HVM Racing

HVM Racing is an auto racing team owned by Keith Wiggins that competed in the IndyCar Series. It competed in the Champ Car World Series in 2007 as Minardi Team USA when it was co-owned by Paul Stoddart.[1] It has a long history of changes of ownership, including a previous incarnation as CTE-HVM Racing, co-owned by actor/comedian Cedric the Entertainer.

The HVM team repairs E. J. Viso's car at the Milwaukee Mile in 2009

Its 2007 driver lineup was Dan Clarke and ex-Formula One driver Robert Doornbos, who previously raced for Minardi F1.

In the first race of the season, the 2007 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Robert Doornbos made the most successful debut since Nigel Mansell in 1993, finishing second on the podium.

They also made the distinction of being the only team willing to run a car numbered 13 full-time, with driver E. J. Viso, when they did so for the 2009 IndyCar Series season, despite negative superstitions from the past about running it in any form of motorsport.

History

Bettenhausen Motorsports

The team has had a long history of names, first as Bettenhausen Motorsports under the leadership of Tony Bettenhausen Jr. The cars were primarily dark blue, white and red with Alumax Aluminum sponsorship and ran several drivers of note, Stefan Johansson, Hélio Castroneves, and Patrick Carpentier among them. The 1992 car appeared in the cover of the 1993 video game IndyCar Racing. They had a difficult 1999 season as the team ran three drivers and Shigeaki Hattori had his competitor's license revoked by chief steward Wally Dallenbach Sr. before the race at Laguna Seca.

Beginning of the Keith Wiggins era

Before the 2000 season started, Bettenhausen, his wife and two business associates were killed in a plane crash on their way home from vacation in Florida. The team was renamed Herdez Competition as Michel Jourdain Jr. came aboard with Wiggins taking over as co-owner and managing director. Two uncompetitive seasons followed and Mario Dominguez was brought into the team in 2002. A fortunate victory came at Surfers Paradise in a water-logged event, as Dominguez started last and failed to pass a single car on track but benefited from pit strategy.

The win boosted his confidence and the team recorded a 1-2 result at Miami, Dominguez leading Roberto Moreno, was the highlight of a much-improved 2003 season, finishing fifth in the championship. Ryan Hunter-Reay came into the team in 2004 and led all 250 laps at The Milwaukee Mile from the pole position. Herdez sponsorship faded at the end of the year and for 2005, with the team now called HVM, Wiggins was forced to take on pay-drivers Björn Wirdheim and Ronnie Bremer. Despite Wirdheim's impressive performances in the 2003 International Formula 3000 season, his subsequent championship title, and Jaguar F1 testing experience, he failed to regularly beat Bremer during the season. Both of their funds dried up, however, before the end of the season and several other drivers had chances in the team's two cars.

Cedric the Entertainer became a co-owner late in the season and added a celebrity presence to the field. The cars that year ran a distinctive gunmetal gray livery with Cedric's A Bird and A Bear entertainment company on the sidepods. Nelson Philippe won in Australia and the team recorded their best season with a fourth place in the championship by Philippe.

Minardi Team USA

In 2006, Paul Stoddart, former owner of the Minardi Formula One team, bought an interest in the team and renamed it Minardi Team USA. For the 2007 season Stoddart and Wiggins lined up the services of Dan Clarke and Red Bull F1 Racing test driver Robert Doornbos. With Doornbos the team began competing for podium positions regularly. The team scored its first win under the Minardi Team USA banner at the 2007 Champ Car Grand Prix de Mont Tremblant. Doornbos went on to capture another win at San Jose, and his tally for 2007 was 2 wins and 6 podiums. Doornbos went on to finish 3rd in Championship standings, earn Rookie of the Year, and was the highest finishing Rookie in the Champ Car World Series since Juan Pablo Montoya in 1999. Doornbos also won the award for Hard Charger, improving the most positions during the race.

HVM's 2008 IndyCar Series entry driven by E. J. Viso

Dan Clarke had a season plagued with bad luck, but had a bright spot when he finished 2nd at Road America, though he was involved in a high-speed incident with Doornbos, which hurt the Dutchman's championship hopes. Clarke later triggered a multi-car pile-up during free practice at Zolder, and was suspended from competition for the race weekend.

HVM in IndyCar

In 2008, following American open wheel unification, the team moved to the IRL IndyCar Series with E. J. Viso as its driver. The team also participated in the Long Beach Grand Prix with two more cars under the Minardi Team USA name.[2] Viso finished the 2008 season with seven top-10 finishes and a season-best fourth-place finish at St. Petersburg.

