Johnny O'Connell

Johnny O'Connell (born July 24, 1962), 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.

Career

1990s IMSA car

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;^[1] he finished 12th in the event.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NNSC	Pts
2013	JR Motorsports	5	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA 12	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM	65th	32

¹ Ineligible for series points

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1994	Clayton Cunningham Racing	Steve Millen John Morton	Nissan 300ZX Turbo	IMSA GTS	317	5th	1st
1998	Panoz Motorsports DAMS	Éric Bernard Christophe Tinseau	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	GT1	236	DNF	DNF
1999	Panoz Motorsports	Jan Magnussen Max Angelelli	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S Ford	LMP	323	11th	9th
2000	Panoz Motorsports	Hiroki Katoh Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan	LMP900	342	5th	5th
2001	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Scott Pruett	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GTS	278	8th	1st
2002	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GTS	335	11th	1st
2003	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Franck Fréon	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GTS	326	12th	3rd
2004	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Max Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GTS	334	8th	2nd
2005	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Max Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	347	6th	2nd
2006	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Max Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	327	12th	7th
2007	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Ron Fellows	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	342	6th	2nd
2008	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Ron Fellows	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	344	14th	2nd
2009	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	342	15th	1st
2010	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT2	225	DNF	DNF

Indy Racing League results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
1996	Byrd-Cunningham Racing	Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8 t	WDW 7	PHX 5	INDY 29								9th	192
1996-1997	Treadway Racing	Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8 t	NHA Wth										40th	23
	Treadway Racing	Reynard 94i	Ford XB V8 t		LVS 12	WDW	PHX
	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	G-Force GF01	Oldsmobile Aurora V8					INDY DNQ	TXS	PPIR	CLT	NHA	LVS

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1996	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth	29th	29th	Byrd-Cunningham Racing

References

↑ Kallmann, Dave (May 30, 2013). "GM's Johnny O'Connell joins Road America NASCAR field". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Milwaukee, WI. Retrieved 2013-06-23.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johnny O'Connell.

Official website
Johnny O'Connell driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ted Prappas	North American Formula Atlantic Pacific Division Champion 1987	Succeeded by Dean Hall

JR Motorsports

Personnel

Drivers

Xfinity Series	(1) Elliott Sadler (5) Kasey Kahne / Chase Elliott / Cole Custer (7) Justin Allgaier (88) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. / Kevin Harvick / Kasey Kahne / Alex Bowman / Josh Berry / Cole Custer / Kenny Habul / Regan Smith

Camping World Truck Series	(00) Cole Custer

Crew chiefs

Xfinity Series	(1) Kevin Meendering (5) Ryan Pemberton (7) Jason Burdett (88) Dave Elenz

Camping World Truck Series	(00) Joe Shear, Jr.

Former drivers

Xfinity Series	Aric Almirola Steve Arpin Kelly Bires Landon Cassill J.R. Fitzpatrick Robby Gordon Shane Huffman Jimmie Johnson Brad Keselowski Mark Martin Mark McFarland Jamie McMurray Ron Fellows Danica Patrick Ben Rhodes Brad Sweet Cole Whitt Scott Wimmer Josh Wise

Camping World Truck Series	Alex Bowman Jeb Burton Kevin Harvick Kasey Kahne Kyle Larson

Partnerships and affiliations

Hendrick Motorsports

Winners of the Daytona Sports Car Classic

run as the Daytona 3 Hour Continental (1962–63) Daytona 2000 (1964–65) 6 Hours of Daytona (1972) 24 Hours of Daytona (1966–71 / 1973 / 1975–present)

Five-time	Hurley Haywood Scott Pruett

Four-time	Peter Gregg Pedro Rodríguez Rolf Stommelen Bob Wollek

Three-time	Derek Bell Butch Leitzinger Juan Pablo Montoya Brian Redman Memo Rojas Andy Wallace

Two-time	Mauro Baldi João Barbosa Terry Borcheller Scott Dixon Christian Fittipaldi Elliott Forbes-Robinson A. J. Foyt Al Holbert Jan Lammers Ken Miles John Paul Jr. Lloyd Ruby Scott Sharp Wayne Taylor Didier Theys Al Unser Jr.

One-time	Allmendinger Amon J. Andretti Ma. Andretti Angelelli Ballot-Léna Bandini Barber Beretta Bergmeister Bernhard Boesel Bouchut Bourdais Boutsen Brown Brundle Buckler Collard Dalziel Derani Dismore D. Donohue M. Donohue Dupuy Durán Duxbury Dyson Elford Fellows Field Fitzpatrick Franchitti Fréon García Garretson Gentilozzi Graves Gurney Hand Hasemi Helmick Henn Herrmann Hezemans Hill Hoshino Ickx Jelinski Joest D. Jones P. J. Jones Kanaan Kimball Kinnunen Kneifel Krages Larson Lässig Lavaggi Law Lienhard Luyendyk Martin McMurray Mears Merl Millen Moran Moretti Neerpasch Negri Nielsen O'Connell Oliver Ongais Pace Papis C. Parsons Paul, Sr. Pescarolo Pew Pilgrim B. Rahal G. Rahal Rice Robinson Rockenfeller Schneider Schrom Siffert Suzuki Unser, Sr. Van der Merwe Van Overbeek Weaver Wendlinger Werner Wheldon Wilson

Winners of the 12 Hours of Sebring

Six-time	Tom Kristensen

Five-time	Rinaldo Capello

Four-time	Frank Biela Allan McNish

Three-time	Mario Andretti Marco Werner

Two-time	Bob Akin Geoff Brabham Derek Daly Andy Evans Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio II Olivier Gendebien Hurley Haywood Hans Herrmann Phil Hill Al Holbert Jacky Ickx Stefan Johansson JJ Lehto Emanuele Pirro Brian Redman Hans-Joachim Stuck Eric van de Poele Fermín Vélez Andy Wallace Phil Walters

One-time	Aïello Alboreto Baker Baldi Barbosa Barbour Behra Bernhard Bianchi Bonnier Bourdais Gary Brabham Brown Castellotti Collard Collins Daigh Dalmas Davidson de Narváez Derani Dumas Duval Dyer Earl Elford Fässler Fitch Fittipaldi Fitzpatrick Foyt Franchitti Frisselle Garretson Gartner Gené Giunti Gray Gregg Gurney Hall Hawthorn Helmick Herbert Heyer Jarvis Kaffer Keyser Kulok Lapierre Larrousse Leven Lloyd Ludwig Luyendyk Maglioli Mass McFarlin McLaren Mendez Miles Millen Moffat Moretti Morton Moss Mullen Müller Nierop O'Connell Oliver Pace Panis Parkes Paul, Jr. Paul, Sr. Pescatori Peter Pruett Rahal Robinson Rojas Ruby Scarfiotti H. Sharp S. Sharp Siffert Surtees Taylor Theys Tréluyer Vaccarella Van Overbeek Wollek Woods Wurz

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