2024 Corvette E-Ray 3LZ Raises $1.15 Million for Charity at Barrett-Jackson Auction
Barrett-Jackson, The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions, featured the sale of the world’s first electrified Corvette during their 2023 Palm Beach Auction earlier today. The 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray 3LZ First Retail Production VIN 001 sold for $1.1 million, with 100 percent of the hammer price benefiting DonorsChoose, a national non-profit whose mission is for anyone to
Lewis Hamilton Charity Partners with Teach First to Expand STEM Education
Lewis Hamilton’s charity is launching a partnership aimed at increasing the pool of black science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers in England. Mission 44, launched by the seven-time Formula One world champion earlier this year, has partnered with Teach First to work on research, mentoring, and marketing campaigns designed to help recruit 150 black
Kyle Petty Announces Charity Ride Revival
This fall, Kyle Petty will host the “Charity Ride Revival (CRR),” a one-time only, miniature version of his annual Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America. The CRR was created in response to postponing the larger Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America until Spring 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Differing from the annual Ride, the
Sunnen’s Engine Charity Sweepstakes Breaks Fundraising Record
The prize in the 31st annual sweepstakes at PRI was a custom-built engine from Sonny’s Automotive Racing. NASCAR legend Richard “The King” Petty stopped by the booth to greet fans and help raise $120K for Victory Junction.
Sunnen’s 2019 Charity Engine Sweepstakes to Feature 1,400HP Sonny Leonard Engine
Sonny Leonard and the team from Sonny’s World Class Racing are building a 1400 horsepower, high-performance engine for the 31st annual Sweepstakes during PRI 2019.
WD-40/SEMA Cares 1967 Camaro Raises $165K for Charity
The WD-40/SEMA Cares 1967 Camaro raised $165,000 at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, AZ on Jan. 17 and the proceeds will benefit SEMA Cares and Childhelp, an organization that provides services to abused and neglected children.
Sunnen’s 30th Engine Charity Sweepstakes Prize to be Sonny Leonard-Built 727 cid Hemi
Sonny Leonard and the team from Sonny’s World Class Racing, Lynchburg, VA, have volunteered to build a high performance engine for the Sunnen Engine Charity Sweepstakes at PRI. This will be the 30th anniversary of the Sunnen Engine Charity Sweepstakes.
Enter Sunnen’s Charity Engine Sweepstakes
Join the tradition to raise funds for Victory Junction and enter for a chance to win a high-performance race engine built by Patterson Elite Performance.
PERA Humidor Auction Raises Charity Awareness
Robert Melton, president of Melton Sales and Service in Columbus, NJ, was high bidder on a custom-built cigar humidor at the recent PERA 72nd annual Conference. The humidor, built by PERA Executive VP Joe Polich, was auctioned off to benefit the Breaking Barriers – Hope Is Alive foundation.
Annual Sunnen Engine Charity Sweepstakes Proceeds Presented
Representatives from PRI and Sunnen traveled to Victory Junction in Randleman, NC, last month to tour the facility and present a check for $42,000 collected through last year’s Sunnen Engine Charity Sweepstakes at the PRI Show.
2016 Sunnen Engine Charity Sweepstakes Tops $40K
Featuring an all-new engine builder—and grand prize race engine—for 2016, the annual Sunnen Engine Charity Sweepstakes raised more than $40,000 for Victory Junction during this year’s PRI Show.
LSX 454 DR Sunnen/Victory Junction Charity Engine
The core of this engine is a stock, right-from-the-GM-factory LSX 454 DR. And that is where the “stock” aspect of this engine stops. Nick Ferri of Patterson-Elite Performance says the engine has $40,000 worth of aftermarket parts that help this engine put out 859 hp and 663 lb.-ft. of torque along with a 14.40:1 compression ratio.
Sunnen’s Engine Charity Sweepstakes to Award a Nick Ferri-Built Racing Engine
Sunnen Products Company and PRI continue a 28-year partnership to present the Sunnen Engine Charity Sweepstakes at PRI 2016, December 8-10 in Indianapolis. Sunnen sponsors the Sweepstakes, which to date has donated over $500,000 to various charities around the country.
Patterson Elite Performance to Build Racing Engine for Sunnen’s Engine Charity Sweepstakes at PRI 2016
Nick Ferri, co-owner of Patterson Elite Performance and builder of engines behind 57 national NHRA Pro Stock victories, has volunteered to create a custom-tuned Mopar 6.4L Gen lll Hemi racing engine for this year’s Sunnen Engine Charity Sweepstakes, to be held at the PRI show in December.
Sunnen Charity Engine Sweepstakes Draws Nearly $60K
In record-breaking fashion, the annual Sunnen Engine Charity Sweepstakes raked in a total of $59,910 for the Victory Junction camp. Each year at the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, a race engine is raffled off for charity.
Bosch Aftermarket NA to Contribute $1,000 to Charity for Team Penske Victory at Daytona 500
Bosch Automotive Aftermarket North America has announced it will donate $1,000 to charity each time one of its sponsored teams scores a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win during the 2015 season. Winning teams from Hendrick Motorsports, Team Penske and Joe Gibbs Racing will designate the charities they wish to support.
Thank You Notes: 392 Magnum Engine Charity Build Update
As we get closer to completion of Engine Builder magazine’s 392 Magnum Charity Engine Build project, we would like to take a moment and update the project status and thank all those responsible for this project. First of all, we would like to thank Dave Sutton, contributing editor for Engine Builder for organizing this
6.4L Magnum 392 Charity Engine Build Takes Shape
Dare to be different. That was the idea. And right out of the gate I was hit with skepticism. “Why are you doing that?” “What if you did this?” But my answer was always no, you’re going to read about that anywhere. Not that this is a bad thing, it just wasn’t what I wanted
WD-40 and Chip Foose Partner To Design New Ford Off-Road Truck For SEMA Charity
All work for the build program — an enhanced 2013 Ford F-150 Lariat — will be done at the recently built SEMA Garage in Diamond Bar, CA, SAN DIEGO – Two of the biggest names in the automotive world are teaming up again – this time to design a custom off-road truck that will be the first
8th Annual Rev’ved Up 4 Kids Charity Car Show To Benefit the Edelbrock Family Foundation
On Saturday, May 4th, 2013, Edelbrock will once again be opening the doors of their corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility to the public for free shop tours. Participants will partake in a guided tour of the research and development, manufacturing and quality control departments. This is a unique opportunity for automotive enthusiasts to see what