Sonny Leonard to Build Special Engine for Sunnen
A custom-built 727 cu in hemi engine valued at more than $60,000 to be given away at their 30th anniversary charity sweepstakes.
Posted: June 18, 2018
Sonny Leonard and the team from Sonny’s World Class Racing (Lynchburg, VA), have volunteered to build a high performance engine for the Sunnen (St. Louis, MO) Engine Charity Sweepstakes at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI; Aliso Viejo, CA) trade show. This will be the 30th anniversary of the sweepstakes, with all proceeds going to Victory Junction, Inc. (Randleman, NC), a camp for children living with serious medical conditions founded by NASCAR’s Petty family. The winning ticket will be drawn at the show in Indianapolis that will be held December 6-8, 2018.
This year’s engine is a custom-built 727 cu in hemi engine valued at more than $60,000. The engine will include: Sonny’s fully in-house ported hemispherical cylinder heads, the Brodix 5.000 B.S. block with 1.000 in raised cam with special hi-flow water jackets, a Bryant billet crank, Carrillo steel billet rods, and much more. To learn more about Sonny’s shop and operation, please click here.
Over the past 30 years Sunnen, PRI, and many well-known engine builders have teamed up to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities within the racing community. To purchase tickets for the Sunnen Engine Charity Sweepstakes, or for more information on Victory Junction, please click here.
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