Angelle Sampey Wins All-Suzuki Final at Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals

Vance & Hines/Mission Suzuki Team Gains Championship
Momentum with Strong Showing

BREA, CA – June 27, 2022 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Angelle Sampey scored a historic victory in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, OH, on Sunday to claim her first win of the 2022 season and the first for her Vance & Hines/Mission Suzuki this year.

Vance & Hines/Mission Suzuki Team celebrates with Angelle Sampey (2) after the victory at
the NHRA Nationals in Ohio. 

After a long rain delay between the semi-finals and the final round, the three-time class champion faced off against Joey Gladstone in an all-Suzuki final in the 80th final-round appearance of her legendary career. Her Suzuki Hayabusa was first to leave the starting line and Sampey was never challenged enroute to her 46th career win, defeating Gladstone with a 6.861-second/197.13 mph pass against his 6.928-second/194.60 mph run to claim the victor’s coveted Wally trophy.

Sampey qualified second behind teammate Eddie Krawiec and advanced to the finals with wins over Ron Tornow, who fouled in the first round, and Matt Smith in round two, knocking off the defending 2021 champion with a 6.890-second/195.90 mph pass over his 6.947-second/195.53 mph run. In the semi-final round, Sampey took revenge on Jerry Savoie, to whom she suffered an emotional loss in the final round last weekend at Bristol, cruising into the finals with a 6.855-second/198.35 mph victory over his 6.995-second/183.29 mph run.

Angelle Sampey (2) launches into victory for her first of the year aboard her
Vance & Hines/Mission Suzuki Hayabusa.

“I’ve got to give the team all the credit because Andrew (Hines) and all the guys, they always do what they need to do to give me a great motorcycle. When he set that axle and the wheelie bar in the third round, it went down the track like it was on a rail and it gave me all the confidence I needed for the final,” Sampey said after the emotional win. “It was a long, mentally tough day. I did a lot of digging real deep into my soul and my mind, reminding myself of what I’m capable of and trying to remember who I used to be when I first started racing. I was young. I was fearless. I didn’t think anybody could beat me, and that was the mental toughness that I needed. This weekend was the start of my journey back to finding that person I used to be when I believed in myself as much as I believed in my team and my equipment.”

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