V-Club Newsroom

Cadillac V-Club members may now purchase apparel and accessories via the CadillacCollection.com website and receive a minimum of 15% discount off every product in the online catalog.  In order to receive this discount members must first login to the CadillacVClub.com website and then under the Members Only menu select the Cadillac Collection menu option to complete the login and authentication process.

If you would like to purchase Cadillac V-Club branded caps, apparel and accessories, CadillacCollection.com is where you will shop and place your orders.

Don't forget that to receive your discount, you must validate with your membership ID via this page:

Rick Knetsch of Kilgore, Texas recently accepted the position as Director of the East Texas (ETX) Chapter.  Rick previously served as the Director of the San Antonio Chapter and with his move in the fall of last year to East Texas is now looking forward to leading our newest Chapter.  The V-Club currently has 5 members in East Texas and Rick will be scheduling events in the near future.

Rick  drives an awesome "one of a kind" 2009 CTS-V Sedan and he and his wife Angela have been a member of the V-Club for 4 years. 

Congratulations Rick!

Here's a snapshot of Rick's V.

Congratulations to Chuck McCormick who recently purchased a new 2018 Limited Edition Glacier White CTS-V on 11/07/2017 from Covert Cadillac, our V-Club sponsor in Austin.  Chuck's V is #108 of only 115 made by Cadillac.

The Sales Rep was Jeff Perantoni, who Chuck characterized as "a dynamite sales pro and an overall great guy".  Chuck stated that everyone at Covert made the whole process a total pleasure and he is excited to have the pleasure of owning the first one sold in Austin!  Covert was allocated 2 Limited Edition models and the the 2nd sold in December. Since Cadillac has continued to include the complimentary trip to the Cadillac V-Performance Academy in Pahrump, Nevada, Chuck will be scheduling his trip soon!

Chuck recommends that any V-Club member in Austin who is interested in checking out the new 2018 V’s ask for Jeff Perantoni.   Jeff  is extremely knowledgeable about the V-Series models!

Chuck also mentioned that If you need service, the Cadillac V specialist to contact is Adam Deleon.  Adam has been Chuck's service rep since he purchased his first CTS-V in 2012 and has always provided exceptional service and support.

Congratulations to all prize winners!

Grand Prize - Derek Odell won the trip to the Cadillac V-Performance Academy - Value $3100

NOTE: Derek's name was randomly selected via random.org from a list of names of every member who RSVP'd and attended one of the 3 banquets.

2018 IMSA V-Corral Ticket Packages (two attendees including parking pass) - Value $750

Dallas/Fort Worth Banquet - Misty Young
Houston Banquet - Earl Parmer 
Austin/San Antonio Banquet - Arnold Schoneck

The DFW Chapter of the Cadillac V-Club once again held it's annual holiday banquet at Boi 'Na Braza in Grapevine, Texas on Sunday evening, December 10.  The room was packed with over 90 attendees and the meal was once again fantastic... "all you can eat carved meet of your choice", huge salad bar and fantastic desserts capped off the dinner menu.

After a round of trivia questions where the member with the successful answer received a prize, a drawing was held to determine the winner of the ticket package for two to any IMSA V-Corral event in 2018.  Misty Young was the lucky winner and her plan is to attend the upcoming Rolex 24-hour IMSA race in Daytona where the Action Express and Taylor Racing teams will be competing for Cadillac.

All V-Club members who attended this holiday banquet along with the upcoming holiday banquet attendees in Houston, Austin and San Antonio will be entered in a random drawing to be held on Monday evening, December 18 at 7:00PM for a fully paid tuition trip (including meals and lodging) to attend the two day Cadillac V-Series Academy in Pahrump, Nevada. Airfare not included.  Value of trip is $3,100.00.

Each eligible entry will be assigned a number from 1 to X where X is the total number entries.  The winner of the V-Performance Academy trip will be randomly selected via a "live feed" from our Cadillac V-Club Facebook page using an online random number generator. 

We very pleased to make two announcements, the first of which is the nomination approval and acceptance by Beverly Feaster as Director of the Austin Chapter. Beverly owns an awesome 9-second 1/4 Mile 2014 Silver CTS-V Coupe. Beverly is excited about the opportunity to meet more V owners and will be attending the upcoming joint Austin/San Antonio annual holiday banquet on December 16.  There are currently 28 members in the Austin Chapter and 33 members in the San Antonio Chapter which is led by James Corona.  Watch the V-Club event calendar for future events and activities which will be scheduled by Beverly for the Austin Chapter.   

