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. Robert Doornbos returned to HVM in August 2009, piloting the #33 for the remainder of the 2009 season. 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. 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. On October 30, 2012, de Silvestro signed on to KV Racing Technology for 2013, 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. 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