Shanghai Surprise: Cadillac CTS stunt team dazzles in China, Heinricy sets F1 track record [*UPDATED w/VIDEO]
 

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<div align="center"><small style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Cadillac's V-Day stunt driving exhibition - <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/15/shanghai-surprise-cadillac-cts-stunt-team-dazzles-in-china-hei/">Click above</a> to watch the video</small><br /></div>
<br />Although things are understandably more than bit somber in General Motors' U.S. operations as of late, over in China, the mood is a bit more upbeat. The evidence? Check out this CTS stunt-driving exhibition held last weekend on Shanghai's Formula One circuit.<br /><br />According to GM's Cadillac Notes blog, some 19,000 fans gathered to watch the show and celebrate the arrival of the CTS-V in China last weekend - this, despite the heat (with temperatures at around 86&deg;, it was reportedly the hottest May 9 in over a century).<br /><br />In any case, the professional Hollywood stunt team delighted the masses, as did GM test engineer supremo John Heinricy, who (aside from apparently <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/05/gm-performance-guru-john-heinricy-retires/">not being all-the-way retired)</a>, marked the occasion by setting a record in the CTS-V for the quickest-ever lap (2:32.80) of the course in a production sedan. Heck, even Spider-Man showed up! Check out the high-res hijinks in our below. <em>Thanks for the tip, Scot!</em><br /><br style="font-style: italic;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">UPDATE:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> YouTube video of V-Day added<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/15/shanghai-surprise-cadillac-cts-stunt-team-dazzles-in-china-hei/" name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/W-_sQPPqwO0&hl=en&fs=1" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W-_sQPPqwO0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always " allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"> after the jump</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cadillac-v-day-in-shanghai/">Cadillac V-Day in Shanghai</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cadillac-v-day-in-shanghai/2016579/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/3529019258_1c9f5d3e1b_b_t humbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cadillac-v-day-in-shanghai/2016581/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/3529019594_1480d56d0f_b_t humbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cadillac-v-day-in-shanghai/2016577/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/3529019136_d0e430d76a_b_t humbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cadillac-v-day-in-shanghai/2016575/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/3528208187_c999e3e51d_b_t humbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cadillac-v-day-in-shanghai/2016578/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/3529019212_bbcc759384_o_t humbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />[Sources: <a href="http://cadillac.gmblogs.com/2009/05/13/shanghais-v-day-%E2%80%94-wow/">Cadillac Notes</a>; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-_sQPPqwO0">YouTube</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/15/shanghai-surprise-cadillac-cts-stunt-team-dazzles-in-china-hei/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Shanghai Surprise: Cadillac CTS stunt team dazzles in China, Heinricy sets F1 track record [*UPDATED w/VIDEO]</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/15/shanghai-surprise-cadillac-cts-stunt-team-dazzles-in-china-hei/">Shanghai Surprise: Cadillac CTS stunt team dazzles in China, Heinricy sets F1 track record [*UPDATED w/VIDEO]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Fri, 15 May 2009 12:28:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/15/shanghai-surprise-cadillac-cts-stunt-team-dazzles-in-china-hei/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1547263/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/15/shanghai-surprise-cadillac-cts-stunt-team-dazzles-in-china-hei/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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