At any given time, Cooper Bullock, 17, is probably either working on an automotive project or thinking about one. In the 2025 Hot August Nights Foundation’s Youth Automotive Challenge, he presented a 1975 Dodge Ramcharger Prerunner. The winners of the challenge will be announced at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 8, at Believe Plaza in downtown Reno. … Once I was done building (the Hot August Nights Youth Automotive Challenge project truck), I had to pull everything off, and unbolt everything—which took me, like, a day—and sand everything down, every corner. I’m going to do a full, custom sound system, because this truck didn’t have speakers or anything in it from the factory.