Regional & Local Chapter News

This year 9 local Cadillac V-Club local chapters hosted holiday banquets for their members with the Las Vegas Chapter hosting the final banquet of the year this past week-end.

At each local chapter banquet, one lucky member had the opportunity to win a two person multi-day ticket package to attend a Cadillac V-Corral/Suite event at IMSA Weathertech Championship races in 2022.  These ticket packages are valued at $500 each.  V-Club Chapters located in the Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest gave away a door prize trip to the Laguna Seca IMSA event scheduled for April 29 - May 1, 2022 and Chapters located in the South Central and Atlantic Northeast will gave away a door prize trip to the Rolex 24 Hour IMSA event in Daytona scheduled for January 27-30, 2022.  The winners of these ticket packages valued at $500 each were:

Seattle/Portland Chapter - Diana Spisak, Renton, WA
Norcal Chapter - Frank Revuelta, Redwood City, CA
Socal Chapter - Jake Jordan, Corona, CA
Las Vegas Chapter - Stacy Martin, Las Vegas, NV
OKC Chapter - Jason Austin, Yukon, OK
DFW Chapter - Ray Beougher, Double Oak, TX
Houston Chapter - Earl Parmer, Houston, TX
Austin/San Antonio Chapter - Martin Jackson, San Antonio, TX
Detroit Chapter - Jeremy Stanke, Commerce Township, MI

Today via a drawing held on Random.org, the Cadillac V-Club continued our holiday celebration by selecting the two "grand prize" winners.

Grand Prize #1 Winner: Ben Remak, Seattle/Portland Chapter - Washington

Ben was selected via a random draw on Random.org from among the local chapter members who RSVP'd to attend a holiday banquet and attended the banquet.

Grand Prize #2 Winner: John Sketoe, South Central Region - Arkansas

John was selected via a random drawing on Random.org from among all regional V-Club members and those local chapter members who were unable to attend a local chapter holiday banquet this year.

Both of these grand prize winners will receive a full tuition paid trip to the two-day Cadillac V-Performance Academy located at Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club in Pahrump, NV. 

These two grand prizes combined with the local chapter Cadillac V-Corral ticket package door prizes provided an opportunity for every Cadillac V-Club member to win a prize during our annual holiday celebration. The total value of all prizes being awarded exceeds $11,500. 

Recipients of prize certificates are responsible for associated travel arrangements and expenses. Prize certificates are not transferable to any non-member of the Cadillac V-Club and must be used during the calendar year 2022. Should the events be cancelled for any unforseen reason, a best effort will be made to provide tickets to an alternate venue at a future date.

Congratulations to each of these prize winners!

With the launch of the new Las Vegas Chapter of the Cadillac V-Club, Eric Anderson has been appointed as the Chapter Director.  Eric has been a regional member of the Cadillac V-Club for several months and has owned his a V since 2017.  Recently, Eric acquired at CT5-V Blackwing but before he acquired his first V, he was the owner of a 427 LSA-powered Camaro.

Eric commented, "the V series cars were always appealing to me, the cross between sport and luxury is unmatched, and the sound of a V well, all of you know what I am referring to... I can’t wait to see the local Vegas Chapter grow, I know there’s a lot of V’s around the city and I am excited to meet many of those owners and introduce them to the Cadillac V-Club"!

Check out Eric's new Blackwing!

Cadillac V-Club member and OKC Chapter Director Felicia Smith is highlighted in the 2021 PRI Magazine.  Check it out!

Andre Leighton has been attending Cadillac V-Club DFW Chapter local events for the last two years and is our local chapter "official photographer".  He has taken hundreds of photos that are published on his SmugMug website that are available for purchase and download for a nominal fee.  You have the option to purchase a single photo can download an entire "low resolution" event gallery for non-commercial use for a very low price.

You can view his gallery via this link: https://cadillacvclub.com/Media

Cadillac of South San Francisco has joined our growing list of Platinum level sponsor Cadillac dealers who have committed to partner with the Cadillac V-Club.

Jon Ngan is the General Manager of this "new concept" dealership located in Colma, CA. Jon stated, "We are definitely looking forward to running events with the V Club and are a completely new build from the ground up that soft opened in March. At Cadillac of South San Francisco, Customer Experience is not just our mission, it's part of our DNA. Our Cadillac Experience Center is centered around the concept of an elevated Customer Experience. Our philosophy is low pressure, transparent, and honest business. Our Brand Specialists are trained to help you find the vehicle that fits your needs and desires. As your personal shopper, we help you through your entire vehicle purchase journey. We believe shopping for a vehicle should be transparent, quick, and most importantly, fun!"

Jon has two Cadillac V-Series Blackwing preview events scheduled the first of which is on August 7 at their Cadillac of South San Francisco Colma location and next on August 8 and the BCL X Cars and Coffee event.

Effective today, based on numerous requests and input from the our leadership team, the following coverage area changes and naming has been implemented:

SOCAL Chapter: Includes the former San Diego and Los Angeles Chapter.  Mitchell Goodrich will serve in the role of Chapter Director and the coverage area will include all surrounding cities up to a 200 mile radius.

NORCAL Chapter: Includes the former San Francisco Chapter. Danial Stalcup will continue to lead this chapter which includes Sacramento and San Jose and the surrounding cities up to a 200 mile radius

Seattle Chapter: Includes Seattle/Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR.  Gene Hawks will continue to lead this chapter which includes surrounding cities up to a 200 mile radius.

Previously the coverage area for a local chapter has been 75-100 miles but that restriction has been increased to 200 miles and is applicable to all chapters.  Even if a member does not reside within 200 miles of a local chapter, if they prefer to do so they may join or renew their membership as a local chapter member rather than a regional member.

The Cadillac V-Club now has over 400 active members spread across 30 states.  The Cadillac V-Club was launched in February, 2013 as the Texas V-Club and in 2015 re-launched as a national organization at the request of GM/Cadillac headquarters as the official Cadillac V-Club.

If you would like to help launch a local chapter in your area and are interested in serving in as the Chapter Director, please submit a Leadership Application.

We are pleased to announce two new local chapters of the Cadillac V-Club have been chartered effective as of Tuesday, June 8, 2021.  The Detroit Chapter will be led by Brad Doerr and the Oklahoma City Chapter will be led by Felicia Smith.

Brad is currently a chassis engineer at Roush Industries and has worked in the auto industry for 18 years.  He was a GM employee for 11 years and worked in multiple roles on the Alpha platform. Brad and his wife Holly have been married for 9 years and have one son, Gregory.  They have owned a 2011 CTS-V Wagon for 10 years.  Brad enjoys racing and participates in track days and auto crosses with his CTS-V.

Felicia Smith is in technical services for an oil field company named TTS in Newcastle Oklahoma. Felicia and her husband Aaron Smith have been married for 5 years. She owns a 2009 CTSV that currently runs 8’s on the stock 1.9 liter blower. Her husband has a fully built 2650 Denali, and they also plan to start their third build being a 2004 Cadillac XLR. The two have been racing for years and together they build and maintain all of their vehicles out of their home shop.

With the launch of these two new chapters, the V-Club now has 10 chapters and over 400 members spread across 28 different states.