Dave Prater Appointed to Director of Supercross Operations
AURORA, Ill. (December 6, 2005) - Clear Channel
Entertainment's Motor Sports division announced today that Dave Prater
has been appointed to Director of Supercross Operations for the Amp'd
Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series.
Prater, a graduate of Florida State University with a Bachelor's Degree
in Sport Administration, was previously assigned to the position of
Assistant Director of Supercross Operations for the Amp'd Mobile World
Supercross GP/Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series and worked along side
of Clear Channel Entertainment - Motor Sports' Senior Director of
Operations, Todd Jendro.
Clear Channel further announced that while Jendro will continue to
oversee all of the company's supercross, arenacross and freestyle
motocross programs, this promotion leave much of the day-to-day
supercross operational responsibilities to Dave Prater.
According to Jendro, "we are proud of the role that Dave Prater has
played over the past three years as the assistant director of our
supercross program and we are equally confident that Dave will continue
to excel in his new role as the series director. Dave has been an
active motorcyclist for most of his life and was a passionate fan of
supercross before joining our team. His strong educational background
and his professional skills have helped him to earn the respect of the
entire supercross community".
Commenting on his promotion, Prater reported: "I look forward to the
challenges and opportunity that comes with the position of Director of
the supercross program. With the guidance of Todd and the strong
support of the Clear Channel staff, I know that we will be successful
in continuing the strong tradition that has been part of our supercross
program for more than three decades."
For more information about the Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp'd
Mobile AMA Supercross Series, please log on to
www.supercross.cc.com. For media requests, please contact Denny
Hartwig at 630-566-6305 or e-mail at dennyhartwig@clearchannel.com.