PacWest Racing was a Champ Car racing team owned by Bruce McCaw founded in 1993.

The team's first full-time season was the next year, 1994, with drivers Dominic Dobson and future Indy Racing League co-champion Scott Sharp. In 1995, the team switched to former Formula One driver Maurício Gugelmin and a fading Danny Sullivan, who would be replaced late in the season by Juan Manuel Fangio II after an injury. In 1996, Mark Blundell took over Fangio's seat.

1997 became PacWest's breakout year, with the team taking four wins - three from Blundell and Gugelmin's sole CART victory at Vancouver. The team was since considered a major team, and was figured to be in contention for the championship in 1998.

The next three years, however, turned out to be a disappointment. 2001 saw Blundell, who retired after the previous season's end, replaced with 2000 Indy Lights Champion Scott Dixon, who earned PacWest's final victory at Nazareth, in which Dixon's teammate Gugelmin withdrew after the death of his son.

2002 was PacWest's final year, in which the troubled team could only obtain associate sponsorship from NTN. The team started four races with Dixon and Oriol Servia. After the third race, Dixon left the team to join Chip Ganassi Racing, and Servia started one more race before McCaw closed the organization.

The team was purchased by Kevin Kalkhoven and Craig Pollock to form PK Racing. The team operated as KV Racing Technology from 2003 until the end of the 2016 season.

The PacWest team's two cars were the cars used by main characters Jimmy Bly (#18) and Joe Tanto (#17) in the 2001 action movie Driven.

Past drivers Mark Blundell (1996–2000) Scott Dixon (2001–2002) Dominic Dobson (1993–1994) Teo Fabi (1996) Juan Manuel Fangio II (1995) Maurício Gugelmin (1995–2001) Roberto Moreno (1999) Oriol Servia (2002) Scott Sharp (1994) Danny Sullivan (1995)

Racing results

Complete CART FedEx Championship Series results (key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1993 SFR INDY Galmer G92BChevrolet 265A V8t Dominic Dobson17 14 DNQ0Chevrolet 265C V8t 18 1994 SFR INDY Lola T94/00 Ford XB V8t Dominic Dobson17 12 24 17 29 13 25 17 25 11 3 15 6 19 11 19 1018th30 Scott Sharp71 11 9 28 16 12 13 18 24 16 12 11 24 12 10 15 2121st14 1995 SFR INDY Reynard 95i Ford XB V8t Danny Sullivan17 9 5 27 10 18 9 17 12 22 25 18 5 1619th32 Juan Manuel Fangio II 7 15 28 1324th6 Maurício Gugelmin18 2 4 13 5 17 6* 14 15 7 24 12 23 11 6 11 20 310th80 1996 MIA RIO SFR LBH NAZ 500 MIL DET TOR Reynard 96i Ford XB V8t Maurício Gugelmin17 26 25 4 15 15 2 15 16 16 21 12 3 26 21 24 514th53 Mark Blundell21 17 27 5 22 5 8 11 11 6 10 20 12 2416th41 Teo Fabi 18 16 Wth36th0 1997 SFR VAN FON Reynard 97i Mercedes-Benz IC108D V8t Maurício Gugelmin17 6 17 2 9 22 6 5 16 6* 15 6 6 7 2 1 9 44th132 Mark Blundell18 14 8 13 19 8 24 12 17 1 9 1* 2 26 16* 7 2 16th115 1998 MIA MOT LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG HOU SFR FON Reynard 97iReynard 98i Mercedes-Benz IC108D V8tMercedes-Benz IC108E V8t Maurício Gugelmin17 10 20 10 17 9 16 21 19 7 20 12 13 4* 19 6 27 18 12 515th49 Mark Blundell18 12 10 7 20 11 10 12 22 22 10 26 17 19 7 12 25 14 11 618th36 1999 MIA MOT LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL POR CLE ROA TOR MCH DET MDO VAN SRF FON Reynard 99i Mercedes-Benz IC108E V8t Maurício Gugelmin17 11 7 14 18 22 18 8 25 21 12 14 22 24 20 19 4 11 6 26 616th44 Mark Blundell18 8 24 13 17 10 13 21 19 12 24 19 1623rd9 Roberto Moreno 11 4 12 7 8 19 4 1958 2000 DET MCH VAN SRF Reynard 2Ki Mercedes-Benz IC108F V8t Maurício Gugelmin17 16 10 21 22 2 11 16 19 10 15 13 7 20 17 21 7 19 23 10 1717th39 Mark Blundell18 13 8 7 19 17 17 11 20 12 22 19 23 14 11 25 13 23 20 11 1521st18 2001 MTY LBH TEX NAZ MOT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH CHI MDO ROA VAN LAU ROC HOU LAG SRF FON Reynard 01i Toyota RV8F V8t Maurício Gugelmin17 15 22 C 12 10 10 20 10 7 15 22 14 23 15 16 20 20 16 24 2024th17 Scott Dixon18 13 19 C 1 9 3 22 7 20 5 10 4 12 4 13 9 22 18 4 15 178th98 2002 MTY LBH MOT MIL LAG POR CHI TOR CLE VAN MDO ROA MTL DEN ROC MIA SFR FON MXCLola B2/00 Toyota RV8F V8t Scott Dixon7 6 18 997 Oriol Servià17 10 11 6 Wth44 Sources:

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