2018 PRCA Media Guide

Table of Contents

Key ProRodeo Dates.........inside front cover General Information....................................3 Media guidelines......................................................................4 About the PRCA........................................................................6 Tours, series and championships.......................................8 Terminology.............................................................................10 PRCA event descriptions, abbreviations.......................14 ProRodeoTV.............................................................................16 2018Wrangler Tour...............................................................17 History of rodeo; history of the PRCA............................18 PRCA Board of Directors and leadership.......................20 PRCA staff..................................................................................24 PRCA and livestock welfare ...............................................28 Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund..................................................31 ProRodeo Hall of Fame .......................................................34 Related associations and contacts..................................41 Miss Rodeo America.............................................................42 2017World Champions..............................43 ProRodeo Cowboys....................................53 Top 2017 cowboys by event..............................................54 Cowboy biographies............................................................62 ProRodeo Records and Statistics........... 225 PRCA annual statistics.......................................................226 Top 50 2017 PRCA rodeos................................................228 Champions at top 2017 rodeos.....................................229 Approved 2017 PRCA rodeos.........................................244 ProRodeo earnings records.............................................248 ProRodeo times and scores records.............................250 Past world champions by name, 1929-2017............253 Past world champions by event, 1929-2017 ...........258 Final world standings, 1937-2017.................................263 Wrangler NFR Records, History.............. 325 About theWrangler National Finals Rodeo..............326 Prize money and attendance stats...............................327 Wrangler NFR qualification stats..................................328 Wrangler NFR arena and round records.....................330 RAM Top Gun Award..........................................................332 Wrangler NFR average champions by event, 1959-2017..........................................................................333 Wrangler NFR average champions by name, 1959-2017..........................................................................338 Wrangler NFR personnel..................................................341 TopWrangler NFR bucking stock, 1959-2017..........347 2017Wrangler NFR livestock roster.............................349 2017Wrangler NFR results..............................................351 National Finals Steer Roping...........................................355 Wrangler Champions Challenge............ 359 Wrangler Champions Challenge stats, results.........360 Wrangler Champions Challenge winners..................361 Wrangler Champions Challenge teams, results .....367 Justin Boots Playoffs............................... 369 Justin Boots Playoffs/Championships records.........370 2017 Justin Boots Playoffs/Championships results......371 Playoffs, Championships, Finales champions..........373 All finale champions by name, 2000-17.....................376 Tour Finale personnel........................................................379 Wrangler Million Dollar Tour.................. 380 Champions at Tour rodeos, 2000-17..................................382

All American ProRodeo Series................ 405 All American ProRodeo Finals records..............................407 All American ProRodeo Finals champions 2008-17.......408 2017 All American ProRodeo Series standings........410 2017 All American ProRodeo Finals results...............412 All American ProRodeo Finals personnel...................421 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour.......................... 423 About the PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour..............................424 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour records, career leaders......425 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour champions, by year............427 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour champions, by name.........430 2017 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour standings....................431 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour results......................................432 Final Xtreme Bulls Tour standings, 2003-2017.........433 PRCA Xtreme Bulls personnel........................................435 Circuit Information and Records............ 437 The 12 RAM Circuits and contacts................................439 1987-2017 NCFR champions by year..........................440 1987-2017 NCFR champions by name.......................443 NCFR records........................................................................446 2017 and 2018 NCFR results...........................................448 NCFR and NCFSR contract personnel, 1987-2018..452 NCFSR records......................................................................455 2018 and 2017 NCFSR results.........................................456 Circuit system year-end title record-holders............457 Circuit system average title record-holders..............459 Year-end title record-holders by circuit......................460 Average title record-holders by circuit.......................466 Circuit year-end title and circuit finals rodeo champions, by name, 1975-2017..................................472 Circuit year-end title-holders by circuit and year, 1975-2017....................................................................521 Circuit finals rodeo champions by circuit and year, 1975-2017...............................................................541 ProRodeo Awards.................................... 559 2017 PendletonWhisky Stock of the Year.................560 Stock of the Year, 1956-2017...........................................561 Remuda Awards..................................................................565 AQHA/PRCA Horses of the Year, 2017.........................566 AQHA/PRCA Horses of the Year, 1989-2017..............569 PRCA Media Awards...........................................................572 Justin Committeeperson of the Year Award.............573 Rodeo Committee of the Year Awards........................574 Donita Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award...........576 Contract Personnel awards.............................................577 Linderman Award...............................................................579 Resistol Rookie of the Year Award................................580 Announcers.............................................. 587 2017 NFR and NFSR announcers...................................588 Announcer bios...................................................................590 Bullfighters, Clowns, Barrelmen. ........... 605 2017Wrangler NFR personnel.......................................606 Bullfighters, clowns, barrelmen bios...........................608 Specialty Acts.......................................... 627 2017Wrangler NFR specialty acts.................................628 Specialty act bios................................................................630 Stock Contractors.................................... 639 PRCA National Partners.......................... 653

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2018 PRCA MEDIA GUIDE