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The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) continues its whirlwind tour, making a stop in Oklahoma City as part of the elite 2010 Built Ford Tough Series. The Oklahoma City Express Classic takes place at the Ford Center for three thrilling nights - Friday, February 12 at 8:00 p.m., Saturday February 13 at 6:50 p.m. and Sunday, February 14 at 2:00 p.m .
Starting at just $10, PBR fans will not only see the toughest athletes on earth, they will also experience more than two hours of edge-of-your-seat thrills and spills, rock and roll music, and pyrotechnics. Tickets can be purchased at the Ford Center Box Office, by phone at 1-800-745-3000 or by visiting www.ticketmaster.com (standard ticket fees may apply).
During three nights of heart-pounding, bone-crushing action, fans will see Oklahoma cowboy and current No. 3 in the PBR World Standings Austin Meier (Kinta, Okla.); fan favorite Ryan McConnel (Colgate, Okla.); current No. 1 in the PBR World Standings Travis Briscoe (Edgewood, N.M.); Brazilians Valdiron de Oliviera (Buritama, SP, Brazil) and Renato Nunes (Aparecida de Goinania, GO, Brazil); and last year's winner of the Express Classic in Oklahoma City, former World Champion Ednei Caminhas (P. Alves, SP, Brazil).
The Express Classic will consist of four rounds of competition with the first three rounds featuring the Top 40 bull riders randomly matched against the PBR's toughest bulls. The scores from the three rides will be combined, and the riders with the Top 15 scores will advance to the Built Ford Tough Championship Round after intermission on Sunday. In the end, the cowboy with the highest total score on four bulls will be declared the winner!
The PBR is the premiere bull riding organization in the world, boasting contestants from the United States, Mexico, Australia, Brazil, and Canada. One of the fastest growing sports in the country, PBR's events air weekly on VERSUS, NBC, CBS, and FOX. For more information on the Professional Bull Riders, please visit www.pbr.com or contact Sara Broun at 719 242 2800 or sbroun@pbrnow.com .
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About the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (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 and Touring Pro Division. 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.
For more on the PBR, please visit www.pbr.com , www.teampbr.com , www.pbr.tv , www.myspace.com/teampbr , twitter.com/teampbr, www.facebook.com/TeamPBR , or www.pbr.com/worldfinals/ .

PBR makes stop No. 8 in Oklahoma City!