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John Charpentier is the Director of Marketing and Social-Media for the Cadillac Club known as V-Club that started in Texas in 2013. This group of enthusiasts has become a national organization and is recognized by General Motors at its Cadillac headquarters. John’s very active in the automotive world attending multiple V-Club events, races, rallies, and he attended the two-day Cadillac V-Performance Academy. He’s attended SCCA Track Nights in America event, Flying Husky Racing track days at The Ridge Motorsports Park and the IMSA Cadillac Racing event at Laguna Seca Raceway. He’s owned numerous GM vehicles over the years including Camaros, Corvettes and Cadillac CTS-Vs and the CT4-V Blackwing Collectors Series. John is a great example of how getting involved in a car club can lead to exciting experiences and making lots of new friends.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • American Collectors Insurance • Autogeek • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation
INSPIRATION
The Cadillac V series that has offered a combination of a sedan with performance.
CHALLENGE
Going through being fired and divorced in the same year, then losing his mother, and his father being diagnosed with a serious disease, was a very challenging time.
SPECIAL VEHICLE
2002 Corvette Z06
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Competitive Strategy by Michael E. Porter
PARTING WORDS OF WISDOM
Steve Jobs commencement speech at Stanford.
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