End Of The Road: IndyCar's KV Racing Closing Operations After 14 Years

KV Racing, the IndyCar team co-owned by Kevin Kalkhoven and Jimmy Vasser is shutting down "after 14 years and seven victories," according to the AP. The team formally announced the "long-rumored move" Thursday and has "sold its equipment to fellow team owner Ricardo Juncos, who plans to run in the IndyCar Series this season." KV Racing won the '13 Indy 500 with Tony Kanaan and had four wins over the last three seasons with Sebastien Bourdais. However, the team "had not hired a driver" for '17 after Bourdais left KV for Dale Coyne Racing, fueling "speculation that it was shuttering the operation" (AP, 2/16). NBCSPORTS.com's Tony DiZinno noted KV "barely answered the bell" for '16, with Bourdais and sponsor Hydroxycut being "announced the week" of the Phoenix Int'l Raceway test. KV’s future had been a "talking point throughout this offseason" (NBCSPORTS.com, 2/16).