Shop fire spurs automotive aftermarket community to action in raising nearly $20,000 in just a few days

While Benjamin Hillman and his family, including seven children, were away for a day at the beach Saturday, June 20, flames licked at the building and equipment of his shop, Hillman Family Automotive, in the western North Carolina town of Sylva.

Jay Sicht

June 25, 2020

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Jay Sicht

Editor-in-Chief, FenderBender and ABRN

Jay Sicht is editor-in-chief of FenderBender and ABRN. He has worked in the automotive aftermarket for more than 29 years, including in a number of sales and technical support roles in paint/parts distribution and service/repair. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Central Missouri with a minor in aviation, and as a writer and editor, he has covered all segments of the automotive aftermarket for more than 20 of those years, including formerly serving as editor-in-chief of Motor Age and Aftermarket Business World. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

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