Along with Shirley Muldowney, Sampey is one of a very few women to have won a major motorsports championship title; she and Muldowney are the only female drag racers to have scored more than ten NHRA event wins, as well as the only two women in the sport to win more than one championship in their respective divisions, Muldowney with three in Top Fuel, and Sampey with three in Pro Stock Motorcycle.