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A shameless plug for a burger joint here on Dragzine is a first, but if you’ve been to the West coast and haven’t been to In-N-Out Burger, you’re missing out. Not only is the food fantastic, but the company has quite a heritage in drag racing — its founder, Harry Snyder, was once a part owner of the Irwindale Raceway in California and sold his famous hamburgers right out of the track concession stand. Later, his sons, Rich and Guy, carried on the family racing tradition, sponsoring such stars as Dale Pulde, Mark Oswald, Melanie Troxel, Shane Gay, and Tripp Shumake. Guy Snyder was also a racer himself, competing in Comp at one time.
What few don’t know, however, is that the Snyder family’s love of racing — not just hamburgers — has been passed on to another generation, to Guy’s only daughter, Lynsi Snyder. The 34-year old, the heiress to the company and it’s current president, is the youngest female billionaire in America, and when she’s not overseeing the family business and raising her children, she’s drag racing — something she took up at the age of 18 following her fathers’ sudden passing.
Snyder (now Snyder-Ellingson by marriage, officially) who has notoriously maintained a very private life out of the public eye, was recently featured in an ‘I Am Second’ documentary-short, opening up for the first time in detail about the very personal, private details of her life and her faith.
Despite becoming president of In-N-Out in 2010, Snyder remains a competitor with the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, campaigning a six-second Plymouth Barracuda in Top Sportsman and previously having raced in Super Gas at NHRA national and divisional events.
