VeriFacts Automotive has announced the finalists of its inaugural Dale Delmege Award, a segment of its Achievement in Collision Repair Excellence (ACE) Awards.

The Dale Delmege Award honors the significant and lasting contributions of Dale Delmege throughout each segment of the collision repair industry, and will recognize a collision repair center consistently producing and delivering verified repair quality, according to the company.

“I know of few people as committed to, and influential in, their pursuit of the long term betterment of our industry than Dale Delmege," said Farzam Afshar, CEO of VeriFacts Automotive. "I am pleased to be able to recognize the scale of Dale’s contributions over the years by naming our ACE Award for the exceptional collision repair center the Dale Delmege Award.”

In the category for the Dale Delmege Award, the ACE Award finalists are:

• 1st Class Collision of Murrieta, Inc (Murrieta, Calif.)
• *Anaheim Hills Auto Body (Anaheim, Calif.)
• Apex Auto Body (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
• *Artistic Auto Body – Tigard (Tigard, Ore.)
• Auto Center Auto Body (VCRC) (San Bernardino, Calif.)
• *AutoNation Collision Center Buena Park (Buena Park, Calif.)
• *Blue Mountain Collision Center (VCRC) (Grand Terrace, Calif.)
• *Caliber Collision Center Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
• *Chilton Auto Body Burlingame (Burlingame, Calif.)
• *Classic Collision Center – Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
• *Classic Collision Center – Tujunga (Tujunga, Calif.)
• *Cooks Collision – Riverside (Riverside, Calif.)
• Alpine Collision Center Inc. (Upland, Calif.)
• *Anderson Behel Body Shop (Santa Clara, Calif.)
• ARA CARSTAR North (Marysville, Wash.)
• *Artistic Auto Body – Wilsonville (Wilsonville, Ore.)
• *Auto Collision Center (Daly City, Calif.)
• Beverly Hills Auto Body Group (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
• *Caliber Collision Center Oxnard (Oxnard, Calif.)
• *Centre Pointe Collision (VCRC) (Santa Clarita, Calif.)
• *Chilton Auto Body San Carlos (San Carlos, Calif.)
• *Classic Collision Center – Pasadena (Pasadena, Calif.)
• *Cooks Collision – Fremont (Fremont, Calif.)
• Craftsman Auto Body Chantilly (Chantilly, Va.)
• *Craftsman Auto Body Falls Church (Falls Church, Va.)
• Craftsman Auto Body Lane Court (Sterling, Va.)
• *DC Autocraft (Burbank, Calif.)
• *Eurotech Refinishing & Collision – Cerritos (VCRC) (Cerritos, Calif.)
• Faith Quality Auto Body (VCRC) (Murrieta, Calif.)
• *FCC Collision Mountain View (VCRC) (Mountain View, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – Buena Park (Buena Park, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – City of Industry (City of Industry, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – Downey (Downey, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – El Monte (El Monte, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – Irvine (VCRC) (Irvine, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – Miramar (San Diego, Calif.)
• Fix Auto – Ontario (VCRC) (Ontario, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – Puyallup / Denny’s Valley Autobody (Puyallup, Wash.)
• *Fix Auto – Tustin (CMI) (Tustin, Calif.)
• *Fresno Body Works – North (Fresno, Calif.)
• *Haury’s Lake City Auto Rebuild (Seattle, Wash.)
• *ICC Collision – Santa Ana (Santa Ana, Calif.)
• *J&L Body & Paint Shop, Inc. (VCRC) (Sun Valley, Calif.)
• *Keenan Auto Body – East (Clifton Heights, Pa.)
• *Keenan Auto Body – Lumpkin (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• *Keenan Auto Body – North (North Wales, Pa,)
• *Keenan Auto Body – South (West Chester, Pa.)
• *Keenan Auto Body – Wreck O Mended (Clifton Heights, Pa.)
• *LaMettry’s Bloomington (Bloomington, Minn.)
