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2009 World Championship Race Continues on Strong as Lostroh Takes Second Round Win in a Row

Current world no. 1 rider Kody Lostroh takes on Troubadour for a third time in 2009; scores 91.25 points and opens up slight lead on closest competitor J.B. Mauney.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (November 7, 2009) - The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) continued on its quest to crown a 2009 PBR World Champion at the PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas, Nev.  Friday night’s competition featured the rank pen of bulls including nine of the ten bulls who are competing for the 2009 World Champion bull title and the action in the arena matched the electricity in the air of the Thomas & Mack Center crowd. 

In the end, Colorado superstar Kody Lostroh (Longmont, Colo.) claimed the round five victory—his second in a row—with a 91.25 point ride on a familiar foe, Troubadour, owned by Julio Moreno Bucking Bulls.  In their third match-up of 2009, Lostroh conquered the 2009 World Champion Bull contender again and collected the $25,000 check.  The current world no. 1 rider extended his lead slightly on North Carolina’s J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.) and sits second in the average with a total of 444.75 points on five bulls.

“The previous three times, he’d (Troubadour) spun to the right,” Lostroh said. “So tonight when he spun left, he still bucked just as hard, but it was just a little different feel. That bull kind of backs up while he’s spinning, backs up under himself, and wants to pull you over his head. It all worked out good though."

He added, "God built me and designed me to ride bulls and it's something I love to do. Through it, I get to meet a whole lot of people and pour God's love into other people's hearts. I want it to be about him and not about me. That He's glorified and not me."

Florida young gun Caleb Sanderson (Kissimmee, Fla.) rode the 2007 PBR World Champion Bull, Chicken on a Chain, owned by Jeff Robinson/Mike Tedesco/Larry the Cable Guy/Bar None, for 90.75 points.  Not only did Sanderson pick up a check for $18,000, but he added the first 90-point ride of his career to his resume and made his second consecutive qualified ride at the 2009 World Finals.  U.S. Border Patrol Rider Austin Meier (Kinta, Okla.) claimed third place in the round after scoring 90 points on the bull, Far West of Martinez Bucking Bull, LLC.  Meier pocketed $12,000 for his efforts.  “Cool” cowboy McKennon Wimberly (Cool, Texas) rode Yellow Jacket, Jr., owned by Dakota Rodeo/Clay Struve/Julie Rosen, for 89.75 points and $10,000 while back-flippin Brazilian Renato Nunes (Buritama, SP, Brazil) logged his first qualified ride of the Finals and scored 89.5 points on 4C’s/Sills/Vaughn’s bull, Tahonta’s Shadow.  Nunes added $5,000 to his bank account.

The race for the ultimate title in bull riding—the 2009 PBR World Championship—continues on strong as the top 2 bull riders in the world, Kody Lostroh and J.B. Mauney, have matched each other, bull for bull.  Each man has ridden all five of his bulls and they sit only 2.5 points apart in the World Finals average.  Only two long rounds along with the Built Ford Tough Championship Round remain, and in two days, PBR will crown a new World Champion who will be rewarded the $1 million bonus courtesy of Ford and the coveted gold buckle!

The PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals airs LIVE on VERSUS Oct. 30-Nov. 1 and Nov. 5-7 and LIVE on NBC on Nov. 8.  Visit www.pbrnow.com to view the current broadcast schedule and consult local listings to verify all show times.

INJURY REPORT:
Zack Brown (Santa Fe, Texas) injured his left groin.  He is not competing.

Cody Ford (Stanfield, Ore.) bruised his left calf after his bull stepped on him.  He is not competing.

Mike Lee (Decatur, Texas) suffered a concussion.  He is probable for tomorrow’s round.

Ryan McConnel (Colgate, Okla.) received a contusion to the chest after being stepped on during round five.  He is probable for tomorrow.

Brian Herman (Victoria, Texas) has a broken right hand (riding).  He is competing.

Sean Willingham (Summerville, Ga.) has a strained muscle in his riding hand.  He is competing.

