HVM Racing

HVM Racing was 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 former 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 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 for Nelson Philippe and Roberto Moreno.^[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

•   Gary Bettenhausen (1982–1983, 1996)
•   Ronnie Bremer (2005)
•   Patrick Carpentier (1997)
•   Hélio Castroneves (1998)
•   Dan Clarke (2006–2007)
•   Simona de Silvestro (2010–2012)
•   Fabrizio del Monte (2005)
•   Mario Dominguez (2002–2004, 2007)
•   Robert Doornbos (2007, 2009)
•   Roberto González (2003)
•   Shigeaki Hattori (1999)
•   Ryan Hunter-Reay (2004)
•   Stefan Johansson (1992–1996)
•   Michel Jourdain Jr. (2000–2001)
•   Rodolfo Lavin (2005)
•   Roberto Moreno (2003, 2008)
•   Nelson Philippe (2006, 2008, 2009)
•   Homero Richards (2005)
•   Gualter Salles (1999)
•   Alex Sperafico (2005)
•   E. J. Viso (2008–2009)
•   Björn Wirdheim (2005)

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	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	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	C^3
				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 2008-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, IndyCar.com, March 12, 2008
3. . 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. "De Silvestro signs with KV Racing for next year". 30 October 2012.
6. . Archived from the original on 2015-11-09. Retrieved 2015-11-12.

External links

• Official website of HVM racing^{[dead link]}