The list of 2005 recipients:

1st Choice Towing Atlanta GA
24/7 Road Service Overland Park KS
A Ace Towing San Antonio TX
A & B Towing Lawrence NY
A Bob’s Towing Philadelphia PA
A.C. Towing & Transport Taos NM
A.T.B.M. Roadside Assistance Folsom CA
A To Z Towing Loves Park IL
A & A Towing Long Beach CA
A-1 Best Towing Kent WA
A-1 Towing Helena MT
A-1 Towing Huntsville AL
A-1 Towing & Automotive Valdosta GA
A-1 Towing, Inc. Norma NJ
A - B Wrecker Serv El Paso TX
AA Towing / Albany Towing Albany OR
Aardvark Lock And Key Indianapolis IN
Aardvark Locksmith Charleston SC
ABC Towing Lees Summit MO
ABC Towing Las Vegas NV
About Lockouts For Less Columbus OH
Above All Towing Inc. Mariposa CA
Abracadabra Roadside Houston TX
Ace 24-Hour Tow Bismarck ND
Ackerman Wrecker Macon GA
Act Now Towing San Diego CA
Action Lock & Key Neosho MO
Action Roadside Upland CA
Action Towing Las Cruces NM
Action Towing Rochester NY
Ad Wrecker El Paso TX
Adams Towing Jacksonville FL
Adkison Towing Jacksonville FL
Adlers Towing Pontiac MI
Advance Towing & Auto Tucson AZ
Advantage Transport Tampa FL
Advantage Wrecker Mc 0Affordable Towing Omaha NE
Affordable Towing Salem OR
Affordable Wrecker Service Edmond OK
Airline Wrecker Serv Corpus Christi TX
Al's 24 Hour Towing Columbia MD
Alber Inc. Freeport IL
All City Tow Svc Culver City CA
All-Rite Towing Tucumcari NM
Allied Towing Tulsa OK
Almance Towing & Recovery Burlington NC
Alpine Locksmith Palmdale CA
Am / Pm Towing & Rpr Flagstaff AZ
American Towing Mohave Valley AZ
Anderson Souvenir Pensacola FL
Andy’s Towing Inc. Saint Cloud MN
Angel Towing Massapequa Park NY
Any & All Towing South Gordon UT
Anytime Towing Fresno CA
Apache Sands Towing Mesa AZ
Appalachia Towing & Recovery, Inc. Beckley WV
Appearance Plus Towing Sioux Falls SD
Armstrong Towing Garden Grove CA
Arrow Tow Service, Llc Kansas City MO
Arties Towing, Inc Elgin IL
Asher Wrecker Service Little Rock AR
Atep Roadside Service Detroit MI
Auto Rescue Flower Mound TX
Auto Rescue Rockville MD
Auto Rescue Ft. Pierce FL
Automotive Electric Whiteville NC
B & B Auto Wrecker Serv Citronelle AL
B. C. Towing Salem OR
Bales & Brady Salem OR
Bar N Towing Shreveport LA
Barbour's Towing Raleigh NC
Battlefield Towing Chantilly VA
Bee Line Transport Lynchburg VA
Belmont Kolmar Tow & Rec, Inc Skokie IL
Benewah Motors Inc. Saint Maries ID
Benfer’s Recovery Tow, Llc Kansas City MO
Benny’s Towing Llc Pacoima CA
Bere’s Towing Service Racine WI
Best Car Towing Los Angeles CA
Best Way Towing Virginia Beach VA
Big Bass Towing Garland TX
Big Daddy's Towing Alexandria VA
Big Mack Towing Raleigh NC
Bill's Service Of Stamford Stamford CT
Bill’s Towing Killeen TX
Bills Heavy Duty Wrecker Lansing MI
Bishops Towing & Recovery Goldendale WA
Blair's Towing Falls Church VA
Bob’s Automotive Ridge Field WA
Boise Valley Towing Boise ID
Bolin Services Inc Saint Louis MO
Bolin Services Incorporated Florissant MO
Borchers Auto Blenheim NJ
Brandl's Towing Pleasant Valley NY
Bristol Wrecker Bristol CT
Broad & James Towing Columbus OH
Broadway Towing Freeport NY
