St. Pete Grand Prix 2011 Indy Car Practice
2011 sports car practice on the streets of St. Pete. Video clips of practice and qualifying for the Acura Sports Car, World Challenge race. Part of the IndyCar race at St. Petersburg. Video was shot using a Kodak Zi8 HD camera with external mic. Main concern was to capture the incredible, thunderous sound of the new Cadillac CTS V race cars. This powerful sound is very clear towards the end of the video.
2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe SCCA Race Car
Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Hits the Track
2011-01-19
Sebring, Fla. -- The Cadillac CTS-V Coupe race car hit the track for the first time on Jan. 17, driven by Johnny O'Connell and Andy Pilgrim, for tests at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Fla.
Cadillac is reentering the Sports Car Club of America World Challenge GT series this year, beginning with the season-opening race in St. Petersburg, Fla., on March 25-27. Cadillac competed in the World Challenge series in 2004-2007, earning the Speed GT Manufacturer's Championship in both 2005 and 2007 with CTS-V Sedan race cars.
Johnny O'Connell Makes Debut as Driver of the #3 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Racer
Former Corvette Racing driver Johnny O'Connell made his Cadillac debut this weekend at Round 1 of the 2011 World Challenge in St. Pete, Florida. Johnny finished 4th in the race and we spoke with him about leaving Corvette Racing, the Cadillac CTS-V and his future racing plans.
Cadillac Racing with CTS-V Coupe testing at Sebring
Cadillac is turning their attention to racing as the company has just wrapped up testing of the new CTS-V Racing Coupe.
Set to enter competition on Saturday, at the Streets of St. Petersburg, the CTS will battle other contenders in the highly-competitive Sports Car Club of America World Challenge GT series. It will be driven by Johnny O'Connell and Andy Pilgrim, who are no strangers to racing as O'Connell is a three-time GT1 champion in the America Le Mans Series and Pilgrim claimed victory in the 2005 SCCA World Challenge GT class.
As for the car itself, it features an aerodynamic carbon fiber body and a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 engine that develops 535 hp (399 kW / 542 PS). While this is 21 hp (16 kW / 21 PS) less than the standard CTS-V Coupe, the car weighs 1,000 pounds (454 kg) less than the production model.
According to O'Connell, "The CTS-V Coupe racecar has been very nimble during testing and seems to brake very well. I not only expect it to do well on a street circuit, but everywhere we compete."
Test Driving the 2011 Hennessey ZR750 Corvette ZR1
Ride along with John Hennessey as he test drives a 2011 Corvette ZR1 which has recently undergone the ZR750 upgrade. +1.979.885.1300 http://www.HennesseyPerformance.com http://www.TunerSchool.com
Cadillac CTS-V Long Beach Two Laps 2011
Cadillac Returns To Racing With CTS-V Coupe
Two teams set to compete in SCCA World Challenge GT Series
* Racecar based on award-winning CTS-V Series line
* Program designed to validate, enhance Cadillac performance
* Andy Pilgrim, Johnny O'Connell signed as Cadillac drivers
DETROIT -- Cadillac announced today it will return to racing in 2011 with a race-prepared version of its CTS-V Coupe competing in the Sports Car Club of America World Challenge, North America's top production-based racecar series.
The move returns Cadillac to a series where it competed from 2004 to 2007. Competing in the GT Class with the CTS-V Sport Sedan, Cadillac captured the Manufacturer's Championship in 2005 and 2007 and the Driver's Championship in 2005.
Cadillac will field two teams in the upcoming SCCA World Challenge GT Class with a racecar based on the CTS-V Coupe. The CTS-V line, which also includes the CTS-V Sedan and CTS-V Wagon, was recently named to Car and Driver magazine's 10 Best list for 2011.
"Returning to racing in the SCCA World Challenge is a great way to demonstrate the performance and capability of the CTS-V Coupe," said Don Butler, vice president for Cadillac marketing. "The racecars in this series are production based, which allows us to validate our performance against the best of our competitors on the track, and not just the showroom."
Cadillac is working with Pratt & Miller, a New Hudson, Mich., engineering firm which specializes in motorsports, to develop the CTS-V Coupe racecar. While some of the production CTS-V components will be modified due to the unique demands of racing or to meet the SCCA series' technical rules, every effort is taken to maintain as much production content as possible.
"The SCCA World Challenge lends itself well to a natural transfer of knowledge," said Jim Campbell, GM vice president for Performance Vehicles and Motorsports. "The series will become a key test-bed for Cadillac. We anticipate using what we learn on the racetrack to ensure the V-Series stays on the cutting-edge of performance."
The first event in the SCCA World Challenge is March 25-27 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Johnny O'Connell, a three-time GT1 champion in the America Le Mans Series, and Andy Pilgrim, who won the 2005 SCCA World Challenge GT class in a Cadillac, will be behind the wheel of the CTS-V racecars.
Introduced for the 2003 model year, the CTS-V has quickly earned a reputation among luxury sports car buyers. For the 2011 model year, Cadillac added the CTS-V Coupe and the CTS-V Sport Wagon to the CTS-V Sport Sedan, creating an impressive family of performance vehicles. The CTS-Vs feature Brembo brakes, a supercharged 6.2L V8 delivering 556 horsepower and a Magnetic Ride Control suspension system that can read and react to the road 1,000 times a second.
Started in 1944, the SCCA organizes and supports racing at all levels from amateur to professional. The World Challenge series is designed to provide teams, manufacturers and aftermarket suppliers a competitive production-based race series in which to prove their products. The races follow a 50-minute maximum time limit, with the number of laps and total distance determined by track configuration, lap times and race conditions.
Larry's 10-Second 2011 Head/Cam Cadillac CTSV Coupe - Auto Trans at the track
Livernois Motorsports CNC LSA Cylinder Heads
Livernois Motorsports Stage 2C Camshaft
Livernois Motorsports 2.55" Supercharger Pulley
Livernois Motorsports Idler Pulley
Livernois Motorsports Upgraded Heat Exchanger
Kooks Longtube Headers & Connection Pipe w/ Cats
Corsa Touring Exhaust
Airaid CAI
Innovators West Balancer
Stall Converter
660 RWHP / 602 RWTQ
World Challenge Round 9 CTS-V Move of the Race
16 Year old Alec Udell pilots his Ford Racing MDG powered Boss 302 to a Podium finish in the Pirelli World Challenge race series at Mosport International Raceway and takes the CTS-V move of the race award!
