Today is the deadline to enter the 2010 Tire Review Top Shop Awards, presented by Ammco/Coats.
Entries will be accepted until midnight on June 28. Entry forms and information are now available online exclusively at the Top Shop Awards website at www.tirereviewtopshopaward.com. Complete entries can be made right online.
The awards are as outstanding as the dealers selected:
• The Grand Prize Winner will receive a Coats ProGuard Leverless Tire Changer, $1,500 in cash, airfare and hotel for two (2 nights/3 days) to the 2010 SEMA Show, a feature story in the October 2010 issue of Tire Review, and a Top Shop trophy to display in their dealership.
• Three Finalists will each receive a Coats 1250-3DV tire/wheel balancer (featuring on-board training), $500 in cash, a feature story in the October issue and a specially designed finalist trophy.
“Through its first three years, the Top Shop Awards has become the premier honor for North American tire dealers,” explained Jim Smith, editor of Tire Review magazine. “Tire dealers everywhere tell me how much winning this award would mean to them and their businesses, and our past winners and finalists – to a person – have told us how excited and honored they are to participate in this program.
“Tire dealers appreciate the fact that the Top Shop Awards is for dealers of all sizes and types. It’s not about being the biggest or the best known. It’s about stressing all of the elements that make for a successful business,” he said.
Dealers can nominate their own businesses, or others can nominate tire dealer businesses. The entry process is simple: Those making the nomination need to provide basic information about the dealership being nominated and write a short (300-word maximum) essay explaining why that dealership should be considered.
All entrants will be reviewed and a group of semi-finalists selected. Those semi-finalists will be asked to provide additional information for judging. A panel of judges, including industry professionals and a member of the Tire Review staff, will select the four finalists and, ultimately, the 2010 Top Shop Award winner.
