Cadillac Racing to Start Fifth and Ninth in Pirelli World Challenge
ORONTO, (July 18, 2014) – Cadillac Racing drivers Johnny O’Connell and Andy Pilgrim will start fifth and ninth respectively for tomorrow’s race one of two at the Pirelli World Challenge Series Honda Indy Toronto through the streets of Exhibition Place.
The bar for the World Challenge Series has risen yet again. The team’s running the new FIA GT3 specification cars are making speed gains by the race. O’Connell (Flowery Branch, Ga.) who has three wins on street courses this year qualified his No. 3 Cadillac CTS.V.R fifth on the grid for tomorrow’s 50-minute race based upon a lap of 1:10.253. Teammate Pilgrim (Boca Raton, Fla.) who has three second place finishes in the four street races to date drove his No. 8 CTS.V.R to a ninth place grid position after posting a time of 1:10.538. The duo will have to work hard tomorrow when the 24 car GT field takes the standing start at 11:25 a.m. ET. Read More…
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada (July 18, 2014) – SRT® (Street and Racing Technology) Motorsports and Canadian driver Kuno Wittmer put the Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R on the front row by running second quickest in Friday’s qualifying session for the SCCA Pirelli World Challenge race one on Saturday, July 19.
Wittmer, from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, turned a fast lap of 1:09.607 (90.766 mph) on his fifth circuit, setting a new track record on the streets of Toronto at Exhibition. However, Brit Nick Tandy bested Wittmer’s time one lap later with a 1:09.462 (90.956 mph) in the 15-minute session. Read More…
(PETALUMA, CA – August 19) Next weekend, in the backyard of TRG-AMR, the stage is set for Pirelli World Challenge drivers Drew Regitz and Mark Klenin as the series heads to Sonoma. After their first race with the team last month, both Regitz and Klenin went to work with the team. Over the next month, both drivers and team immersed themselves in building on a solid program of driver development and engineering to continue both driver’s progression in the Vantage GT4. For both Regitz and Klenin the approach from TRG-AMR is welcomed, yet very different from what they’re both used to. The professional approach is something Regitz and Klenin believe is due in large part from TRG-AMR being a championship winning professional-level team. Read More…