It's been three years since GM pulled the plug on Cadillac's racing aspirations, but the luxury carmaker is set for a comeback as it was announced today that Cadillac will return to racing in 2011 with the CTS-V Coupe, which will compete in the Sports Car Club of America World Challenge [SCCA]. The move also marks Cadillac's return to a series where it competed from 2004 to 2007, taking the Manufacturer�s Championship in 2005 and 2007 and the Driver�s Championship in 2005.
�Returning to racing in the SCCA World Challenge is a great way to demonstrate the performance and capability of the CTS-V Coupe,� said Don Butler, vice president for Cadillac marketing. �The racecars in this series are production based, which allows us to validate our performance against the best of our competitors on the track, and not just the showroom.�
The Detroit-based company will prepare two teams for the upcoming SCCA World Challenge GT Class with a racecar based on the production CTS-V Coupe. The first event of the series will take place on March 25-27 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The first event in the SCCA World Challenge is. Johnny O�Connell, a three-time GT1 champion in the America Le Mans Series, and Andy Pilgrim, who won the 2005 SCCA World Challenge GT class in a Cadillac, will be behind the wheel of the CTS-V racecars.
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