NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Riding Smackdown (Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger/Clay Struve/Julie Rosen) for 92.5 points in the Built Ford Tough Championship Round, Robson Palermo went from fourth to first and won the Professional Bull Riders Jack Daniel's Invitational, along with $43,425, on Saturday at Bridgestone Arena.

It is the second time Palermo has won in Nashville, having captured the title in 2007. It is also the second win of the season for Palermo, who finished first in Des Moines, Iowa, and moved him up to 12th in the Built Ford Tough Series season standings.

Palermo finished with 264.75 points while Brendon Clark was second with 259.50 points. Clark was the leader after the first day and was the only rider who had ridden all three bulls heading into the championship round. He had a chance for the victory, but bucked off Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey (Circle T Ranch & Rodeo) in 2.77 seconds on the last ride of the night. Two-time PBR World Champion Chris Shivers finished third with 175.25 points, including 88.25 points on Prince Albert (Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger Bucking Bulls) to win Round 3. Ben Jones finished fourth with 174.75 points while Aaron Roy and Ryan Dirteater tied for fifth with 172 points.

Asteroid (Circle T Ranch & Rodeo) won the Pabst Blue Ribbon Bull Award for being the high-marked bull of the event, earning 46.75 out of a possible 50 points. Asteroid bucked off Chase Outlaw in 7.17 seconds in the championship round. It is the third time that Asteroid has scored 46.75 points, tying the sixth highest bull score of the season, and giving him five of the year's Top 9 bull scores. It is the fourth time that Asteroid has won the high-marked bull award, tying him with top-ranked Bushwacker and Smackdown for the most.

Top-ranked L.J. Jenkins finished 11th in Nashville, and increased his lead over Valdiron de Oliveira in the season standings to 132.25 points. Defending World Champion Silvano Alves finished seventh in the event, and moved to within 307.75 points of Jenkins.

The Built Ford Tough Series will return to JQH Arena in Springfield, Mo., next weekend for the PFIWestern.com Invitational presented by Bass Pro Shops. Bull riding begins at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15, and at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16. Tickets are on sale at PFI Western Store, 2816 South Ingram Mill Road in Springfield, Mo., www.MissouriStateTix.com, and by telephone at (888) 476-7849 or (417) 836-7678.

Nashville is the 23rd stop of the 2012 BFTS season, which opened in January with capacity crowds at Madison Square Garden in New York. The BFTS will make 28 stops in 23 states before the Built Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas on Oct. 24-28, 2012. The World Finals are where the PBR World Champion will be crowned and awarded the coveted championship buckle and a $1 million bonus. The richest bull riding event on the planet, the World Finals has a total purse of more than $2 million.

The BFTS is televised every week on CBS, CBS Sports Network, NBC, NBC Sports Network and YouTube. BFTS telecasts are produced for the PBR under a multi-year agreement with David Neal Productions, a Los Angeles-based production company led by 34-time Emmy® Award winner and Peabody Award winner David Neal, who serves as executive producer. 

Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series
Jack Daniel's Invitational
Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
Saturday's Results
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2-Round 3-Round 4-Total Points)
1. Robson Palermo, 86-0-86.25-92.5-264.75 points, $43,425
 2. Brendon Clark, 86.5-87.25-85.75-0-259.50 points, $21,173.33
 3. Chris Shivers, 87-0-88.25-0-175.25 points, $14,730
 4. Ben Jones, 87.75-0-87-0-174.75 points, $10,996.67
5. Aaron Roy, 86.25-0-85.75-0-172 points, $4,373.33
Ryan Dirteater, 85.75-86.25-0-0-172 points, $9,250
 7. Silvano Alves, 85.5-0-85.5-0-171 points, $2,770
 8. Chase Outlaw, 83.25-dnq-87-0-170.25 points, $3,916.67
 9. Fabiano Vieira, 82.75-dnq-86.75-0-169.50 points, $2,250
 10. J. B. Mauney, 84-0-85.25-0-169.25 points, $900
 11. L.J. Jenkins, 82-0-85.25-dnq-167.25 points, $400
 12. Austin Meier, 82.25-0-82.5-dnq-164.75 points, $400
 13. Marco Eguchi, 79.25-dnq-85.25-dnq-164.50 points, $400
 14. Chance Roberts, 0-dnq-87-dnq-87 points, $2,416.67
 15. Josh Moorer, 86.5-0-0-dnq-86.50 points, $2,050
 16. Stormy Wing, 0-dnq-86.25-dnq-86.25 points, $925
 17. Luke Snyder, 0-dnq-85.75-dnq-85.75 points, $523.33
 18. Mike Lee, 0-dnq-85-dnq-85 points, $400
 19. Caleb Sanderson, 84.75-0-0-dnq-84.75 points, $400
 20. Chad Besplug, 84-inj-inj-inj-84 points, $400
 21. Guilherme Marchi, 83.25-dnq-0-dnq-83.25 points, $400
22. Cody Nance, 82.5-dnq-0-dnq-82.50 points, $400
Renato Nunes, 0-dnq-82.5-dnq-82.50 points, $400
 24. Valdiron de Oliveira, 0-dnq-80.75-dnq-80.75 points, $400
Agnaldo Cardozo, 0-dnq-0-dnq-0 points, $400
Billy Robinson, 0-dnq-0-dnq-0 points, $400
Douglas Duncan, 0-dnq-0-dnq-0 points, $400
Harve Stewart, 0-dnq-0-dnq-0 points, $1,000
Jared Farley, 0-dnq-0-dnq-0 points, $400
Justin Koon, 0-dnq-0-dnq-0 points, $400
Kody Lostroh, 0-inj-inj-inj-0 points, $400
Kyle Lozier, 0-dnq-0-dnq-0 points, $400
Lachlan Richardson, 0-dnq-0-dnq-0 points, $400
Shane Proctor, 0-dnq-0-dnq-0 points, $400
Ty Pozzobon, 0-dnq-0-dnq-0 points, $400

