{"id":9069,"date":"2010-12-13T10:17:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T16:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=9069"},"modified":"2010-12-13T10:17:59","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T16:17:59","slug":"woot-cadillac-returns-to-racing-with-cts-v-coupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/woot-cadillac-returns-to-racing-with-cts-v-coupe\/","title":{"rendered":"Woot &#8212; Cadillac Returns To Racing With CTS-V Coupe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Very good news today &#8212; Cadillac to return to racing with the CTS-V Coupe.<\/div>\n<div>Racing improves car design, durability, and performance.\u00a0 Manufacturers learn more about what breaks when on the track than they can in the lab where cars are not under the same stress levels.<\/div>\n<div>Showing the cars on the track also helps consideration levels and subsequently sales especially to people who don&#8217;t realize that modern Cadillacs are among the fastest cars in the world.<\/div>\n<div>Press Release:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Racecar based on award-winning CTS-V Series line<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Program designed to validate, enhance Cadillac performance<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Andy Pilgrim, Johnny O\u2019Connell signed as Cadillac drivers<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>DETROIT<\/strong> \u2013 Cadillac announced today it will return to racing in 2011 with a race-prepared version of its CTS-<em>V<\/em> Coupe competing in the Sports Car Club of America World Challenge, North America\u2019s top production-based racecar series.<\/p>\n<p>The move returns Cadillac to a series where it competed from 2004 to 2007. Competing in the GT Class with the CTS-<em>V<\/em> Sport Sedan, Cadillac captured the Manufacturer\u2019s Championship in 2005 and 2007 and the Driver\u2019s Championship in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Cadillac will field two teams in the upcoming SCCA World Challenge GT Class with a racecar based on the CTS-<em>V<\/em> Coupe. The CTS-<em>V<\/em> line, which also includes the CTS-<em>V<\/em> Sedan and CTS-<em>V<\/em> Wagon, was recently named to Car and Driver magazine\u2019s 10 Best list for 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReturning to racing in the SCCA World Challenge is a great way to demonstrate the performance and capability of the CTS-<em>V<\/em> Coupe,\u201d said Don Butler, vice president for Cadillac marketing.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cThe  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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cadillac is working with Pratt &amp; Miller, a New Hudson, Mich.,  engineering firm which specializes in motorsports, to develop the CTS-<em>V<\/em> Coupe racecar. While some of the production CTS-<em>V<\/em> components will be modified due to the unique demands of racing or to  meet the SCCA series\u2019 technical rules, every effort is taken to maintain  as much production content as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SCCA World Challenge lends itself well to a natural transfer of  knowledge,\u201d said Jim Campbell, GM vice president for Performance  Vehicles and Motorsports. \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first event in the SCCA World Challenge is March 25-27 in St.  Petersburg, Fla. Johnny O\u2019Connell, 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-<em>V<\/em> racecars.<\/p>\n<p>Introduced for the 2003 model year, the CTS-<em>V<\/em> has quickly earned a reputation among luxury sports car buyers. For the 2011 model year, Cadillac added the CTS-<em>V<\/em> Coupe and the CTS-<em>V<\/em> Sport Wagon to the CTS-<em>V<\/em> Sport Sedan, creating an impressive family of performance vehicles. The CTS-<em>V<\/em>s  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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very good news today &#8212; Cadillac to return to racing with the CTS-V Coupe. 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