Johnson To Go Aboard The Cadillac Cts-v In Speed Gt

What's new for General Motors? Well apart from new vehicles unveiled at auto shows in recent national and international manufacturing and quality, GM GM shares stirrup, GM Cadillac NASCAR team also has something new for racing fans. GM Cadillac Team recently signed Jimmie Johnson, the reigning Nextel Cup Series driving the No. 16 Cadillac CTS-V in the next SCCA Speed World Challenge GT, to be held at Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) in May 2007. This is what Jimmie Johnson said in a press release from GM: "I've driven thousands of laps at Lowe's Motor Speedway and enjoyed success there, but it will be a new experience for me turn right and the left when race in SPEED GT event in Charlotte. I've always enjoyed driving different vehicle types, so I'm looking forward to racing against sports cars with the Cadillac CTS-V sedan. "When I tested with the team at Cadillac in Sebring in February discovered that the Cadillac CTS-V race car is the handling and braking are similar to those developed that we use in NASCAR Nextel Cup racing road. I hope my experience at Lowe's Motor Speedway will benefit the team, as only one day for practice, qualifying and racing, "he continued." I really enjoyed working with the team Team Cadillac and my teammates Andy Pilgrim and Lawson Aschenbach during the test, and I think we can get our racing cars CTS-V to work quickly is the oval during the stretches of road at Lowe's Motor Speedway. "Johnson began his career as a racing driver in the NEXTEL Cup Series in 2002 when he entered the 2002 Daytona 500 and finished in 15th place. It was also the runner-up 2002 NASCAR Rookie of the Year. Johnson pilots currently No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS for Hendrick Motorsports. "We are proud to have Jimmie as a member of the GM family and we appreciate the cooperation between Chevrolet, Cadillac, GM Racing and Hendrick Motorsports that made this program possible." said Steve Wesoloski, GM Road Racing Group Manager. "This is a great opportunity for defending champion of NASCAR Nextel Cup race in one of our GM Racing road, and certainly put the SPEED World Challenge Series in the spotlight ". In addition, Cadillac General Manager Jim Taylor said:" As we've been reinventing and rebuilding the Cadillac brand in recent years, we made a conscious decision to align strategic Cadillac with the best of the best in everything do. We will have the last TWO SPEED GT champions, Andy and Lawson, for the entire season of 2007, and we are absolutely delighted to have the 2006 champion of NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Jimmie Johnson third CTS-V in Charlotte next race. "Jimmie Johnson go on board the Cadillac CTS - V and the experience of racing, high performance and dynamic handling of the monstrous 6.0-liter V8 engine pumping 500 horses under the hood.