Hennessey has announced a charity auction to support Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). Held in collaboration with Pennzoil, the no-reserve auction on Bring a Trailer runs until June 3. The winner will enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience with the Hennessey team, CEO John Hennessey and the Venom F5 hypercar.
The winning bidder and guest will be treated to airfare, hotel, and transportation to Hennessey HQ. There, they’ll take a behind-the-scenes tour of Hennessey’s high-performance modification business and its dedicated hypercar production facility. They’ll meet company founder and CEO John Hennessey, join him for lunch, and experience the extreme thrill of passing 170 mph on the Hennessey test track in a Venom F5 hypercar.
“We are honored to partner with Pennzoil and Bring a Trailer to help our Wounded Warriors. We have the freedom in America to enjoy fast, fun cars and trucks because of the service and sacrifices made by our members of the military along with their families.” Said John Hennessey, company Founder and CEO.
Hennessey supports former service members through its long-running Tuner School program. The unique training and education course coaches students to become the next wave of professionals in the automotive performance and racing industry. Since 2008, Tuner School has helped to transform the lives and careers of more than 500 students, including many veterans. Those attending Tuner School have the opportunity to work with Hennessey’s range of high-performance vehicles and the Venom F5 hypercar.
The 6.6-liter twin-turbocharged V8-powered hypercar is engineered to exceed 300 mph and guaranteed to thrill. Available in Roadster and Coupe form – each with a track-focused ‘Revolution’ variant – with 1,817 bhp, the $2.5+ million hypercar is the world’s most powerful internal combustion production car.
The Venom F5 exclusively uses Shell Fuels and Pennzoil lubricating products to achieve its extreme performance. The competition winner will also get to check out the process behind creating high-performance Pennzoil products during a visit to the Shell Technology Center in Houston.
“Pennzoil is honored to team up with Hennessey and Bring a Trailer for this exciting charity auction supporting Wounded Warrior Project and the service members who have sacrificed for our country. We can’t wait to treat the winner to an amazing experience,” said Bree Sandlin, Vice President of Lubricants Marketing at Pennzoil.
The charity auction will donate 100 percent of the proceeds to WWP, which exists to honor and empower injured post-9/11 veterans, their families, and caregivers.
“Wounded Warrior Project does invaluable work, making impacts on the lives of veterans and assisting the families of fallen heroes. Bring a Trailer is honored and humbled to partner with Hennessey and Pennzoil in supporting Wounded Warrior Project,” said Randy Nonnenberg, co-founder and president, Bring a Trailer.
Bidding for the auction runs until Monday, June 3.
“The support we receive from Hennessey helps Wounded Warrior Project honor and empower warriors in their communities. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, warriors and their families never pay a penny for our programs and services,” said Brea Kratzert Todd, vice president of business development at WWP.
