{"id":74821,"date":"2024-07-25T11:16:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74821"},"modified":"2024-07-25T11:16:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:16:23","slug":"the-piston-foundation-petrolicious-community-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74821","title":{"rendered":"The Piston Foundation Announces Petrolicious\u00a0as its Newest Community Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pistonfoundation.org\/\">The Piston Foundation<\/a>, whose mission is to help more young people become classic car technicians, announced its partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/petrolicious.com\/\">Petrolicious<\/a>, the premier video platform for classic car enthusiasts, and its parent company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dupontregistrygroup.com\/\">duPont REGISTRY Group<\/a>, based in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>This new partnership includes coordination of promotional efforts to help grow awareness of The Piston Foundation\u2019s scholarship program among the Petrolicious audience and membership. In return, The Piston Foundation, through its media resources, will continue its efforts to recognize the charitable work of Petrolicious and the duPont REGISTRY Group in the car community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to welcome Petrolicious as our newest Piston Community Partner,\u201d said Jeff Mason, President and COO of The Piston Foundation. \u201cPetrolicious is all about the passion for collector cars, and so is The Piston Foundation. We look forward to being a part of the Petrolicious community and working together to raise funds for the Piston scholarship program which supports education, training, and job opportunities for the next generation of collector car technicians.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Master Mechanics: Canford Classics Porsche Restoration\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u2t8hnaCUcc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPetrolicious tells stories about the cars we love. We\u2019re partnering now so there will always be another car story to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled \u2013 at Petrolicious and its parent company duPont REGISTRY Group \u2013 to start this journey with The Piston Foundation,\u201d said Eric Gilbert, Head of Special Projects, duPont REGISTRY Group. \u201cThere is a clear alignment between The Piston Foundation and Petrolicious: classic and collectible automobiles are at the center of our activities, not to mention our passion. As a media partner, we are committed to amplify the message of The Piston Foundation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe firmly believe that its mission is essential to grow the industry and, at its simplest level, ensure that classic cars can still function for years to come. This partnership will also unlock multiple content creation opportunities, from feature stories to films, the latter being what Petrolicious is known for.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" data-id=\"328470\" src=\"https:\/\/news.dupontregistry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/petrolicious1.jpg\" alt=\"petrolicious1\" class=\"wp-image-328470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.dupontregistry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/petrolicious1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/news.dupontregistry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/petrolicious1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.dupontregistry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/petrolicious1-1140x641.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Petrolicious recently published an extensive interview with Jeff Mason to launch the partnership, at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/petrolicious.com\/articles\/getting-to-know-the-piston-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/petrolicious.com\/articles\/getting-to-know-the-piston-foundation<\/a>.\u00a0Petrolicious will continue to feature the work of the Foundation on its platform through Piston Scholar Stories, interviews with past and current Piston scholarship recipients.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Piston Foundation announced earlier this month that 20 Piston Scholarships have been awarded for 2024, for the fall semester. Since the program\u2019s inception in 2022, The Piston Foundation has granted Piston Scholarships to 53 aspiring students who are training for careers in automotive restoration, collection management, and vintage motorsports.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information and details on The Piston Scholars may be found at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pistonfoundation.org\/blog\/piston-scholarship-awards-fall-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pistonfoundation.org\/blog\/piston-scholarship-awards-fall-2024\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information on The Piston Foundation Community Partners may be found at<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pistonfoundation.org\/about\/community-partners\/.\">https:\/\/pistonfoundation.org\/about\/community-partners\/.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>About Petrolicious:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based in Miami, Florida, Petrolicious creates quality, original videos and articles for classic car enthusiasts. It celebrates the inventions, the personalities, and the aesthetics that ignite its collective lust for great machines. The Petrolicious teams includes fans and fanatics, collectors and racers.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/petrolicious.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/petrolicious.com\/<\/a>.\u00a0Petrolicious was acquired by duPont REGISTRY Group in 2024. More information regarding duPont REGISTRY GROUP may be found at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dupontregistrygroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.dupontregistrygroup.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About duPont REGISTRY Group:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The heart of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivenlifestyle.com\/#drivenlifestyle_home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Driven Lifestyle<\/a>, the duPont REGISTRY Group is the world\u2019s leading luxury ecosystem, encapsulating the culture, community and commerce of the high-end automotive lifestyle. Built by some of the biggest names in the luxury automotive space, duPont REGISTRY Group represents a vibrant community of members worldwide nurtured over nearly four decades. Its portfolio includes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dupontregistry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">duPont REGISTRY<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sothebysmotorsport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sotheby\u2019s Motorsport<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/canossa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canossa Events<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavallino.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cavallino<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/petrolicious.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Petrolicious<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrarichat.com\/forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FerrariChat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About The Piston Foundation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Piston Foundation, based in Greenwich, Connecticut, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that helps young car enthusiasts jumpstart a career as classic car technicians. Piston awards tech-school scholarships, connects aspiring technicians with jobs, and champions skilled trade careers in automotive restoration. To shift the classic car workforce from graying into growing, Piston nurtures the passion and talent of the next generation.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pistonfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.pistonfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Piston Foundation, whose mission is to help more young people become classic car technicians, announced its partnership with Petrolicious, the premier video platform for classic car enthusiasts, and its parent company duPont REGISTRY Group, based in Miami, Florida. This new partnership includes coordination of promotional efforts to help grow awareness of The Piston Foundation\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}