Viso stayed in the team in 2009 and the team aligned itself with the Indy Lights team Michael Crawford Motorsports, renaming it HVM Indy Lights. The Indy Lights team ran its first race at Infineon Raceway in August 2009 with driver Juan Pablo Garcia. Ryan Hunter-Reay tested the team's IndyCar at Sebring two weeks before the 2009 season opener at St. Petersburg and appeared to become the second driver for the team, but signed with Vision Racing instead. Nelson Philippe joined the team as its second driver for the Indianapolis 500.[3] Robert Doornbos returned to HVM in August 2009, piloting the #33 for the remainder of the 2009 season.

de Silvestro's car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2010.

For the 2010 season, HVM Racing signed Switzerland's Simona de Silvestro full-time to drive the #78 Team Stargate Worlds entry. de Silvestro was one of five women to compete in the IndyCar Series in 2010, along with Ana Beatriz, Milka Duno, Sarah Fisher, and Danica Patrick, and finished 19th in the overall points standings. She was the second highest-placed female in the points standings, behind Danica Patrick, who finished tenth. de Silvestro's best finish in 2010 came at Mid–Ohio Sports Car Course, where she finished in eighth place.

2011 HVM Entergy-sponsored entry on the starting grid for the season opener.

On October 6, 2010, just four days after the 2010 season concluded, HVM Racing announced that they would be bringing de Silvestro back to the team in 2011 in the #78 entry.[4]

On October 30, 2012, de Silvestro signed on to KV Racing Technology for 2013,[5] leaving HVM without a driver or a sponsor. However, former KV driver E. J. Viso had intended to run his own team for 2013, but had little luck. HVM and Viso joined forces with Andretti Autosport to run Viso as a satellite team for Andretti. On 11 November, 2015 the team was listed as up for auction officially listing the team as defunct.[6]

List of Drivers for Bettenhausen/Herdez/HVM/CTE-HVM/Minardi Team USA

Results

CART/CCWS
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C.
Bettenhausen Motorsports
1986 March-Cosworth Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 NC
1987 March-Cosworth Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 9 0 0 0 7 29th
1988 March-Cosworth
Lola-Cosworth		 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 17 0 0 0 25 17th
Lola-Cosworth Dennis Vitolo 1 0 0 0 2 33rd
1989 Lola-Cosworth Jean-Pierre Frey 1 0 0 0 0 41st
John Paul, Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 44th
Steve Chassey 2 0 0 0 0 53rd
Jon Beekhuis 3 0 0 0 0 36th
1990 Lola-Cosworth Guido Daccò 1 0 0 0 0 29th
Lola-Cosworth
Lola-Buick		 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 11 0 0 0 4 24th
1991 Penske-Chevrolet Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 17 0 0 0 27 14th
Cornelius Euser 1 0 0 0 3 27th
1992 Penske-Chevrolet Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 6 0 0 0 6 24th
Stefan Johansson 9 0 0 0 47 14th
1993 Penske-Chevrolet Stefan Johansson 16 0 0 0 43 13th
Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 47th
Scott Sharp 1 0 0 0 0 48th
1994 Penske-Ilmor Stefan Johansson 16 0 0 0 57 11th
Gary Brabham 1 0 0 0 0 52nd
Robbie Groff 2 0 0 0 0 34th
1995 Penske-Mercedes
Reynard-Cosworth		 Stefan Johansson 17 0 0 0 60 13th
1996 Reynard-Mercedes Stefan Johansson 16 0 0 0 43 15th
Penske-Mercedes Gary Bettenhausen 1 0 0 0 0 33rd
1997 Reynard-Mercedes Patrick Carpentier 15 0 0 0 27 17th
Roberto Moreno 2 0 0 0 16 19th
1998 Reynard-Mercedes Hélio Castroneves 19 0 0 0 36 17th
1999 Reynard-Mercedes Shigeaki Hattori 8 0 0 0 0 34th
Gualter Salles 7 0 0 0 5 26th
2000 Lola-Mercedes Michel Jourdain Jr. 20 0 0 0 18 22nd
2001 Lola-Cosworth Michel Jourdain Jr. 21 0 0 0 30 20th
Herdez Competition
2002 Lola-Cosworth Mario Dominguez 19 1 0 1 37 18th
2003 Lola-Cosworth Roberto Moreno 17 0 0 0 67 13th
Mario Dominguez 18 1 0 0 118 6th
Roberto González 1 0 0 0 3 24th
2004 Lola-Cosworth Ryan Hunter-Reay 14 1 1 1 199 9th
Mario Dominguez 14 0 0 1 244 5th
HVM Racing
2005 Lola-Cosworth Björn Wirdheim 11 0 0 0 115 14th
Ronnie Bremer 5 0 0 0 139 12th
Alex Sperafico 2 0 0 0 24 20th
Rodolfo Lavin 6 0 0 0 72 18th
Fabrizio del Monte 1 0 0 0 10 26th
Homero Richards 1 0 0 0 5 28th
CTE-HVM Racing
2006 Lola-Cosworth Nelson Philippe 14 1 0 1 231 4th
Dan Clarke 14 0 0 0 175 12th
Minardi Team USA
2007 Panoz DP01-Cosworth Robert Doornbos 14 2 0 1 268 3rd
Dan Clarke 13 0 0 1 129 13th
Mario Dominguez 1 0 0 0 78 18th

