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Top Local Towing Contractors Honored by Auto Club for Excellent Performance

10 April 2000

Top Local Towing Contractors Honored by Auto Club for Excellent Performance

    LOS ANGELES--April 10, 2000--Forty-four Southern California towing contractors have received the Automobile Club of Southern California's second annual Service Pro Awards for outstanding performance. The awards honor contractors who met high performance standards every business quarter during 1999. The recipients represent the top 10% of all stations in a network of more than 300 contractors that provide 24-hour towing and roadside assistance for Auto Club members throughout Southern California.
    Six of the 44 stations - H.A.R. Transport & Towing, Inc. in Reseda, Oliver's Towing in Santa Maria, Bob Holzer Towing & Storage in Santa Barbara, Cesare's Visalia Service Center in Visalia, A & B Towing in Costa Mesa and Westside Tow in West Los Angeles - received special recognition for maintaining "excellent" ratings in all performance categories during all four quarters of 1999. Additionally, A & B Towing of Costa Mesa was recognized as the top performer and received the Service Provider of the Year award.
    Service Pro honorees are rated according to call response time, number of complaints and member satisfaction.
    "The Service Pro Awards recognize towing contractors who consistently deliver the best service to our members," said John Brower, group manager of contract station relations for the Auto Club. "Our members expect fast, dependable and courteous service when they call the Auto Club for roadside assistance, so we closely monitor our contractors in order to improve the quality of the service provided."
    The Service Pro Awards recipients, including those who are second-year winners, are:



Inyo/Mono Counties
Channel Union 76, Inc., Lee Vining

Kern County
Darrell's Body Shop, Taft, 2 years
Interstate Towing, Frazier Park
Martin's Towing Service, Wasco, 2 years
Top Gun Towing, Mojave, 2 years

Los Angeles County:
Brentwood Club Service, Los Angeles
Camino Real Towing, Canoga Park
Crescenta Valley Tow, Inc., La Crescenta, 2 years
Dickson Motor Service, San Gabriel, 2 years
H.A.R. Transport & Towing, Inc., Reseda, 2 years
Petra Towing & Auto Repair, Montebello
Sierra Automotive & Towing, Lancaster
Western Avenue Towing, Los Angeles
Westside Tow, Los Angeles, 2 years

Orange County
A & B Towing, Costa Mesa, 2 years
A & E Towing, Cypress
Brea Towing Service, LLC, Brea
Mandic Motors, Inc., Huntington Beach, 2 years

Riverside County
Blythe Freeway Towing, Blythe

San Bernardino County
Big Z Auto Works, Inc., San Bernardino
Broncs Towing, Inc., Redlands
Blackwell Bros. Automotive, San Bernardino, 2 years
Cal's Auto Repair & Towing, Yucaipa
David Bailey's Auto Repair, Twentynine Palms
Hill's Towing, Yucca Valley
Martinez Towing, Upland

San Diego County
Kearny Mesa Towing, San Diego
Wind 'n Sea Towing, San Diego

San Luis Obispo County
Chuck's Towing, Inc., Morro Bay, 2 years
Pete Johnston Chevrolet, Paso Robles, 2 years
Rainbow Towing, Atascadero

Santa Barbara County
Bob Holzer Towing & Storage, Santa Barbara
Colson's Towing, Inc., Carpinteria
Oliver's Towing, Santa Maria, 2 years
Roy Jensen Chevron, Santa Barbara
Speedy Load'um Towing, Lompoc, 2 years

Tulare County
Cesare's Visalia Service Center, Visalia, 2 years
Sequoia-Kings Canyon Park Services, Co., Kings Canyon National Park

Ventura County
Airport Chevron, Inc., Oxnard, 2 years
Bob Carlson Automotive & Towing, Ventura, 2 years
Eddie's Towing, Newbury Park
Gene's Towing Service, Thousand Oaks, 2 years
Roy's Towing, Inc., Newbury Park, 2 years
Sierra Towing & Transport Co., Inc., Westlake Village, 2 years



    The Auto Club provides towing and roadside assistance to its members in the 13 Southern California counties of Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura. In addition to towing, roadside assistance services include mechanical first aid, tire change, jump-start and fuel delivery, lock-out and locksmith.
    The Automobile Club of Southern California, the largest affiliate of the AAA, has been serving members since 1900. Today, the Auto Club's members benefit by the organization's roadside assistance, insurance services, travel agency, financial products, automotive pricing, buying and financing programs, automotive testing and analysis, trip planning services, highway and transportation safety programs and legislative advocacy. Information about these products and services is available on the Auto Club's Web site at www.aaa-calif.com.