S&S ANNOUNCES MATT SMITH BACK-TO-BACK WINS

LA CROSSE, WI (August 18, 2008) S&S® Cycle is pleased to announce back-to-back success for Matt Smith on his S&S powered Pro Stock Motorcycle.  Smith laid down final round victories last week in Brainerd, Minnesota and backed it up this week in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Smith could have had déjà vu going into the final this Sunday as he was paired up against Angelle Sampey on her Rush Racing Products S&S powered Pro Stock Motorcycle—the same pairing as the finals in Minnesota saw.  The difference this weekend is Sampey didn’t suffer an electrical gremlin and actually took Smith off the line of this race.  In the end the pairing of S&S powered machines went 6.957 at 188.81mph for Smith to 7.061 at 186.28 for Sampey.

Interesting to note in this year’s NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle season, eight of 11 races this year have been won by a motorcycle powered by the S&S 160ci Billet Pro Stock Engine.  On top of that, there has only been one final in those 11 races in which one of the two finalists was not riding an S&S powered machine. 

 

“Congratulations to Matt Smith and the Nitro Fish team for back to back wins.  We would also like to congratulate Angele Sampey and the Rush Racing Team for back-to-back final round appearances.” Said Charlie Hadayia of S&S Cycle.

 

Going into the Countdown to 1, four of the bikes are S&S-powered, four are Suzuki-powered and two are Harley-Davidson-powered.  Riding the S&S bikes are points leader, Matt Smith, Angelle Sampey, Chris Rivas and Matt Guidera.  The next race, The Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, is held in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 27 through September 1, 2008.  Get more information at www.nhra.com .