PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE

In only the third pro final round featuring a pair of female finalists in NHRA history, Stoffer defeated Angelle Sampey to take the Pro Stock Motorcycle win. Stoffer earned her second win of the season and eighth of her career on her Stoffer Enterprises Suzuki when Angelle Sampey fouled with a red-light start on her Star Racing Buell.

Stoffer, who was only planning to race a limited schedule this season, finds herself in second place in the points as the two-wheel category's only multi-time winner this season, 45 back of series leader Eddie Krawiec.

The Stoffer team has now won their second event of the year.

"I certainly can't imagine the way this season has gone," said Stoffer. "I'm still pinching myself, but we never planned how this season was going to go. I didn't think I'd be here for a second. We just wanted to put our best foot forward, and to end up winning, that is icing on the cake."

Her win over Sampey avenged the only other final round meeting between the two veteran riders when Sampey beat Stoffer at Reading, Pa. in 2002.

The only other Mello Yello Series final to feature an all-female pairing happened in Top Fuel in 1982 when Shirley Muldowney defeated Lucille Lee in Columbus, Ohio.

"Racing Angelle in a final for the first time since 2002 was interesting," Stoffer said. "We both struggled here, so we had to race a couple of times in qualifying. It was great to race her in the final. I would have liked to have seen two green lights, but we all live and die by the Tree in this class. We managed to get our tire hooked up, and we went down the track, so I think we'd have been in good shape no matter what."

Stoffer beat Matt Smith (6.922/194.63 to 6.974/192.91), Eddie Krawiec 6.972/193.68 to 6.997/190.48), and LE Tonglet (6.937/193.63 to 6.942/194.24) to get to the final, where she turned in a 6.984 at 193.10 mph.

Sampey got the win over defending champ Andrew Hines in the second round.

Former PSM champion Sampey got round wins against Jerry Savoie, Andrew Hines, and Chip Ellis. She had cut it very close in the first round with a .001 Reaction Time but recovered with a safer .034 and .021, but then pushed it too much in the final, going red by .014 second.