CARQUEST Auto Parts Announces Ten To Win Sweepstakes Grand Prize Winner

The CARQUEST Ten to Win Sweepstakes was a 10-month contest, held from February through November 2013, exclusively for professional customers of CARQUEST Auto Parts stores. Each month featured a customer winning a trip to the 2014 Scottsdale Barrett-Jackson Auction and a chance to win the fully restored 1965 Ford Mustang.

RALEIGH , N.C. – Sammy Guinn of Guinn’s Tire & Auto in Marietta, Ga., is the 2013 CARQUEST "Ten To Win" sweepstakes grand prize winner. Guinn is the winner of a fully restored 1965 Ford Mustang, which he took delivery of Jan. 18 at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz.

The CARQUEST Ten to Win Sweepstakes was a 10-month contest, held from February through November 2013, exclusively for professional customers of CARQUEST Auto Parts stores. Each month featured a customer winning a trip to the 2014 Scottsdale Barrett-Jackson Auction and a chance to win the fully restored 1965 Ford Mustang.

Grand prize winner Guinn is owner of Guinn’s Tire & Auto, a family owned and operated business in the Marietta, Ga., area for more than 35 years. His business also is a proud member of TECH-NET Professional Auto Service (www.techauto.com).

CARQUEST thanks the following suppliers for supporting the 2013 CARQUEST Ten To Win Sweepstakes: CARQUEST Batteries; CARQUEST Premium Filters; CARQUEST Belts, Hose & Tensioners; CARQUEST Starters & Alternators; CARQUEST Brakes; CARQUEST Engine Controls; PHILIPS Premium Lighting; CARQUEST Premium Chassis; CARQUEST Wipers and CARQUEST Premium Hub Assemblies.

Federated Auto Parts Distributors announced it is entering into a collaboration with the Association of Independent Oil Distributors (AIOD) – one it said will focus on mutual benefits for the respective members.

“Federated is constantly looking at ways to improve value for all constituents and this agreement provides that,” said Sue Godschalk, president of Federated. “This collaboration provides added volume and opportunities for our suppliers, new partners for our members, and added supply points and products for shop customers. We have enjoyed working closely with several AIOD members in the past and this agreement will expand and create further opportunities for both Federated and AIOD.”