The most recent on-line charity fundraiser for the Motorsports Corridor of Fame of America (MSHFA) is reside now and open for bidding on BringATrailer.com. This really priceless charity public sale affords its winner and one visitor a singular behind-the scenes expertise: sitting down for lunch with In-N-Out Burger President Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson. The one-on-one lunch will happen in her workplace on the California headquarters of In-N-Out Burger in Baldwin Park, Calif., round 20 miles east of Los Angeles, and can be adopted by a tour of the amenities and participation in a coaching course at In-N-Out Burger College.
The successful bid for this no-reserve public sale, together with the BaT purchaser’s payment, can be donated to the Motorsports Museum & Corridor of Fame of America Basis Inc, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group.
The Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson In-N-Out expertise public sale is accessible completely on automotive public sale trade chief Convey a Trailer (BaT) from now by subsequent Monday. Click on on https://bringatrailer.com to register on BaT and bid instantly on this uncommon and unique alternative.
Snyder-Ellingson’s grandparents, Harry and Esther Snyder, based In-N-Out Burger in 1948, and he or she started her profession with the corporate at age 17 as a retailer affiliate earlier than working in different departments. Snyder-Ellingson turned president and proprietor of the corporate in 2010 and has since based a number of philanthropic organizations, together with the Slave 2 Nothing Basis, in addition to joined the corporate band and authored The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger: The Inside Story of California’s First Drive-By way of and The way it Grew to become a Beloved Cultural Icon. On this function, she has led the corporate by profitable progress with the variety of In-N-Out places almost doubling, from fewer than 250 shops to over 400 in eight states.
With sturdy ties to California’s automotive tradition, having been the primary drive-thru within the state, In-N-Out Burger invested within the improvement of Irwindale Drag Strip within the mid-Nineteen Sixties and bought burgers and fries within the concession stands throughout race occasions. Lynsi attended observe occasions together with her father and has been a longtime competitor within the NHRA, the place she at the moment campaigns a 1969 Chevy-Hemi-powered Chevelle within the High Sportsman class. She showcased her father’s 1941 Willys Scorching Rod on an episode of Jay Leno’s Storage in 2015, and extra not too long ago, In-N-Out Burger was named the title sponsor of each the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip and the In-N-Out NHRA Finals in 2023. Lynsi has been named a 2024 recipient of the Bob Russo Heritage Award from the Motorsports Corridor of Fame of America for her efforts to protect the way forward for drag racing in the US.
The In-N-Out expertise follows a one-on-one lunch and GM International Tech Heart tour with GM President Mark Reuss early this yr, a Workforce Penske VIP Tour of its North Carolina headquarters auctioned this summer time and most not too long ago a twin Skip Barber Racing Faculty and 2025 MSHFA induction ceremony expertise as the primary three main public sale fundraising initiatives the MSHFA has launched with the sort assist of high management, organizations and companies within the motorsports and automotive industries.
“Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson has already executed extra to protect the heritage and historical past of American motorsports than most individuals and organizations do in a lifetime,” stated MSHFA President George Levy. “She is equally as pushed and devoted to supporting charitable and philanthropic causes, and we’re deeply moved and honored that her gracious assist of our newest on-line fundraising initiative embraces two of her main passions. She and In-N-Out be a part of a rising and influential checklist of fellow MSHFA supporters resembling Mark Reuss, Workforce Penske and the Skip Barber Racing Faculty, and we are also delighted to increase as soon as once more our gratitude to Convey a Trailer for his or her fixed assist of our important fundraising efforts. All of those nice folks and organizations share our mission and dedication of preserving the good legacy of American motorsports for generations to come back, and we really couldn’t do it with out all of their selfless assist.”
The public sale winner and a visitor will sit down for a one-on-one lunch with Snyder-Ellingson on the In-N-Out headquarters. Following lunch, the successful bidder and their visitor may even tour the headquarters and take part in a coaching course on the In-N-Out College led by the resident historian.
Upon completion of the public sale, the successful bidder will instantly pay the Motorsports Museum & Corridor of Fame of America Basis Inc, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group.
The package deal doesn’t embrace lodging or transportation to or from Baldwin Park, California. The successful bidder is accountable for deciding on a date in 2025 for the expertise, which is topic to the host’s availability.
