Souza Wins First-Ever RVT Event in Casper
By: Devin Vaughan
April 07, 2018
Alisson Souza went 2-for-2 to win the Casper Classic. Photo by Andre Silva/BullStockMedia.com
Casper, Wyoming – Alisson Souza won the PBR Real Time Pain Relief Velocity Tour (RVT) Casper Classic Saturday night inside the Casper Events Center in the tour’s first-ever stop in the Cowboy State.
The Brazilian rode Johnny Terror in Round 1 and then rode The Knuckle in the championship round. The victory gave Souza 120 points toward the world standings, and a spot at the Days of 47 Cowboy Games in Salt Lake City Utah.
The Komatsu Equipment Days of ’47 Cowboy Games & Rodeo presented by Zions Bank, July 19-21 and 23-24, will take place at the $17.5 million state-of-the-art Days of ’47 Arena at the Utah State Fair Park, custom designed and built for rodeo. The venue — an outdoor arena located in the heart of Salt Lake City — features over 10,000 stadium-style seats.
Second place in Casper went to Sean Willingham (Summerville, Georgia) who earned 70 points towards the PBR world standings along with $4,700.. Willingham was leading the event after a Round 1 score of 86.5 points aboard Soap Stone before he bucked off in the championship round.
Justin Granger (Tuba City, Arizona) finished in third place with a score of 86 points. He covered Bone Tomahawk for 86 points in Round 1. Granger earned $3,000 and 40 points toward the world standings.
In fourth place was Michael Lane (Tazewell, Virginia), who secured 20 points toward the world standings along with $2,000.
Jake Gowdy (Bristow, Oklahoma) rounded out the top 5, earning 15 world points and a paycheck of $1,140.
The Real Time Pain Relief Velocity Tour will stop in Roanoke, Virginia next weekend for the Roanoke Rumble on April 13-14 at the Berglund Center.
Real Time Pain Relief Velocity Tour Casper Classic Event Results
Name, Round 1-Round 2 -Aggr. Score-Total Points-Money Earned
1. Alisson Souza, 81-86.5-167.5-120-$7,900
2. Sean Willingham, 86.5-0-86.5-70-$4,700
3. Justin Granger, 86-0-86-40-$3,000
4. Michael Lane, 85.5-0-85.5-20-$2,000
5. Jake Gowdy-84-0-84-15-$1,140
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