IndyCar
The team switched to the IndyCar Series series following the unification of 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 Team Australia branding from Walker Racing along with driver Will Power to partner Servia.
Power won the Champ Car finale, the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach a race which also counted towards the IndyCar Series championship. In the 2008 Indianapolis 500, the first for the team and both drivers, Power qualified 23rd and finished 13th, while Servia qualified 25th and finished 11th.
In 2009, the team ran a full-time program for Brazilian Mario Moraes. Paul Tracy also made five starts for the team: Indy 500, Watkins Glen, Edmonton, Toronto, and Mid-Ohio. Townsend Bell drove a third car for the team at the Indy 500. In 2010 the team ran full-time programs for Takuma Sato, E. J. Viso, and Mario Moraes, plus a part-time program for Paul Tracy. James Rossiter tested for the team at Barber. For 2011, Sato and Viso will return 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 will also add former champion Tony Kanaan in a third car, the #82, as a tribute to the late Formula 1 champion Jim Clark.
In the 2011 Indianapolis 500, Sato and Viso were the first two cars retired from the race due to separate accidents.
On October 30, 2012, HVM Racing's Simona de Silvestro signed on to KV Racing Technology for the 2013 IndyCar Season, driving the No. 78 with sponsorship from the Nuclear Clean Air Energy and making KV Racing Technology a four-car team.
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