Leading tire dealers will share their secrets at SEMA Show

Sept. 8, 2006

Some of the country's most successful independent tire dealers will take part in the Tire Industry Association's "Successful Tire Dealers Share Their Secrets" seminars during the upcoming SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) Show.

The seminars will be held on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Both sessions start at 2 p.m.

Oct. 31 panelists include Mitch Bernaek, Big O Tires, Ft. Collins, Colo.; Dennis Richard Jr., Twin Tire, Harvey, La.; Ken Brown, Allen Brown Tire Center/Les Schwab, Newport, Ore.; Dave Church, Ken Towery’s Tire Centers, Louisville, Ky.; Dennis Bucher, Family Tire and Auto Service, New Bern, N.C.; Stu Zurcher, Transwheel Corp., Huntington, Ind.; and Terry Sheahan, Goss Tire Co., Burlington, Vt.

Nov. 1 panelists will include Dan Hennelly, The Tire Choice & Total Car Care, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Bruce Cherry, Big O Tires, Dublin, Calif.; Don Hyman, Hyman Tire, Bolivar, Tenn.; Charlie Gowland, Chabills Tire, Morgan City, La.; Fran Boyd, Thompson Tire Co. Inc., Christiansburg, Va.; John Marshall, Grismer Tire Co., Dayton, Ohio;

and Steve Disney, Raben Tire Co., Evansville, Ind.