The rain in Texas last weekend could not dampen the mood of the Grand Prize winners of the Professionals’ Choice Summer Formula One Promotion. Jerry Newton and his fiancé Marion Gamache from The Honest Engine in Hillsboro, N. H., received their winning ticket from Burlington Foreign Car Parts in Burlington, Vt.
In addition to the grand prize winners there were nine other finishers that each received cash prizes:
• Darrell Handley, AllRite Import Service in Wichita, Kan.
• Alfred Wilkins, Wonder Auto & Tire in Estey’s Bridge, N.B., Canada.
• Ronald Roy, Westmount Service Center in Westmount, N.B., Canada.
• Danny Lam, Savings Auto Care in Milpitas, Calif.
• Peter Salcido, Felix’s Auto Service in Mountain View, Calif.
• Glenn Matteson, Matteson Service Center in Durand, Ill.
• Don Weaver, Lamar Automotive Pittsburg, Kan.
• Kalliope Dawley, The Auto Clinic in Frankfort, Ill.
• Allen Shidler, Shidler’s Auto Repair in Indianapolis, Ind.
APA Shareholders include Automotive Supply, Wichita, Kan.; APM, N.B., Canada; Intex Auto Parts, San Jose, Calif.; IWI Motor Parts, Dubuque, Iowa; Ramac Industries, Minden, Nev.; SMP Automotive Products, Chicago Heights, Ill..
The promotion ran at hundreds of WD locations across North America this summer and was sponsored by Airtex Fuel, Akebono, ASC, Autolite, BBB Industries, Beck Arnley, Bosch, Champ, Denso, Dorman, Exide, Federal Mogul, FRAM, Gates, KYB, Loctite, MAS, Mevotech, Permatex, Prestone, SKF, Smitty’s Supply, Trico, Walker Products and ZF/Sachs.
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