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Genuine Parts Company
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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| Public | |
| Traded as | NYSE: GPC |
| Founded | 1925 |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
Key people
| Thomas C. Gallagher, CEO |
Number of employees
| 39,000 |
| Website | genpt.com |
Genuine Parts Company, (NYSE: GPC), is a service organization engaged in the distribution of automotive replacement parts, industrial replacement parts, office products and electrical/electronic materials. GPC serves numerous customers from more than 2,600 operations around the world and has approximately 39,000 employees.[1]
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[hide]Company Overview[edit]
Founded in 1925,[2] GPC is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and consists of multiple subsidiaries, including the Automotive Parts Group, the Industrial Parts Group, the Office Products Group, and the Electrical / Electronic Parts Group.[1] The Company has paid a cash dividend to shareholders every year since going public in 1948[1] and is currently building a new headquarters building in Cobb County, Georgia, situated in the greater Atlanta area.[3]
History[edit]
In 1925, Carlyle Fraser founded GPC with the purchase of Motor Parts Depot in Atlanta, Georgia for $40,000. He renamed the parts store Genuine Parts Company. The original Genuine Parts Company store had annual sales of just $75,000, and six employees.
For the next 50+ years, GPC, in relationship with NAPA, the National Automotive Parts Association, grew rapidly as independent garages for car repair emerged to meet the nation's growing of motor vehicles. In the last 35+ years, GPC has continued to grow through the acquisition of other companies in the automotive industry, as well as in the industrial, office and electrical industries.
Today GPC is a leading parts distributor with over 2,600 operations and approximately 39,000 employees.[4]
Company Timeline[edit]
- 1925 National Automotive Parts Association established.
- 1928 Genuine Parts Company established.
- 1948 GPC Initial Public Offering.
- 1975 Acquired S.P. Richards Company.
- 1976 Acquired Motion Industries.
- 1994 Joint Venture with Auto Todo.
- 1998 Acquired EIS.
- 2008 Acquired Altrom.
- 2013 Acquired GPC Asia Pacific.[4]
Subsidiaries[edit]
The Automotive Parts Group distributes automotive replacement parts, accessory items and service items throughout North America, Australia and New Zealand. In North America, parts are sold primarily under the NAPA (National Automotive Parts Association) brand name and is widely recognized for quality parts, quality service and knowledgeable people. The Company’s GPC Asia Pacific business serves the Australasian markets primarily under the brand name Repco.[1]
The Automotive Parts Group supports over 6,000 NAPA AUTO PARTS stores throughout the United States, 700 wholesalers in Canada and 481 automotive locations in Australiaand New Zealand. These stores sell to both the Retail (DIY) and Commercial (DIFM) automotive aftermarket customer and cover the majority of all domestic and foreign motor vehicle models.[1]
The Industrial Parts Group, operating under the name Motion Industries, offers more than 5.9 million industrial replacement parts and related supplies. The Group serves over 150,000 MRO and OEM customers throughout North America and in all types of industries. These include the food and beverage, forest products, primary metal, pulp and paper, mining, automotive, oil and gas, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries. Strategically targeted specialty industries include power generation, waste-water treatment facilities, wind power generation, solar power, government projects, pipelines, railroads and ports, among others. Motion Industries is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabamaand operates 15 distribution centers, 523 branches, and 39 service centers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.[1]
The Office Products Group, operating under the name S.P. Richards, distributes more than 61,000 items to over 5,200 resellers and distributors throughout the United States andCanada from a network of 44 distribution centers. Customers include independently owned office product dealers, large contract stationers, national office supply superstores, mail order distributors, internet resellers, college bookstores, office furniture dealers, janitorial and sanitation supply distributors, safety product resellers and food service distributors. S.P. Richards is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and operates 34 full-stocking distribution centers, 2 furniture only distribution centers, 5 S.P. Richards Canadadistribution centers, 1 GCN Distribution Center, and 2 impact products distribution centers.[1]
The Electrical/Electronic Materials Group, operating under the name EIS, Inc. is one of North America's leading distributors of process materials, production supplies, industrial MRO and value added fabricated parts. EIS, Inc. is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and operates 49 branches and 7 fabrication facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico,Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.[1]
NAPA Auto Parts 200
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This article is about the Nationwide Series race in Montreal. For the Truck Series race at California Speedway, see NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Fontana).
