Regional & Local Chapter News

2023 CADILLAC V-CLUB BLACKWING EXPERIENCE

Click on above image to watch the 2022 Blackwing Experience "on-track" video

With the continued support of Cadillac headquarters and Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club, the Cadillac V-Club will be hosting our 3rd annual event at the Cadillac V-Performance Academy in Pahrump, NV to experience the exhilarating drive of Cadillac's newest performance V-Series machines, the Cadillac V-Series Blackwings!   

The dates are Friday, October 20 and Saturday, October 21, 2023. This year we are offering a choice of two different sessions based on driver experience.  Day 1 will be for Novice & Intermediate drivers and Day 2 will be for Advanced drivers. 

For more information and to RSVP register click here.  Registration is only available to Cadillac V-Club members so if you are not yet a member, visit the Join Us page.

Effective immediately the Cadillac V-Club has launched our first chapter in the great country of Canada! There is a strong V-Series and Cadillac presence there and we are pleased to officially charter a local chapter based in the great city of Toronto!

Mike Roderickson has been appointed as the Director of the Toronto Chapter. Mike hails from Mississauga Ontario Canada. Mike has many hobbies and tries to keep an active lifestyle with sports such as volleyball, hockey, golf and his favorite sport men’s league fastball. Mike says he tried out for the MLB a couple of times and while he didn’t make it he got the Caddy anyway:) Mike is a landscaper by trade whose work includes anything and everything to make landscaping dreams come true. As a treat to himself and for his 40th birthday he specially ordered his 2021 CT5-V AWD as his daily driver. Mike's V has racked up 70,000km already with 50,000 of them in track mode!

Mike has always been fascinated with Cadillac’s since he was young with the big Coupe De Ville’s floating along and then in his 20s when the first V’s showed up. Mike say's he couldn't be happier with the V and when he is not landscaping he's going for scenic drives in the natures paradise where he lives in Ontario as well as cruising downtown Toronto for some of those late night views of the city lights. Track days are one of Mike favorite activities to during the summer with long road course's, drag strips, and of course private airstrip events.

Mike has big plans for the Toronto Chapter and already on working hard for the members to enjoy what our prestigious club has to offer!

Robert Milligan has been promoted to serve as a new Executive member of the Cadillac V-Club Operational Leadership Team (OLT).  Robert was previously the Chapter Director for the Seattle/Portland Chapter and effective immediately will assume a new role as the National Chapter Director for the US. In his new role Robert's responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all regional members until a local chapter is launched in their respective area.
• Collaborate with local Chapter Directors to ensure official events are planned and published on the CadillacVClub.com official event calendar.
• Establish local chapter "best practices", lead/facilitate monthly Chapter Director meetings conducted via ZOOM video conference calls.
• Assist in the development and publication of quarterly Cadillac V-Club newsletters.
• Serve on Event Planning Advisory Committe for Cadillac V-Club hosted national and regional events.

Effective immediately, the new Seattle/Portland Chapter Director is Alberto Lopez.

Alberto grew up in Mount Vernon,WA then moved to Puyallup prior to his high school years where he now lives with his wife and 2 young boys. Cars have always been a passion of his, while his family always come first, owning a Vector Blue CTS-V is a way to have the best of both worlds at the same time! According to Alberto, there is not a better feeling driving a Cadillac V with all his family to the many different events around the Pacific Northwest. In his spare time Alberto loves spending it with his family riding bikes, going to car shows and looking for new fun activities on the weekend.

Corey Fontenot has been selected as the new Houston Chapter Director.

Corey Fontenot aka “Corey Ray” is a resident of East Houston Texas. A graduate of North Shore Senior High School and Alvin Community College. He has loved cars all his life and is very partial to Cadillac V-Series vehicles. Corey love's Jesus, America and muscle cars. He has a beautiful wife named Cynthia Fontenot who supports his car enthusiasm and usually tags along to events/races. He has owned his 2011 CTS-V Coupe for 2 years and has modified, raced and thoroughly enjoyed this car since owning it. Corey is a massive advocate for car culture and enjoys other builds and helping people in general. He is a former welder and now work as an estimator for a custom fabrication shop. Corey also owns a pressure washing company with his best friend Eric. Corey loves drag racing, roll racing, auto cross and just enjoying his V!

Jennifer Kniffin of Fort Worth, Texas has joined the Cadillac V-Club Operational Leadership Team (OLT) as the new Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Chapter Director.   Jennifer is a business owner who is married to her firefighter husband Wes whom she met while racing his LS1 against her LT1 Camaro.  Jennifer and Wes have 3 children; 20, 19, and almost 15. Fast forward to today and Jennifer owns a 2016 Frost White (1 of 29) CTS-V that dyno's approximately 900 hp to the wheels and Wes has a C7 Z06 with around 820 hp. Now that's impressive and of course, she's the cooler one and can gap him. The pair love to race, go to car meets, and even just go cruise as often as they can. They also have an offshore racing boat that is 37 feet long and about 1600hp, so if they aren't on the streets or track, they're on the water.

Jennifer is looking forward to meeting all of the Cadillac V-Club DFW Chapter members and will be hosting a meet 'n greet event soon in August that will be announced on our official event calendar soon.  The DFW Chapter of the Cadillac V-Club currently has 126 active members and the Cadillac V-Club has 17 local chapters spread among 6 regions that include 832 members. 

We are excited to welcome Jennifer as our newest Chapter Director.  You can connect with Jennifer on Facebook at DFW Cadillac V Syndicate. As long as you own a Cadillac V-Series vehicle and reside with the DFW metroplex, you are invited to join this Facebook page.  Check out this photo of her beautiful CTS-V!

Cadillac announced in 2022 that all Cadillac V-Series owners of a Blackwing model will receive free of charge one of the new Blackwing badges. For those of us who own either a CT4-V or CT5-V Blackwings this was well received news!

Based on input from Cadillac V-Club member surveys shared with Cadillac headquarters, the Cadillac Marketing team announced last fall that 2023 models and beyond will incorporate a new Blackwing badge on the rear of the car. Cadillac has also announced that those owners with 2022 and early 2023's V-Series Blackwings will be provided the new badges at no charge.

Click here to order your Blackwing badge.  This offer is available only through the end of March, 2023.  Only owners of CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing vehicles are eligible for this offer.  Limit one badge per VIN#.  As Cadillac receives customer order information, the VIN# they provide will be matched to their name and vehicle to ensure eligibility.

We are pleased to announce Bruce Fullerton as the new Chapter Director of the Atlanta Chapter.  Bruce is a semi retired global operations executive, having had offices in Stockholm Sweden, Crawley England, and Hong Kong.  Currently, he is a partner and COO in a global consulting firm.  

He has been married to Lisa for 40 years with 3 grown children, Houston, Savanah, and Jackson, all of them living in the Atlanta area.

His first car was a ‘71 Olds 442.  He has always been a car guy, having worked in a racing engine shop while in college, building oval tracks, drag boat, dragster and other types of racing motors.  A few years after college, while working for GE, Bruce helped his boss build and race cars including a vintage Mini Cooper, Lotus Super 7, Lotus 2+2 and others, racing in SCCA and SVRA.

Bruce enjoys performance cars, specially his 2019 Cadillac CTS-V Sedan Pedestal edition, which he purchased new. He drives it every day and also shows it as often as time permits.  

He is looking forward to devoting more time to the Cadillac V-Club and activities.  Bruce is committed to building the Atlanta chapter into a strong local presence in the local high performance car community.  Check out his Cadillac V!

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