2012 Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series Season Standings
(Events, Wins, Top 5 finishes, Points, Earnings)
1. L.J. Jenkins, 23, 1, 10, 8,888, $183,352.33
2. Valdiron de Oliveira, 22, 1, 8, 8,755.75, $161,751.19
3. Silvano Alves, 23, 2, 6, 8,580.25, $402,400.61
4. J. B.  Mauney, 20, 2, 6, 6,859.75, $235,345.27
5. Guilherme Marchi, 23, 1, 7, 6,813, $154,080
6. Fabiano Vieira, 17, 2, 4, 6,388.50, $174,499.08
7. Austin Meier, 23, 1, 6, 6,280.25, $174,553.81
8. Marco Eguchi, 23, 1, 8, 6,130.75, $180,888.83
9. Renato Nunes, 23, 1, 5, 5,673.50, $101,092.91
10. Ryan Dirteater, 21, 0, 4, 4,950, $98,966.45
11. Harve Stewart, 23, 1, 4, 4,663.50, $132,800.16
12. Robson Palermo, 13, 2, 4, 4,443.75, $143,286.27
13. Luke Snyder, 23, 1, 2, 4,415, $121,556.73
14. Stormy Wing, 22, 0, 5, 4,127.25, $76,432.89
15. Justin Koon, 20, 0, 6, 3,737.50, $66,654.25
16. Ty Pozzobon, 21, 0, 2, 3,595.50, $84,966.48
17. Kody Lostroh, 19, 1, 2, 3,535.50, $125,457.42
18. Douglas Duncan, 17, 0, 2, 3,454.25, $80,507
19. Mike Lee, 14, 0, 4, 3,348.50, $60,649.64
20. Caleb Sanderson, 23, 0, 2, 3,343.50, $68,956.05
21. Chase Outlaw, 17, 1, 2, 3,251.25, $139,639.15
22. Ben Jones, 13, 0, 4, 3,200, $87,174.10
23. Chris Shivers, 13, 1, 3, 3,080, $73,870
24. Aaron Roy, 23, 0, 2, 2,777.50, $110,147.57
25. Jordan Hupp, 21, 1, 1, 2,732.50, $59,414.33
26. Cody Nance, 22, 1, 1, 2,686.75, $90,853.87
27. Ryan McConnel, 16, 0, 1, 1,757, $22,283.33
28. Emilio Rezende, 9, 0, 1, 1,653.25, $51,639.43
29. Cord McCoy, 17, 0, 0, 1,483.25, $30,939.89
30. Brendon Clark, 7, 0, 1, 1,155.25, $64,636.59
31. Dusty Ephrom, 18, 0, 0, 1,153.50, $29,891.05
32. Jory Markiss, 11, 0, 1, 1,063, $48,638.51
33. Lachlan Richardson, 8, 1, 1, 1,018, $79,044.06
34. Dakota Beck, 8, 0, 0, 924.50, $35,586.91
35. Billy Robinson, 11, 0, 0, 920.75, $50,742.33
36. Kasey Hayes, 10, 0, 0, 914.25, $29,116.33
37. Rubens Barbosa, 8, 0, 1, 802.25, $31,942.45
38. Sean Willingham, 11, 0, 0, 793.75, $18,929.96
39. Chad Besplug, 9, 0, 0, 736.50, $156,718.83
40. Matt Bohon, 11, 0, 0, 726.75, $29,187.45
41. Elton Cide Pereira, 8, 0, 0, 721.75, $28,189.88
42. Paulo Ferreira, 6, 0, 0, 677.75, $54,982.31
43. Shane Proctor, 8, 0, 0, 576.25, $42,187.53
44. Markus Mariluch, 8, 0, 0, 554.25, $28,806.83
45. Josh Faircloth, 3, 0, 0, 545.75, $19,253.03

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