Browders Auto Service Petersburg VA
Brower's Tow Service Oroville CA
Brown's Mill Wrecker Service Johnson City TN
Bruces Wrecker Svc Conroe TX
Bud Roat Amoco Wichita KS
C.T.S. Towing And Recovery Lexington KY
C&J Service Center Caribou ME
California Towing Medford MA
Cape May Exxon, Inc. Cape May NJ
Cardinal Towing Evless TX
Carl's Towing Columbia MO
Carrs Towing Memphis TN
Central Towing Company Fremont CA
Cesare’s Visalia Service Center Visalia CA
Chapmans Towing Nashville TN
Charter Way Towing Stockton CA
Chico Economy Towing Chico CA
Chips Towing Huntingtown MD
Chuck's Towing Chicoppe MA
City Towing Boca Raton FL
Citywide Towing, Inc. New York NY
Civic Towing And Recovery Minneapolis MN
CNL Towing New Boston NH
Coco's Roadside Service Towing Sun City AZ
Coffey's Inc Louisville KY
Coffey’s Towing Inc. Dayton OH
Coleman Motor Company Fredericksburg VA
Coleman’s Wrecker Service New Orleans LA
Coletta's Providence RI
Collins Motor Club Wichita Falls TX
Colonial Court Svc Station Elkins WV
Colonial Service Staten Island NY
Complete Auto Service, Inc. Brookfield IL
Coppa's Towing N. Brunswick NJ
Coulson's Towing Dillsburg PA
Cousins Tow & Recovery, Inc. Newport News VA
Crown Towing Service, Inc. Bronx NY
Curtis Auto Services Baltimore MD
Custom Towing Gaithersburg MD
Customer One Towing Gilbert AZ
D&H Automotive & Towing Wilmington DE
Daves Towing Service Louisville KY
Day & Nite Towing Inc. Seattle WA
Degraw Towing Tucson AZ
Demauro Towing Bergenfield NJ
Desert Valley Towing Apple Valley CA
Dick’s Towing & Repair Wenatchee WA
Dicks Valley Tow Apple Valley MN
Don's No Preference Auburn ME
Doug’s Towing Westover WV
Doug's Towing Elmhurst IL
Downtown Road Service Seattle WA
Drakes Towing Madisonville TX
Dugger's Services Albuquerque NM
Dylan Company Memphis TN
E & F Wrecker Comp. Casper WY
E & R Towing Garage Inc. Markham IL
Ea Towing Murfreesboro TN
East Coast Towing Garner NC
Elite Auto Center Of Gainesville Gainesville FL
Elite Towing Salt Lake City UT
Elite Towing Lake Grove NY
Emerson’s Towing & Repair Llc Keene NH
Ervan’s Towing Clinton MD
Evans Towing & Recovery Warner Robbins GA
Executive Auto. Service, Inc. Richmond VA
Exit 7 Towing Bristol VA
Express Rooadside Corp Las Vegas NV
Express Towing & Recovery Amherst OH
Extreme Towing Bloomington IN
Ez Roadside Of Honolulu Blanco TX
Falzone’s Towing Wilkes-Barre PA
Family Towing Niles IL
Farwell's Towing Eugene OR
Fast Trac Towing Barstow CA
First Choice Towing Lilburn GA
Fitzgeralds Road Service Fayetteville NC
Fleet Services Bakerfield CA
Fletcher's Tow Pensacola FL
Frank Scotto Towing Torrance CA
Freddys Garage Ranger TX
Freedom Road Service Falls Church VA
G&M Towing Cleveland OH
Garcia's Road Svc Virginia Beach VA
Gary Howard Towing Decatur TX
Gemma’s Towing Service Uniondale NY
Generic Towing Langhorne PA
George & Sons Towing St. Petersburg FL
Glenn A. Trent, Inc. Lynchburg VA
GM Towing Inc Palmdale CA
Goch & Sons Towing Detroit MI
Gold Star Services Aurora CO
Golden Empire Towing* Bakersfield CA
Golds Towing Radcliff KY