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| NASCAR Nationwide Series | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve |
| Corporatesponsor | NAPA (UAP Canada) |
| First race | 2007 |
| Last race | 2012 |
| Distance | 200.466 miles (322.618 km) |
| Laps | 74 |
The NAPA Auto Parts 200 Presented by Dodge (French title: NAPA Pièces d'auto 200 présenté par Dodge) was a NASCARNationwide Series race that took place at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 2007 to 2012.
It took place in August, replacing the Champ Car World Series and Atlantic Championship Grand Prix of Montreal. The Grand-AmRolex Sports Car Series and NASCAR Canadian Tire Series have held a support race in every edition, the latter race being calledNAPA Autopro 100 and the former having changed its name every season.
The inaugural 2007 race was the first major NASCAR (as opposed to CASCAR or NASCAR Canadian Tire Series) race in Canada in several decades. The 2008 race was the first official NASCAR points race from one of NASCAR's top three series to utilize rain tiresand windshield wipers.[1]
The last race was in 2012 after the track promoter and NASCAR could not come to an agreement for the 2013 season due to the inability to schedule a top-level Sprint Cup event.[2]
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[hide]Past winners[edit]
| Year | Date | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Race Distance | Race Time | Average Speed (mph) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laps | Miles (km) | |||||||
| 2007 | August 4 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 75* | 203.175 (326.978) | 3:08:30 | 64.671 |
| 2008 | August 2 | Ron Fellows | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 48* | 130.032 (209.266) | 2:51:38 | 50.149 |
| 2009 | August 30 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 76* | 205.884 (331.338) | 3:49:19 | 53.869 |
| 2010 | August 29 | Boris Said | RAB Racing | Ford | 77* | 208.593 (335.697) | 3:17:34 | 63.349 |
| 2011 | August 20 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 74 | 200.466 (322.618) | 2:51:46 | 70.025 |
| 2012 | August 18 | Justin Allgaier | Turner Motorsports | Chevrolet | 81* | 219.429 (353.136) | 3:07:58 | 70.043 |
- 2007, 2009, 2010, & 2012: Race extended due to a Green-white-checker finish. 2012 race took two attempts.
- 2008: Race shortened due to heavy rain.
Manufacturer wins[edit]
| # Wins | Make | Years Won |
|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Chevrolet | 2007, 2008, 2012 |
| Ford | 2009, 2010, 2011 |
Television broadcasters[edit]
Race summaries[edit]
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 | This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. (July 2013) |
- 2007: Australian rookie Marcos Ambrose dominated the first race as a road course king but in the final stages controversy happened; popular driver Robby Gordon in his #55 Camping World RV/Menard's car passed Marcos Ambrose for first just when a caution came out and during the caution Ambrose seemingly intentionally turned Gordon. Robby Gordon under caution rushed back to second place but NASCAR determined that Gordon made an illegal pass on Ambrose just as the caution came out and ordered him to 17th and listed Ambrose as first still. Robby Gordon having had a good car refused and was black-flagged when he expressed his displeasure by intentionally bumping Ambrose in a retaliatory contact. When the restart came out Robby Gordon refused NASCAR's orders to leave the track and intentionally spun Ambrose around and led the first position DQed leaving former teammate Kevin Harvick the win. Ambrose finished 7th when refiring his car after dropping to the rear of the pack and pocketed a large purse of money. When Harvick won the race when doing his burnout he noticed Robby Gordon come up and do a burnout at the same time as if celebrating his victory. NASCAR fined Gordon $50,000, suspended him from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Pocono race the next day and put him on probation for the rest of the year. Meanwhile, Kevin Harvick was booed as he made his way in victory circle for a very unpopular victory; because he admitted to have intentionally slapped Scott Pruett's car on a restart to cause a multi-car crash. After the event was over, NASCAR put Kevin on a warning for his part in the chaos during the race. The next week after Kevin Harvick got into a feud withJuan Montoya, and Harvick was put on indefinite probation by NASCAR which ended in late 2008.
