Isuzu Crowns 2025 'Week of Weeks' Champions
Isuzu honors top sales, service, parts, and technical pros at its 2025 “Week of Weeks” with national titles, cash prizes, and trips around the world.
Competitors from across North America gather for Isuzu’s 2025 “Week of Weeks” National Championships at the Isuzu Center of Excellence in Pittston, Pennsylvania.
Photo: Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc.
Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc. gathered top sales, service, parts, and technical talent from across North America for its annual “Week of Weeks” National Championships at the Isuzu Center of Excellence in Pittston, Pennsylvania.
More than 800 associates completed training and competed in district and regional contests in 2025 for a chance to earn a finalist spot. During the week of August 4, the best of the best went head-to-head in live competitions designed to test product knowledge, customer communication skills, and hands-on expertise.
“It speaks volumes of the talent our Isuzu dealers have recruited and trained to get to this level,” said Shaun Skinner, president of Isuzu Commercial Truck of America and Isuzu Commercial Truck of Canada. “This is a big competition, but more than that, it is a celebration of the contestants’ hard work.”
2025 Isuzu National Sales Walkaround Competition
Finalists presented a 2025 Isuzu FVR Derate with a Voth aluminum dump body to a mock customer new to low-cab-forward trucks.
Placement | Winner | Region | Dealership | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | William Little | Southern | Truckworx, Birmingham, AL | Gold trip to Prague & Vienna (Feb. 2026) |
2nd | Matt Sherman | Northern | Isuzu Truck of Providence, RI | Silver trip to Scottsdale, AZ (Mar. 2026) |
3rd | Brady Christenson | Western | Pritchard’s Isuzu Truck, Forest City, IA | $2,000 cash |
2025 Isuzu National Service Walkaround Competition
Competitors had 10 minutes to walk a mock service customer through maintenance needs on a 2022 Isuzu NRR.
Placement | Winner | Region | Dealership | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | William (Will) Little | Southern | Truckworx, Birmingham, AL | Gold trip to Prague & Vienna (Feb. 2026) |
2nd | James Beuchner | Western | PTR Isuzu, West Chicago, IL | Silver trip to Scottsdale, AZ (Mar. 2026) |
3rd | Chris Wodarcyk | Northern | Fyda Isuzu, Walton, KY | $2,000 cash |
4th | Tanya Doolan | Canada | Western Isuzu Truck, Edmonton, AB | $1,000 cash |
2025 Isuzu National Parts Product Presentation Competition
Set in a replica dealership parts counter, contestants identified and recommended parts for older Isuzu fleet trucks.
Placement | Winner | Region | Dealership | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Shaela Medley | Western | Pierre Isuzu Truck of Everett, Everett, WA | Gold trip to Prague & Vienna (Feb. 2026) |
2nd | Luis Moreno | Southern | Tampa Isuzu Truck, Tampa, FL | Silver trip to Scottsdale, AZ (Mar. 2026) |
3rd | Wayne Werkhoven | Northern | Isuzu Truck of Providence, RI | $2,000 cash |
4th | Ryan Avera | Canada | Lewis Isuzu, Barrie, ON | $1,000 cash |
2025 Isuzu North America I-1 Grand Prix Technical Competition
Twelve top-scoring technicians faced three rounds of timed challenges to diagnose, repair, and test Isuzu chassis systems.
Placement | Winner | Dealership | Location | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Micael Lechasseur | Pare Isuzu Truck | Quebec City, QC | $5,000 + World Technical Competition invite |
2nd | Rick Engler | Transwest Isuzu Truck Henderson | Henderson, CO | $4,000 + World Technical Competition invite |
3rd | Juan Bisono | Gabrielli Isuzu Truck Long Island | Long Island, NY | $3,000 + World Technical Competition invite |
4th | Candido DeLeon | Rush Dayton | Dayton, OH | $1,000 |
5th | William Nields | Faulkner Isuzu | Westchester, PA | $1,000 |
6th | James Lucero | Ton’s Truck Center | Santa Ana, CA | $250 |
Additional Finalists ($250 each): Michael Marrs (Coffman Isuzu, Aurora, Illinois), Riley Dodson (Rush Isuzu Dallas, Texas), Tristan Smithey (Scarff Isuzu, Auburn, Washington), Richard Nonamaker (Rush Isuzu Truck Waco, Texas), Justin Carter (Eagle Isuzu, Shreveport, Louisiana), and Joseph Donlon (Maher Isuzu, St. Petersburg, Florida).
Technicians placing in the top three at the upcoming 20th Isuzu World Technical Competition will also join the Winners’ Circle Gold trip to Prague and Vienna in 2026.
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