Fans will have the opportunity to see bull riding legends like three-time World Champion Adriano Moraes (Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil), 2004 PBR World Champion Mike Lee (Decatur, Texas), Colorado cowboys Kody Lostroh (Longmont, Colo.) and Josh Koschel (Loveland, Colo.), and PBR fan favorites Ross Coleman (Molalla, Ore.) and Matt Bohon (Cole Camp, Mo.)

Tickets can be purchased in person at the Colorado State Fair Box Office or online at www.Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are priced at $10, $23, $30, $35, and $43.

Due to injuries, two teams have been reformatted: Team Elliott member Wesley Silcox (Santaquin, Utah) has been replaced by Josh Koschel (Loveland, Colo.) who will ride with Team Captain Dustin Elliott (North Platte, Neb.). Team Shivers member Nick Landreneau (Sulphur, La.) has been replaced by Clayton Foltyn (El Campo, Texas) who will team up with Australia’s Ben Jones (Goulburn, NSW, AUS).

All ten teams have competed in two other events to qualify for the Finals and are ready to lay it on the line for a winner-take-all $50,000 purse and the title of the first PBR Team Shootout Champion.

The teams competing in the PBR Team Shootout Finals in Pueblo, CO are:

Team Oliveira: Valdiron de Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil) and Pim Rosa (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Team Palermo: Robson Aragao (Sergipe, Brazil) and Helton Barbosa (Douradina, PR, Brazil)
Team Border Patrol: L.J. Jenkins (Texico, N.M.) and Austin Meier (Kinta, Okla.)
Team Jeffrey Scott Fine Magnetics: Luke Snyder (Raymore, Mo.) and Cory Rasch (Clarksville, Tenn.)
Team XTC: Adriano Moraes (Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil) and Allan Moraes (Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil)
Team Elliott: Dustin Elliott (North Platte, Neb.) and Josh Koschel (Loveland, Colo.)
Team Lostroh: Kody Lostroh (Longmont, Colo.) and Matt Austin (Wills Point, Texas)
Team Shivers: Ben Jones (Goulburn, NSW, AUS) and Clayton Foltyn (El Campo, Texas)
Team Lee: Mike Lee (Decatur, Texas) and Wiley Petersen (Fort Hall, Idaho)
Team Coleman: Ross Coleman (Molalla, Ore.) and Matt Bohon (Cole Camp. Mo)

For more information on the 2008 PBR Team Shootout, please visit www.pbrnow.com or call Linsay Rosser at 719 242 2800 ext. 3368.

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About the PBR:
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 400 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 Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger Tour,, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour, and the Discovery Tour, designed specifically for entry level contestants. The PBR is headquartered in Pueblo, 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.