“It’s really a dream come true for me,” Lostroh stated in the post-event press conference.  “I didn’t have a clue what the points were, and to be honest with you, I didn’t care.  I was still there to do my job. I was planning on riding that bull no matter if I had it won or I didn’t have it won.”

Runner-up to the 2009 World Championship and the 2009 World Finals Event Winner was J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.) who etched his name in the PBR record books for being the first bull rider to cover all eight of his bulls at the PBR World Finals.  Mauney rode for a total of 715 points and took two round wins over the eight rounds, including the Built Ford Tough Championship Round with a 93.75 point ride on Black Pearl, owned by Ravenscroft/Boyd-Floyd Bull Co.  Mauney collected the $250,000 check for winning the average, finishing the year with a total of 16,046 points, just 594 points behind Lostroh, and a total of $742,208 won over the 2009 season.

“I came out here with the mindset to ride every bull I got on, and it worked out, I drew right and I couldn’t have asked for any better bulls,” Mauney stated.  “That’s what every guy dreams of ... is winning the World Finals and winning the world (title). I’ll try next year. I don’t think I’m going to retire this year.  Kody rode awesome. I did all I could and he came out on top, and he’s the World Champion. He’s the best bull rider in the world.”

The Thomas & Mack Center crowd was also witness to the crowning of the 2009 World Champion Bull.  Out of ten top competitors, Code Blue, owned by Walton & Wagoner/Berger & Struve, rose above the rest of the pack and took the title with a total score of 140.75 points.  Tennessee young gun Cody Nance (Paris, Tenn.) claimed the title of the 2009 Daisy Rookie of the Year after earning $147,386 over the 2009 season.

Seventeen of the season’s Top 40 riders successfully rode the world’s top bucking bulls in today’s seventh round with the top 15 moving into the eighth and final Built Ford Tough Championship Round.  Only three riders conquered their short-go attempts. 

Although the 2009 BFTS season has come to a close, the 2010 season is near!  It will kick off in two weeks on November 20-22 at The Arena at Gwinnet Center in Atlanta, Ga.  The 2009 Challenger Tour Championships presented by Dickies, one of the most desired event titles in the PBR, will combine two premier events into one marquis stop where fans will have the opportunity to see the world’s best riders competing for $500,000 in prize money—PBR’s second largest payout—and will be witness to one of the most intense, action-packed bull riding that the PBR will put on all year with more cowboys, more bulls, and more rides and wrecks than a true fan could ever ask for.  Please visit www.pbrnow.com for the latest news and information on The Toughest Sport on Earth!^TM

INJURY REPORT:
No injuries to report.

PBR BUILT FORD TOUGH WORLD FINALS
ROUND SEVEN:  1) Aaron Roy (Asquith, SK) 91.75 points on Top Notch (Martinez Bucking Bull, LLC), $25,000; 2) Austin Meier (Kinta, OK) 90.5 points on Nasty Town (Dakota Rodeo/Struve/Rosen/Kat), $18,000; 3) Kody Lostroh (Longmont, CO) 90 points on SoulJa Boy (Priest Creek Ranch), $12,000; 4) Shane Proctor (Grand Coulee, WA) 89.5 points on Deja Blu (Teague Bucking Bulls, LLC), $10,000; 5) Caleb Sanderson (Kissimmee, Fl) 89.25 points on Kool-N-Sexy (D&H Cattle Company), $5,000.

BUILT FORD TOUGH CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND:  1) J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, NC) 93.75 points on Black Pearl (Ravenscroft/Boyd-Floyd Bull Co.), $30,000; 2/3) Shane Proctor (Grand Coulee, WA) 90 points on Necessary Evil (Don Kish Bucking Bulls), $20,000; 2/3) McKennon Wimberly (Cool, TX) 90 points on The Game (Brandon Gasper Bucking Bulls), $20,000.

AVERAGE EVENT STANDINGS (after the Championship Round):  1) J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.) 715 points; 2) Kody Lostroh (Longmont, CO) 624 points; 3) Valdiron de Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil) 618.50 points; 4) Aaron Roy (Asquith, SK, Canada) 531 points; 5) Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) 444.75 points; 6) Austin Meier (Kinta, OK) 443.75 points; 7) Shane Proctor (Grand Coulee, WA); 8) Dustin Elliott (North Platte, Neb.) 423.75 points; 9) Caleb Sanderson (Kissimmee, FL) 356 points; 10) Ednei Caminhas (P. Alves, SP, Brazil) 348.75 points.

BUILT FORD TOUGH SERIES POINT STANDINGS (after the Championship Round): 1) Kody Lostroh (Longmont, CO) 16,640 points; 2) J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.) 16,046 points; 3) Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil) 11,920.75 points; 4) Valdiron de Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil) 11,516.5 points; 5) Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) 10,414.25 points; 6) Austin Meier (Kinta, OK) 8,584.75 points; 7) Ryan McConnel (Colgate, Okla.) 8,573.5 points; 8) Zack Brown (Santa Fe, TX) 8,383.25 points; 9) Renato Nunes (Buritama, SP, Brazil) 7,702 points; 10) Wiley Petersen (Fort Hall, Idaho) 7,341.25 points.

All roads have led to Las Vegas and the top 40 bull riders have invaded Sin City.  Don’t miss out on any of the action at the 2009 Built Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas, Nev.  The world-class event is taking 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. 

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