Goodwin Towing Inc. Portmouth VA
Grand Prix Motors, Inc. Danbury CT
Grants Pass Towing Grants Pass OR
Grants Texaco Salisbury MD
Grasso’s Service Center Providence RI
Halls Towing Service Pearl MS
Handy's Texaco Burlington VT
Hanover Towing Mechanicsville VA
Hanser's Wrecker Co Billings MT
Harlem/ Randolph Towing Forest Park IL
Hartmann’s Auto Center, Inc. St. Louis Ave. MO
Hayles Towing & Recv Jackson MS
Heartbeat Tow Miami FL
Heav-Vins Towing Shirley NY
Herb Daniel Truck Titusville FL
Hillsboro Towing Hillsboro OR
Hodges Wrecker Service Russellville AR
Holloway Road Service Virginia Beach VA
Hunter Towing Chicago IL
I’ll Be There Alamogordo NM
Inner City Towing Memphis TN
Interstate Towing Madison Heights MI
Interstate Towing Indianapolis IN
Iron Horse Towing Inc Missoula MT
J K Towing And Road Assistance Chattanooga TN
J & L Towing Redding CA
Jack Stokes Towing Tappahannock VA
Jack's Garage & Wrecker St Roberts MO
Jeff’sbobby’s & Steve’s Auto World Columbia Heights MN
Jerry’s Newport Standard Newport MI
Jim's Garage Lafayette IN
Jim’s Towing Service Pawtucket RI
John’s Towing American Fork UT
John's Towing Evansville IN
Johns Wrecker Svc Abilene TX
Johnson's Towing Bellingham WA
Johnson’s Towing & Recovery Salina UT
KC Towing Cudahy CA
Keiths Towing Mandeville LA
Kessler Towing Shingle Springs CA
Keyhole Road Assist Tucson AZ
Keyhole Road Assist, Inc Plano TX
Keystone Service Center Omaha NE
Kinlaw's Wrecker Service Wilmington NC
Knockout Lockouts Inc Walnut Creek CA
Knockout Lockouts - Walnut Creek Buffalo NY
Kormash Jumpstart Oakland CA
Krueger’s Enterprises West Des Moines IA
Lancam Towing And Transportation Pine Bluff AR
Larry's Towing Orem UT
Laurel Park Tire Service Martinsville VA
Leverock’s Towing St. Petersburg FL
Liberty Towing & Recovery Deltona FL
Lightning Towing Sioux Falls SD
Lindsay Truck & Towing Idaho Falls ID
Livingston Towing & Recovery Jackson MS
Lone Star Locksmith Glendora CA
M T W Towing West Fargo ND
Majic Valley Towing Twin Falls ID
Mal’s Auto & Truck Repair Old Saybrook CT
Mangums Inc. Wilson NC
Martins Wrecker Service Kokomo IN
Matanuska Tow& Recovery Palmer AK
McCoy’s Service Channahon IL
McCullough's Wrecker Great Falls MT
McGrath’s Towing Braintree MA
McKinney's Towing Charles Town WV
Mels Towing Service Oklahoma City OK
Metro Road Servie Albuquerque NM
Metro Towing Alexandria LA
Metro Towing Norfolk VA
Meza Roadside Paramount CA
Midtown Towing Bridgeport CT
Midwest Lock & Security Des Moines IA
Mike Pow R Tow Kingman AZ
Mike's Auto Sales & Towing Columbus NE
Milstead Automotive Inc Spring TX
Missouri Road Service Llc Dba Road Runner Service St. Louis MO
Murffs & Sons Detroit MI
National Tow & Road Service Reno NV
Neal Churn’s Towing Svc. Chesapeake VA
Neal Pool Rekers Odessa TX
NK Towing Tustin CA
No Bull Towing Golden CO
Nobles Inc. Columbus OH
North Main Towing Springfield TN
Northups Svc. Ctr., Inc. Wale Field RI
Northwest Recovery Inc. Rolling Meadows IL
Northwest Towing & Recovery Muncie IN
Northwestern Towing Portland OR
NYS Roadside Service Mattapan MA
