Showing posts with label Johnny O'Connell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Johnny O'Connell. Show all posts

Friday, May 28, 2010

Driver Interview: Johnny O'Connell

  Corvette Racing's bright yellow C6-R's have become synonymous with the ALMS and have also built quite a name for themselves in the most important aspect of racing. Winning. Entering the 2010 season, Corvette Racing had entered 110 events and won a staggering 78 of those races. Albeit, many of these wins came in the GT1 category which was sparsely occupied in its later years, the record is still jaw dropping.
  The team decided to make the switch to the highly competitive class of GT2, midway through the 2009 season and came away with their maiden GT2 victory at Mosport the same year.
  Piloting the number three Corvette C6-R is American sports car veteran, Johnny O'Connell. O'Connell has a very impressive racing pedigree with an Indianapolis 500 start, a record eight 12 Hours of Sebring class victories, an overall victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona and four 24 Hours of Le Mans victories. Johnny was kind enough to answer some questions about his career, experiences at Corvette Racing and other aspects of racing for one of the most successful teams in sports car racing history.