Mechanicsville, Virginia, October 22, 2024 – Members of the collision repair industry are invited to attend in the Collision Industry Red Carpet Awards event, held on Tuesday night, November 5, during the 2024 SEMA Show!
The Red Carpet Awards are a noteworthy fixture of the SEMA Show week, featuring prestigious recognitions from industry organizations that celebrate standout achievements and character within the collision repair industry.
The Awards night will follow the Collision Industry Conference (CIC) meeting from 8:00am – 5:00pm and the CIC reception from 6:00 – 7:30pm (Westgate, Ballroom C). The Red Carpet Awards ceremony will begin promptly at 7:30pm (Westgate, Ballroom AB).
Seating for the awards ceremony will be on a first-come-first-served basis. Come dressed for a night on the red carpet; cocktail attire is encouraged, but not required.
The awards event is free to attend, funded by participating organizations and with added sponsorship support from BodyShop Business, CIC, the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF), I-CAR and the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS).
The 2024 Red Carpet event will be emceed by Stacey Phillips Ronak of Radiant Writing, and will feature individual award presentations from:
BodyShop Business
Single-Shop Executive of the Year Award
Multi-Shop Executive of the Year Award
Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA)
Electronic Commerce Company of the Year
Outstanding Contribution
Chairperson’s Award
Collision Industry Conference (CIC)
Volunteer of the Year
CREF
Fueling the Future Award
FenderBender
FenderBender Award
Best Repair Planner Award
Hall of Eagles
2024 Hall of Eagles Induction
I-CAR
Jeff Silver Memorial Award to a Platinum individual
Russ Verona Memorial Award to a Gold Class shop
National Auto Body Council (NABC)
Changing and Saving Lives Award
SCRS
Collision Industry Non-Individual Service Award
National Lifetime Achievement Award
The 2024 March Taylor Kina’ole Award
SCRS’ presentation of the March Taylor Kina’ole Award continues to honor the legacy and lessons from March Taylor, who owned Auto Body Hawaii and served on the SCRS board of directors.
Kina’ole is a Hawaiian term for flawlessness, in the sense of “doing the right thing, in the right way, at the right time, in the right place, to the right person, for the right reason, with the right feeling, the first time.”
“This award has been our way of recognizing those in the industry who reflect those lessons that March brought from his culture into our own,” shared SCRS Vice-Chairman Michael Bradshaw. “I was never fortunate enough to meet March in-person. But through the people we’ve honored, and knowing who they are and why they were chosen, it’s something that makes me feel connected to someone that had so much to share with this industry, and so much influence over our organization. I love that we recognize people for simply who they are and the principles they choose to live by, and I’m very excited to be part of passing along the recognition this year.”
The Kina’Ole Award has been presented in the past to Gary Wano, Jr. (GW and Son Auto Body), Petra Schroeder (Collisionista), the late John Norris (Collision Industry Information Assistance), Toby Chess (Industry Educator), Danny Gredinberg (the Database Enhancement Gateway) and Kye Yeung (European Motor Car Works).
For more information about SCRS, or to join as a member, please visit www.scrs.com, call 1-877-841-0660 or email info@scrs.com.
