The honorees included Shopmonkey, which won Most Outstanding Booth By Attendee Vote, and Jarhead Diagnostics, which won Most Outstanding Booth by Board Vote.

Sponsors were also recognized:

• Diamond Sponsors---Tekmetric, Advance Auto Parts/Carquest and NAPA Auto Parts
• Platinum Sponsors---Motorage and ILM Auto Supply
• Gold Sponsors---Autoshop Solutions, Garage Gurus, Shop-Ware and AutoLeap
• Silver Sponsors---Autel US, Automotive Training Institute, AutoZone, Dorman Products, Jasper Engines & Transmissions, Overall Parts Solutions, Autotext.me, Sirius XM, Shopmonkey, Topdon
• Bronze Sponsors---Elite, Mitchell 1, Total Energies, Turnkey Marketing, Schaeffler
• Apprentice Sponsor---Total Energies

The Independent Garage Owners of North Carolina (IGONC) also named award winners during the event.

The honorees included:

• Member of the Year---Chad Whitley of Whitley Automotive in Locust, NC
• Associate Member of the Year---Justin Allen of Hunter Engineering
• IGONC President’s Award---Todd Compton of Compton’s Automotive in Charlotte, NC

IGONC inducted one member as a Lifetime Member: Paul Morro with Morrobuilt.

IGONC also honored two past presidents: John Hill of AutoTrends in Greensboro, NC, was IGONC president from 2019-2020, and Stan Creech of Creech Import Repair in Raleigh, NC, was IGONC president from 2020-2021.

Source: ASTE, IGONC