With the crew from "CSI Las Vegas" shooting an episode at today's PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals presented by Wrangler, Justin McBride (Elk City, OK) returned to the scene of the crime of his 2005 PBR World Title victory aboard his "accomplice" Boyd/Floyd/Paradise Farm's Camo to capture his second PBR World Title in three years. Just as he did in 2005, McBride once again sealed the deal for his second PBR World Title in the Built Ford Tough Championship round aboard Camo. This time he covered the bull with a 92.25 -- his fourth ride of 90 or better this week.
It was a week of redemption for McBride after getting bucked on all three of his rides the previous weekend. McBride ended the 2007 Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS) season as its million dollar bonus baby. He finished atop the Built Ford Tough Series Point Standings with 14,820.25 while earning $1,860,321.26
"After the first week I remembered the advice Ty Murray had given me and that was to quit trying not to lose and start riding like I want to win," said McBride. "I put those first three rides from the first week behind me and took it one go-around at a time. I felt like I could break 90 before every ride this week. I paid for my 3,200-acre ranch with my winnings tonight."
McBride is scheduled to have surgery on his left shoulder in early December. He is looking at six to eight months for recovery and rehabilitation after that.
The 2007 PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals, and the winner's share of $225,000, was won by Wiley Petersen (Fort Hall, ID.). Petersen collected 531.25 points besting second place Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil) by 6.75 points. Petersen and Marchi were the only riders to surpass 500 points for the event.
"I drew great bulls and stayed on them throughout the entire event," said Petersen who covered six of the first seven bulls he attempted going into the final short-go. "It's been a tremendous week where everything seemed to go my way."
Thirteen of the season's top 45 riders successfully rode the rankest bucking bulls in today's seventh round, with the top 15 moving into the eighth and final championship round. Only three riders covered their short-go attempts.
Injury Report:
Travis Briscoe (Edgewood, N.M.) - Sustained bruised ribs. Appointment scheduled with hand specialist regarding previous injury. Competing.
Ednei Caminhas - (Presidente Alves, SP, Brazil) - Sustained sprained neck. CT scan performed. Probable for Cincinnati.
Jared Farley (Kempsey, AUS) - Cracked vertebrae. Doubtful for Cincinnati.
Justin McBride (Elk City, Okla.) - Surgery to be scheduled on left shoulder. Will be out 6-8 months.
Record-breaking performance:
Justin McBride and Guilherme Marchi's rides today aboard Boyd/Floyd/Paradise Farm's Camo and Page & Buck's Savage Shaker, respectively, breaks their record for successful rides in a season with 57. They had set the previous record, 56, last night.
Results:
PBR BUILT FORD TOUGH WORLD FINALS RESULTS: SEVENTH ROUND: T1) Jared Farley (Kempsey, AUS) 90.5 on Frontier/Teague/Ron White's Nervous Waters, $17,500; T1) Wiley Petersen (Fort Hall, ID) 90.5 on Robinson/Tedesco/Larry the Cable Guy's Booger Butt, $17,500; T3) Dustin Elliott (North Platte, NE) 90.25 on Chad Berger/Larry Ryken's Walk the Line, $8,750; T3) Ned Cross (Midland, OR) 90.25 on Chad Berger/Clay Struve's Evil Forces, $8,750; 5) McKennon Wimberly (Cool, TX) 89.5 on Big Bend/Flying 5 Rodeo Co.'s Firewater, $5,000.
PBR BUILT FORD TOUGH CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND: 1) J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.) 92.75 on Chad Berger/Ryken/Larson's Copperhead Slinger, $28,566.67; 2) Justin McBride (Elk City, OK) 92.25 on Boyd/Floyd/Paradise Farms' Camo, $23,566.67; 3) Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil) 90.50 on Page & Buck's Savage Shaker, $18,566.67.
PBR BUILT FORD TOUGH WORLD FINALS EVENT STANDINGS--1) Wiley Petersen (Fort Hall, ID) 531.25, $281,250; 2) Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil) 524.50, $180,417; 3) Kody Lostroh (Longmont, CO) 446, $129,000; 4) J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, NC) 441.75, $109,417; 5) Justin McBride (Elk City, OK) 365, $1,146,567; 6) Brendon Clark (Morpeth, AU) 353.75, $63,667; 7) Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) 350.25, $38,850; 8) Billy Robinson (Galax, VA) 345.5, $35,500; 9) Valdiron de Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania, GO) 343, $16,000; 10) Matt Bohon (Cole Camp, MO) 268.25, $35,000.
FINAL BUILT FORD TOUGH SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1) Justin McBride (Elk City, OK) 14,820.25, $1,860,321.26; 2) Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil) 12,751.75, $453,594.96; 3) J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.) 12,689, $560,635.25; 4) Wiley Petersen (Fort Hall, ID) 10,400.25, $419,172.21; 5) Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) 8,183.75, $211,360.50; 6) Kody Lostroh (Longmont, CO) 8,154, $273,403.62; 7) Matt Bohon (Cole Camp, MO) 7,580.75 & $179,634.38; 8) Sean Willingham (Summerville, GA) 7,016, $157,929.63; 9) Paulo Crimber (Olimpia, SP, BZ) 6,701.5, $111,490,38; 10) Brendon Clark (Morpeth, AU) 6,694.50, $199,697.93.
About 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 500 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 presented by Wrangler, the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company Challenger Tour, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour, and the Discovery Tour, designed specifically for entry level contestants. The PBR is headquartered in Pueblo, Colo., and has over 1,200 PBR bull riders competing in more than 300 PBR sanctioned competitions in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico.
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