NEW YORK, N.Y. (October 21, 2009) - The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) will broadcast the Built Ford Tough Race to Vegas show on CBS on Sunday, October 25. Please check your local listings for exact times in your area. The show is a season in review, recapping the best rides and wrecks from the first event in 2009 in Baltimore through last weekend’s final regular season event in Uncasville, Conn.
The Race to Vegas show will also highlight the 2009 Bull of the Year contenders and will feature interviews with the top 3 riders in the world – current world no. 1 rider Kody Lostroh (Longmont, Colo.), 2008 PBR World Champion Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil), and North Carolina superstar J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.). Lostroh and Mauney are looking to take the first world title in their career while Marchi is looking to be the first rider in PBR history to win back-to-back world championships. Several other riders are still in contention to come from behind and take the coveted title as there are 6,500 points up for grabs at the World Finals.
Lostroh, Marchi, and Mauney as well as rest of the top 40 bull riders in the world will compete for the 2009 PBR World Championship, the desirable gold buckle, and the $1 million bonus on Oct. 30-Nov. 8. The world-class event will be held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev., and will not only feature the world’s best riders, but the top bovine athletes the PBR has to offer!
The PBR is the premier bull riding organization in the world, boasting contestants from the United States, Mexico, Australia, Brazil, and Canada. Its events air weekly on VERSUS on Saturday and Sunday nights (please check your local listings for details in your area) as well as on CBS and NBC throughout the year. For more information on the Professional Bull Riders, Inc., please visit www.pbrnow.com or call 719 242 2800.
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!
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/.
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