Oliver’s Towing, Inc. Santa Maria CA
Overweg Repair, Llc Kimball SD
Pacific Towing Inc. Vancouver WA
Parkway Wrecker Tallahassee FL
Pat’s Towing Seabrook NH
Patterson City Tow Service Newman CA
Paul's Towing & Auto Manchester VT
Performance Towing Fayetteville NC
Performance Towing And Transport Merced CA
Platinum Towing Service Coon Rapids MN
Pop A Lock Of Ft. Lauderdale Talbott TN
Pop A Lock Of Jacksonville Scott LA
Pop A Lock Of Rhode Island Warwick RI
Pop A Lock Of Waco Temple TX
Pop-A-Lock Lafayette LA
Pop-A-Lock Mayo SC
Pop-A-Lock Richmond VA
Pop-A-Lock Bear DE
Pop-A-Lock Baton Rouge LA
Pop-A-Lock Of Anchorage, Ak Anchorage AK
Pop-A-Lock Of Austin Austin TX
Pop-A-Lock Of Baltimore Columbia MD
Pop-A-Lock Of Baton Rouge Baton Rouge LA
Pop-A-Lock Of Birmingham Birmingham AL
Pop-A-Lock Of Denver Centennial CO
Pop-A-Lock Of Hashelle Nashville TN
Pop-A-Lock Of Indy Audubon LA
Pop-A-Lock Of New Orleans Metairie LA
Pop-A-Lock Of New York Bklyn NY
Pop-A-Lock Of New York Staten Island NY
Pop-A-Lock Of Northern Nj Ringwood NJ
Pop-A-Lock Of Portland Bossier City LA
Pop-A-Lock Of San Antonio San Antonio TX
Pop-A-Lock Of Staten Island Bklyn NY
Pop-A-Lock Of Tucson Tucson AZ
Pop-A-Lock - Ohio Grafton OH
Precision Towing Hooksett NH
Premiere Towing Detroit MI
Prestige Towing, Inc. Bloomington MN
Prime Time Towing Serv Dallas TX
Priority Towing Service Springfield MO
Professional Automotive Euclio OH
Pryer's Towing L.L.C. Lansing MI
Pyramid Towing Memphis TN
Qik Pik Roadside Atlanta GA
Quacked Up Towing Sperry OK
Quality Towing, Inc. Myrtle Beach SC
Quality Towing & Recovery, Inc. Fayetteville NC
Quick Response Towing Baltimore MD
R & S Towing Of Chalmette Chalmette LA
Rad Towing Kennewick WA
Ram’s Towing Thermal CA
Ranger Towing & Recovery Clarksville IN
Reliable Roadside Assistance Cleveland OH
Remco Towing Roswell NM
Reynolds Towing Service Champaign IL
Richard’s Road Service San Antonio TX
Riverside Service Cos Cob CT
RJ's Towing Oak Park MI
Road Butler Of Queens New York Katonah NY
Road Runner Of Oklahoma City Oklahoma City OK
Road Runner Orlando Owasso OK
Road Runner Road Service Of Denver Denver CO
Road Runner Roadside Assist Overland Park KS
Road Runner Roadside Chicago Elmhurst IL
Road Runner Usa Owasso OK
Roadrunner Rd Serv Oklahoma City OK
Roadrunner Road Service,Inc. Abilene KS
Roadrunner Roadservice Kansas City MO
Roadrunner Usa Akron OH
Roadrunner Usa / Seattle Owasso OK
Roadrunner Usag Kc Owasso OK
Roadside Express Of Suffolk Inc Hicksville NY
Roadside Help Minneapolis MN
Rock & Roll Towing Kenner LA
Rodrigues Brothers, Inc. New Bedford MA
Rodriguez Towing Paterson NJ
Rogers Gulf Towing Buckeye AZ
Roman Roadside Mount Juliet TN
Roseburg Towing, Llc Roseburg OR
Routh Wrecker Svc Pa Little Rock AR
Roy Martin's Towing Svc Bakerfield CA
Roy’s Towing, Inc. Springfield MA
Royal Auto & Truck Towing Wheeling IL
Saddle Back Valley Towing Mission Viejo CA
Sal's Towing Inc Fort Lauderdale FL
Sam’s Wrecker Service Brooksville FL
Santiam Towing & Recovery Lyons OR
Schlier's Towing Tannersville PA