• *LaMettry’s Eden Prairie (Eden Prairie, Minn.)
• Craftsman Auto Body Gainesville (Gainesville, Va.)
• Craftsman Auto Body Warrenton (Warrenton, Va.)
• *Eurotech Refinishing & Collision – Bellflower (VCRC) (Bellflower, Calif.)
• F Lofrano & Son – 17th St. (San Francisco, Calif.)
• *FCC Collision Milpitas (VCRC) (Milpitas, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – Anaheim (VCRC) (Anaheim, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – Chula Vista (Greenwald’s) (Chula Vista, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – Corona (Corona, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – East County (El Cajon, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – Escondido (VCRC) (Escondido, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – La Mesa / Drew Auto Center (VCRC) (La Mesa, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – Oceanside (CMI) (Oceanside, Calif.)
• Fix Auto – Pasadena (Pasadena, Calif.)
• *Fix Auto – San Jose (San Jose, Calif.)
• Folsom Lake Collision Center (Folsom, Calif.)
• Gates Auto Body Middleton (Middleton, Wis.)
• Highland Auto Body (Highland, Calif.)
• International Auto Crafters Lake Elsinore (Lake Elsinore, Calif.)
• *Keenan Auto Body – Avondale (Avondale, Pa.)
• *Keenan Auto Body – Kennett Square (Kennett Square, Pa.)
• *Keenan Auto Body – Middletown (Middletown, Del.)
• *Keenan Auto Body – Northeast Outlet (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• *Keenan Auto Body – West (Newtown Square, Pa.)
• LA Car Guy Body Shop (Inglewood, Calif.)
• *LaMettry’s Burnsville (Burnsville, Minn.)
• *LaMettry’s Lakeville (Lakeville, Minn.)
• *LaMettry’s Maplewood (Maplewood, Minn.)
• *Marco’s Collision Centers of Monterey Park (VCRC) (Monterey Park, Calif.)
• *Marco’s Collision Centers of Pasadena (VCRC) (Pasadena, Calif.)
• *Marco’s Collision Centers of San Gabriel (San Gabriel, Calif.)
• Marina Auto Body Huntington Beach (VCRC) (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
• Mike Johnson’s Collision Center (Hickory, N.C.)
• *Monterey Collision (San Jose, Calif.)
• *North Fresno Collision Center (Fresno, Calif.)
• *Paramount Centre (Fife, Wash.)
• *Pohanka Chantilly (Chantilly, Va.)
• Pohanka Ocean City (Ocean City, Md.)
• Prestige Too Auto Body – Torrance (Torrance, Calif.)
• Ric’s Body & Paint (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
• Seidner’s Collision – Montebello (VCRC) (Montebello, Calif.)
• *Springfield Ford Lincoln Mercury (Springfield, Pa.)
• *Travelers Body & Fender Works (Fresno, Calif.)
• *Valencia Body Shop (VCRC) (Valencia, Calif.)
• *LaMettry’s Richfield (Richfield, Minn.)
• *Marco’s Collision Centers of North Hollywood (North Hollywood, Calif.)
• *Marco’s Collision Centers of South Pasadena (South Pasadena, Calif.)
• Marina Auto Body Del Rey (VCRC) (Los Angeles, Calif.)
• *Mid Island Collision (Rockville Centre, N.Y.)
• Mission Viejo Auto Collision (VCRC) (Mission Viejo, Calif.)
• *New Tech Auto Body, Inc. (VCRC) (Los Angeles, Calif.)
• *Oakland Auto Body (Oakland, Calif.)
• *Platinum Coach Works (Covina, Calif.)
• *Pohanka Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Va.)
• Prestige Too Auto Body – Signal Hill (Signal Hill, Calif.)
• *Pride Auto Body – Oxnard (Van Nuys, Calif.)
• Schaefer Auto Body Creve Coeur (Creve Coeur, Mo.)
• *Skill Craft (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
• *TGIF Body Shop, Inc. (Fremont, Calif.)
• *Ultimate Collision Repair (Edison, N.J.)
• *Wagonwork Collision Center (Alexandria, Va.)

*Indicates the shop is currently VQ Medallion

The winner of the ACE Awards will be announced on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at the 2013 Collision Industry Conference (CIC) held in conjunction with SEMA in Las Vegas.

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