A time to shine

October is your month to shine. Every year, the National Auto Body Council (NABC) promotes October as Collision Repair Industry Pride Month.

Russell Thrall III

Jan. 1, 2020

October is your month to shine. Every year, the National Auto Body Council (NABC) promotes October as Collision Repair Industry Pride Month. With the negative press the industry has been getting because of numerous high- and low-profile fraud investigations, the need for honest, hard-working collision repairers to step forward and promote the positive impact of the industry on society has never been greater. The goal of the NABC

About the Author

Russell Thrall III

Former ABRN Editor-in-Chief Russell Thrall, a second-generation collision repairer, has experienced the shop from the bottom up, starting as a clean up person and working his way to assistant manager by age 17. Thrall joined the staff of Chilton's Automotive Body Repair News in 1991 as technical editor and as senior editor in 1992. From 1993 through 2000, Thrall served as editor of Collision Repair Industry INSIGHT. Thrall returned to the staff of ABRN in June 2000 as editor-in-chief of the industry's largest monthly trade magazine. Thrall was a frequent speaker at industry events including the Collision Industry Conference (CIC), NACE, and numerous other local and regional events. He served as co-chairman of the Collision Industry Conference Electronic Commerce committee and is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Auto Body Council.