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Cherokee Media Group recognized its 2021 Used Car Awards winners, a program sponsored by KAR Global, at Used Car Week in November. The  conference was held Nov. 15-18 at Red Rock in Las Vegas.

Spotlighted during the Used Car Awards Luncheon, also sponsored by KAR, were Andy Mohr Ford, the 2021 Franchise Dealer of the Year, and America’s Car-Mart, the 2021 Independent Dealer of the Year.

Andy Mohr Ford, located in Plainfield, Ind., was Ford’s No. 1 certified pre-owned dealer in 2020, having moved 1,577 CPO units, as reported in Auto Remarketing’s “Best CPO Dealers in the USA” issue earlier this year.

Cooper Lanie, the used-car manager at Andy Mohr Ford, was also among this year’s honorees in Auto Remarketing’s 40 Under 40 program, which were recognized at Used Car Week, as well. Additionally, Keri Price, the business manager at Andy Mohr Ford, was among Auto Fin Journal’s Women in Auto Finance honorees for 2021, an award program that also was spotlighted during the conference.

As for Car-Mart, the company celebrated its 40th anniversary in August. It has grown from its beginnings in a converted Dog n’ Suds fast food joint in Rogers, Ark., to a publicly traded national retailer with more than 2,000 associates and 153 stores in 12 states. Recently, Car-Mart commenced its 13th annual Holiday Toy Drive, where it aims to collect 25,000 toys to share with 25 hospitals across its footprint. In 2020, Car-Mart gathered over 11,000 toys for 15 hospitals as part of the campaign.

“We are excited to conduct our annual toy drive again this year. All of us at Car-Mart will work hard to make this our largest holiday toy drive in our history and to make this season the brightest one yet for children spending the holidays in the hospital,” Car-Mart president and chief executive offi cer Jeff Williams said in a news release announcing this year’s drive. “Th is time of year, it’s all about giving and helping to bring holiday joy to so many deserving children.”

And speaking of Car-Mart, chief financial officer Vickie Judy was hospitals among the Women in Auto Finance honorees, as well.