IRL IndyCar Series
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C.
2008 Dallara-Honda
Panoz-Cosworth		 Ernesto Viso 17 0 0 0 286 18th
2009 Dallara-Honda Ernesto Viso 17 0 0 0 248 18th
Nelson Philippe 1 0 0 0 16 35th
Robert Doornbos 5 0 0 0 283 16th
2010 Dallara-Honda Simona de Silvestro 17 0 0 0 242 19th
2011 Dallara-Honda Simona de Silvestro 15 0 0 1 225 20th
2012 Dallara-Lotus Simona de Silvestro 14 0 0 0 182 24th

Complete CART / Champ Car World Series results

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

Year Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Bettenhausen Motorsports
1986 PHX LBH INDY MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MCH POC MDO SAN MCH ROA LAG PHX
March 86C Cosworth DFX V8t G Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 16 28
1987 LBH PHX INDY MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MCH POC ROA MDO NAZ LAG MIA
March 86C Cosworth DFX V8t G Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 16 11 15 10 DNQ 13 20 DNQ 11 22 15 25
1988 PHX LBH INDY MIL POR CLE TOR MEA MCH POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG MIA
March 86C
Lola T87/00		 Cosworth DFX V8t G Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 16 6 DNQ 33 19 15 17 8 4 15 16 16 13 26
Lola T87/00 Dennis Vitolo 11
1989 PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG
Lola T87/00
Lola T88/00		 Cosworth DFX V8t G Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 16 DNQ DNQ
Dennis Vitolo DNQ DNQ
Jean-Pierre Frey 15
John Paul, Jr. 16
Steve Chassey 28 29
Jon Beekhuis 13 24 15
Michael Greenfield DNQ
1990 PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG
Lola T88/00 Cosworth DFX V8t G Guido Daccò 16 23
Lola T89/00 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 20 DNS 22
Buick 3300 V6t 26 13 16 17 12 10 26 22 24
1991 SFR LBH PHX INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG
Penske PC-19 Chevrolet 265A V8t G Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 16 10 12 18 9 12 13 13 13 21 11 5 10 18 18 13 10 16
Cornelius Euser 90 10
1992 SFR PHX LBH INDY DET POR MIL NHA TOR MCH CLE ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG
Penske PC-20 Chevrolet 265A V8t G Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 16 13 11 15 DNQ 21 18 9
Stefan Johansson 3 10 11 9 19 3 6 21 11
1993 SFR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH NHA ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG
Penske PC-22 Chevrolet 265C V8t G Stefan Johansson 16 12 21 26 11 25 20 26 4 24 23 14 21 3 26 7 6
Scott Sharp 33 22
Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 76 20
1994 SFR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO NHA VAN ROA NAZ LAG
Penske PC-22 Ilmor 265D V8t G Stefan Johansson 16 5 4 10 15 26 22 8 5 14 14 12 23 26 8 5 12
Ilmor 265C V8t Gary Bettenhausen 61 DNQ
Ilmor 265D V8t
Ilmor 265C V8t		 Gary Brabham 76 24
Robbie Groff 13 13
1995 MIA SFR PHX LBH NAZ INDY MIL DET POR ROA TOR CLE MCH MDO NHA VAN LAG
Penske PC-23 Mercedes-Benz IC108B V8t G Stefan Johansson 16 22 17 24 6 3 DNQ 21 11 6 10 14 8 6 23 25 4 14
Reynard 94i Ford XB V8t 16
1996 MIA RIO SFR LBH NAZ 500 MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG
Reynard 96i Mercedes-Benz IC108C V8t G Stefan Johansson 16 19 23 6 19 19 16 27 7 9 12 17 5 11 4 17 21
Penske PC-23 Mercedes-Benz IC108B V8t Gary Bettenhausen 26 21
1997 MIA SFR LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG FON
Reynard 97i Mercedes-Benz IC108D V8t G Patrick Carpentier 16 9 15 15 12 28 2 8 15 16 12 16 15 15 27 DNS
Roberto Moreno 15 10
1998 MIA MOT LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG HOU SFR FON
Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz IC108E V8t G Hélio Castroneves 16 24 11 9 23 23 7 2 12 13 27 10 12 17 26 24 23 24 21 10
1999 MIA MOT LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL POR CLE ROA TOR MCH DET MDO CHI VAN LAG HOU SRF FON
Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz IC108E V8t F Shigeaki Hattori 16 DNS 20 26 Wth 15 23 28 23 17 Wth
Gualter Salles 17 10
2000 MIA LBH RIO MOT NAZ MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH CHI MDO ROA VAN LAG GAT HOU SRF FON
Lola B2K/00 Mercedes-Benz IC108F V8t F Michel Jourdain, Jr. 16 14 11 15 12 18 18 8 23 22 19 15 11 15 18 23 24 16 18 7 11
2001 MTY LBH NAZ MOT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH CHI MDO ROA VAN LAU ROC HOU LAG SRF FON
Lola B01/00 Ford XF V8t F Michel Jourdain, Jr. 16 17 13 13 11 13 25 15 25 16 3 23 17 17 6 17 19 25 23 7 16
Herdez Competition
2002 MTY LBH MOT MIL LAG POR CHI TOR CLE VAN MDO ROA MTL DEN ROC MIA SFR FON MXC
Lola B02/00 Ford XF V8t B Mario Domínguez 16 17 14 11 17
55 15 10 11 18 17 10 16 8 17 14 13 11 1 16 18
2003 STP MTY LBH BRH LAU MIL LAG POR CLE TOR VAN ROA MDO MTL DEN MIA MXC SFR
Lola B02/00 Ford XFE V8t B Roberto Moreno 4 5 6 17 7 10 19 15 9 18 6 17 7 19 7 16 2 16
Roberto González 10
Mario Domínguez 55 14 13 5 3 2 8 10 10 5 12 10 14 16 5 7 1 3 10
2004 LBH MTY MIL POR CLE TOR VAN ROA DEN MTL LAG LSV SFR MXC
Lola B02/00 Ford XFE V8t B Ryan Hunter-Reay 4 7 8 1* 12 11 8 8 4 16 18 5 13 5 19
Mario Domínguez 55 5 3 8 17 8 17 6 5 4 3 11 7 3 8
HVM Racing
2005 LBH MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL LSV SRF MXC
Lola B02/00 Ford XFE V8t B Björn Wirdheim 4 12 8 15 9 15 15 15 8 11 13 6
Fabrizio del Monte 16 DNS
Homero Richards 50 16
Ronnie Bremer 55 7 19 8 8 14
Alex Sperafico 8 12
Rodolfo Lavín 13 5 14 5 13 15
CTE-HVM Racing
2006 LBH HOU MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA SRF MXC
Lola B02/00 Ford XFE V8t B Nelson Philippe 4 13 4 17 3 8 10 13 14 4 5 3 14 1* 7
Dan Clarke 14 11 16 13 8 6 7 17 9 16 3 4 6 17 18
Minardi Team USA
2007 LSV LBH HOU POR CLE MTT TOR EDM SJO ROA ZOL ASN SFR MXC
Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE V8t B Dan Clarke 4 15 12 17 6 11 14 12 8 17 2 11 17 17
Mario Domínguez 17
Robert Doornbos 14 2 13 3 3 2 1 6 11 1 14 7 13 4 16

