Industry leaders and Automotive Service Association (ASA) members were recognized with special awards and scholarships during Thursday’s luncheon at the second annual Automotive Service and Repair Week (ASRW) in Las Vegas.
Awards presented included:
• ABRN Top Shop of the Year – David Fait, CEO, and Mark Turner, president, Auto Body World, Tolleson, Ariz.
• Motor Age Top Shop of the Year – Barb and Vernie Menke, owners, Menke’s, Newburgh, Ind.
• ASA Chairman’s Club Award – Jeff Bly, Maywood Transmission Inc., Independence, Mo.
• AVI Education Scholarship Recipients (3) – Paul Burgard, Wittneben Auto Service, Sheboygan, Wis.; John Bydlon, AAM, Auto Electric, Robbinsdale, Minn.; and Daniel Levin, Pellman’s Automotive, Boulder, Colo.
• BodyShop Business Executive of the Year – Lee Amardio Jr., owner, Faith Quality Autobody, Murrieta, Calif.
• Emil Stanley Merit Award – Terri Neely, Nagy’s Body & Frame Inc., Doylestown, Ohio.
• Richard Cossette/Gale Westerlund Memorial Scholarship – Scott Schaefer, Schaefer Autobody, St. Louis.
• Russ Verona Memorial IBIS Scholarship – Jerry Burns, AAM, Automotive Impressions Inc., Rio Rancho, N.M.
• SkillsUSA Collision Repair Winners (Secondary Division) – Student: Eric Goncalves; Instructor: Serasin Cabral; School: Greater New Bedford RVTHS, New Bedford, Mass.
• SkillsUSA Collision Repair Winners (Post-Secondary Division) – Student: Allan Zimney; Instructor: Bruce Graffunder; School: Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis, Minn.
• Tom B. Babcox BodyShop Business Magazine Collision Repair Scholarship – John Fugate, AAM, Lehman’s Garage Inc., Savage, Minn.
• Tom B. Babcox Memorial Scholarship – Chris Pfefferle, Pfefferle Tire and Auto Service, Fairfield, Ohio.
• Women’s Industry Network (WIN) NACE Awards – Kayla Toncik, Nazareth, Pa., and Jennifer Lynn Nix, Columbia, S.C.
• Zurich “High Octane” Scholarship – Bill Langton, Primary Auto Care Inc., State College, Pa.
The luncheon and awards ceremony was emceed by Ron Pyle, ASA president and chief staff executive. George Witt, chairman of the Automotive Management Institute board of trustees, announced the recipients of the various AMI scholarships. Industry professionals representing the mechanical and collision segments of the industry were honored at the event.
