Hall Of Fame

Each year, the International Towing & Recovery Hall of Fame & Museum recognizes individuals who have made substantial contributions to the towing and recovery industry. The tradition started in 1986 when the towing and recovery industry realized it was time to display the roots of the profession. Industry professionals came together and selected individuals who made a difference. To honor those chosen few, the Friends of Towing (now ITRHFM) dedicated an entire section of the museum’s walls for portraits of the inductees. Each September a new class is inducted.

John F. Coupland

John Coupland was born in 1946 and hails from Dorset in the United Kingdom and has been in the Towing Industry for 57 years, His more than half… Read More

Jamie Davis

Jamie Davis was born in 1964 in Vancouver, British Columbia and entered the industry in 1979 at Aldergrove Towing and now runs and operates a company referred to… Read More

George Kuntz

In 1986, George pursued his passion for towing by working with Chuck's Towing until 1995 when he decided to venture on his own creating Ace 24 Hr Towing.… Read More

Glenn D. Landau

Glenn was born in 1962 in Rahway, NJ and entered the towing industry in 1976 with McCormick's Garage. He would go on to own and operate Fryer's Towing… Read More

Louis Edwin “Quinn” Piening

Born in 1956 Quinn entered the industry with Central Towing and Transport in 1982 and never looked back. You would be hard pressed to find someone more passionate… Read More

Perry Shusta

Born in 1966 in Walnut Creek, CA Perry entered the industry in 1988. Spending his last $30 to fill the gas tank on his first truck he was… Read More

• Tow Equipment/Product Innovation
Innovation of a product sold in the marketplace that has helped move the industry forward. Candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of service to the industry.

• Exemplary Dedication
Candidate must have 20 years running a towing business in an outstanding and exemplary manner, promoting a positive image of the towing industry and have positive relations with the community, i.e., performing services for the community about and beyond the services for hire. Limit: One inductee per year.

• Industry Leadership
Leadership involved with an outstanding project that has had a dynamic and lasting effect on the towing industry. Candidate must have minimum 10 years service to the towing industry.

• Professional Achievement
Creating a product or service of any kind that has had a significant and lasting effect on thousands of towing professionals. Candidate Must have a minimum of 10 years to the industry.

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