Complete IndyCar Series results

(key)

Year Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
2008 HMS STP MOT LBH1 KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF2
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 F E.J. Viso 33 17 4 14 26 8 14 13 10 10 22 15 13 6 24 23 6
Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE V8t B 9
Nelson Philippe 4 15
Roberto Moreno 14 17
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 E.J. Viso 13 17 23 21 24 18 24 20 12 7 13 12 15 15 22 17 15 16
Nelson Philippe 00 25
Robert Doornbos 33 14 10 18 16 20
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 Simona de Silvestro 78 16 16 21 17 22 14 24 21 24 9 22 8 13 23 25 23 23
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 Simona de Silvestro 78 4 9 20 20 31 26 27 25 DNS 10 24 12 16 12 14 25 C3
Simon Pagenaud 15
2012 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TEX MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO SNM BAL FON
Dallara DW12 Lotus DC00 V6t F Simona de Silvestro 78 24 20 20 24 32 13 DNS 24 14 24 23 23 17 22 26
  1. ^ Run to Champ Car specifications.
  2. ^ Non-points-paying, exhibition race.
  3. ^ The final race at Las Vegas was canceled due to Dan Wheldon's death.

References
  1. "Minardi team to race in Champ Car". BBC News. December 18, 2006.
  2. Wiggins' HVM Racing to enter series Archived 2008-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, IndyCar.com, March 12, 2008
  3. "Driver Hopes to Shift the Indy 500 Into Neutral". Fox News. April 24, 2009. Archived from the original on April 26, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2009.
  4. "Award-winning de Silvestro back with HVM". IndyCar.com. 2010-10-06. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  5. http://espn.go.com/racing/indycar/story/_/id/8572436/simona-de-silvestro-signs-kv-racing-2013
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-09. Retrieved 2015-11-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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