2019 PRCA Media Guide - Intro

Table of Contents

Key ProRodeo Dates.........inside front cover General Information....................................5 Media guidelines......................................................................6 About the PRCA........................................................................8 Tours, series and championships.....................................10 Terminology.............................................................................12 PRCA event descriptions, abbreviations.......................16 ProRodeoTV.............................................................................18 2019Wrangler Tour...............................................................19 History of rodeo; history of the PRCA............................20 PRCA Board of Directors and leadership.......................22 PRCA staff..................................................................................26 PRCA and livestock welfare ...............................................30 Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund..................................................33 ProRodeo Hall of Fame .......................................................36 Related associations and contacts..................................43 Miss Rodeo America.............................................................44 2018World Champions..............................45 ProRodeo Cowboys....................................55 Top 2018 cowboys by event..............................................57 Cowboy biographies............................................................64 ProRodeo Records and Statistics........... 237 PRCA annual statistics.......................................................238 Top 50 2018 PRCA rodeos................................................240 Approved 2018 PRCA rodeos.........................................242 ProRodeo earnings records.............................................247 ProRodeo times and scores records.............................248 Past world champions by name, 1929-2018............251 Past world champions by event, 1929-2018 ...........255 Final world standings, 1937-2018.................................261 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, 1959-2018..........................................................................333 Wrangler NFR average champions by name, 1959-2018..........................................................................338 Wrangler NFR personnel..................................................341 TopWrangler NFR bucking stock, 1959-2018..........347 2018Wrangler NFR livestock roster.............................349 2018Wrangler NFR results..............................................351 National Finals Steer Roping...........................................356 2018Wrangler PRORODEO Tour............ 360 Tour champions...................................................................361 Justin Finale results............................................................362 All American ProRodeo Series................ 364 All American ProRodeo Finals records..............................365 All American ProRodeo Finals champions 2008-18.......366

2018 All American ProRodeo Series standings........367 2018 All American ProRodeo Finals results...............368 All American ProRodeo Finals personnel...................371 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour.......................... 372 About the PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour..............................373 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour records, career leaders......374 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour champions, by year............376 2018 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour standings....................379 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour results......................................380 PRCA Xtreme Bulls personnel........................................385 Circuit Information and Records............ 387 The 13 RAM Circuits and contacts................................388 1987-2019 NCFR champions by year..........................390 1987-2019 NCFR champions by name.......................393 NCFR records........................................................................396 2019 NCFR results...............................................................398 NCFSR records......................................................................406 Circuit system year-end title record-holders............408 Circuit system average title record-holders..............410 Year-end title record-holders by circuit......................411 Average title record-holders by circuit.......................417 Circuit year-end title and circuit finals rodeo champions, by name, 1975-2018.............................423 Circuit year-end title-holders by circuit and year, 1975-2018....................................................................473 Circuit finals rodeo champions by circuit and year, 1975-2018...............................................................493 ProRodeo Awards.................................... 512 2018 PendletonWhisky Stock of the Year.................513 Stock of the Year, 1956-2018...........................................515 Remuda Awards..................................................................518 AQHA/PRCA Horses of the Year, 2018.........................519 AQHA/PRCA Horses of the Year, 1989-2018..............522 PRCA Media Awards...........................................................525 Justin Committeeperson of the Year Award.............526 Rodeo Committee of the Year Awards........................527 Donita Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award...........529 Contract Personnel awards.............................................530 Linderman Award...............................................................532 Resistol Rookie of the Year Award................................533 Announcers.............................................. 538 2018 NFR and NFSR announcers...................................539 Announcer bios...................................................................541 Bullfighters, Clowns, Barrelmen. ........... 556 2018Wrangler NFR personnel.......................................557 Bullfighters, clowns, barrelmen bios...........................559 Specialty Acts.......................................... 576 2018Wrangler NFR specialty acts.................................577 Specialty act bios................................................................579 Stock Contractors.................................... 588 PRCA National Partners..........................602

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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION