Kenny Burdine (left) is Miller Ind. Motorsports director and oversees the tow trucks at 11 NASCAR tracks across the country. Mike Seamon is the executive director of the Professional Wrecker Operators of Florida and began driving tow trucks at Daytona in 1980.

Editorial Note: With the racing season fast approaching, Professional Wrecker Operators of Florida Executive Director Mike Seamon was at Daytona International Speedway January 12 – 14 during three days of open testing for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He sent the following report and photos.

The World Center of Racing came alive with an open test for the Sprint Cup stars. The garage was a mass of cars, drivers, engineers and crews. The teams were testing with the new NASCAR rules designed to break up the love bug two-car tandem drafting.

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Entered in the Car Carrier category of the Tow Times Shine ‘n Star Contest is this 2010 Hino 258 extended cab with a 22-foot Vulcan steel LCG carrier. The truck, which belongs to 1^st Response Towing & Recovery in Clearwater, Fla., has aluminum blade rails, aluminum wheels, chrome visor, bug shield and bumper skirt outfitted with clear LED marker lights. A light display is installed behind the grille, and the truck has 6-trumpet conductor series train horns.

When there’s a problem with the operation of hydraulic towing equipment functions, as when some or all of the hydraulic functions on the bed fail to work, or work slowly, don’t begin troubleshooting by replacing the hydraulic filter, except when there is an obvious failure [...]

Finish Line Towing, Santa Clara, Calif.

Meet the Finish Line Towing Pack! As a continuation of our April 2011 print article, here are more pictures of dogs Jassa, Orion, Bella and Champ hanging out around Santa Clara. Photos are courtesy of Andrea and Dino Tomassi, owners of Finish Line Towing. If you haven’t already, check out our April 2011 issue to catch the whole story on the Finish Line Towing pack, and check back often for more stories and photos of other Tow Dogs. To submit your Tow Dog, email Tara at tara@towtimes.com. Also visit out Facebook page, facebook.com/towtimesmagazine, to see more Tow Dogs there. (more…)

This revised AAA Move Over Laws Chart shows individual state laws regarding Move Over laws and whether the laws include tow truck operators. Source: AAA If you can not see the images below please click on far right icon the one that looks like a [...]

Jerr-Dan Sponsors CNTA Towing Guide

From The January Tow Times issue Industry Insider, “Jerr-Dan Sponsors CNTA Towing Guide”:

Conference of Northeastern Towing Associations Officers:

President: Chuck Schmidt (ESTRA – New York) 516-627-7630

Vice President: John Glass (GSTA – New Jersey) 973-267-7665

Secretary: Tim Vibert (TRPC – Connecticut) 860-677-9074

Treasurer: Cynthia J. Martineau (STA – Massachusetts) 508-303-6699

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