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If you listened to “Trackside” last week, you’ll remember that HVM Racing boss Keith Wiggins said that his former driver E.J. Viso has signed with a new IZOD IndyCar Series team for 2010 – but wouldn’t reveal which squad it was.

“You’ll see him in a car,” Wiggins told The Indianapolis Star’s Curt Cavin on the show. “I know where it is, but let’s just wait and see — I don’t want to take away from anyone’s launch or announcement.”

Now it looks like Viso, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, could be en route to KV Racing Technology to team up with Brazilian pilot Mario Moraes. Viso is set to test with KVRT tomorrow afternoon on the road course at Sebring, Florida, where he tested earlier this offseason with Dreyer and Reinbold Racing before they solidified their driver roster of Justin Wilson and Mike Conway.

“E.J. is an outstanding driver,” said KVRT general manager Mark Johnson in a team press release. “We have been in discussions with him for several weeks about possibly joining KV Racing Technology for the 2010 [IZOD] IndyCar Series season. Testing him at Sebring seemed like the next logical step in that process.”

Once again, Viso is looking forward to an opportunity of sealing a ride for the upcoming season — and an upgraded one at that when compared to his old home at HVM.

“KVRT is an outstanding team and one that is very competitive,” said the Venezuelan racer in the release. “I look forward to showing them what I can do during the test, and hopefully, everything will go well so we can all move forward toward racing together in 2010.”

For the record, Cavin reported on Friday that KVRT co-owners Kevin Kalkhoven and Jimmy Vasser were getting closer to announcing a two-car program and that it was believed to involve Moraes and former Formula One leadfoot Takuma Sato as the full-timers. Also expected, according to the report, was a part-time program for Canada’s Paul Tracy.

My prediction: With a solid test, Viso gets the nod for KVRT’s second full-time car. We’ve heard Sato’s name bandied about for a while, first with Luczo Dragon Racing and now this. But nothing has come to fruition yet for the Japanese driver and I’m beginning to expect that nothing will. But there’s still a month to go before the season. There’s time to make something happen.