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<PAGE>  1
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                          Washington, D.C.  20549



                                  Form 8-K



                               CURRENT REPORT

    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 1, 2000



                           AMERITYRE CORPORATION
                       ----------------------------
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          NEVADA                    33-94318-C             87-0535207
---------------------------- -----------------------  --------------------
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer ID No.)
 of incorporation)



                  705 Yucca Street, Boulder City, Nevada  89005
                 -----------------------------------------------
                     (Address of principal executive office)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (702) 293-1930
                                                    --------------

                        AMERICAN TIRE CORPORATION
        ------------------------------------------------------------
       (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)










<PAGE>
<PAGE> 2

                              ITEM 5. OTHER EVENT

On December 1, 2000, at the annual meeting of shareholders of the
Registration, a majority of the shareholders approved an amendment to the
registrant's Articles of Incorporation to change the name of the registrant
from American Tire Corporation to "Amerityre Corporation".  The amendment to
the registrant's articles of incorporation was filed the Secretary of State of
the State of Nevada on December 6, 2000.

As a result of the name change, the NASD has assigned the registrant's common
stock a new symbol for trading on the NASD's OTC Bulletin Board. The new
symbol issued by the NASD is "AMTY", which will replace the registrant's
former symbol "ATYR" effective the opening of trading on Tuesday, December 12,
2000.


ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND EXHIBITS

(c)(1)  Exhibits.  The following exhibits are included as part of this report:

            SEC
Exhibit     Reference
Number      Number      Title of Document                        Location
-------     ---------   -----------------                        --------
  3         3.01        Certificate of Amendment to the
                        Articles of Incorporation of
                        American Tire Corporation                This Filing

  20        20.01       Press Release date December 11, 2000     This Filing


                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunder duly authorized.

                                       AMERITYRE CORPORATION



Date: December 11, 2000                /S/ David K. Griffiths
                                       Secretary/Treasurer
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<PAGE>
Exhibit 20.01


Company Press Release

SOURCE: AMERITYRE CORPORATION

Monday, December 11, 8:00 am Pacific Time

AMERITYRE CORPORATION (FORMERLY AMERICAN TIRE CORPORATION) ANNOUNCES NAME AND
TRADING SYMBOL CHANGE

BOULDER CITY, NV, /PRNewswire/ -- Amerityre Corporation (formerly American
Tire Corporation) announced today that as a result of the name change approved
by its shareholders at its annual meeting held December 1, 2000, the NASD has
assigned it a new symbol for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board. The new symbol
issued by the NASD is "AMTY", which will replace its former symbol "ATYR"
effective the opening of trading on Tuesday, December 12, 2000.

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<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>ex3018k.txt
<DESCRIPTION>AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES
<TEXT>

<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 3.01

[Filed # 31578.95
 Dec 06 2000
 IN THE OFFICE
 /S/Dean Heller
DEAN HELLER SECRETARY]


                           CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                       TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                     OF
                           AMERICAN TIRE CORPORATION

We, the undersigned, Richard A. Steinke, President, and David K. Griffiths,
Secretary/Treasurer, of American Tire Corporation, a Nevada corporation
hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation," hereby certify:

FIRST:  The name of the Corporation is AMERICAN TIRE CORPORATION

SECOND: The following amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was
 duly adopted
pursuant to the majority vote of the shareholders of the Corporation at the
annual meeting of shareholders held on December 1, 2000, pursuant to NRS 78.385.

THIRD: The name of the Corporation is AMERITYRE CORPORATION

FOURTH: The number of shares outstanding and entitled to vote on an amendment to
the Articles of Incorporation is 11,713,035.

FIFTH: The aforesaid change and amendment has been approved by shareholders
holding 8,388,895 shares, which amount constitutes a majority of the issued and
outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon in accordance with NRS 78.390.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the foregoing Certificate of Amendment has been
 executed this
1st day of December, 2000.


/S/ Richard A. Steinke, President


/S/ David K. Griffiths, Secretary/Treasurer
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