DESIGN, DEVELOP, BUILD, RACE, WIN FIRST SEASON 2004 3-TIME WINNERS TRIUMPHS AND CHALLENGES Contents IN CADILLAC’S DEBUT SEASON Triumphs and Challenges in Our Debut Season . 2 Impressive Debut in Speed World Challenge GT – Sebring . 4 A year ago we were getting ready to begin Team Cadillac’s first racing Charging Hard – Lime Rock . 6 season. The development program had gone well, and we expected good things, but until the green flag drops, nobody knows for sure. We didn’t Status Quo at Mid-O – Mid-Ohio . 7 need to worry, because we are fortunate enough to have some of the Overcoming Adversity – Infineon Raceway . 8 best people in the business working at Pratt & Miller. Groundhog Day – Portland . 9 Fast, Close, Tough – Mosport, Race 1 . 10 The Cadillac team’s first season was amazingly successful, thanks to the quality of all the people working on this program … all the way Fellows Out Front – Mosport, Race 2 . 11 from initial development through every one of the 2004 races. Most Weight Hurts – Road America . 13 new racing teams hope they can at least be competitive in their first Back in the Game – Road Atlanta . 14 season, and maybe, with a bit of luck, chalk up one win. We won the Everybody Knows We’re Here – Laguna Seca / Awards . 16 first time out in a one-two finish, which was a huge statement, but Team Personals . 18 it made the rest of the season a challenge to say the least, due to “competition adjustments.” Even so, as usual the challenge brought Capabilities + Quality = Growth – Jim Miller & Gary Pratt Q&A . 22 out the best in us; we added two more wins and were in contention From the Editor / Thanks To Our Sponsors . .28 for the championship right down to the wire. That’s a successful The Photographers . 29 debut season in anybody’s book. 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New Hudson, MI 48165 Phone: 248-446-9800 Fax: 248-446-9020 — Jim Miller and Gary Pratt www.prattmiller.com 2 3 PRATT & MILLER ENGINEERING 2004 1 # E C IMPRESSIVE DEBUT A R – ONE-TWO FINISH FOR TEAM CADILLAC T G Pratt & Miller’s rigorous development program for the new E Cadillac CTS-V race cars paid off big in the team’s debut race. G Max Angelelli qualified on the pole and went on to win the 20- N lap sprint on Sebring’s 3.7-mile circuit. Andy Pilgrim finished E L second after a spectacular charge through the field. L A H Pilgrim, who qualified fourth, had clutch trouble on the starting C grid and his engine stalled just as the race started. “It’s pretty D scary when you know all those cars are behind you, accelerating L hard, and you’re just sitting there,” Andy said. “I’m thankful R SPEED WORLD O nobody hit me.” W CHALLENGE GT, D RACE #1 Once he got going, the clutch caused no problems and Pilgrim E Sebring International put on a show. He carved his way through the field and moved E P Raceway into second on the second-last lap. Angelelli and Pilgrim were S Sebring, Florida some four seconds ahead of the third-place Audi driven by March 19, 2004 Michael Galati. Angelelli fell back to third just after the start, but he took the QUALIFYING: lead on lap three and gradually stretched it out to a small margin 1st, Max Angelelli, of two to three seconds. #16 Mobil 1/Motorola/Bose Cadillac CTS-V, 2m09.076s (103.195 mph) “I knew my knew car was very good,” said Max. “It was slightly 4th, Andy Pilgrim, faster than the Audi, so I could stay out front fairly comfortably #8 Mobil 1/Motorola/Bose and just drive it to win.” Cadillac CTS-V, 2m10.795s (101.838 mph) RACE: 1st, Max Angelelli, #16 Mobil 1/Motorola/Bose Cadillac CTS-V, 20 laps 2nd, Andy Pilgrim, #8 Mobil 1/Motorola/Bose Cadillac CTS-V, 20 laps 4 SPEED WORLD CHALLENGE GT – RACE #1 5 2004 PRATT & MILLER ENGINEERING PRATT PRATT & MILLER ENGINEERING 2004 2 # E C CHARGING HARD A R – CADILLACS OVERCOME CHALLENGES T G Following their impressive one-two showing at E Sebring, Pratt & Miller’s Team Cadillac people G knew they would have their work cut out for them N at the next event. Series officials adjusted the E L technical specifications for the CTS-V race cars, L adding weight and restricting engine power output A H to slow them down some. C D Starting fifth and sixth in the 30-car field, Max L Angelelli and Andy Pilgrim went to work early in R SPEED WORLD O the 46-lap race. Angelelli fell back to ninth trying W CHALLENGE GT, to stay out of trouble in heavy traffic after the start, D RACE #2 but was up to third when a late-race caution ended E Lime Rock Park his chances. The race finished under yellow with E P Lakeville, Connecticut the two-car Audi team holding first and second. S May 31, 2004 Pilgrim had some ground to make up, too. He passed several cars and was ready to make a move for fourth QUALIFYING: when the final caution put an end to passing. 5th, Max Angelelli, #16 Mobil 1/Motorola/Bose Cadillac CTS-V, 0m54.589s To take third place, Angelelli had to make a daring (100.899 mph) pass on Pilgrim and on Tommy Archer in a Viper. 6th, Andy Pilgrim, “I had to take risks where I could,” Angelelli said. #8 Mobil 1/Motorola/Bose “When I passed for third I out-braked both of them Cadillac CTS-V, 0m54.686s into turns one and two, basically driving in the grass (100.720 mph) to avoid contact.” RACE: 3rd, Max Angelelli, #16 Mobil 1/Motorola/Bose Cadillac CTS-V, 46 laps 5th, Andy Pilgrim, #8 Mobil 1/Motorola/Bose Cadillac CTS-V, 46 laps 6 PRATT & MILLER ENGINEERING 2004 S P E E STATUS QUO AT MID-O D W O HEINRICY TRIPLE TEAMS IN OHIO R L For Team Cadillac the challenge at Mid-Ohio was the same as the D race before: find something for the Audis. One thing they did was C add a third car to the arsenal, piloted by John Heinricy. This GM H A engineer and long-time racer is on the engineering team of the L production Cadillac CTS-V, and also was heavily involved with L E Pratt & Miller’s development program for the race car last year. N G Heinricy qualified fourth, behind the two Audis and a Porsche E 911. He was able to get ahead of the Porsche at the start and G T stayed close to the Audis, even putting pressure on them during SPEED WORLD – the green-flag laps. CHALLENGE GT, R A The problem was, green-flag laps were at a premium, since most RACE #3 C of the first half of the race was run under caution due to crashes Mid-Ohio E Sports Car Course # and blown engines. He raced hard in the last dozen laps, but in 3 the end Heinricy had to settle for third, a scant half-second Lexington, Ohio behind the runner-up Audi. June 27, 2004 Angelelli and Pilgrim qualified farther back, and had a more QUALIFYING: interesting time avoiding the wreckage and oil spills in the early 4th, John Heinricy, going. They improved significantly on their starting positions, #12 Mobil 1/Motorola/Bose finishing sixth and seventh, respectively. Cadillac CTS-V, 1m28.361s (91.995 mph) 9th, Max Angelelli, #16 Mobil 1/Motorola/Bose Cadillac CTS-V, 1m29.052s (91.281 mph) 12th, Andy Pilgrim, #8 Mobil 1/Motorola/Bose Cadillac CTS-V, 1m29.264s (91.064 mph) RACE: 3rd, John Heinricy, #12 Mobil 1/Motorola/Bose Cadillac CTS-V, 24 laps 6th, Max Angelelli, #16 Mobil 1/Motorola/Bose Cadillac CTS-V, 24 laps 7th, Andy Pilgrim, #8 Mobil 1/Motorola/Bose Cadillac CTS-V, 24 laps 7 PRATT & MILLER ENGINEERING 2004 4 # E C OVERCOMING ADVERSITY A R – PILGRIM’S COMEBACK TIGHTENS TITLE RACE T G Andy Pilgrim overcame a setback at the start and charged to a fourth-place finish E at California’s Infineon Raceway. That moved Cadillac up to within one point of G Audi for the lead in the series’ championship for manufacturers. N E L Shortly after the standing start, traffic snarls shuffled Pilgrim and Angelelli back L to seventh and ninth, respectively. Angelelli started working his way back – to A H eighth, then seventh … then misfortune struck. C D “I was passing another car but the car ahead of me moved inside and hit the L brakes,” Angelelli explained. He spun into a tire barrier, which popped the R SPEED WORLD O Cadillac’s hood up and slammed it back into the windshield.