• Ira Phillips, Sr. opened a Sinclair station January 20, 1938

• Bought the local Sinclair Marketer in 1961

• Sinclair merged with Atlantic and Richfield to form ARCO, in 1981 ARCO pulled out of Alabama

• Clay Oil Company and Treece Oil Company the Texaco jobbers for Etowah and Cherokee Counties were acquired in 1981, beginning the partnership with Texaco

• Ira "Phil" Phillips, Jr. assumes leadership role in 1992

• Opened first Pacific Pride commercial fueling location in 1997

• Chevron acquired Texaco in 2004