The 2008 regular season has come to a close, but the stock contractors of the Professional Bull Riders Inc. (PBR) are hard at work preparing for the 2008 PBR World Finals Bull Team Challenge. Twenty-two teams were formed, each providing $50,000 for the opportunity to win their share of the $1.1 million total competition purse through the 2008 season. With over half a million dollars up for grabs at the World Finals, 13 teams will be competing for their share of the prize money, but most importantly will be the bragging rights of the "put up or shut up" challenge.
Each team consists of five bulls and three alternates who are four years old and up and all American Bucking Bull, Inc. (ABBI) registered. The highest total score on all five bulls will be the event winner. Every team that makes the Finals will come in clean and start at zero. Only one score from each event will be allowed from each bull with the first out for each bull being the score that counts for the competition.
Teams competing at the 2008 PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals presented by Wrangler are:
4C’s Bucking Bulls and Training
Big Machine
Boyd-Floyd Bullco.com
D&H/Enlow/Gilbert
Lone Star Bulls
Nafzger’s Wrangler Bull Team
Northern Exposure
Page/Haines
Ron White’s Comedy Tour
South Point
The Tom and Jerry Show
The Vikings
Yankton Express
$565,000 total will be paid out throughout eight places with the #1 Bull Team taking home $250,000. 2nd through 8th place will pay the following:
2nd -$125,000
3rd-$75,000
4th-$50,000
5th-$30,000
6th-$20,000
7th-$10,000
8th-$5,000
Tune in to VERSUS as the 2008 Built Ford Tough World Finals presented by Wrangler airs LIVE on October 31- November 2 to determine who will be the inaugural PBR Bull Team Challenge winner.