BEHIND THE CHUTES
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Ride with the Best Bonus
As the winner of round four at the 2009 PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas, Nev., Kody Lostroh (Longmont, Colo.) was eligible to compete for the $5,000 Enterprise Rent-A-Car “Ride with the Best” bonus during round five.  Lostroh made the eight second whistle on the bull, Troubadour, owned by Julio Moreno Bucking Bulls; therefore, he received the $5,000 check.  As the winner of round five, Lostroh will be eligible again to compete for the bonus in round six. 

PBR BUILT FORD TOUGH WORLD FINALS
ROUND FIVE:  1) Kody Lostroh (Longmont, Colo.) 91.25 points on Troubadour (Julio Moreno Bucking Bulls), $25,000; 2) Caleb Sanderson (Kissimmee, Fla.) 90.75 points on Chicken on a Chain (Jeff Robinson/Mike Tedesco/Larry the Cable Guy/Bar None), $18,000; 3) Austin Meier (Kinta, Okla.) 90 points on Far West (Martinez Bucking Bull, LLC), $12,000; 4) McKennon Wimberly (Cool, Texas) 89.75 points on Yellow Jacket Jr. (Dakota Rodeo/Clay Struve/Julie Rosen), $10,000; 5) Renato Nunes (Buritama, SP, Brazil) 89.5 points on Tahonta’s Shadow (4C’s/Sills/Vaughn), $5,000.

AVERAGE EVENT STANDINGS (after Round Five):  1) J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.) 447.25 points; 2) Kody Lostroh (Longmont, Colo.) 444.75 points; 3) Valdiron de Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil) 442 points; 4) Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) 355.5 points; 5) Aaron Roy (Asquith, SK, Canada) 350 points; 6/7) Austin Meier (Kinta, Okla.) 265 points; 6/7) Ryan McConnel (Colgate, Okla.) 265 points; 8) Ednei Caminhas (P. Alves, SP, Brazil) 262 points; 9) Dustin Elliott (North Platte, Neb.) 260 points; 10) Caleb Sanderson (Kissimmee, Fla.) 177.75 points.    

BUILT FORD TOUGH SERIES POINT STANDINGS (after Round Five): 1) Kody Lostroh (Longmont, Colo.) 13,610.75 points; 2) J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.) 12,878.25 points; 3) Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil) 11,646.25 points, $258,528; 4) Valdiron de Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil) 9,232.5 points; 5) Ryan McConnel (Colgate, Okla.) 8,573.5 points; 6) Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) 8,525 points; 7) Zack Brown (Santa Fe, Texas) 8,383.25 points; 8) Renato Nunes (Buritama, SP, Brazil) 7,702 points; 9) Wiley Petersen (Fort Hall, Idaho) 7,341.25 points; 10) Sean Willingham (Summerville, Ga.) 6,890.5 points.

 

All roads have led to Las Vegas and the top 40 bull riders have invaded Sin City.  Don’t miss out on any of the action at the 2009 Built Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas, Nev.  The world-class event is taking place on Oct. 30-Nov 1 and Nov. 5-8 at the Thomas & Mack Center---get your tickets NOW at 866.PBR.SHOW or unlvtickets.com!

Log on to www.pbr.tv, the official online network of the Professional Bull Riders. Get a total re-cap of the weekend’s event with the newly launched 20 minute highlight show “pbr.tv Extra” , browse video clips of the best rides and wrecks from each event, listen to behind the scenes interviews, watch the latest PBR news on the “pbr.tv Show”, plus much more. Pbr.tv is your one source for PBR video online!

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About the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR):
PBR attracts over 1.7 million live attendees each year with its multi-tiered event structure which includes the prestigious Built Ford Tough Series, the Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger Tour, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour, and the Discovery Tour, designed specifically for entry level contestants.  With over 450 hours of prime time programming annually and a viewership of 100 million, PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air and broadcasts on FOX, NBC, VERSUS, and on a host of foreign networks across the globe.  The PBR is headquartered in Pueblo, Colo., with additional offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico, and prides itself in its 1,000 plus stock contractor relationships and over 1,200 PBR bull riders competing in more than 300 PBR sanctioned competitions across the five countries. 

For more on the PBR, please visit www.pbrnow.com, www.teampbr.com, www.pbr.tv, www.myspace.com/teampbr, twitter.com/teampbr, www.facebook.com/TeamPBR, or www.pbrnow.com/worldfinals/. 

 

 


22 Comments
  • Rebelnbobbi
    November 7, 2009
    That's another thing. They should stick to Versus coverage because we will not see the whole round 7 on NBC. They are only covering 2 Hours and Versus needs 2 and half hours to show one round that would not included the championship round 8.
  • Rebelnbobbi
    November 7, 2009
    Who is supposed to be updating the site for fantasy picks? It's almost 5:30PM EST and still not posted. They had to have drafted them by now.
  • homer299
    November 7, 2009
    Kody picks Chester, JB picks Beer Goggles and Valderon picks Maverick -- according to Twitter reports
  • oldbullrider
    November 7, 2009
    2cjwdpwsd - In answer to your question earlier, the Finals points rundown is found at the link "How Bull Riding is Scored"; the link is found at the bottom of the Finals Results page.
  • Twiggy
    November 7, 2009
    Shannon, you had my mom worried. I checked the local listings for Kansas City, and it is scheduled for 3 - 5. I remember one year, (I think 2004) round 7 and the short go were scheduled for NBC, or CBS (don't remember which) and at the end of the 2 hours, they announced they would be switching the remaining broadcast to move to Versus. I only hope this doesn't happen again as there are so many that no longer get VS (ie, Direct TV viewers).

    Twiggy
  • Shannon K
    November 7, 2009
    I just checked the TV listings and found that the NBC affiliate here in Seattle is scheduling only 1 hour for PBR coverage on Sunday. What on earth? How do you cram a long round and the short round into 1 hour? I so hope the schedule is wrong, since the TV schedule here on the PBR website lists the coverage as 2 hours long. Does anybody know any details on this?
  • Shannon K
    November 7, 2009
    webpbr: Thanks for the press conference details! Sounds like Kody has a good head on his shoulders!
  • patlovesanimals
    November 7, 2009
    Newspaper reporters do research. He probably reads these fan comments.
  • wwscott
    November 7, 2009
    Round 5 was great and the stats are in the record book and are being carved in granite as we speak.Then I enter the "BUT IF" factor... But if Brian Canter had not made his bone head grab on Major Payne at 7.93 ,I belive he would be sporting the round 5 buckle.Come on Brian stay off motorcycles and wait for the buzzer to go off. This is the PBR finals and I want to see you in the $$$. P.S. Go J.B. 8 for 8 on Code Blue 8th round.

  • cactus-sue
    November 7, 2009
    Congratulations to Kody on an excellent round win last night!
    But besides that, what an outstanding young man with a tremendous testimony for God. He is an inspiration to me.
  • webpbr
    November 7, 2009
    By the way, if I repeated anything from the above article, sorry. Got out of bed, got ready to head to the fan zone, and did not take time to read the above article.
  • lostroh_fan_86
    November 7, 2009
    CONGRATS ON ANOTHER ROUND WIN FOR KODY LOSTROH! I JUST LOVE WATCHING HIM WIN! AND IM CONFUSED DID IS MISS SOMETHING....KODY IS 5-5 RIGHT? NOT 1-5 AS HE WOULD BE IF TROUBADOUR WAS THE ONLY BULL HE COULD RIDE! JUST MAKING SURE IM NOT MISSING ANYTHING....HOJOKATE, MAYBE YOU COULD TELL ME!
  • webpbr
    November 7, 2009
    I was at the news conference last night. Some observations. Anything that I quote, I will paraphrase, because I did not have a pen, paper, or tape recorder.

    First question: "Tell us something new or different from yesterday"

    Kody said his elbow is a little sore, he put ice on it, and it will be ok. Only 3 more bulls to go. He thanked God for putting him in the postition he is in.

    "What about the people that have been doubting you". Kody's response, "People have been doubting me all year. That is fine with me. I know what I can do and let them keep doubting and I will keep on doing what I do"

    Kody said, "God has put me in this postition for a reason and I want Him to get all the glory, not me." Reporter ask, "So why do you think that he put you here. Kody's response "God gave me the ablility and love to ride bulls and give me the opportunity to reach more people for Him."

