The Third Stop of the PBR Team Shootout Heats Up Molalla, Oregon!

By Linsay Rosser, PBR
Posted Friday, August 8, 2008

PUEBLO, Colo. (August 6, 2008) - The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) heats up the Pacific Northwest with the third stop of the PBR Team Shootout on Saturday, August 9 at 7 p.m. The two-man-team competition featuring the top 20 bull riders in the world will ride into the Molalla Buckeroo Grounds in Molalla, Ore. The action from Molalla will air on ESPN2 on Saturday, August 23 at 3 p.m. EST.

Fans will have the opportunity to see bull riding legends like hometown favorite Ross Coleman (Molalla, Ore.); two-time and reigning PBR World Champion Justin McBride (Elk City, Okla.); 2002 PBR World Champion Ednei Caminhas (Presidente Alves, SP, Brazil); 2001 PBR Rookie of the Year Luke Snyder (Raymore, Mo.); and fan favorites Matt Bohon (Cole Camp, Mo.), L.J. Jenkins (Texico, N.M.), and Sean Willingham (Summerville, Ga.).

Tickets can be purchased in advance for $16 or at the gate for $25. They can also be ordered online at www.rosscoleman.com or by phone at (503) 759-2855.

Due to injuries, four teams have been reformatted: Nick Landreneau (Sulphur, La.) will now partner with Ben Jones (Goulburn, NSW, AUS) to replace injured team captain Chris Shivers (Jonesville, La.) Jared Farley (Kemspey, AUS) will team up with his younger brother Pete Farley (Kemspey, AUS) to substitute for wounded leader Brendon Clark (Morpeth, AUS). Injured Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) will be replaced with fellow Brazilian Helton Barbosa (Douradina, PR, Brazil) who will combine with Robson Arageo (Sergipe, Brazil) for Team Arageo.

The teams competing in the Molalla PBR Team Shootout are:

Team Coleman - Ross Coleman (Molalla, Ore.) and Matt Bohon (Cole Camp, Mo.)
Team Rocky - Sean Willingham (Summerville, Ga.) and Justin McBride (Elk City, Okla.)
Team Xtreme - Travis Briscoe (Edgewood, N.M.) and Cole Taylor (Sayre, Okla.)
Team Jeffrey Scott Fine Magnetics - Luke Snyder (Raymore, Mo.) and Cory Rasch (Clarksville, Tenn.)
Team Landreneau - Nick Landreneau (Sulphur, La.) and Ben Jones (Goulburn, NSW, AUS)
Team Express - Ednei Caminhas (Presidente Alves, SP, Brazil) and Arnobio Ferreira (Gainsville, Texas)
Team Arageo - Robson Arageo (Sergipe, Brazil) and Helton Barbosa (Douradina, PR, Brazil)
Team Elliott - Dustin Elliott (North Platte, Neb.) and Wesley Silcox (Santaquin, Utah)
Team Jenkins - L.J. Jenkins (Texico, N.M.) and Austin Meier (Kinta, Okla.)
Team Farley - Jared Farley (Kempsey, AUS) and Pete Farley (Kempsey, AUS)

Stop number four of the PBR Shootout takes fans to the plains of Oklahoma for the August 23 event in Guthrie, Okla., at the world famous Lazy E Arena. The top ten teams from all four Shootout stops will compete at the PBR Team Shootout Finals on August 28 in Pueblo, Colo.

For more information on the 2008 PBR Team Shootout, please visit www.pbrnow.com or call Linsay Rosser at 719 242 2800 ext. 3368.