezuela.svg E. J. Viso 81217161527251131119826192726151917th262
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy 15DNQ13627th91
Flag of Brazil.svg Mario Moraes 3224211367312125514712111718242715th287
2011 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO NHA SNM BAL MOT KTY LSV
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 F Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato 55162183351281920214718181015C 3 13th297
Flag of Venezuela.svg E. J. Viso 591923251332710201792015129152123C 3 18th241
Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan 823682241151922645222831717C 3 5th366
2012 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO SNM BAL FON
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6 t F Flag of Venezuela.svg E. J. Viso 58181291818195242016201692520th244
Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello 81789101125DNS107111315452212th289
Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan 11252141336112341861020189th351
2013 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS MIL IOW POC TOR MDO SNM BAL HOU FON
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6 t F Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan 114132021113123103135242413152124311th397
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro 78618981716241624211110141195210813th362
2014 STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS HOU POC IOW TOR MDO MIL SNM FON
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6 t F Flag of the United States.svg Townsend Bell 62532nd22
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais 11131415471320204516191*9212111810th461
Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Saavedra 171191823151422141517151719212018161721st291
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Davison 331629th34
2015 STP NOL LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS TOR FON MIL IOW MDO POC SNM
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6 t F Flag of Monaco.svg Stefano Coletti 4201723198251516192311202019241719th203
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais 1162168411141145141*917232010th406
2016 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA IOW TOR MDO POC TXS WGL SNM
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6 t F Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais 112189162491818872051051014th404
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stefan Wilson 252834th14
  1. ^ Run to Champ Car specifications.
  2. ^ Non-points-paying, exhibition race.
  3. ^ The final race at Las Vegas was cancelled due to Dan Wheldon's death.

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