[Myron Piatek]

Here is a quote from a May, 1977 Car Craft article by Al Kirschenbaum:

"Years later, when Don's flat-towed '68 Hemi 'Cuda plowed into a tree in a highway mishap, Buddy Martin bought the car and gave him a job driving it. Don's talent at the tree (Christmas, not wood) and reputation as a match racer didn't go unnoticed by Buddy, and Don subsequently did a lot of testing for the S&M team in the year and a half that he was with them."

It doesn't specify a time-line/date, but goes on to say that he went to work for Tom Hoover and Ted Spehar after a 6-week job driving a Billy Stepp car.