Larry Stephen Hedrick, past president of the National Auto Auction Association (NAAA), founder of Statesville Auto Auction, and former NASCAR team owner, passed away Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, following a battle of Acute Leukemia.
In June, Auction Academy President Penny Wanna announced that the Academy had launched a virtual classroom for the remainder of 2020 for its current Class 6 Group.
Privacy4Cars and AutoIMS are providing visibility to consignors and auctions on the removal of non-public personal information previous owners and drivers may have left in consigned vehicles’ on-board systems, including previous destinations, home address, garage door codes, contact lists, call logs, text messages, device identifiers, and more.
Tim West, Black Book’s longtime Vice President of North American Auctions, received the Ed Bobit Industry Icon Award, which honors those for their contributions to the remarketing industry.
The National Auto Auction Association (NAAA) named Mike Stanton a Warren Young Fellow, which recognized the executive vice president and chief operating officer of the National Automobile Dealers Association for dedicated support of NAAA and its member auctions.
The NAAA executive committee has voted unanimously to defer association dues until 2021.
Former Manheim Milwaukee General Manager Dennis Worthy passed away on January 9, 2020.
Millard H. “Skip” Wolfgang III, co-owner of Pennsylvania Auto Dealers' Exchange, died Nov.1 at his home in Virginia. He was 72.
The National Auto Auction Association has named DAA Northwest Auto Auction as its 2019 Auto Auction of the Year for Excellence in Community Service.
The award was established in 2016 and recognizes the charitable acts that auctions perform in order to encourage greater volunteer involvement.