Schmidt’s Auto, Inc. Madison WI
Schoemann’s Road Svc., Inc. Buffalo NY
Schreiber Towing Service Cahokia IL
Service Calls Only Los Angeles CA
Shanahan’s Auto Body & Towing Sacramento CA
Shorty’s Towing & Recovery Concord NH
Sibby’s Auto & Rentals, Inc. Naugatuck CT
Singleton Services Corsicana TX
Smitty's Towing Evanston IL
SMT Towing Harvey IL
Solid Gold Towing Inc. Brooklyn NY
South County Rv Repair Myrtle Creek OR
Southern Kentucky Towing Service Bowling Green KY
Southern Maryland Towing Inc. Ridge MD
Soy City Towing Inc Decatur IL
Spillane’s Service Ctr. Shelburne VT
Stan’s Auto Service Loveland CO
Star Towing & Recovery Gastonia NC
Steitz Towing & Recovery Merced CA
Stepp's Towing Service Of Lakeland Lakeland FL
Steve Venable Towing Winston-Salem NC
Stormin Towing & Transport Inc. Entiat WA
Suburban Wrecker Service Louisville KY
Sunnyvale Towing Sunnyvale CA
Sunset Towing Coeur D’ Alene ID
Sunshine Towing Inc Miami FL
Superior Towing Newport News VA
Superior Towing Inc Oklahoma City OK
T & M Towing, Inc Eugene OR
T Miller Towing Amarillo TX
Tally’s Auto Sales, Inc. Gloucester MA
Temple Towing Temple TX
Tom Lacey's Towing Rochester NY
Toni's Towing Rockville MD
Top Class Towing, Inc Philadelphia PA
Top Gun Towing Brandenton FL
Tow Jam Dallas TX
Tow Service Inc Wichita KS
Towing Unlimited Philadelphia PA
Triad Towing Greensboro NC
Turlock City Tow Service Turlock CA
Twin View Towing Redding CA
Two Star Towing Pahrump NV
Union Street Towing Bangor ME
Unlock-A-Door Daytona Beach FL
Unlock-A-Door Riverview FL
Upmans Tow Sarasota FL
Vans Complete Auto Portland OR
Vic’s Towing, Inc. Sonora CA
Ward Eaton Tow, Inc Traverse City MI
Wells Automotive Service Chicago IL
Wiestar Inc Lincoln NE
Wildcat Wrecker Service Manhattan KS
Winchester's Towing & Repair Lexington KY
Windy City Road Service Chicago IL
Wolfmans Towing Killeen TX

2004 ACE Award recipients

Nomination guidelines for the ACE Award include: a high percentage of meeting or bettering estimated response time on calls, consistency in response time, written appreciation from customers, and percentage of calls serviced (instead of turning them away) thereby reflecting reliability and overall professionalism. ACE recipients rank in the top 1 percent of the towing industry's service providers.

"Motor clubs and central dispatch centers are very demanding of service providers who contract with them," said Steve Calitri, publisher of American Towman Magazine. "Towing operations need to offer 24-hour, seven-day-a-week response, and must also prioritize motor club calls over other business segments in order to maintain the relationship with that call provider," Calitri added.

The ACE Award itself is an original design belt buckle depicting a towing professional and a tow truck along with the tools of the trade. The buckles were presented to the winners during the ACE Award ceremony on December 4 at the American Towman Exposition in Baltimore, the world's largest trade show and convention for emergency road service providers.