CARMEL, Ind. — Buy-here, pay-here dealership chain J.D.
Byrider recently recognized winners of the company's annual awards at its
November convention in New Orleans.

The Franchise of the Year winners were chosen in three
categories, including Single (one location), Mid (two to three locations) and
Multiple (more than three locations).

The winners were:

—Single: Gerard and Lance Vachon for their location in
South Attleboro, Mass.

—Mid: Mark Bedgood, Bill Evans, and Fred Nichols for their
locations in Longview and Tyler, Texas. This is their fifth Franchise of the
Year award.

—Multiple: Russ Larson, Jeff Lee and Doug Stewart for their
location in Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Davenport and Des Moines, Iowa. This is
their eighth consecutive Franchise of the Year award.

 J.D. Byrider also
distributed 15 President's Awards, which are given to individual locations
based on store earnings, portfolio quality and customer service ratings.

This year's President's Award winners are located in:

Alabama

—Tuscaloosa at 2700 Skyland Blvd. E, Steve and Jeanie
Locklear, owners

Indiana

—Bloomington at 2425 W. Third St., Roy Wagner, owner

Iowa

—Burlington at 125 S. Roosevelt Road, Russ Larson and Doug
Stewart, owners

—Cedar Rapids at 3837 First Ave. SE, Russ Larson and Doug
Stewart, owners

—Davenport at 925 W. Kimberly Road, Russ Larson and Doug
Stewart, owners

—Des Moines at 2426 SE 14th St., Russ Larson and Jeff Lee,
owners

Kentucky

—Owensboro at 1411 W. Fourth St., Jeff Anderson, owner

Massachusetts

—South Attleboro at 635 Washington St., Gerard Vachon, owner

Missouri

—Columbia at 1905 Range Line St., Russ Larson, owner

Ohio

—Euclid at 20941 Euclid Ave., Dennis Ange and Jeff Milstein,
owners

—Mansfield at 1810 W. 4th St., Chris McPhie, owner

—Wooster at 4536 Cleveland Road, Chris McPhie, owner

South Carolina

—Columbia at 3815 W. Beltline Blvd., J.T. Gandolfo, owner

Virginia

—Roanoke at 3141 Peters Creek Rd., Gary Duncan, owner

Wisconsin

—Appleton at 2301 W. College Ave., Russ Darrow, Jr. and Mike
Darrow, owners

Editor's Note: Photos of these winners as well as an
assessment of the company's performance and more from J.D. Byrider chief
executive officer Steve Wedding are scheduled to be included in the inaugural
edition of the BHPH Report, a special monthly digital magazine produced by
SubPrime Auto Finance News and coming in 2014.

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