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Stroud Wins Pirelli Championship

11 November 1997

R97141	                Contact: Bill Nordquist
October 27, 1997	Phone: (614) 891-2425
For Immediate Release	Fax: (614) 891-7368

STROUD TAKES PIRELLI CHAMPIONSHIP BONUS

WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- American Motorcylcist Association / Pirelli Formula
Xtreme 1997 Series Champion Andrew Stroud recently collected the top
championship bonus from series title sponsor Pirelli.  Nine other Formula
Xtreme riders were also recipients of the Pirelli $10,000 championship
bonus fund.

Stroud, of  Auckland, New Zealand, won seven of nine 1997 Pirelli Formula
Xtreme races and finished second in the remainder.  A string of wins in the
beginning of the season established Stroud as the contender, and he locked
up the championship early with a win at the eighth round of the season in
Sonoma, Calif. 

Pirelli -- manufacturer of performance tires and world-wide sponsor of
championship motorsports -- will remain as the AMA Formula Xtreme title
sponsor for the 1998 season.

        Pirelli Formula Xtreme Championship Bonuses
	 1.	$2,500	Andrew Stroud, Auckland, New Zealand
	 2.	$1,700	Doug Toland, Buena Park, Calif.
 	 3.	$1,400	Dale Kieffer, Las Vegas
 	 4.	$1,100	Brian Gibbs, Stockbidge, Ga.
	 5.	$  900	James Randolph, Santa Rosa, Calif.
	 6.	$  750	Jimmy Moore, Eugene, Or.
	 7.	$  600	Paul Harrell, Canyon Country, Calif.
	 8.	$  450	Scott Ruehle, Saint Cloud, Minn.
	 9.	$  350	Terry Teske, Aurora, Colo.
	10.	$  250	Ben Welch, San Diego, Calif.

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Connie Fleming
American Motorcyclist Association
Public Relations Administrator
http://www.ama-cycle.org
614-891-2425