A recent charity auction on Bring a Trailer saw the winner bid $50,000 for a behind-the-scenes lunch and tour with drag racer and In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson.
All proceeds will be donated to the Motorsports Museum & Hall Of Fame Of America in Daytona Beach, Florida. The winning bidder’s name was not announced.
The one-on-one lunch with the leader of the popular fast food chain will take place in Snyder-Ellingson’s office at the California headquarters of In-N-Out Burger in Baldwin Park—around 20 miles east of Los Angeles—and will be followed by a tour of the facilities and participation in a training course at In-N-Out Burger University.
Bring a Trailer promoted the company’s connection with the automotive industry as part of the auction page:
“With strong ties to California’s car culture, having been the first drive-thru in the state, In-N-Out Burger invested in the development of Irwindale Drag Strip in the mid-1960s and sold burgers and fries in the concession stands during race events. Lynsi attended track events with her father and has been a longtime competitor in the NHRA, where she currently campaigns a 1969 Chevy-Hemi-powered Chevelle in the Top Sportsman class. She showcased her father’s 1941 Willys Hot Rod on an episode of Jay Leno’s Garage in 2015, and more recently, In-N-Out Burger was named the title sponsor of both 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 Hall of Fame of America for her efforts to preserve the future of drag racing in the United States.”
