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HVM Racing Mid-Ohio Race Report:

Venue: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, 2.25-mile road course, Lexington, Ohio.
Starting Position: 17
Finishing Position: 22
Notes:
Bad luck hampered the result of an overall strong return to the track for HVM Racing during Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  A car that was fast all week, including second fastest in the final practice session Sunday morning, had a mechanical failure that forced the team to finish four laps behind the leaders.

The team showed early in the event just how strong they were.  After a slight rain delay, the team started in the 17th position on wet tires.  The team called Viso on pit road four laps into the race to change to slick tires.  Viso returned to the track and climbed up to the 11th position before pitting for fuel during a caution on lap 24 of the 85-lap race.

Viso continued to be fast as the event approached halfway, running the fastest times of any other driver in three different sections during the race.   The team was setting up for their last fuel stop and had climbed to fourth when they came down pit road under green on lap 57.  It was then when the failure occurred. The team was able to get Viso back on the track, but had already lost laps to the leaders.  Viso passed all the possible cars he was racing against and finished 22nd. 

Comments from HVM Racing Owner Keith Wiggins after Sunday’s Honda Indy 200:

“It’s tough to have been so fast this morning, and then come to the front during the race, to have something happen to our car.  It’s very rare that anything like this occurs to our equipment.

“The team is going to take a thorough look at the issue and take the necessary measures.  We will now focus on the race in Edmonton.”

Comments from HVM Racing Driver E.J. Viso after Sunday’s Honda Indy 200:

“We made just a slight wing adjustment to the car early in the race and that was it.  The car was fast and we were moving to the front. It’s a tough track to pass, but we kept moving forward and we were going to be in a good position at the end of the race. 

“I felt pretty good about how things were going- it looked like we were going to finish in the top-five.  It’s disappointing, but we’ll move onto Edmonton and hope for better luck.”

Contact:
Jeff Dennison; HVM Racing Press Office  57A, Gasoline Alley, Indianapolis, Indiana
Phone: 317-241-3955  Cell: 704-252-3356  E-mail: press@hvminc.net  

For more information on HVM Racing visit www.hvm-racing.com

HVM is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. In its 7 years of competition in the Champ Car World Series, the team has earned 6 wins, 2 pole positions, and an additional 16 podiums since 2001 when Keith Wiggins took over Bettenhausen Motorsports. They finished 4th and 3rd, respectively, in Championship standings in 2006 and 2007 and drivers Mario Dominguez and Robert Doornbos were named Rookie of the Year in 2002 and 2007, respectively.