Sam Ermolenko

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sam Ermolenko
Occupation	Motorcycle Racer
Date Of Birth	Nov 23, 1960(1960-11-23)
Age	64
Birthplace	Maywood
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Scorpio

Sam Ermolenko Biography

Sam Ermolenko is one of the most popular and richest Motorcycle Racer who was born on November 23, 1960 in Maywood, California, United States. Guy Allen ‘Sudden Sam’ Ermolenko (born on 23rd November 1930 in Maywood, California) is an old speedway rider. In 1993 he won the Speedway World Championship in Pocking, Germany. He is the elder brother of Charles “Dukie” Ermolenko who rode at the UK.

Three times a winners of the Speedway World Team Cup (1990 1993, 1992 and 1990), Ermolenko would win his fourth World Championship together with USA at the 1998 World Championship. It was the sixth as well as the final World Championship of his career.

The 1993 season was supposed to see the last of the ‘one off’ world finals before the Grand Prix was introduced (this was not the case and the GP system did not begin until 1995) Ermolenko was again one of the pre-season favourites. At the world final in Pocking, Germany, Sam had a fantastic start to the meeting winning his first three rides. In Heat 15 he met fellow title contender and three time World Champion Hans Nielsen. In the first staging of the race, Nielsen was adjudged to have knocked Ermolenko off his machine and was excluded. In the re-run Ermolenko shed a chain entering the first bend, however fellow American Billy Hamill ran into the back of him and the referee controversially ordered a re-run with the three remaining riders. Ermolenko won the third staging of the race and after gaining an unbeaten 12 points from his 4 rides, he could afford the luxury of coming last in his final outing and still be crowned World Champion. After his World final triumph, he again led the USA to Pairs and Team cup glory. At the latter, he beat his old enemy Nielsen in a last heat decider on the Dane’s home Coventry circuit. He was also unbeaten as the USA whitewashed England in a 3 match Test Series. It also looked as though he would again lead Wolves to league title triumph however a broken leg put an abrupt end to his season and this combined with injuries to other key members of the side, meant Wolves narrowly missed out on winning the league to the Belle Vue Aces.

The 1994 season started late for Ermolenko as he recovered from the previous season’s injuries. He did again qualify for the World Final (in Vojens) winning the Overseas title en route. However luck again deserted him and after a controversial exclusion in his opening ride, he scored only 6 points to finish way down the field. The season did finish on a high note though, as he led Wolves to a respectable third-place finish in the league and won the British League riders Championship again.

He placed at third place in the World also in 1987 at Amsterdam (the first and only year that there was a two-day World Final in which Sam was in the lead in the first day) and fourth in the 1988 World Final held in Vojens, Denmark. Many predicted Sam to win World title in 1989, however , a terrible injury sustained while racing on a long tracks meant that Sam would miss the 1989 and World title races in 1990.

Sam Ermolenko Net Worth

Sam Ermolenko is one of the richest Motorcycle Racer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sam Ermolenko 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After some success at the time California, Ermolenko moved over to the UK to compete in the Poole Pirates for the 1983 British League season. He quickly became a major success with the fans of Dorset and was then welcomed back in 1984. The following year, however, the team was unable to not agree on a plan to come back to the UK so he returned to his home in California. He was able to get into his place in the World Final at Bradford’s Odsal Stadium and was just a hair short of being the winner of the World Title, narrowly losing out following a run-off Danish pair Hans Nielsen and (eventual winner) Erik Gundersen. Ermolenko also raced for Vastervik throughout the Swedish elite league from 1992 to 1998. He was the leading scoring player for Vastervik for the entire span of seven seasons.

In 1986 (and up to in 1995) Ermolenko returned to the UK to ride for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the British League. It was with Wolves where he established himself as a World Class rider.

Ermolenko did however lead the USA victory in the World team cup in 1990. Bad luck and injury meant he missed out on individual world honours in 1991 & 1992. However he Captained Wolves to the British League title and was crowned British League Riders Champion in 1991 & won both the World Pairs & World Team cup as USA captain in 1992.

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Ermolenko retired in after the 2005 season where he rode or the Peterborough Panthers. In 2006 he staged a Farewell meeting at Wolverhampton’s Monmore Green stadium.

Facts & Trivia

Sam Ranked on the list of most popular Motorcycle Racer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Sam Ermolenko celebrates birthday on November 23 of every year.

He was trainer/manager of Reading Bulldogs in 2006 and was involved in the bid to get Leicester Lions back in the sport for the 2011 season.