Bruce Nunnally Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Cadillac Racing drivers Johnny O'Connell and Michael Cooper are ready to kick-off of the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge GT Series Championship with a double race weekend at the Circuit of The Americas this weekend, March 3-6. O'Connell enters the 2016 World Challenge season, for a fourth year in a row, as the reigning GT driver champion. He will be making the race debut of the newly colored No. 3 Velocity Red Cadillac ATS-V.R Coupe at the 3.4-mile, 20-turn circuit located southeast of Austin. Read more: http://www.racer.com/pwc/item/126606-pwc-cadillac-drivers-eager-for-cota-opener Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Nunnally Posted March 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Race 1 for GT Sat 2:30; Race 2 Sunday 2:15 http://world-challenge.com/race/2016-03-03-cota/ Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Nunnally Posted March 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 ***Cadillac Racing topped the time sheets in Thursday’s test day, with Johnny O’Connell reeling off an unofficial lap time of 2:05.999 in his Velocity Red-liveried No. 3 Cadillac ATS-V.R in the morning. O’Connell’s time was 0.183 seconds quicker than teammate Michael Cooper, who paced the afternoon session. http://sportscar365.com/gt/world-challenge/cota-thursday-notebook-2/ Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Cooper got in the first row, 2nd in qualifying. O'Conell was third, but with the best time in GTA being put in the first row, he's in the second row. The first race is on, but I can't get anything on the video feed. Anyone? http://world-challenge.com/streamvideo/ Second link from Motor Trend web site: http://www.motortrendondemand.com/live-coverage/march-5th-3-20pm-et-pirelli-world-challenge-gt-gta-gt-cup-race-1-/278178/ The feeds just went live. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Cooper 3rd with a last-lap pass, O'Connell 5th. Hard day for Cadillac in the first race, but we have one car on the podium with the new young driver. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Nunnally Posted March 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Jim thanks for updates; Scoring summary http://worldchallenge.growsites.net Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Nunnally Posted March 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 2:15pm to 3:15pmRace 2 GT / GTA / GT Cuphttp://world-challenge.com/streamvideo/ Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 The start time is 2:15 PM Central time. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 This weekend was the first full outing for the new Cadillac GT3 racing team. In the first race on Saturday, there were some kinks in the qualifying and a rough start, and the two ATS-VRs got caught in traffic, and came in 3rd and 5th. The second race today was another matter, and Cadillac came in first and second, running away from the field by a margin of over 10 seconds.Full results from the first race (PDF file):http://files.world-challenge.com/events/2016-03-cota/2016-03-03_COTA_RACE-1_GT-GTA-GTC_FINAL.pdfFull results from the second race (PDF file):http://files.world-challenge.com/events/2016-03-cota/2016-03-03_COTA_RACE-2_GT-GTA-GTC_FINAL.pdfThe drivers were Johnny O'Connell and Michael Cooper. Andy Pilgrim moved over to Black Swan Racing where he most recently drove a Porsche GE3-R at the Datona 500. See Andy's home page:http://www.andypilgrim.com/Michael Cooper came to the attention of Cadillac when BMW brought him to Bob Lutz's Cadillac Challenge in 2009 at age 21, and he did better than any of the other BMW drivers. He came in 3rd in the first race to O'Connell's 5th. O'Connell won the second race and Cooper came in second, six seconds behind. Third place was a McLaren 650S GT3, 16.7 seconds back. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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