Tickets are available now for the first weekend of the PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals, including the bullfights at 877.632.7400. The action takes place on Oct. 27-29 at Mandalay Bay Events Center. The PBR World Finals will then move to the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of UNLV on Nov. 2 -5.

1999 Wrangler Bullfight World Champion Lance Brittan (Windsor, Colo.), 32, Andy Burelle (Brighton, Mich.), 30, and 2005 Dickies National Championship Bullfighting co-winner Wacey Munsell (Ulysses, Kan.), 19, qualified to fight in Las Vegas during the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company (USSTC) Challenger Tour event held in Cheyenne, Wyo., July 24-25. Munsell, a third generation bullfighter, and Sam Gress (Hutchison, Kan.) tied for the Dickies National Championship Bullfighting title during the 2005 PBR World Finals.

Dusty Tuckness (Meeteetsee, Wyo.), 20, and Toby Inman (Davis Junction, Ill.) qualified for the National Championship by virtue of their placing at the Tulsa Express PBR Classic held in Tulsa, Okla., July 21-23.  

Qualifiers representing Canada advanced through five rounds of competition at events held throughout the 2006 season.  Curtis Smyth (Kennedy, Sask.), 21, earned his trip after winning qualifying events in Cereal, Wanham, and Hussar, Alberta, and finishing second in Lloydminster, Sask.  Jesse Byrne (Prince Albert, Sask.), 20, won first at four qualifying events in Lloydminster, Lashburn, Eastonia, and Eastend. Byrne will also serve as a protection bullfighter at the Tristone Capital PBR Rocky Cup Canadian National Finals at Pengrowth Stadium in Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 24-26, 2006.

In addition to $20,000 in added prize money, a Bob Berg championship buckle and a Tony Chytka bullfighting bronze will be awarded to the winner of the Dickies National Championship Bullfighting. The competition is an extension of protection bullfighting, however the athletes are judged according to their skill and aptitude in controlling and maneuvering fierce Mexican fighting bulls. The format normally features a 40 to 70-second American freestyle bullfighting display. Judges gauge the contestant's level of control in addition to precision in jumping the bull, making contact with the bull, and handling the barrel.

5-time World Champion Bullfighter Rob Smets is instrumental in planning and promoting the Dickies National Championship Bullfighting events.

About the Professional Bull Riders, Inc.:
More than 100 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on FOX, NBC, VERSUS and on a host of foreign networks across the globe. With approximately 500 hours of prime time programming annually PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air, in addition to attracting over one and one half million live event attendees each year with its multi-tiered event structure which includes the marquee Built Ford Tough Series presented by Wrangler, the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company Challenger Tour, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour, and the Discovery Tour, designed specifically for entry level contestants. The PBR's governing board of directors is comprised of renowned bull riders who have developed the event into a stand alone sport which is experiencing unprecedented growth in global popularity. The PBR is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., and has over 1,200 PBR bull riders compete in more than 300 PBR sanctioned competitions in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico.

For additional information on the Professional Bull Riders, Inc., please visit http://www.pbrnow.com/ or call 719.471.3008.