Vance & Hines Launches NHRA
Motorcycle Race Team
V
ance & Hines announced
that the NHRA's winningest
female, Angelle Sampey, will
ride the company's new four-
valve Suzuki-powered race bike
in the 2021 NHRA Camping
World series. The team's quest
for the championship in 2021 is
a partnership between Vance &
Hines and global food producer
Mission Foods.
A three-time NHRA Pro Stock
Motorcycle (PSM) champion,
Sampey's 43 NHRA Pro Stock
Motorcycle wins make her the
NHRA's top female athlete.
She has the fourth most wins in
NHRA PSM history. In 2019 and
2020 Sampey was a member of
Vance & Hines' Harley-Davidson-
sponsored team.
Sampey will be among the first
to ride the recently announced
Vance & Hines four-valve Suzuki-
powered machine. The new en-
gine features a modernized top-
end which provides increased
valve lift and reduced mass in the
valve train. The 1850cc motor
delivers nearly 400 horsepower
and will be paired with a custom
chassis developed using data
from thousands of runs in NHRA
competition.
"I'm so excited to be part of
the Vance & Hines team again
this year," said Sampey. "This
is a first-class company that
gives me the best bikes I've ever
ridden. I'm feeling really good
about what we can accomplish
together this year."
"We're happy to be working
with Angelle once again," said
Vance & Hines President &
CEO, Mike Kennedy. "Vance &
Hines is in a wonderful position
right now. We've got one of the
top riders in the sport aboard
our outstanding new equipment
and we have Mission Foods as
our new Team Partner. I couldn't
have hoped for anything better
as we go into the 2021 season."
Multi-billion-dollar company
Mission Foods, the world's larg-
est manufacturer of best-selling
tortillas and wraps, joins the
effort as a sponsor of the new
team.
"Terry Vance and I have talked
about putting together a race
team, and I was overjoyed to get
his invitation to work with Angelle
and the Vance & Hines crew,"
said Juan Gonzalez, President
and Chief Executive Officer of
Mission Foods. "NHRA has a
great tradition and loyal fan base,
we can't wait to see our brand
and products at this year's NHRA
races." CN
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Angelle Sampey
will ride Vance
& Hines' new
four-valve Suzuki-
powered race bike
in the 2021 NHRA
Camping World
Series.
