KV Racing Technology was an

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team that last competed in the

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. The team was originally formed as PK Racing before the 2003 season by Australian businessman Kevin Kalkhoven and former

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team manager

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from the remnants of the PacWest team. The team has also sponsored drivers in the

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Champ Car

In its first season, the team fielded one car and employed several drivers including

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and

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, 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 James Vasser Jr. (born November 20, 1965) is an American former racing driver. Vasser won the 1996 CART IndyCar championship with Chip Ganassi Racing, and scored ten victories in the series. Vasser was the last American to win the CART champio ...

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

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, but the season was otherwise lackluster. In 2005, PKV replaced Gonzalez with former series champion

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, who took the team's first win at

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. 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

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. Vasser retired from racing after driving a third car at

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. Servià scored a third place at

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and finished 11th in the championship, while Legge struggled and finished 16th overall. The team's 2007 driver lineup was

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and

Tristan Gommendy Tristan Gommendy (born 4 January 1979) is a French professional racing driver who currently competes in the European Le Mans Series with Duqueine Engineering. Racing career Early career Born in Le Chesnay, Yvelines, Gommendy began his profess ...

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subbed for Gommendy at

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, 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

and San Jose.

IndyCar

The team switched to the

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

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branding from

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along with driver

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to partner Servià. Power won the Champ Car finale, the

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a race which also counted towards the IndyCar Series championship. In the

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, the first for the team and both drivers, Power qualified 23rd and finished 13th, while Servià qualified 25th and finished 11th. Bryan Clauson 88 car - 2015 Indianapolis 500 - Sarah Stierch 2

Bryan Clauson 88 car - 2015 Indianapolis 500 - Sarah Stierch 2

In 2009, the team ran a full-time program for Brazilian

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also made five starts for the team: Indy 500, Watkins Glen, Edmonton, Toronto, and Mid-Ohio.

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drove a third car for the team at the Indy 500. In 2010 the team ran full-time programs for

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, and

, plus a part-time program for Paul Tracy.

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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

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in a third car, the #82, as a tribute to the late

and Indy 500 champion Jim Clark. In the

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, Sato and Viso were the first two cars retired from the race due to separate accidents. For 2012, Sato would leave KV for

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, 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. On 30 October 2012, HVM Racing's Simona de Silvestro joined KV for the

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. Kanaan's win in the

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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

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, while de Silvestro also departed the team at season's end. They were replaced by Dragon Racing teammates

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and

Sebastián Saavedra Sebastián Saavedra (born 2 June 1990) is a Colombian racing driver from Bogotá. In 2014, he drove for KVSH Racing in the Verizon IndyCar Series before being replaced by former GP2 Series driver Stefano Coletti. Racing career Early career Aft ...

for 2014. The team had moderate success in 2014, with Saavedra claiming his first pole at the

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and Bourdais taking his first IndyCar win at

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. 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. Bourdais would take his second win at the

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. 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

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. Without proper funding, Kalkhoven and Vasser attempted to sell the team to

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owner

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, 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

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. In February 2018, former KVSH co-owners

and James "Sulli" Sullivan formed a partnership with

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to field

for the

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with Vasser-Sullivan.

Drivers

(2003) *

(2004–2006, 2008) * Roberto González (2004) *

(2005) *

Jorge Goeters Jorge Goeters (born June 26, 1970) is a Mexican racecar driver. At the present time, Goeters competes full-time in the NASCAR Mexico Series in Mexico. In the past few years he also competed at the international level on a limited basis, running ...

(2005) *

(2006) * Oriol Servià (2006–2008) *

(2007) *

(2008) *

(2009, 2014) *

(2009–2010) *

(2010–2011) *

(2010–2012) *

(2011–2013) *

Rubens Barrichello Rubens "Rubinho" Gonçalves Barrichello (, ; born 23 May 1972) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who competed in Formula One between and . He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 111 T ...

(2012) * Simona de Silvestro (2013) *

(2014) *

(2014–2016) * Stefano Coletti (2015) *

Bryan Clauson Bryan Clauson (June 15, 1989 – August 7, 2016) was an American professional auto racing driver. Best known for his achievements in dirt track open-wheel racing, such as USAC Silver Crown, Midget and Sprint cars. Bryan was seen more and more co ...

(2015) * Stefan Wilson (2016)

Racing results

Complete Champ Car World Series results

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

Complete IndyCar Series results

( key) # Run to

Champ Car Champ Car World Series (CCWS) was the series sanctioned by Open-Wheel Racing Series Inc., or Champ Car, a sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing that operated from 2004 to 2008. It was the successor to Championship Auto Racing Teams ...

specifications. # Non-points-paying, exhibition race. # The final race at Las Vegas was canceled due to Dan Wheldon's death.

References

External links

KV Racing Technology website
{{Champ Car teams Champ Car teams IndyCar Series teams American auto racing teams Australian auto racing teams Auto racing teams established in 2003 Auto racing teams disestablished in 2017