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Johnny O'Connell

Johnny O'Connell
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Born: 24 July 1962

A race car driver.

Biography

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Johnny O'Connell page on 25 September 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Johnny O'Connell is the most successful GM factory racing driver from the United States. He currently drives for Cadillac in the Pirelli World Challenge, winning the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 GT driver's championship.

Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, O'Connell started racing in the Formula Atlantic series in 1987, winning the Championship and Rookie of the Year. He also spent 1996 in the Indy Racing League, racing in the Indianapolis 500 and finishing in the top 10 in half of his 4 starts. He has seven class wins in the 12 Hours of Sebring, more than any other driver, and an overall title in 1994 when racing for Nissan. Driving for Corvette Racing, he has also won a number of class victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Daytona. With his teammate Ron Fellows he won the 2003 GTS class driver's championship.

O'Connell was also featured in Chevy's 2007, Super Bowl ad, "Ain't We Got Love" also featuring Mary J. Blige, rapper T.I., Big & Rich, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

In 2013, O'Connell competed in the Johnsonville Sausage 200 at Road America in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro; he finished 12th in the event.

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
22 December 2015	Pirelli World Challenge GT Champion Johnny O’Connell describes his 4th Consecutive Title as his Most Satisfying Career Accomplishment	Tom Blattler, Pirelli World Challenge
27 April 2017	Tough to call veteran O’Connell a “Rookie” This Weekend But technically the PWC event is his First Race at VIR	Tom Blattler, Pirelli World Challenge

Merchandise

Type & Item #	Name	Details
Die Cast - Action 101585	Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell/Chris Kneifel/Franck Freon #2 GM Goodwrench Service Plus Raced Version	1:18 scale 2001 Chevrolet Corvette C5R, production 8,748 (ARC 8,460/QVC 288)