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Press Releases
February 12, 2024
“FOX NASCAR EXPERIENCE” Package Latest Charity Auction on Bring a Trailer to Benefit The Piston Foundation’s Initiatives
January 24, 2024
The Piston Foundation Expands its Partnership with Bring a Trailer to Help Grow Piston Scholarships
October 23, 2023
Mazda Miata MX5 Racer and Bonneville Land Speed Record Holder Goes Up For Bid on BaT to Benefit The Piston Foundation
September 7, 2023
The Piston Foundation Awards Second Piston Technician Award at Lime Rock Park’s Historic Festival 41
August 23, 2023
The Piston Foundation Awards 23 Scholarships for 2023 to Aspiring Auto Restoration Technicians
July 27, 2023
Cars For Piston Scholars Campaign Raises $31,500 for The Piston Foundation Scholarship Program
Photo Credit: Bart Cepek Photography and Adam’s Polishes
July 12, 2023
Piston Foundation Partners Again with Bring a Trailer to Benefit Cars for Piston Scholars Campaign with Car Donation from Adam’s Polishes
April 24, 2023
Piston Foundation to Auction “Brumos: An American Racing Icon” Book-Set on Bring a Trailer
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Photo credit: Visions of Power and the Brumos Collection.
March 24, 2023
Bring a Trailer’s Charity Auction Funds 27 Piston Scholarships
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Photo credit: Datsun 240Z photo courtesy of Bring a Trailer.
January 12, 2023
The Cavallino Classic Supports The Piston Foundation for Second Straight Year
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Photo credit: Ferrari photo courtesy of Justin Nardella Photography. Apprentice photo courtesy of Chris McNeil Photography and Black Horse Garage
November 30, 2022
The Piston Foundation Names Sperry Hutchinson as Manager of Development
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Photo credit: Image courtesy of the Piston Foundation
September 1, 2022
The Piston Foundation Awards 10 Inaugural Scholarships to Auto Restoration Students
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MEDIA INQUIRIES
From the Piston Blog
Piston Scholar Riley Sojka Aims for An Upholstery Car Career
Two events changed Riley Sojka’s life. One was visiting a car show in July of 2018, during his high school years in Wichita, Kansas, and the other was an opportunity to sit in a 1967 Chevy Camaro. Both experiences introduced Riley to the idea of a car career. He realized that, “Yeah, this is what I want to do. I want to work with these cars.” Soon, the 20-year-old Piston Scholar, was deep into restoring cars as a student at McPherson College and living his dream.
Piston Scholar Nigel Bannister Wants to Open his Own Restoration Shop
At the young age of 18 and a freshman at the University of Northwestern Ohio in Lima, Ohio, Nigel Bannister has already immersed himself in all things automotive, including high-performance technology programs at the college, restoring a freebie 1987 Corvette, and even spending weekends working on a pit crew for a NASCAR Xfinity Series racing team.
Piston Scholar Zachary Wiernusz Upholds The Family Tradition
Twenty-one-year-old Zachary Wiernusz loves classic cars. From an early age, he couldn’t help but follow his passion to work on them. After all, his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father were car nuts. Now, Zach is eager to continue the family tradition.