Kim Cape, GM of Ford Lincoln Marketing Sales & Service — Central Market and Larry Gach, Regional Sales Manager Ford Motor Co. (Houston area) take the stage to present Randall & Sherry Reed, owners; along with Shawn Burns, GM/OP with several of Ford’s highest and repeat honors.
Randall Reed, the Ford Whisperer and owner of World Class Automotive and Planet Ford would like to thank everyone for coming out to Planet Ford in Spring and making the Houston-area Ford dealership Grand Opening a one-of-a-kind celebration. A highlight of the evening was announcing the Planet Ford Whisperer winner. The Reed Family and Planet Ford want to thank everyone who entered their creative videos and photo essays. The #PlanetFordWhisperer contest moderators and panel of judges had an incredibly hard time choosing the best of the best. “There were so many entries that were deserving of the prize; it was hard to narrow it down,” said Randall Reed, owner of Planet Ford and the Ford Whisperer.
The grand prize ultimately went to Michael Page, who created the video called Into The Wild. As Randall Reed and his wife, Sherry along with Dana Tyson from Sunny 99.1 read out the name from the envelope, you could see the look of disbelief and shock on Michael’s face.
Michael had his choice of a new Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 or Ford Raptor. He opted for the new Shelby GT350!
The others judge favorites were so incredible, they won a Grand Prize Pack! So, everyone is truly a winner.
Sean Werner, creator of the Raptor Whisperer took home Golf prize, which included a trip to Coushatta plus golf and gift basket. *Donated by 93Q
Keith Goedecke, who made the Lil Red Truck drove home in his little red truck with the Astros prize pack, which included four club level Astros tickets and gift basket.
Marquis Burnett, an early poster and favorite with his video More Power, among several others, will be shareing a Houston Texans suite for four prize pack with his family. *Donated by KRIV
Last but not least, Calio Cruz, creator of Genie in a Shelby, is using his Delta $500 prize pack to take off for a trip to Brazil to see his family. *Donated by Comcast
We also gave away a special Planet Ford Whisperer Brand Ambassador Award that went to Chris Lee. Lee was recognized for his continued dedication to the Ford and Planet Ford brands. He is a passionate Ford lifer and it shows in every one of his videos he posted. Thank you Chris.
Then, it was time to announce the Planet Ford Whisperer 2nd Chance Winner! The 2nd Chance Winner sweepstakes took place the entire week leading up to the event. All you had to do was enter your information and show up to the event. That evening, after Randall Reed awarded the #PlanetFordWhisperer Contestant with the GT350, he announced that the 2nd Chance Winner was Tomishia Aronson!
Ford CEO & Team Awards Dozens of Fords Highest Honors
One of the biggest Grand Opening highlights included Ford Motor Company executives helping cut the ribbon and awarding Mr. Reed, Mrs. Reed, and every World Class 
Automotive dealership with Ford’s highest recognition, the Triple Crown. Ford’s CEO, James Hackett (pictures left of Randall Reed); Mark LaNeve, Vice President of U.S. Marketing, Sales and Service; Joy Falotico, group vice president, Lincoln and Chief Marketing Office; and Elena Ford, a member of the Ford family, among many other Ford executives, spoke at the event and presented a selection of the groups 25 awards. From honoring Mr. Reed as being only the 7th Ford Top Sales Hall of Fame to a historic Triple Crown Awards for every Randall Reed Ford dealership earned in the same year, it was a momentous occasion.
World Class Entertainment & Fun!
The Reeds and Planet Ford would also like to thank all of the bands and live entertainment who made this event extra special, from Little Texas and The Scooter Brown Band to Jason Cassidy and artist, Taft McWhorter. Last and certainly not least, a very special thank you to all the contestants and everyone who came out to the event. Because of you, we were able to make this Grand Opening one to remember for many miles and years tom come. Thank you!
If you didn’t win, don’t worry. You can still get your dream Ford and a great deal. To learn more about all of our Houston-area (Spring, The Woodlands Aldine, Humble, Kingwood, Atascocita) and Dallas-area Ford (Dallas, Park Cities, Garland) and Lincoln dealerships, visit www.ReedHasIt.com.
