Lifetime Achievement Awards

Initiated in 1999, the Lifetime Achievement Awards are presented by the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association to recognize dealer members who have displayed a lifelong commitment to the automobile industry.  In short, the Lifetime Achievement Awards are presented to those who embody the true spirit of successful entrepreneurs, civic leaders and industry stalwarts.

2023
Bill Brown, Greenville

2022
Randy Marion, Mooresville                                                                            Wayne Thomas, Asheboro

2021
Don Williamson, Jacksonville

2020
David Westcott, Burlington

2019
Donald Latham, Wilmington

2018
Fred Anderson, Raleigh

2017
Doug Wilkinson, Sanford
Glenn Boyd, Cary

2016
Bonnie Hunter, Charlotte

2015
Bruce Biggs, Elizabeth City

2014
Joe Bertolami, Statesville
Clint Bertschi, High Point

2013
Don Price, Fayetteville
David W. Hoyle, Sr., (Retired) NC Senate

2012
Joe Alcoke, New Bern
Thomas D. “Bud” Hunter, III, Hendersonville

2011
Nelson Cole, Reidsville
Chester “Junie” Michael, Winston-Salem
Alexander “Cooper” Sykes, Durham

2010
Bruce Griffin, Jr, Monroe
Rick Hendrick, Charlotte

2009
Vann York, High Point
Deacon Jones, Goldsboro
Michael J. Leith, Raleigh

2008
Vic Flow, Winston-Salem
Fred Fowler, Winston-Salem

2007
Ralph L. Abernethy, Lincolnton
W.H. Anderson, Waynesville
James R. Nance, Albemarle
Diane M. Turner, NCADA Executive Vice-President

2006
David Brown, Greensboro
Jim Lowry, High Point
Earl Tindol, Gastonia

2005
Rooster Bush, Morganton
John Greene, Sr., Morganton
Hubert Parks, Kernersville,
Carl Ragsdale, Jacksonville

2004 
Sam Johnson, Raleigh
Joe Nelson, Rocky Mount
Royce Reynolds, Greensboro
Harold Wells, Whiteville

2003
Norwood E. Bryan, Fayetteville
George Lyles, High Point
Coolidge Elkins, Durham

2002
Carey Ilderton Sr., High Point
**Dick Keffer, Charlotte
Carroll Stearns, Burlington

2001
**Frank Anderson Jr., Raleigh
Don Bulluck, Rocky Mount
Bill Howard, Statesville

2000
Jerry Alphin, Fayetteville
**Ben Mynatt, Concord
Shack Shackleford, Fayetteville

1999
**John Alexander Sr., Raleigh
**Lonnie Davis, Lexington
**Joe Morgan, Sr.,  Durham
Dan Thomas Sr., Asheboro

**Indicates Deceased

Time / Ally Dealer of the Year Award

The TIME / ALLY Dealer of the Year Award is the automobile industry’s most prestigious and highly coveted award for car dealers.  Time / Ally Dealer of the Year nominees represent the nation’s most successful dealers who hold a firm belief in community service and a dedication to supporting the industry. NCADA and North Carolina’s franchised dealers have been proudly represented throughout the years by nominees who are among the most prominent business leaders in their local communities and throughout the state.

Each year, NCADA recognizes a franchised dealer for extraordinary business performance, industry leadership, and community involvement by selecting them as North Carolina’s TIME / ALLY Dealer of the Year Nominee.

 

Past Time / Ally Dealer of the Year Nominees
* National Finalist
# National Winner

2023 John Lee

2022 David McNeill

2021 Omnia Fowler

2020 Natalie Tindol*

2019 Bill Brown

2018 Jack Salzman #

2017 Mike Johnson

2016 William Musgrave

2015 Greg York*

2014 Ray Mckenney

2013 Mike Alford #

2012 Tim Ilderton*

2011 C. Owen Bertschi

2010 Mat Raymond, Jr.

2009 Don Price

2008 Sen. Harry Brown*

2007 David Farris

2006 John D. Greene, Sr.

2005 D. Wayne Thomas*

2004 Cynthia L. Mynatt

2003 Randy Marion

2002 Chester (Junie) Michael, III

2001 Robert P. Mayberry, Sr.

2000 C. Donald Williamson #

1999 Norwood Bryan*

1998 David W. Westcott

1997 C. E. Williams, Jr.

1996 Grady Shoe

1995 Jamie Parsons*

1994 Ben Mynatt

1993 Wade H. Tyner, Jr.

1992 Carl S. Ragsdale

1991 S. L. Shackleford

1990 Felix C. Simmons

1989 William P. Howard

1988 Harold B. Wells*

1987 P. David Brown

1986 Don Bulluck, Jr.

1985 George Lyles*

1984 Robert L. Neill

1983 T. Carey Ilderton

1982 Joe Nelson

1981 Earl Tindol*

1980 Walter A. Deal

1979 John R. Poole

1978 W.H. Anderson

1977 A. Coolidge Elkins

1976 Arthur W. Thomas, Jr.

1975 Frank R. Anderson

1974 James Fred Rippy, Jr.

1973 George 0. Stovall

1972 Carl L. Stewart

1971 Hugh A. Ragsdale

1970 James L. Lee