Cadillac To Reenter SCCA World Challenge

Cadillac and competitive racing are perhaps not two words that are normally associated with one another. However, the brand has participated in the Sports Car Club of America World Challenge in the past.

And it did so quite successfully in fact, winning the Manufacturer's Championship in 2005 and 2007, along with the Driver's Championship in 2005. The brand's current CTS-V series lineup has been critically lauded for its performance chops.

While the V-Series has been phased out on the outgoing STS, for the CTS it is alive and well with a full lineup that includes CTS-V Sedan, Coupe and Wagon variants. The CTS-V billed as the world's fastest production sedan. How's that for a performance Cadillac?

With these capable performance vehicles, Cadillac announced a return to the SCCA World Challenge with a two-vehicle team that will "validate and enhance" V-Series performance. Cadillac intends to demonstrate the car's capabilities, while also trying out new technologies and gaining valuable knowledge for future production vehicles.

The car of choice is (what else?) the CTS-V Coupe. The two cars will first compete on March 25, 2011 in St. Petersburg, Florida with Johnny O'Connel and Andy Pilgram piloting.

Before the race, the cars will be debuted at the North American International Auto Show in January. Development of the racing vehicles is to be conducted by Pratt & Miller, a racing engineering firm. The race models will be modified to SCCA standards based on the standard production CTS-V Coupe.

We're looking forward to checking out the new racing Cadillacs. Until next month, Cadillac has released these renderings to tide us over. We're in love....