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Mike Ciccotto and Michael Barnes will race Buell Firebolt XB12Rs in the 2004 AMA Formula Xtreme series.

Ciccotto, who won the last-ever AMA Pro Thunder race on a Buell Firebolt, will ride for the Terry Galagan-run Hal’s Performance Advantage Buell team.

Barnes, the 2001 Formula USA Buell Lightning Series Champion, will ride for the Rich Cronrath-run Kosco Harley-Davidson/Buell squad.

Both riders will race on Pirelli tires.

“I got the word that our funding came through just yesterday,” Galagan told Roadracingworld.com. “Now I have four weeks to get everything ready to go.”

Galagan said that quite a bit of testing has been done to the Buell Firebolts since they last raced in AMA Pro Thunder in 2002. Improvements have been made in aerodynamics, horsepower and the chassis of the American-made motorcycles, according to Galagan.