Despain, Sadowski, Steele To Host AMA Pro Banquet

Despain, Sadowski, Steele To Host AMA Pro Banquet

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From a press release issued by AMA Pro Racing:

AMA Pro Racing Awards Banquet to be staged by leading production company PGI

AMA Pro Racing has signed PGI, one of the country’s leading event production companies, to produce this year’s AMA Pro Racing Awards Banquet on Saturday evening, Nov. 23, at the Venetian Resort Hotel Las Vegas — home of the Guggenheim Museum’s “Art of the Motorcycle” exhibit. In addition, AMA Pro Racing is proud to announce that Dave Despain, David Sadowski and Cameron Steele will be the hosts of the annual festivities.

“We are pleased to bring PGI aboard,” said Scott Hollingsworth, AMA Pro Racing’s CEO. “With the growth of AMA Pro Racing and the addition of TV coverage of the banquet, it became clear that it was time to bring in a highly-respected company like PGI to raise the level of production for the banquet.”

PGI has over a decade of experience in producing shows for many top companies worldwide, including the National Basketball Association, the Coca Cola Company and Ford Motor Company.

“PGI is looking forward to producing the AMA Pro Racing Awards Banquet,” said Robert Bishop, producer with PGI. “Motorcycle racing is a visually exciting sport and we hope to create a banquet program worthy of these remarkable athletes.”

Chet Burks Productions will provide video highlights of this year’s racing and will be taping portions of the banquet for Speed Channel’s Bike Week.

Motorcycle Hall of Famer Dave Despain will head up the trio of hosts for the awards banquet. Despain is one of the most recognizable personalities in all of motorsports. His motorcycling roots run deep, from his days as an amateur racer in his native Iowa, to heading up the Public Relations Department of the AMA in the 1970s and finally to his illustrious career as a national television announcer and show host.

Joining Despain on the podium at the banquet will be David Sadowski and Cameron Steele. Sadowski is very well known in the motorcycle road-racing community; he was winner of the prestigious Daytona 200 in 1990 and is a former AMA Supersport Champion. After his racing career, Sadowski has become an expert road-racing analyst for Speed Channel and Fox Sports. Steele was a noted freestyle motocross announcer before becoming the field reporter for ESPN’s AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Motocross Championship coverage in 2002.

The 2002 AMA Pro Racing Awards Banquet will pay tribute to AMA racing champions culminating in the presentation of the AMA/Speed Channel Athlete of the Year Award.

The AMA Pro Racing Awards Banquet is open to the public and tickets are $100, which includes admission to the banquet, hors d’ oeuvres, dinner and admission to the film premier of “The Great Outdoors,” a documentary covering the 2002 AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Motocross Championship.

For more information on the banquet, call AMA Pro Racing’s Michele Rossi at (614) 856-1910, ext. 1342, or e-mail [email protected]. Hotel rooms are $199 (all suites), plus tax per night and are available by calling the Venetian directly at (702) 414-1000 and asking for the AMA Pro Racing rate.

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