In November/December, twenty-one Cadillac V-Club local chapters hosted holiday celebration events for their members.  We hope that each of you who were able to attend a local chapter event enjoyed the opportunity to spend time together and participate in the activities planned and hosted by your local Chapter Director. There is still 1 local chapter holiday celebration event remaining to be hosted as a New Year's kick-off celebration event later this month (Las Vegas).  

It has been a tradition for the Cadillac V-Club Operational Leadership Team (OLT) to randomly select members to win prizes during the celebration season.  Every Local Chapter Director gave away multiple door prizes via a random drawing at their events. In addition, the Executive OLT randomly selected two regional members to receive a 1-year full membership extension of their current term of membership plus a $100 gift certificate to be redeemed on Cadillaccollection.com.  

Since 2015, in collaboration with GM/Cadillac, there has been a grand prize winner selected.  For 2025 once again, the grand prize is a tuition paid trip to Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club to attend the Cadillac V Performance Academy (approximately a $3,500 value).  All local chapter and regional members were eligible to win the grand prize via a random drawing conducted by members of the Executive OLT.

The Grand Prize Winner is Gary Lucas of Lucas, TX who has been a member of the DFW Chapter since 2017. Gary was chosen via a drawing held using Random.org to select the winner from among all members excluding sponsors, preferred partners and members of our Operational Leadership Team. 

A prize certificate will be emailed to the grand prize winner providing redemption instructions. The winner is responsible for associated travel arrangements and expenses. The prize certificate is not transferable to any non-member of the Cadillac V-Club and must be used during the calendar year 2026. Should the events be cancelled for any unforeseen reason, a best effort will be made to provide tickets to an alternate venue at a future date. 

The Regional Prize Winners are:
Joseph Miller - Tallahassee, FL
Sandy Ruplinger - Germanton, WI

The renewal dates for these regional members will be extended by 1 additional year based on their original join date and the $100 gift certificates will be emailed to each recipient within the next week direct from "Brand Addition/CadillacCollection.com".

Each year we also have a tradition of selecting a Chapter Director of the Year to receive special recognition and a prize.  For 2025, Eric Yonkers of the Southwest Michigan Chapter has been chosen to receive a complimentary two-person ticket package to Cadillac Racing V-Corral & Hospitality Suite Event of his choice in 2026 (approximately a $1,000 value). Eric has been an active member since 2022 and successfully recruited 26 members including Cole Cadillac of Portege, MI as a Platinum sponsoring Cadillac Dealer during the past year.  He has demonstrated an exceptional leadership commitment within his local chapter and has attended multiple Cadillac Racing national events with many of his local chapter members.  

I also want to take a moment to thank all of our Cadillac Platinum Dealers, Sponsors, Preferred Partners and our members for the continued support this past year. We appreciate the passion, comradery, and commitment everyone has invested and look forward to hosting events and activities that allow each of our members the opportunity to take their ownership experience to a higher level in 2026!

Congratulations to all prize and award winners! For those of you who were fortunate (and fast enough) to secure a ticket package to attend the upcoming Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona race, we have 66 members who purchased the two-person ticket package and 54 of those members are participating in the Road Rally cruise to Daytona by driving their V-Series vehicle to park in the Cadillac V-Corral and take parade laps around the track.

If you have not recently visited VSeriesMarketplace.com, check out the new CarSearchPro VSM feature. Visitors to the website now have the ability to quickly locate and view every V-Series vehicle listed for sale by our Platinum Cadillac Dealers.