Johnny O'Connell

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Template:Short description Template:BLP sources Template:Infobox NASCAR driver 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

File:Steve Millen and Johnny O'Connell IMSA 1990s Nissan.jpg
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 qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – 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 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NNSCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
2013 JR Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH ROA
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 65th 32 [2]

1 Ineligible for series points

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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1994 Template:Flagicon Clayton Cunningham Racing Template:Flagicon Steve Millen
Template:Flagicon John Morton 		Nissan 300ZX Turbo IMSA
GTS 		317 5th 1st
1998 Template:Flagicon Panoz Motorsports
Template:Flagicon DAMS 		Template:Flagicon Éric Bernard
Template:Flagicon Christophe Tinseau 		Panoz Esperante GTR-1 GT1 236 DNF DNF
1999 Template:Flagicon Panoz Motorsports Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen
Template:Flagicon Max Angelelli 		Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S
Ford 		LMP 323 11th 9th
2000 Template:Flagicon Panoz Motorsports Template:Flagicon Hiroki Katoh
Template:Flagicon Pierre-Henri Raphanel 		Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan LMP900 342 5th 5th
2001 Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows
Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett 		Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GTS 278 8th 1st
2002 Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows
Template:Flagicon Oliver Gavin 		Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GTS 335 11th 1st
2003 Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows
Template:Flagicon Franck Fréon 		Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GTS 326 12th 3rd
2004 Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows
Template:Flagicon Max Papis 		Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GTS 334 8th 2nd
2005 Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows
Template:Flagicon Max Papis 		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 347 6th 2nd
2006 Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows
Template:Flagicon Max Papis 		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 327 12th 7th
2007 Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen
Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows 		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 342 6th 2nd
2008 Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen
Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows 		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 344 14th 2nd
2009 Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen
Template:Flagicon Antonio García 		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 342 15th 1st
2010 Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen
Template:Flagicon Antonio García 		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT2 225 DNF DNF
2016 Template:Flagicon Team AAI Template:Flagicon Oliver Bryant
Template:Flagicon Mark Patterson 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Am 		306 39th 9th

Indy Racing League results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points Ref
1996 Cunningham Racing Lola T94<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Reynard 95i<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		75 Ford XB V8t WDW
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PHX
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		INDY
29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		9th 192 [3]
1996–97 Treadway Racing Reynard 95i 10 Ford XB V8t NHA
Wth 		40th 23 [4]
Reynard 94i 6 Ford XB V8t LVS
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		WDW PHX
A. J. Foyt Enterprises G-Force GF01 1 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 INDY
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TXS PPIR CLT NHA LVS

Indianapolis 500 results

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

Heritage

The O'Connell family, principally of Derrynane, are a Gaelic Irish noble family of County Kerry in Munster. O'Connell comes from the Irish word "O'Conaill," meaning 'strong as a wolf'. Johnny O'Connell is related by blood to the Belanger Family, including Jackson Louis Belanger the First.

References

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External links

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Template:S-sportsTemplate:S-endTemplate:JR MotorsportsTemplate:A. J. Foyt RacingTemplate:Byrd RacingTemplate:24 Hours of Daytona winnersTemplate:12 Hours of Sebring winners
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check North American Formula Atlantic
Pacific Division Champion
1987 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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