AUSTIN — The recent rain in Texas could not dampen the mood for the grand-prize winners of the Automotive Parts Associates Professionals’ Choice Summer Formula One (F1) Promotion. Jerry Newton and his fiancé Marion Gamache from The Honest Engine in Hillsboro, N.H., spent the weekend of Oct. 23-25 at the F1 Races in Austin, Texas. In addition to being wined and dined in the very exclusive Formula One Paddock Club, on Friday evening they were treated to a tour of the garages and got up close and personal to the car that won the race and secured the World Championship driven by Lewis Hamilton. Pit Lane walks were included daily and they were able to watch all of the race weekend activities from right above the garages. They 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. They were:
- Darrell Handley, AllRite Import Service in Wichita, Kan.
- Alfred Wilkins, Wonder Auto & Tire in Estey’s Bridge, Neb.
- Ronald Roy, Westmount Service Center in Westmount, Neb.
- 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.
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.
