If you recall, the V-Series Challenge pitted the CTS-V against other production sedans at the Monticello Motor Club in New York. For more information on the challengers and their vehicles, check out the video below.

The SPEED program adds a unique wrinkle to the event – so even if you were there, or you followed it on the web, you’ll find some new and interesting aspects on SPEED tonight.

Today, at the Monticello Motor Club in New York, the Cadillac CTS-V stood tall in the V-Series Challenge, a race pitting the CTS-V against several of the best production sedans on the market today — those that showed up, that is.

Here are the results from the track. There were no winners or losers today – the point was to have fun with great cars because that’s what they’re all about, and to show that GM vehicles can compete with the best in the world, in every class. It was a great day for the CTS-V, and an exceptionally fun day for me.  I’ll have to issue another challenge so I can do this again sometime soon, although I wish I had started doing these when I was younger!

That said, we want you to be a part of the fun, too. Here are the best ways to get the latest information about the Challenge as it happens:

Facebook: Check out the Cadillac Fan page at http://www.facebook.com/cadillac. We’ll be posting updates from the track and videos about the track, the competitors and the race.

Twitter: Follow us at http://www.twitter.com/cadillac. You’ll get updates from the driver’s club meeting, lap times and links to short hand-held video clips from the track

Cadillac Notes: Check back here for video content and photos both during and after the race.

No matter how you’ll follow the Challenge, you’ll get plenty of information. Now, off to Monticello!

The group of challengers, as it stands now, includes a few auto journalists and several private car owners, reflecting a good range of different cars and experience levels. We think it’ll make for a well-rounded group.

Let’s meet the preliminary list of challengers. First up, the automotive writers:

Name: Wes Siler – Jalopnik.com
Wes is road test editor for Jalopnik, the first and to take us up on the Challenge. Wes is a skilled and experienced driver and evaluator of cars, especially the fast ones.

Name: Jack Baruth – TheTruthAboutCars.com
Jack will be representing TheTruthAboutCars.com in the Challenge. Jack’s an experienced racer, on two wheels and four. He hails from Columbus, Ohio.

Name: Lawrence Ulrich – freelance auto writer
Lawrence contributes to The New York Times and other publications. He drives all manner of cars regularly, and has some track driving experience though he’s careful to point out that his experience has been on a non-competitive basis.

Let’s meet the initial group private car owners:

Name: Michael M.
Hometown: Whitecoff, NJ
Michael is a graduate of the Porsche driving school and a contributor to carguydad.com.  He owns a BMW M5.

Name: Michael C.
Hometown: Long Island, NY
Our second Michael has trained at Skip Barber. At just 21 years old, Michael is the younger driver in the Challenge. He owns a BMW M3.

Name: Chris
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Chris has recently bought a CTS-V, and wants to learn more about his car’s capabilities.

Name: Tom
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Tom drives an Audi RS4, has participated in the Audi driving school at Sonoma and has also done some autocross racing.

Plenty of other notable car enthusiasts will be there Oct 29 as well, either as participants or spectators. We’ll have more information about the competition and their cars in coming days so keep checking Cadillac Notes for all the latest news.

Last month, during a discussion with journalists about our “May the Best Car Win” marketing campaign, I was trying to get across just exactly what that theme means.  And what it means is, of course, just what it says.
 
We have a lineup of vehicles that we think, if given a chance, can stack up with the best the rest of the automotive manufacturing world has to offer. One of the examples I cited was the Cadillac CTS-V, and I went so far as to challenge the journalists to find a stock production sedan on the planet that could outperform the CTS-V on the track.  I proposed a track duel, “run what ya brung,” at a time and place to be determined.
 
Well, that time and place has been determined.  The guys at Jalopnik.com were the first ones to respond to the challenge, quickly and most enthusiastically, but I suspect there will be more.  We’ll be having a full racetrack challenge October 29 at the Monticello Motor Club in Monticello, N.Y., not far from the New York City area.
 
And I put the challenge out to you.  If you own a car comparable to the Cadillac CTS-V (a 4-door production stock sport sedan) and you want to match up against me and the Cadillac, you can join us at Monticello. Follow the link here to fill out an application.  From the list of applicants we’ll select several challengers to join us for the V-Series Challenge.
 
As I said in the previous chat, we’re going to take away every last excuse people have not to consider our products.  We know that some consumers still think Cadillac cars do not have the top-end performance they believe the German luxury cars have.  The development objective of the 556-hp Cadillac CTS- V was to create the world’s best high-performance sedan.  In final testing, the car lapped the legendary Nurburgring in 7:59.32, fastest ever for a production sedan (recently eclipsed, reportedly, by Porsche Panamera).  In other words, we believe we have achieved our goal of building the world’s fastest sedan, but I look forward to putting that theory to the test…. and may the best car win.

Here is an explanation of the judging criteria:

Here’s how the CTS-V performed:

In the same issue, MT reports on their year-long ownership experience with a 2009 Cadillac CTS. Insightful as they used the car for daily driving duties, including the every day observations from a wide span of their staffers.  Check it out here.