Automotive and Motorsport Interests
Kalkhoven was originally a partner with Dan Pettit in 2003 in founding PK Racing to run in the CART Champ Car World Series with Craig Pollock and the remnants of the PacWest Racing team. In 2004 Jimmy Vasser joined the partnership, replacing Pollock, thus becoming PKV Racing. The team still exists as KV Racing Technologies, which ran cars for Oriol Servia and Will Power as full time drivers in the 2008 IRL IndyCar Series. Pettit, the 'P' in PKV, left to purchase the RuSport team from Carl Russo, who decided to step away from the sport after the 2006 season.
In 2003, Kalkhoven became one of the owners of the Champ Car World Series, with Gerald Forsythe, Paul Gentilozzi and Dan Pettit under the name OWRS, or Open-Wheel Racing Series. Additionally, Kalkhoven purchased the Cosworth and Pi Group companies from Ford in 2004 with Gerald Forsythe, along with purchasing the rights to major races in Toronto and Long Beach as strategic measures to ensure the future of the Champ Car series. In March 2008, Champ Car declared bankruptcy, and an agreement was reached with Tony George, owner of the Indy Racing League, to merge the two series under the IRL IndyCar Series banner for 2008 and beyond.
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