- 2008: Marcos Ambrose was looking for another win driving in his last year for the Kingsford #59 car. Scott Pruett beat Ambrose for the pole position and led the first 13 laps of the race as the rain began as a small sprinkle. After the first caution, Pruett lost some speed and Ambrose took the lead. Ambrose dominated yet again and during the experiment run under a Montreal rain sprinkle Ambrose slid from the lead into the grass just as the pit stops began. He was not worried at first but Ron Fellows took the lead. The heartbreak came when Ambrose ended up in third place because of a black flag he received for accidentally speeding on pit road. He finished serving his penalty just as the race was red-flagged due to a heavy rain shower that affected the drivers' visibility too much for the race to continue. After 48 laps of racing Ron Fellows was declared the winner and received much applause from the fans being a Canadian driver. Fellows was emotional about his win because his childhood dream was to win at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve as a professional racer, having watched his own childhood hero and track namesake, Gilles Villeneuve, race there.
Main article: 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200
- 2009: Marcos Ambrose, with a new team, new sponsor, and new number (47), dominated once again leading nearly the entire race leading 60 of 75 laps. After a red flag for rain, Ambrose lost most of his speed. On a green-white-checkered finish attempt Ambrose noticed Carl Edwards trying to make moves for the win. Edwards had previously spun his tires on the restart and thus looked like he lost bid for the win but refired to rush to second during the attempt. For the last few laps Ambrose held off Carl Edwards, but at the final chicane his car took a little too much of the high curbs and lost momentum, letting Carl Edwards beat him to the line for the win. The race went chaotic with cheers, shock and celebration, fans feeling bad for Marcos and happy for Carl at the same time. In victory circle Carl Edwards said he was emotional on his win at one of the most famous tracks in the world, but still felt bad for Marcos and added a comment that Marcos Ambrose was the most talented road course driver he's ever seen. At this point Marcos Ambrose was the driver who had led the most laps at the Montreal races.
- 2010: Ambrose led most of the 2010 race but again suffered heartbreak. His battery failed after briefly spinning out, and his race ended in the garage. On a green-white-checkered finish Robby Gordon ran out of gas and thus handed the top three to Boris Said, Italian rookie Max Papis, and Jacques Villeneuve. On the final lap Max Papis reached Boris Said and in the final turn successfully passed Said. But Papis hopped over the curb and Said was able to re-pass him. They drag-raced to the finish line and Said beat Papis by a bumper. The race was considered a big upset since Boris Said had not had many good finishes in NASCAR previously and had focused more on teaching younger drivers than winning races himself. The finish resembled that of the 2009 race when Marcos Ambrose made the same mistake on the curb thus handing the win to Carl Edwards. This was the first time in 3 years that Robby Gordon raced in this event due to making amends and reforming with sports doctors for his famous altercation with Marcos Ambrose in 2007 (shown above) at the same race.
- 2011: After almost five years of frustration Marcos Ambrose, changing teams to Richard Petty Motorsports in both Nationwide and Sprint Cup series, finally led the final stages of the race without a green-white-checkered attempt and when reaching the final turn he passed by the curb (which had been lowered due to complaints from drivers) successfully and thus held off the charging pack to reach the line first. The fans applauded for the road course driver after seeing his heartbreak in his past at Montreal. Ambrose gave a great performance at the race because at the beginning he almost crashed out after slight contact with Jacques Villeneuve but held on to repair his car's bruises and come back through the field to win.
- 2012: The fans were hoping that a Canadian driver would win the race since American drivers had dominated the races at Montreal except for two (Marcos Ambrose from Australia; Ron Fellows from Canada). After Danica Patrick's car was damaged due to a shoe being thrown on the track by a fan for no good reason, Jacques Villeneuve rose to the lead for the final laps, but on the last lap the Canadian fans once again saw a heartbreak. Jacques was told to save fuel but soon his gas tank was almost empty and he began to slow. American driver Justin Allgaier slipped past him in the final turns and held off the other drivers for the win. Villeneuve, who ended up third, was upset with the finish; he claimed that Allgaier shoved him around to win and maintained that he should have won the race. The fan that tossed the shoe at Danica Patrick was exiled from the race as a punishment, fined $160,000 for interfering with the race and was later arrested.
Main article: 2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200
- 2013: In 2012 NASCAR determined that for an indefinite time they will not race at Montreal in the NNS starting in 2013; thus the NASCAR event is currently defunct. This was due to the race promoter deeming the event unprofitable unless it could be turned into a top-level NASCAR Sprint Cup event. Under the impression that NASCAR would not be willing to schedule this, the promoter pulled the plug and the 2013 race was canceled, replaced by an event at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.[2]
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