A LITTLE ABOUT AL LANE & KEVIN BUTZIN

Al Lane - Owner

Al's interest in cars started at a very young age. His father built, raced and repaired midgets. In 1971 Al went to work and became owner of Lane Service in Carleton, Michigan where he primarily performed vehicle restoration and repairs. Over the years Al has restored many well-known vehicles. These vehicles include but are not limited to the Detroit Lions Holman and Moody Race Boat, Lee Iacocca's 1982 Lamborghini and the Hertz Rent-A-Car 1966 Shelby Mustang Fastback. Not to mention a 10-year restoration of a 1962 Bubble-Top Impala purchased by General Motors for exhibition at the Woodward Dream Cruise in 2002.

Al has won several awards for his completely restored 1962 Corvette including Autorama three years in a row (1988,1989,1990). He has won several awards at the Super Chevy Shows including Indianapolis and Bloomington. Al also restored his 1971 Pontiac GT 37, a vehicle that was only in production for one year, which he raced often at Detroit Dragway. The Lane family tradition of racing has continued with his son AJ, who has won seven Great Lakes Regional Championships as well as the 2001 Grand Championship with the World Karting Association. With Al's knowledge and experience with restoring and repairing vehicles it was just a matter of time for him to become involved in the Automotive Recycling Industry.

Kevin Butzin - General Manager

Kevin's sales and mechanical abilities had shown through as a young teenager. He was always tinkering. At 16 years of age Kevin would purchase repairable vehicles, completely rebuild and restore them, to then put them up for sale. He continued to do this until he began working at POP Auto Parts in 1983. He had several duties including dismantler, bodywork, part and vehicle sales and even car hauler driver. From POP Auto Parts he went to work for D & R Auto where he also did dismantle work, inventory control and sales. He spent ten years at D & R before going to Kensington Preferred Auto as a salesperson. In 1999 Kevin became part of the team at Michigan Truck Parts. This gave him an opportunity to gain knowledge with heavy-duty truck parts, specializing in drive train. Finally in October of 2002 Kevin decided to become part owner of Stoney Creek Auto. It is a perfect fit for him. Now he could put his 20+ years of knowledge and experience to work with this late-model recycling yard.

Since 1995 Kevin has raced at Flat Rock and Toledo Speedways with his hand built tube chassis ARCA Sportsman Class 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix. He has won several features and is well respected and known at both tracks. This tradition has also continued with his son, David, who has respectfully won several Karting races. Kevin is also an active member of the Belleville Area Jaycees holding the Director at Large position and now the 2003 President. Kevin has also been recently nominated as a Board Member to the Automotive Recyclers of Michigan.