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                     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): October 14, 2005



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


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



                1501 Industrial Road, Boulder City, Nevada  89005
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                     (Address of principal executive office)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (702) 294-2689
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers


     On October 14, 2005, Amerityre Corporation (the "Company") announced the
appointment of Gary N. Benninger as Chief Operating Officer, effective October
16, 2005.  Dr. Benninger served as Director of Technology Development from
1999 to 2005 by Magna International, Inc., a $20+billion diversified auto
parts supplier. In this capacity, Dr. Benninger was responsible for
identifying key new technologies as well as managing the design, engineering
and manufacturing launch of target products. During 1998 and 1999, Dr.
Benninger was the Chief Operating Officer of the North American Operations of
Becker Group, a $1.5 billion privately held automotive interior systems
supplier.  Prior to joining Becker, he was the Executive Vice President of
Engineering and R&D at Magna and also served as Division General Manager and
Vice President of Product Development. He has also worked for Ford Motor
Company as an engineering manager and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) as a research scientist.  Dr. Benninger received his
B.S.(1964), M.S.(1965), and Ph.D. (1970) degrees all in physics at the West
Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.

     Dr. Benninger's employment contract with the Company is for an initial
term of one year beginning October 16, 2005, at an annual salary of $250,000,
renewable by mutual agreement.  The contract also includes provisions for the
payment of a bonus share award of 10,000 shares of the Company's common stock
vesting January 15, 2006, and a grant of options for the purchase of 150,000
shares of the Company's common stock, subject to annual vesting provisions
(50,000 options on June 30th 2006-2008). The bonus share award and the options
are being issued under the terms of the Company's 2005 Stock Option and Award
Plan. Both the bonus share award and the vesting of the options are subject to
continuing employment with the Company.

     The press release announcing Dr. Benninger's appointment is attached
hereto as an exhibit.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

     Exhibit 99 - Press Release dated October 16, 2005

                                   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: October 14, 2005                /S/ Elliott N. Taylor, Executive VP

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Exhibit 99 Benninger Press Release

Contact Information:                For Release: October 14, 2005
Elliott N. Taylor
entaylor@amerityre.com
(702)293-1930 x113

Amerityre Hires Dr. Gary N. Benninger as Chief Operating Officer

Boulder City, NV, October 14/PRNewswire/ - Amerityre Corporation (OTC Bulletin
Board: AMTY) announces that it has hired Gary N. Benninger, PhD. Physics,
effective October 16th as its Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Benninger most
recently was employed by Magna International, Inc., a $20+billion diversified
auto parts supplier and its affiliate MEC, where he was Director of Technology
Development, reporting directly to the Chairman. In this capacity, Dr.
Benninger was responsible for identifying key new technologies as well as
managing the design, engineering and manufacturing launch of target products.

During 1998 and 1999, Dr. Benninger was the Chief Operating Officer of the
North American Operations of Becker Group, a $1.5 billion privately held
automotive interior systems supplier.  Prior to joining Becker, he was the
Executive Vice President of Engineering and R&D at Magna and also served as
Division General Manager and Vice President of Product Development. He has
also worked for Ford Motor Company as an engineering manager and the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a research scientist.

"We are pleased to have someone with Gary's knowledge and experience joining
our management team," said Richard Steinke, President and Chairman of
Amerityre. "Gary's experience in bringing emerging technologies to market is
going to be key to successfully commercializing Amerityre's technology," he
added.

"I believe that my background in developing and manufacturing new automotive
products will contribute substantially to successfully implementing
Amerityre's business objectives," said Dr. Benninger. "I look forward to
working with the Amerityre management team and am excited about the prospects
for Amerityre's technologies,"  he added.

Amerityre is also actively engaged in the development of new technologies used
to produce polyurethane elastomer tires for highway and industrial
applications. Amerityre's polyurethane tire compounds and manufacturing
processes are considered proprietary technology.

For more information on Amerityre, visit its website at www.amerityre.com.


Certain information contained in this release may constitute forward-looking
statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of The Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such statements are made based upon
current expectations that are subject to risk and uncertainty.  Amerityre does
not undertake to update forward-looking statements in this news release to
reflect actual results of and changes in assumptions or changes in other
factors affecting such forward-looking information.
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