CADILLAC RACING

DRIVER: Johnny O’Connell

CAR: No. 3

DOB: July 24, 1962 (49)


BIRTHPLACE: Poughkeepsie, NY


RESIDENCE: Flowery Branch, Georgia


RACE STARTS: 263

CHAMPIONSHIPS: 5

WINS: 76

PODIUMS: 107

POLE POSITIONS: 21

FASTEST LAPS: 4

RACES WON: 29.0%


DRIVER: Andy Pilgrim

CAR: No. 8

DOB: August 18, 1956 (54)


RESIDENCE: Boca Raton, FL


RACE STARTS: 435

CHAMPIONSHIPS: 5

WINS: 62

PODIUMS: 187

POLE POSITIONS: 40


FASTEST LAPS: 28

RACES WON: 14.3%


Cadillac Racing’s potent CTS-V Coupe race cars return to the track in 2012 to compete for the Pirelli World Challenge Series title after finishing 2011 with victories in two of the season’s final four events and a flurry of podium finishes. Both the No. 3 and No. 8 CTS-V Coupes have been updated with advances in body work and under the hood and the team is focused on capturing both the Driver and Manufacturer titles. These V Racecars Cars aren’t street legal but maintain their allegiance to the production V’s performance DNA.

As the world’s fastest family of vehicles, the Cadillac CTS V-Series fulfills our mission to make the best high-performance luxury cars in the world. Armed with a 556-HP Eaton supercharger V8 engine, a suspension tuned on Germany’s legendary Nürburgring racetrack, and a race-inspired, vented Brembo^® braking system, the V-Series is a perfect balance of performance and refinement. It’s just one more reason that Cadillac is “The New Standard of the World.”

The 2012 Racing season is about to begin and Cadillac returns to continue what we started. Andy Pilgrim and Johnny O’Connell lead the Cadillac V-Racing team against the worlds best all season in the SCCA World Championship. Sign up to follow the Cadillac team, get updates and exclusive information throughout the season with the V-Series eNewsletter.

Take a closer look into the origins of the V-Series Coupe racecar. This episode will take you through the initial planning and testing that goes into creating a car of this caliber. Listen to interviews with the design and engineering teams as they explain the detailed process behind the beginning of the CTS-V.

Take a deep dive into the technical sophistication behind the design and build of the CTS-V Coupe racecar. This episode delivers exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Cadillac officials and the design team for an insider perspective on the painstaking efforts that go into building a successful performance vehicle for the track.

Once the car has been handmade from the ground up through an exhausting measure of cutting edge design, there’s only one thing left to do: put it to the test. Driving the vehicle to the greatest possible limits is something our drivers are quite fond of. Take a closer look as they connect with the car.

It all leads up to this. The innovative design, the painstaking detail, the rigorous testing—everything is riding on this defining moment. The time has come for Cadillac to return to racing and take its rightful place on the track. See the CTS-V Coupe racecar rip through the road in rubber- melting action.

See the CTS-V Coupe racecar make its debut charge on the Sebring International Raceway.

Fine-tuned and wrapped with its bold paint scheme, the Cadillac Racing No. 3 car takes on the sharp turns of Sebring International Raceway with blinding speed.