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The Carolinas’ Full Throttle Magazine
Angelle Sampey And Harley-Davidson Back On Top At Indy
Former Champion Sampey Earns 43rd Career Pro Stock Motorcycle Victory By: Joe Gustafson Marketing – Public Relations Lead Harley-Davidson News Announcement INDIANAPOLIS (August 9, 2020) – arley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines rider Angelle Sampey charged to a final-round win in Pro Stock Motorcycle competition at the Dodge NHRA Indy Nationals presented by Pennzoil at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis. The three-time Pro Stock Motorcycle champion (2000-2002) won for the 43rd time in her career two days after her 50th birthday. The victory is Sampey’s first in the class since 2016. She joined the Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines drag racing team in 2019. “Thank you Harley-Davidson and Vance & Hines for having confidence in me and for putting me on this great motorcycle,” said Sampey, who rode a Harley-Davidson FXDR drag bike for the win. “I told you I was going
to do it. Happy birthday to me!” The Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle/ Vance & Hines team races competition Pro Stock drag bikes inspired by the Harley-Davidson® FXDR™ 114, a highperformance cruiser based on the Softail® platform that combines the unrelenting power of the Milwaukee-Eight®114 engine with the liberal use of new weight-saving aluminum and composite components to amplify every aspect of performance. Sampey qualified fourth for the event with a best elapsed time (ET) of 6.855 seconds. In Sunday eliminations, Sampey defeated Steve Johnson, her Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines teammate Andrew Hines and Scotty Pollacheck to reach the 74th final-round appearance of her career. As the team prepared to
