Newsline: McPherson College automotive program to be featured on Chasing Classic Cars

From CoBNews <CoBNews@brethren.org>
Date Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:55:52 -0500

Newsline: Church of the Brethren News Service, News Director Cheryl 
Brumbaugh-Cayford, 800-323-8039 ext. 260, cobnews@brethren.org

McPherson College automotive program to be featured on 'Chasing Classic Cars'

(Oct. 19, 2012) Elgin, IL --The Automotive Restoration program at McPherson 
(Kan.) College--the only place in the world that offers a four-year bachelor's 
degree in automotive restoration--will be featured on an entire episode of the 
national cable television program "Chasing Classic Cars."

The episode airs Oct. 23 on Velocity Channel by Discovery at 10 p.m. (eastern 
time).

The show, hosted by Ferrari expert and master car restorer Wayne Carini, 
follows his adventures as he seeks out, restores, and sells rare and unique 
collector cars. Carini has owned and operated three classic car and restoration 
businesses in Portland, Conn., and has a special interest in getting young 
people involved in the collector car hobby.

"We want these young people to take over our own businesses or start their own 
someday," Carini said, while attending the 13th annual C.A.R.S. Club Car Show 
at McPherson College last spring. "If we don't have that, all of this is going 
to go away."

The episode featuring McPherson College focuses on Carini's search for an 
apprentice from among the automotive restoration students at McPherson. Viewers 
of the program will see Carini meet and interview students, watch a team of 
students assemble a Model T from parts to running in less than 10 minutes, and 
attend the C.A.R.S. Club Car show.

Carini was the special guest at "An Evening with Automotive Restoration" dinner 
on May 4 this year. He stayed on through Saturday to attend the student-run car 
show and to interview candidates for a summer intern.

"We were so pleased to have Wayne visit us and to recognize the high-quality, 
artistic automotive restorers coming from McPherson College," said Amanda 
Gutierrez, vice president of automotive restoration. "Now this national program 
will bring McPherson College into homes and living rooms across the United 
States and inspire the next generation of young restorers and car enthusiasts 
to discover how much McPherson has to offer them."

To view schedules for the premiere as well as rebroadcasts of the 
episode--which is Episode 516: "Wayne's Apprentice"--visit 
velocity.discovery.com and click on "TV Schedules." Visit www.mcpherson.edu for 
more information about McPherson College.

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(Adam Pracht, coordinator of Development Communications for McPherson College, 
provided this release.)

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>Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
>Director of News Services
>Church of the Brethren
>1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120
>800-323-8039 ext. 260
>cobnews@brethren.org