The second announcement is to welcome our newest sponsor who is located in Round Rock. Dedicated Motorsports Solutions (DMS) has recently joined the Cadillac V-Club as a Silver level sponsor. DMS has a long history of proving hard work pays off in the end. Originally founded in 2008, DMS was a part time operation primarily to share new parts that Matt Owen developed while creating his own builds, like his famous LS1 Swapped Lexus. It wouldn’t be until 2015 that Dedicated Motorsports would become a full-time operation when Matt departed his T1 position.   You can find out more info about DMS at www.dedicatedmotorsports.com .

Due to the recent move to East Texas by San Antonio Chapter Director Rick Knetsch,  James Corona has been nominated and has accepted the position of Director of the San Antonio Chapter of the Cadillac V-Club.  James has been a member of the V-Club since 2014 and owns a 2011 CTS-V Wagon that is one very impressive 10-second V.  He and his sons have been very active in the V-Club and we are excited to have James join the leadership team.

Rick will be residing in the Kilgore, Texas area where he plans to continue as a Chapter Director and launch an East Texas Chapter of the Cadillac V-Club. Between Tyler and Longview, there are quite a few Cadillac V's and there are two Cadillac dealerships, Orr Cadillac in Longview and Wagner Cadillac in Tyler which have already expressed an interest in supporting the V-Club.

The Board of Directors has selected 3 year member Dustin Mohan as the Director of the DFW Chapter.  As a long term V-series owner (Dustin owned a V1 CTS-V, V2 CTS-V and now owns a V3 ATS-V) combined with the fact he is very active within the V-Club, Dustin is a perfect choice for his new leadership position. The DFW Chapter has experienced rapid growth as the result of previous outstanding Chapter Directors, Trey Krause and most recently Sean O'Rourke. Dustin is excited about the opportunity to serve.

Dustin commented, "As all of you know, the V-series a passion of mine and one of the reasons that I feel that this is the right time to take on the responsibility of helping to grow the Cadillac V-Performance brand and the club in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.  I have also been fortunate enough to form lifelong friendships as a direct result of my involvement in the V Club and take that very seriously enough to want to take on a leadership role."

Check out Dustin's ATS-V Coupe on the Circuit of Americas track in Austin!

Due to demands of work and personal family commitments, Chris Arellano has recently resigned as the Houston Chapter Director.  Chris will continue to be actively involved in the Cadillac V-Club as an owner of both a CTS-V and ATS-V.  Chris's contributions to the V-Club are numerous and his leadership has been instrumental in the growth of the Houston Chapter.  Thank you Chris for your support over the last 2 years!

The Board of Directors has received a nomination for a new Chapter Director which is 5-year member Larry Reed.  Larry and his wife Kim have both been members since April of 2013.  The Board of Directors unanimously approved Larry as the new Chapter Director and his appointment is effective immediately.  The Chapter Director is the primary focal point and leader of the V-Club in the local area responsible for planning local events and activities for V-Club members.  The role is also the primary contact for the V-Club with the local sponsors including the local Cadillac sponsoring dealership.  

Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Recruiting new sponsors and members
• Welcoming new sponsors and members when they join the V-Club Houston Chapter
• Planning events, meetings and activities which includes but is not limited to meet 'n greet events where a meal is provided
• Serve as a Board Member of the Cadillac V-Club and attend all Board Meetings via web conference calls or in person
• Attend a minimum of one annual regional or national Cadillac V-Club "official event"
• Publish news updates and photos related to the local Chapter activities on cadillacvclub.com
  

Sewell Cadillac of Dallas hosted our monthly meeting for October where 75 members of the DFW Chapter received an surprise visit from 4 time Pirelli World Challenge Series champion Johnny O'Connell.   Johnny was also joined by Paulina Haan from the Cadillac V-Series Marketing team in New York and  Mirza Grebovic from the V-Series Engineering team in Detroit.  These Cadillac representatives provided an overview of the V-Series platform and communicated Cadillac's commitment to the V and the V-Club.

The V-Club is fully committed to its partnership with Cadillac and 2017 will bring some exciting new benefits to our members.   We sincerely appreciate the endorsement and support from Cadillac and are proud to represent and promote the "V-Team".

V-Club President Mike Franks also delivered a short presentation on the "first four years" of the club highlighting some of our key milestones and the demographics of the membership.  Mike also showed a "PDR" video of his recent "on-track" experience at the V-Performance Academy held at Spring Mountain Motorsports Resort in Pahrump, Nevada.  Mike drove both a 2017 ATS-V and CTS-V and said it was experience that was "bucket list worthy" for everyone to consider attending.

Sewell Cadillac provided excellent hospitality which included breakfast from catered by Eatsy's restaurant.  Be sure to checkout the DFW Chapter photo gallery to view some photos from the event.