AMA
Sports and ATVA Athletes of the Year will be honored by P Swiss at
AMA Sports Awards Banquet
PICKERINGTON,
Ohio -- The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is proud to
announce that P Swiss, a new and innovative Swiss-made watch
brand, will present the AMA Sports and ATVA Athletes of the Year
with a model from the P Swiss Planet line at the 2008 AMA Sports
Awards Banquet on Saturday evening, Nov. 22, at the Barber Vintage
Motorsports Museum in Leeds, Ala.
"P Swiss offers a range of unique and stylistic timepieces
that combine traditional Swiss quality with a modern design,"
said AMA Director of Business Development Jim Moore. "We're
excited that this leading watchmaker is helping honor our most
successful competitors with such a fine example from its
line."
Riders nominated for the AMA Sports Athlete of the Year include:
Ricky Dietrich of Menifee, Calif.; Darryn Durham of Butler, Pa.;
PJ Larsen of Stanley, N.C.; Jason Raines of Belfair, Wash.; and
Stephen Vanderkuur of Davison, Mich.
Riders nominated for the ATVA Athlete of the Year include: Bill
Ballance of Smiths Grove, Ky.; Michael Coburn of Garretson, S.D.;
Cody Gibson of Englewood, Tenn.; and Harold Goodman of Romulus,
Mich.
"The AMA Sports and ATVA Athletes of the Year represent some
of the fastest, most-talented, hard-core motorsports stars
competing today," said Earl T. Shannon, P Swiss Inc. CEO.
"It's only natural that we support these top talents, and
what better way to do that than with one of our most popular
models, the modern and adaptable P Swiss Planet."
Like all P Swiss watches, the Planet features a scratch resistant
sapphire crystal and is water resistant to a minimum of 50 meters.
All P Swiss watches come with quick-change straps, available in
genuine alligator, leather, sateen, rubber or a stainless steel
bracelet.
In addition to the Athletes of the Year, hundreds of champions and
other special honorees will be recognized at the AMA Sports Awards
Banquet, held this year at the stunning Barber Vintage Motorsports
Museum, which includes a collection of more than 1,200 historic
and rare motorcycles, and is located on the grounds of the
world-class Barber Motorsports Park road-race course.
Tickets to the AMA Sports Awards Banquet are $85 and can be
purchased online at www.AmericanMotorcyclist.com. A downloadable
registration form is also available. Printed orders can be faxed
to: (614) 986-1962, Attn: Cyndi Freeze-Cain; or mailed to: AMA
Racing, Attn: Cyndi Freeze-Cain, 13515 Yarmouth Drive,
Pickerington, OH 43147.