The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) is proud to announce the top 40 riders who have qualified to compete at the 2009 PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals.
For the sixth time in its 16-year history, the PBR World Finals will span two consecutive weekends, Oct. 30-Nov. 1 and Nov. 5-8, and for the second year in a row, both weekends will take place at the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus.
Qualifications to the PBR World Finals are based upon total money won throughout the entire 2009 season on all of the PBR tours.
1 | J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.) | $ 399,207.59 |
2 | Kody Lostroh (Longmont, Colo.) | $ 357,624.66 |
3 | Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil) | $ 258,528.41 |
4 | Zack Brown (Santa Fe, Texas) | $ 222,083.04 |
5 | Brian Canter (Randleman, N.C.) | $ 201,247.12 |
6 | Cody Ford (Stanfield, Ore.) | $ 142,260.90 |
7 | Renato Nunes (Buritama, SP, Brazil) | $ 141,339.75 |
8 | Cody Nance (Paris, Tenn.) | $ 133,385.54 |
9 | Austin Meier (Kinta, Okla.) | $ 130,442.52 |
10 | Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) | $ 129,993.41 |
11 | Valdiron de Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil) | $ 129,026.44 |
12 | Ryan McConnel (Colgate, Okla.) | $ 123,773.18 |
13 | Travis Briscoe (Edgewood, N.M.) | $ 123,676.22 |
14 | Wiley Petersen (Fort Hall, Idaho) | $ 122,661.53 |
15 | Ryan Dirteater (Hulbert, Okla.) | $ 120,410.84 |
16 | L.J. Jenkins (Texico, N.M.) | $ 117,794.94 |
17 | Chris Shivers (Jonesville, La.) | $ 112,019.79 |
18 | Shane Proctor (Mooresville, N.C.) | $ 109,693.53 |
19 | Sean Willingham (Summerville, Ga.) | $ 91,810.63 |
20 | Dustin Elliott (North Platte, Neb.) | $ 91,540.22 |
21 | Aaron Roy (Asquith, SK, Canada) | $ 85,879.18 |
22 | Ednei Caminhas (P. Alves, SP, Brazil) | $ 82,129.13 |
23 | Skeeter Kingsolver (Mclouth, Kan.) | $ 75,357.21 |
24 | Cody Campbell (Summerville, Ore.) | $ 69,514.38 |
25 | Thiago Paguioto (Itajobi, SP, Brazil) | $ 69,407.74 |
26 | Michael Manes (Conway, Ark.) | $ 69,112.49 |
27 | Mike Lee (Decatur, Texas) | $ 66,166.14 |
28 | Josh Koschel (Greeley, Colo.) | $ 65,623.21 |
29 | Rocky McDonald (Col. Juarez, MEX) | $ 62,681.81 |
30 | Ross Coleman (Molalla, Ore.) | $ 62,201.72 |
31 | Caleb Sanderson (Kissimmee, Fla.) | $ 60,432.51 |
32 | Luke Snyder (Raymore, Mo.) | $ 60,203.46 |
33 | Beau Hill (Mount Glacier, Mont.) | $ 60,086.42 |
34 | Pete Farley (Kempsey, AUS) | $ 59,618.42 |
35 | Kasey Hayes (Liberal, Kan.) | $ 58,401.54 |
36 | McKennon Wimberly (Cool, Texas) | $ 58,118.47 |
37 | Cord McCoy (Tupelo, Okla.) | $ 57,524.62 |
38 | Brian Herman (Victoria, Texas) | $ 55,386.08 |
39 | Bryan Richardson (Dallas, Texas) | $ 53,114.13 |
40 | Ben Jones (Sunset, Texas) | $ 52,146.43 |
41 | Elliott Jacoby (Fredericksburg, Texas) | $ 51,833.68 |
PBR fan favorite Ryan Dirteater (Hulbert, Okla.) will not compete at the 2009 PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals due to an injury sustained at the Mohegan Sun Invitational in Uncasville, Conn.; therefore, no. 41 man Elliott Jacoby (Fredericksburg, Texas) will compete in his place. Additionally, five riders have qualified as alternates. They are: Billy Robinson (Galax, Va.), Reese Cates (Carthage, Texas), Clayton Baethge (Johnson City, Texas), Mike White (De Kalb, Texas), and Dusty Ephrom (Arcola, SK, Canada).
