PODCAST: Angelle Sampey
Angelle Sampey is a three-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion and not only the winningest female in NHRA, but in all professional motorsports. Sampey visits The Racing Writer’s Podcast to discuss:
* Why she believes her team “is the one to beat” in Pro Stock Motorcycle this year
* Why she says she’s fighting herself on the bike
* Having self-confidence in drag racing
* Breaking down the skill it takes to drive a Pro Stock Motorcycle
* Going through a beauty pageant phase and how she went from hating it to realize it was another form of competition
* The story of the first leathers she wore in her NHRA debut and how that connects to the correct pronunciation of her name
* Secretly testing a Winston Cup stock car
* Being afraid of being a girl in racing and calling it one of the biggest mistakes in her career
* If it’s surreal to have taken a nearly six-year break from racing to come back and be just as successful
* Shooting for 50 career national event wins
* The 2021 championship loss being a driving force
Kelly Crandall
Kelly has been on the NASCAR beat full-time since 2013, and joined RACER as chief NASCAR writer in 2017. Her work has also appeared in NASCAR.com, the NASCAR Illustrated magazine, and NBC Sports. A corporate communications graduate from Central Penn College, Crandall is a two-time George Cunningham Writer of the Year recipient from the National Motorsports Press Association.
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