Professional Bull Riders Minor League Tour Results for July 16-20 and Upcoming Events

Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008

The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Minor League tours were in full swing during the past weekend. Check out which cowboys rode their way to the top of the event standings!

Results from this past weekend Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger Tour:

Great Bulls of Fire PBR Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger Tour in Salinas, Calif.

1) Wade Payne (Beaver, Okla.) 167 points, $9,829; 2) Matt Austin (Wills Point, Texas) 86 points, $9,172; 3) A.J. Hamre (Chico, Calif.) 82.5 points, $5,886; 4) Austin Ambrose (Fletcher, Okla.) 80.5 points, $4,177; 5) Brendon Clark (Morpeth, AUS) 79.5 points, $2,337.

Southeastern Montana PBR Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger Tour, Forsyth, Mont.

1) Shane Proctor (Grand Coulee, Wash.) 177.5 points, $5,253; 2) Nile LeBaron (Chihuahua, Mexico) 173 points, $3,348; 3) Clayton Foltyn (El Campo, Texas) 87.5 points, $3,348; 4) Vince Northrop (Davidson, SK, Canada) 86.5 points, $2,395; 5) Ned Cross (Midland, Ore.) 85 points, $1,252.

Results from this past weekend Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour:

Bozeman Classic PBR Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour, Bozeman, Mont.

1) Cory Rasch (Clarksville, Tenn.) 180 points, $9,169; 2) Rocky McDonald (Col. Juarez, Mexico) 177 points, $6,432; 3) Chase Edward (Billings, Mont.) 91.5 points, $6,432; 4) Brian Herman (Victoria, Texas) 90 points, $4,652; 5) Pistol Robinson (Burleson, Texas) 89.5 points, $3,420.

Days of 47 PBR Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour, Salt Lake City, Utah.

1) Jay Pahlke ( Bismarck, N.D.) 86.5 points, $3,587; 2/3) Douglas Duncan (Alvin, Texas) 85.5 points, $2,162; 2/3) Harve Stewart (Stephenville, Texas) 85.5 points, $2,162; 4) Tate Stratton (Stanley, N.M) 84.5 points, $1,117; 5) J.C. Navarro (Archdale, N.C.) 82.5 points, $623.

Results from this past weekend Discovery Tour:

Harrison Roundup Club Discovery Tour Event, Harrison, Ark.

1) Bronson Butcher (Muskogee, Okla.) 168.5 points, $2,175; 2) Ryan Dirteater (Hulbert, Okla.) 88 points, $1,930; 3) Joshua Baker (Birch Tree, Mo.) 86.5 points, $1,318; 4) Jimmy Lathero (Fellsmere, Fla.) 82 points, $828; 5) Willis Trosclair (Thibodaux, La.) 79.5 points, $510.

Mesquite PBR Discovery Tour, Mesquite, Texas.

1) Clint Lewis ( Yantis, Texas) 89 points, $2,244; 2) Mark Fisher (Jerome, Idaho) 87 points, $1,716; 3) Juliano Marchi (Bariri, SP, Brazil) 84 points, $1,254; 4) Clay Lewis ( Mount Pleasant, Texas) 75 points, $858; 5) H.D. Coleman (Madill, Okla.) 65 points, $528.

Garden City Invitational PBR Discovery Tour, Garden City, Kan.

1) Koben Puckett (Clayton, N.M.) 177 points, $2,984; 2) Tony Rossi (Mack, Colo.) 173.5 points, $2,244; 3) Michael Ruehman (Fellsmere, Fla.) 172 points, $1,575; 4) Ben Jones (Marlin, Texas) 88 points, $955; 5) Dusty LaBeth (Louisburg, Kan.) 87.5 points, $544.

Upcoming PBR Minor League Tour Events:

Cheyenne Frontier Days PBR Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger Tour on Monday, July 21, at 8 p.m. and Tuesday, July 22, at 8 p.m. at Frontier Park in Cheyenne, Wyo. Tickets start at $30.50 for upper-level seating and $40.50 for lower-level seats. Call the Cheyenne Frontier Days Ticket Office at 307.778.7222 or 800.227.6336 for seating information or to purchase tickets.Mesa County Fair PBR Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour on Thursday, July 24, at 7 p.m. at the Mesa County Fairgrounds in Grand Junction, Colo. Tickets can be charged phone at 970.256.1532. Adams County Fairfest PBR Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour on Saturday, July 26, at the Adams County Fairgrounds.

Mesquite PBR Discovery Tour on Friday, July 11, and Saturday, July 12, at the Mesquite Championship Rodeo Resistol Arena in Mesquite, Texas.

More about the PBR at www.pbrnow.com

About the PBR:

More than 100 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on FOX, NBC, VERSUS and on a host of foreign networks across the globe. With approximately 500 hours of prime time programming annually PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air, in addition to attracting over one and one half million live event attendees each year with its multi-tiered event structure which includes the marquee Built Ford Tough Series presented by Wrangler, the Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger Tour, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour and the Discovery Tour, designed specifically for entry level contestants. The PBR's governing board of directors is comprised of renowned bull riders who have developed the event into a stand alone sport which is experiencing unprecedented growth in global popularity. The PBR is headquartered in Pueblo, Colo., and has over 1,200 PBR bull riders compete in more than 300 PBR sanctioned competitions in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada and Mexico.