For a fourth year, the top bull riding superstars from all of the international tours have qualified to compete in the first three rounds of competition. If any of the international qualifiers earn enough money to break them into the top 40 in the world standings, based on money, they will progress into the second weekend of the Finals. PBR Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico will be sending the no. 1 rider in their standings. David Kennedy (Kyogle, AUS) will be the PBR Australia representative; Zane Lambert (Westbourne, MB) will represent PBR Canada; Edimundo Gomes (Brazil) will ride for PBR Brazil; and Gustavo Pedrero (Jalisco, MEX) will be the PBR Mexico rider.
The PBR World Finals consists of eight rounds of competition. The first seven rounds feature the top 40 riders matched against the sport’s toughest bulls. The top 15 riders based upon their total cumulative scores after seven rounds will qualify to compete in one final decisive round of competition, which will take place at the conclusion of the seventh performance on Sunday, November 8.
The rider with the highest total score on eight bulls will earn the 2009 PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals event title. The PBR World Finals event winner should not be confused with the PBR World Champion. The 2009 PBR World Champion will be the rider who totals the most Built Ford Tough Series points throughout the course of the entire season including the PBR World Finals. Both the 2009 World Champion and World Finals event winner will be named on Sunday, November 8.
Additionally, the PBR is excited to announce its bullfighting and judging crews for the 200 PBR World Finals. Each was selected by the top 40 bull riders – one of the highest honors in professional bull riding.
The 2009 PBR World Finals Dickies DuraBullfighters are Shorty Gorham (Cotulla, Texas), Frank Newsom (Saratoga, Olka.), Joe Baumgartner (Red Bluff, Calif.), and Jesse Byrne (Prince Albert, SK, Canada). Darrell Diefenbach (Azle, Texas) was selected as the alternate.
The 2009 PBR World Finals Judging Team is made up of Jim Bob Custer, Lane Foltyn, Chuck Lambert, Bill Pacheco, and Jeff Shearer who will be the replay judge.
For more information about the 2009 PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals qualifiers, bullfighters, or judges, please visit www.pbrnow.com or contact Katharine Sherrer at 719 242 2800 ext. 3372 or Katharine@pbrnow.com.
All roads are leading to Las Vegas and you don’t want to miss out on any of the action at the 2009 Built Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas, Nev. The world-class event will take place on Oct. 30-Nov 1 and Nov. 5-8 at the Thomas & Mack Center---get your tickets NOW at 866.PBR.SHOW or unlvtickets.com!
Log on to www.pbr.tv, the official online network of the Professional Bull Riders. Get a total re-cap of the weekend’s event with the newly launched 20 minute highlight show “pbr.tv Extra” , browse video clips of the best rides and wrecks from each event, listen to behind the scenes interviews, watch the latest PBR news on the “pbr.tv Show”, plus much more. Pbr.tv is your one source for PBR video online!
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About the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR):
PBR attracts over 1.7 million live attendees each year with its multi-tiered event structure which includes the prestigious Built Ford Tough Series, the Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger Tour, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour, and the Discovery Tour, designed specifically for entry level contestants. With over 450 hours of prime time programming annually and a viewership of 100 million, PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air and broadcasts on FOX, NBC, VERSUS, and on a host of foreign networks across the globe. The PBR is headquartered in Pueblo, Colo., with additional offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico, and prides itself in its 1,000 plus stock contractor relationships and over 1,200 PBR bull riders competing in more than 300 PBR sanctioned competitions across the five countries.
For more on the PBR, please visit www.pbrnow.com, www.teampbr.com, www.pbr.tv, www.myspace.com/teampbr, twitter.com/teampbr, www.facebook.com/TeamPBR, or www.pbrnow.com/worldfinals/.
