Johnny O’Connell

[VIDEO] Corvette Racing Tech Transfer: 60 Years of Corvette

by Keith Cornett on March 28, 2012

While watching the replay of the 12 Hours of Sebring, I was glad to see Chevrolet continuing the Corvette Racing “Technology Transfer” segments which can be seen during the ESPN/ABC race broadcasts. The Technology Transfer segments highlight the transfer of racing technology from the track to the production Corvettes.

This year, Chevrolet has tapped former Corvette Racing ace turned race commentator Johnny O’Connell to introduce this year’s series of tech transfer which will take a look back at the six generations of Corvettes and many of the innovations which sprang from motorsports racing.

Johnny O’Connell Joins Bondurant as VP of Global Operations and Corvette ZR1 Instructor

by Mitch Talley on January 25, 2012

The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving has named Corvette Racing icon Johnny O’Connell as vice-president of global operations, effective immediately.

O’Connell will oversee international expansion opportunities at the request of Bob Bondurant, who founded the school 44 years ago and has since turned it into the largest purpose-built driving school in the world.

Johnny O’Connell and Pfadt Team Up for Corvette Museum Race Track Donation

by Mitch Talley on January 19, 2012

Article contributed by Mitch Talley

A Corvette racing icon will be helping to pay for the construction of the exciting new National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park slated to be completed in the fall of 2014.

Johnny O’Connell, four-time winner of the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans in France with the factory Corvette Racing team, and Pfadt Race Engineering have offered to donate a portion of the sales of their official Johnny O’Connell Suspension made through the National Corvette Museum, which just added the products to their lineup on-site and online.

O’Connell, Corvette to be Inducted into Sebring Hall of Fame

by Keith Cornett on November 30, 2011

Two icons of sports car racing will be inducted into the Sebring Hall of Fame in March. Johnny O’Connell and the Chevrolet Corvette were named as part of the 2012 group of inductees into America’s greatest sports car race hall of fame. The induction ceremony will take place on Friday, March 16 at the Chateau Elan Hotel which overlooks the historic race circuit.

[VIDEO] Corvette Racing’s C6.Rs on the Streets of Baltimore

by Keith Cornett on September 7, 2011

Photo by Richard Prince/GM Racing

One of the benefits of the American Le Mans Series new television deal with ESPN is the ability to watch previous races and qualifying sessions from the ALMS video archive. Having missed Friday’s live ESPN3 feed, I pulled up a replay of the practice/qualifying session for the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix and came across a couple of segments worth sharing.

[VIDEO] Corvette Racing Tech Transfer: Carbon Fiber Panels

by Keith Cornett on August 23, 2011

During Sunday’s broadcast of the American Le Mans Series at the Time Warner Cable Road Race Showcase at Road America, Corvette Racing’s Program Manager Doug Fehan delivered the latest Tech Transfer segment which centered on the Corvette’s carbon fiber panels.

World Challenge: Corvette Finishes First in Rounds Five and Six at Mosport

by Keith Cornett on May 24, 2011

The Pirelli World Challenge held rounds five and six at Mosport International Raceway over the weekend and Mike Skeen of Charlotte, North Carolina would come away with back to back wins in the GT Class with his yellow No. 2 CRP Racing/Cragar Wheels Chevrolet Corvette. Former Corvette Racing driver Johnny O’Connell also earned back to back podium finishes in his Pratt & Miller prepped Cadillac CTS-V Coupe.

[VIDEO] Johnny O’Connell’s Debut in the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Racer

by Keith Cornett on March 28, 2011

It’s not often that I’ll talk up a car that’s not a Corvette, but after watching Cadillac’s return to the SCCA World Challenge with their CTS-V Coupe Racers with Corvette Racing alumni Andy Pilgrim and Johnny O’Connell behind the wheel, I became a fan real fast. After Round 1′s race on Saturday which resulted in a 4th place finish for O’Connell, we sat down with the former C6.R driver to discuss his leaving Corvette Racing for Cadillac, the Cadillac CTS-V racer and his future racing plans.

O’Connell Comments on Corvette Racing’s 2011 Endurance Races

by Keith Cornett on December 16, 2010

Most of us have been holding out hope that Johnny O’Connell would still be part of the 2011 Corvette Racing team as a team driver for the three endurance races (Sebring, Le Mans and Petit Le Mans). Unfortuately, that doesn’t appear to be the case as Johnny posted this on facebook just a couple of ours ago:

Since everyone is asking… no I won’t be in the Corvette for the long races. But hey, I might still be there.

We’ve also heard that 2010′s endurance race driver Manny Collard may be driving a prototype next year which would then leave that seat open for Corvette Racing. Looks like Fehan and the team’s management have some decisions to make…

Johnny O’Connell Makes Transition from Corvette Racing to Team Cadillac

by Corvette Racing on December 14, 2010

(L-R) GM VP Jim Campbell, Johnny O’Connell, Andy Pilgrim and Cadillac Marketing VP Dan Butler

Record-Setting Racer Reunited with Corvette Racing Teammate Andy Pilgrim in New Cadillac SCCA World Challenge GT Program

DETROIT, Dec. 14, 2010 – Johnny O’Connell will move from Corvette Racing to the new Team Cadillac motorsports program in the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) World Challenge GT in 2011. After 10 successful seasons in Corvettes, O’Connell will join former Corvette Racing teammate Andy Pilgrim in a pair of Cadillac CTS-V Coupes as Cadillac returns to racing in the SCCA production-based series.

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Johnny O’Connell

[VIDEO] Corvette Racing Tech Transfer: 60 Years of Corvette

Johnny O’Connell Joins Bondurant as VP of Global Operations and Corvette ZR1 Instructor

Johnny O’Connell and Pfadt Team Up for Corvette Museum Race Track Donation

O’Connell, Corvette to be Inducted into Sebring Hall of Fame

[VIDEO] Corvette Racing’s C6.Rs on the Streets of Baltimore

[VIDEO] Corvette Racing Tech Transfer: Carbon Fiber Panels

World Challenge: Corvette Finishes First in Rounds Five and Six at Mosport

[VIDEO] Johnny O’Connell’s Debut in the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Racer

O’Connell Comments on Corvette Racing’s 2011 Endurance Races

Johnny O’Connell Makes Transition from Corvette Racing to Team Cadillac

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