<![CDATA[Jalopnik: john heinricy]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: john heinricy]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/johnheinricy http://jalopnik.com/tag/johnheinricy <![CDATA[705 HP Hennessey ZR700 Takes A Hot Lap With GM's John Heinricy At The Wheel]]> GM's John Heinricy retired, but hasn't disappeared just yet. He's now a consulting engineer for Hennessey and you can see him here taking the new 705-horsepower HRE ZR700 for a couple of seriously hot laps.

John Heinricy stepped down this past October from his position as Director of GM Performance Division, likely knowing that his group would be disbanded in the wake of the Carpocalypse. But all is not lost. Another performance guru with the same initials has brought him on as a consulting engineer to test the Corvette ZR1-based HPE ZR700. Should be fun considering this is the same guy who set the fastest production sedan lap time in a 2009 Cadillac CTS-V on the famed Nurburgring Nordschleife.

John Hennessey has gotten a bad wrap in recent times due to a supposed scandal involving a couple of his customers Dodge Vipers. The internet lit ablaze with this news, but here's proof that he's still considered to be one of the best in the business.

Maybe it's time for another visit out to the Lonestar Motor Park.

[via Hennessey]

]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5160452&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[On Board The 2009 Cadillac CTS-V]]> Even before we had our first drive of the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V, we knew it would be a seriously capable machine. Now we've got more on-board footage of GM's super sedan being flogged around a track, this time at the Monticello Motor Club in New York. At the wheel is none other than John Heinricy, who set the record lap for fastest production sedan around the Nürburgring in a CTS-V. Video after the jump.

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