March 8-9 Kansas City, MO PBR BFTS

Posted Sunday, March 9, 2008

Guilherme Marchi Wlins!

Marchi Continues Brazilian Dominance
Briscoe Moves to No. 2 in Built Ford Tough Series Standings

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 9, 2008) - The Cabela’s Classic served up rank bulls and plenty of 90-plus point rides when stop No. 11 on the Professional Bull Riders’ (PBR) Built Ford Tough Series presented by Wrangler (BFTS) hit Kansas City’s Sprint Center, March 8-9. Fans were treated to the best 45 bull riders in the world all gunning for the tour’s million dollar World Championship title.
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Cabela's Classic Round 1 Results
Marchi Holds No. 1 Spot

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 8, 2008) - The Sprint Center hosted the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) tonight for the first of two action-packed performances of the Cabela’s Classic. The event is stop No. 11 on the Built Ford Tough Series presented by Wrangler (BFTS). Round two rolls into action on Sunday, Mar. 9 starting at 2 p.m. Smoking gun Pistol Robinson (Burleson, Texas) rode away with the lead in round one. Robinson scored 89.5 points aboard D&H Cattle Company’s The Geetus to edge Brazilian sensation Valdiron de Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania) by 1.5 points for the round win. De Oliveira covered Shane Davis, Ravenscroft and Hewkin’s bull Bigger Man for 88 points
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The World's best riders and bulls face off in KC for one weekend only!
The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. brings its elite Built Ford Tough Series presented by Wrangler (BFTS) to the Sprint Center in Kansas City on March 8 & 9, 2008. The Cabela’s Classic gets underway at 6:50 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. The BFTS tours the country with the world’s Top 45 bull riders each striving for the $1,000,000 PBR World Champion title. This is the PBR’s ONLY televised event stop in Kansas City during the 2008 season.
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PBR EVENT INFORMATION - Includes complete results.

Cabela's Classic event results:

ROUND ONE:

1) Pistol Robinson (Burleson, Texas) 89.5 points on D&H Cattle Company’s The Geetus, $2,730; 2) Valdiron de

Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil) 88 points on Shane Davis/Ravenscroft/Hewkin’s Bigger Man, $1,950; 3)

Renato Nunes (Buritama, Sao Paulo, Brazil) 87.5 points on Rafter G Rodeo Company’s Klassic Rewind, $1,170; 4/5)

Brian Herman (Victoria, Texas) 87.25 points on The Jaynes Gang/Gaylon Childers’ Simon, $624; 4/5) Helton Barbosa

(Douradina, PR, Brazil) 87.25 points on Jaynes/Peterson/Mansour/Langhans/Nelson/Teague’s More Bucks, $624;

ROUND TWO:

1) Mike White (De Kalb, Texas) 89.75 points on Page & Teague Bucking Bulls’ Recoil, $2,730; 2) J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.)

89.5 points on Hebert Bucking Bulls’ What I Say, $1,950; 3/5) Travis Briscoe (Edgewood, N.M.) 89.25 points on

Diamond S/ExclusiveGenetics.com’s Smash Hit, $806; 3/5) Valdiron de Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil) 89.25 points

on Chad Berger/Larry Ryken’s Live Wire, $806; 3/5) Kody Lostroh (Longmont, Colo.) 89.25 points on Diamond S Bucking Bulls’ Seminole,

$806;

BUILT FORD TOUGH CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND: 1) J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.) 91.5 points on H.D. Page/Bill and

Betty Morrison’s Ricky Bobby, $2,730; 2) Travis Briscoe (Edgewood, N.M.) 91.25 points on Page/Buck/Watts’ Sports

Machine, $1,950; 3) Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil) 91 points on Brandon Gasper Bucking Bulls’ The Game, $1,170;

4) Josh Koschel (Loveland, Colo.) 90 points on Boyd/Floyd Bull Company’s Fender Bender, $780;

OVERALL EVENT STANDINGS: 1) ) Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil) 258.5 points, $26,963; 2) ) J.B. Mauney

(Mooresville, N.C.) 181 points, $18,973; 3) Travis Briscoe (Edgewood, N.M.) 180.5 points, $11,549; 4) Josh Koschel

(Loveland, Colo.) 178.75 points, $6,668; 5) 5) Valdiron de Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil) 177.25 points, $7,106;

BUILT FORD TOUGH WORLD STANDINGS: (The PBR World Champion

is based on total Built Ford Tough Series points earned

through the season)

1) Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil) 4,722.75 points, $76,295; 2) Travis Briscoe (Edgewood, N.M.) 4,361,

$223,945; 3) Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) 3,866.75 points, $172,965; 4) Kody Lostroh (Longmont,

Colo.) 3,637.25 points, $75,523; 5) J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.) 3,548.75 points, $83,274; 6) Valdiron

de Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil) 3,393.5 points, $46,765; 7) Paulo Crimber (Olimpia, Sao Paulo,

Brazil) 3,266.5 points, $86,036; 8) Mike White (De Kalb, Texas) 2,985.75 points, $48,478; 9) Mike Lee (Decatur,

Texas) 2,930.5 points, $44,897; 10) L.J. Jenkins (Texico, N.M.) 2,914.5 points, $57,023

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