Chief Auto Parts was a United States-based auto parts store chain that had stores located in the states of Tennessee, Texas, Nevada, Arizona, Arkansas and California.
 Chief was founded in 1955 in Norwalk, California by Vern Johnson and Lorin Tuthill.
 The chain grew to 119 stores, mostly in California, by the time it was purchased by Southland in 1979.
 It was purchased by Southland Corporation in 1979, along with Citgo and Movie Quik.
 The company was based in Dallas, Texas and operated as a division of Southland Corporation until 1990.
 The company expanded in 1985 by acquiring locations in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama by purchasing Honey's Auto Parts in Nashville.
 At the same time, Chief also acquired 77 Checker Auto Parts locations in Oklahoma and Texas from Lucky Stores when Lucky decided to withdraw Checker from those areas.
Auto Parts Warehouse (APW) is an American online retailer of automotive parts and accessories for cars, vans, trucks, and sport utility vehicles.
 It is one of the flagship websites of U.S. Auto Parts Network (NASDAQ: PRTS), a publicly traded company that owns and manages a chain of auto parts stores and a free automotive repair guide online.
 Founded in 1995, Auto Parts Warehouse commenced as a small-scale auto parts distributor in California until it established itself as a massively operated e-commerce site for the automotive aftermarket, with more than 2 million stock keeping units (SKUs) in its catalog.
 With headquarters in Carson, the online retailing site has expanded its market reach and retail distribution in all locations throughout the United States.
KOI Auto Parts is an American chain of auto parts stores founded in 1946 in Newport, Kentucky.
 Today KOI Auto Parts operates more than 70 stores located throughout the US states Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.
 The corporate headquarters of KOI Auto Parts is located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
 KOI Auto Parts is a supplier of OE and aftermarket import, domestic, and collision replacement automotive parts, automotive refinish supplies, equipment, tools and various other parts and services.
Carquest Corporation is an American automotive parts distribution network that is currently owned and operated by Advance Auto Parts via independent retailers associated with the network.
 As of October 4, 2014 Advance operated 5,305 stores, 109 Worldpac branches, and served approximately 1,350 independently-owned Carquest branded stores in 49 states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Canada.
 Advance Auto Parts and CARQUEST Auto Parts employs approximately 75,000 Team Members.
The Advance Auto 500 was a NASCAR Busch Series stock car race held at Martinsville Speedway, in Martinsville, Virginia.
 Originally a Late Model race when it began in 1970 as part of the Late Model and Modified Doubleader, it joined the Budweiser Late Model Sportsman touring series in 1982 (the original year), and remained a part of the series through 1994.
 Following the 1994 season, both of Martinsville's races, the Miller 500 and the Advance Auto 500, were switched to Late Model Only formats (see ValleyStar Credit Union 300 for details on the Late Model portion of this race).
 The Advance Auto 500 served as the final race of the season for the series for ten years, from 1982 through 1991.
IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.
 The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924.
AutoZone is the second largest retailer of aftermarket automotive parts and accessories in the United States behind Advance Auto Parts.
 Founded in 1979, AutoZone has over 6,000 stores across the United States, Mexico, and Brazil.
 The company is based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Trak Auto Corporation was an American retail chain specializing in automotive parts and accessories based in Landover, Maryland.
 Founded by Robert Haft in 1979, at its peak in 1993 it operated 333 stores around the United States under the Trak Auto, Super Trak, and Super Trak Warehouse concepts.
 A declining market, stiff competition, and management problems led to a steep decline and bankruptcy, with its remaining stores acquired by and converted to Advance Auto Parts in 2002.
The Advance Auto Parts Grinder was a monster truck touring on the Monster Jam Circuit.
 It debuted in 2009 along with Advance Auto Parts title sponsorship.
 It was driven by Lupe Soza, John Seasock And Frank Krmel Jr.
Advance Auto Parts is headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia and is now the largest retailer of automotive replacement parts and accessories in the United States by store count after acquiring General Parts Incorporated in October 2013.
 AAP was founded in 1932 and had 2015 sales of approximately $9.74 billion.
 The combined enterprise of AAP (including Carquest branded stores) operates over 5,200 company-owned and 1,300 independently owned stores covering every U.S. state, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Canada with more than 70,000 employees.

Question: Are Advance Auto Parts and IBM both automotive companies?
Answer: no