The Used Truck Association (UTA) announced its OEM and non-OEM dealers of the year, vendor of the year and its Marvin F. Gordon Lifetime Achievement Award winner during its annual convention Thursday in Grapevine, Texas.
Andy Holloway of Truck Central named the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Holloway passed away in April, but his wife and children were on hand to accept the award on his behalf.
Son Lance Holloway also is in the industry with Truck Central and spoke emotionally about his father being honored. He said his father viewed his career in the used truck dealer industry as the best job in the world and loved the people across the industry who he had the good fortune of interacting with each day.
Lance said is father would have been ecstatic to win this year’s award, and thanked the UTA and all in attendance for the honor.
“I know he’d be so product to see his name alongside the other Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, and every time our family sees his name on that list, we’ll be reminded that his legacy lives on,” he said.
Other finalists for the award were Tim Ronan of McMahon Truck Centers and Lynn Murphy of Trucksuite.
Briam Drummy of Worldwide Equipment won the OEM Dealer of the Year award. Other finalists were Ken Dominique from Selectrucks of Houston, Jeremi Guditis from Paccar Financial and Kelly Payne of Kenworth Sales Company.
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The non-OEM Dealer of the Year was Chris Bridges of Bridges Truck Center. Other finalists for that award were Bill Persons of Trailers & Machinery Solutions International, Carlos Santos of EZ Way Truck Sales, Grant Shaner of Country Truck Sales, Harpeet ‘Happy’ Singh of Happy Truck Sales and Mark Thomas of Truck Central.
The vendor of the year award went to Liz Fernwalt of Assurant. Other finalists were Scott Lubischer of TruckPaper, Ian Sifuentes of Mission Financial Service and Bill Troop of Hess Auctioneers.