    Do you get mad and throw stuff when you get upset? Kody's response, "No, I did that a couple of times when I was younger. I didn't feel better afterwords, so I didn't see the point in doing anymore".

    Near the end a reporter asked this question, "JB seems to be the "poster boy" (those were his exact words) for the PBR. Does that bother you." Kody's response, "No, If that is what they want to do, that is fine with me. It takes the pressure off of me and puts it on someone else". I talked to the reporter afterwords and asked him some questions and he gave me his reasons why he thought the PBR was trying to promote JB, but I am not going to share those reasons.

    My point on the last paragraph is not to stir the pot. However, I just wanted to say that a reporter, that is not with the PBR and is with local newspaper has seen the PBR pushing JB. This is not anyting against JB, it is just an observation that a non fan of any of the riders can see that JB is the PBR favored rider. JB gets alot of flack for this. If the PBR would just promote the top riders and not get involved with picking a rider, I think we would all be better off, including JB.

    Sorry, I know this is long.
  • dsw
    November 7, 2009
    Way to ride!!! I can hardly wait for tonight.

    Good luck to all. Stay safe!! Am SO glad that Mike Lee & Ryan McConnel are o.k.

  • redneckaddict
    November 7, 2009
    Kody can ride other bulls but he is going for the championship he is doing no differnt than the rest that is why they set this drafe up I do think it would be better for the finals if it were all a draw make it more fair for everyone but that is the way it is JB picked a bull that he has been on before so did Val so the draft is there what would anyone wanting the champoinship do
  • hojokate
    November 7, 2009
    How is Ryan Mc? His Lungs? Is he OK after his ride?

    Wish Kody would pick another bull. It makes him look like he can/will only ride one bull.
  • babber
    November 7, 2009
    Awesome rides guys:::::
    All of you!!!!

    Sure glad Mike Lee wasn't hurt any worse than it was......

    Keep riding Kody !!!!! We're pulling for u...
    J.B. can have next yr.but so want Kody to pull off this years finals....
    god Love him,he's struggled with that bad arms most of the season,but never quit or gave up.

    God Bless all of you and keep u safe.
  • 2cjwdpwsd
    November 7, 2009
    Would someone list the points that can be won it the aveage? I thought that 1st place was 2500 and each place afterwards decreased by 250 points.

  • oldbullrider
    November 7, 2009
    Kody's bearing down and proving that he's true world champion material; J.B.'s right there with him, and with so many points for the average win, it sure doesn't get any closer or better than this!
    Keep an eye on Caleb Sanderson - he's done real well in the SSBR, which is a tough proving ground. Great to see him breaking out here at the Finals.
  • chadro
    November 7, 2009
    It was cool to see the way those guys handled the pressure. Marchi, unfortunately, fell apart, but he's already a champ. Kody and JB are both extraordinary riders. I imagine this won't be the last time you see these two battling it out for the world title. Them two guys seem to have totally opposite personalities, but they bring out the best in each other when it comes to bull ridin. Congratulations in advance to Kody for winning the world!!!!
  • reznibd
    November 7, 2009
    Great rides last night, guys and bulls! Keep on keep'n on, JB. It ain't over, as they say, "until the fat lady sings." She ain't sing'n yet, JB! You're doing great and giving your fans quite a Finals. We respect and admire you so much. You do NC proud. Congrats to Kody for his back-to-back wins--no small feat! Hope you can ride tonight, Ryan, but a hoof to an already injured chest . . . whoa, it's worrisome to your fans like me.
  • nkakalackycatt
    November 7, 2009
    Well isn't this strange an article that hasn't had comments yet from the JB haters, Kody haters or just plain haters that seem to hate each other. Great ride Kody, Great ride JB & each & everyone of them! Isn't it time for everyone to just chill, quit acting so "high school" & sit back & enjoy the bullriding. Each one of these young men is very special in their own way & if any of us think we could ride better, act better or interview better then its time to get a PBR card & prove it. I myself would love to be out there riding with each & everyone of them! Best of luck to all tonight!

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