The ARA Annual Awards Dinner and Gavel Passing Ceremony is a time when attendees come together to honor ARA Members who have impacted the industry through their excellence and service to the industry. Awards were presented to the following:

Outgoing Regional Directors’ Plaques Paul Davis, Terry Stenglein, Martin Bright, Lawrie Beacham

Outgoing Committee Chair Martin Bright, Regional Directors

Star Awards ARA Member of the Year Shannon Nordstrom, Nordstrom’s Automotive, Inc., Garretson, SD (1)

ARA Regional Director of the Year Scott Robertson, Jr., Robertson's Auto Salvage, Inc., Wareham, MA (2)

ARA Affiliate Chapter of the Year Auto and Truck Recyclers Association of New Hampshire (3)

ARA CAR Member of the Year Carcone’s Auto Recycling, Aurora, ON Canada (4)

President’s Award Bill Tolpa, Tolpa's Auto Parts, Remsen, NY (5)

Lifetime Honorary Members Gary Beagell, Gary’s U-Pull-It, Inc., Binghamton, NY (6) Paul Davis, A-Plus Parts & Salvage, Inc., Wichita, KS (7)

Outgoing President Ricky Young, Young’s Auto Center & Salvage/Car Crushers, Benson, NC (8)

Incoming President Mike Swift, Swift’s Trails End Auto Recycling, Des Moines, IA (8)

Facility Tour Matlock’s Used Cars & Parts, Inc., Cleveland, NC

Scholarship Foundation Plaques Awarded to the Families of: Mark Buessing, Memorial Scholarship (9) Randy Reitman, Memorial Scholarship (10) Billy Standridge, Memorial Scholarship (11)

Educational Foundation Award Billy Roberts, Roberts Salvage, Moffett, OK (12)

ARA Educational Foundation Apple Award Roger Schroder, Foreign Auto Salvage, Ft. Wright, KY Jeff Kantor (posthumous)

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