Dener Barbosa Earns First Career Victory

RALEIGH, North Carolina – With the first PBR (Professional Bull Riders) event win of his career, rookie Dener Barbosa (Paulo de Faria, Brazil) moved into first in the Rookie of the Year race over Cody Teel (Koontz, Texas) after winning the Frontier Communications Invitational presented by Cooper Tires on Sunday night at PNC Arena in Raleigh.

The two bull riders have battled back and forth during the second half of the 2017 season. Barbosa now leads Teel by 47.5 points heading into the final event of the year in San Jose before the PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas on Nov. 1-5.

Barbosa was the only man in the two-day event to ride all three bulls. He began the day with an 81.75-point score on Deep End (Torres Brothers) before he finished with 86.75 points aboard Black Rose (Broken Arrow Bucking Bulls) in the Built Ford Tough Championship Round.

He finished with 450 points toward the PBR world standings and took home a paycheck of $33,200.00.

In one of the closest PBR World Title races, world No. 1 Eduardo Aparecido (Gouvelandia, Brazil) rode his Round 2 bull and finished in ninth in the event earning 57.5 points to increase his lead over No. 2 Cooper Davis (Jasper, Texas) who finished in a tie for 13^th place.

In the highest finish of his career, Claudio Montanha Jr. (Ribeirao, Brazil) finished in second place with a total of 340 points towards the world standings along with $18,000. He rode Screamer (Torres Brothers) in Round 1 for 75.5 points before riding Nailed (Broken Arrow Bucking Bulls) to 8 seconds during the championship round for 88.75 points.

Rubens Barbosa (Iacaira, Brazil) finished the event in third place after his share of the win in Round 1. On Sunday he rode Cooper’s Comet (Broken Arrow Bucking Bulls) during the championship round for 87.5 points. He earned 320 points along with $15,565.

Countryman Joao Ricardo Vieira (Itatinga, Brazil) finished fourth after taking Booger Red (Wallgren Bull Co./High View Cattle Co.) for 85.5 points. He was bucked off in the championship round but still earned 155 points in the event along with $7,400.

Fifth place went to Dakota Buttar (Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Canada) who had a five-ride buck off streak snapped when he failed to cover Wired Child (01 Cattle Co.) in the championship round. In Round 2 he rode Wired Up(Torres Brothers) for 81.75 points. He earned 110 points towards the world standings along with $5,550. He moved from 27^th to 24^th in the standings.

Reigning World Champion SweetPro’s Bruiser (D&H Cattle Co.) was named the YETI “Built For The Wild” Bull of the Event with an 46.25 bull score after sending Vieira flying during the championship round. Bruiser still trails Pearl Harbor (Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger/Clay Struve/H&C Bucking Bulls) in the ever-tight World Champion bull race. Currently only four points separate the two bovine athletes.

Round 2 will be available on demand on the PBR app and PBR.com/ondemand starting at 8 a.m. ET on Oct. 16.

The last regular-season event of the 2017 season will take place next weekend in San Jose, California at the SAP Center in the Cooper Tires Take the Money and Ride event presented by Wrangler. Round 1 will begin at 6:45 p.m. PT on Saturday and will conclude at 1:45 p.m. PT on Sunday. CBS Sports Network will air Round 2 and the Built Ford Tough Championship Round on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. ET.

Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series
Frontier Communications Invitational presented by Cooper Tires
PNC Center, Raleigh, North Carolina
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2-Round 3-Event Aggregate-Event Points)

1. Dener Barbosa, 82.25-81.75-86.75-250.75-450 Points.
2. Claudio Montanha Jr., 84.75-75.5-88.75-249.00-340 Points.
3. Rubens Barbosa, 86.5-0-87.5-174.00-320 Points.
4. Joao Ricardo Vieira, 84.5-85.5-0-170.00-155 Points.
5. Dakota Buttar, 86-81.75-0-167.75-110 Points.
6. Gage Gay, 72-86-0-158.00-100 Points.
7. Chase Outlaw, 86.5-0-0-86.50-95 Points.
8. Cody Teel, 0-86-0-86.00-90 Points.
9. Eduardo Aparecido, 85.75-81.75-0-167.50-57.5 Points.
10. J.W. Harris, 86-0-0-86.00-55 Points.
11. Cody Nance, 0-85.25-0-85.25-37.5 Points.
(tie). Ryan Dirteater, 0-85.25-0-85.25-37.5 Points.
13. Cooper Davis, 85.75-0-0-85.75-17.5 Points.
(tie). Emilio Resende, 85.75-0-0-85.75-17.5 Points.
(tie). Cody Campbell, 85.75-0-0-85.75-17.5 Points.
16. Kaique Pacheco, 0-84.5-0-84.50-10 Points.
(tie). Guilherme Marchi, 0-84.5-0-84.50-10 Points.
18. Silvano Alves, 85.5-0-0-85.50-5 Points.
19. Ramon de Lima, 0-84.25-0-84.25
20. Marco Antonio Eguchi, 84-0-0-84.00
21. Alex Marcilio, 0-83.75-0-83.75
22. Fabiano Vieira, 0-83.5-0-83.50
(tie). Luciano De Castro, 83.5-0-0-83.50
24. Mason Lowe, 0-83.25-0-83.25
25. Brennon Eldred, 79.5-0-0-79.50
Derek Kolbaba, 0-0-0-0.00
Jess Lockwood, 0-0-0-0.00
Stormy Wing, 0-0-0-0.00
Stetson Lawrence, 0-0-0-0.00
Shane Proctor, 0-0-0-0.00
Mike Lee, 0-0-0-0.00
Koal Livingston, 0-0-0-0.00
Lachlan Richardson, 0-0-0-0.00
Troy Wilkinson, 0-0-0-0.00
Skeeter Kingsolver, 0-0-0-0.00
Michael Lane, 0-0-0-0.00

2017 Professional Bull Riders
Built Ford Tough Series World Standings
(Place, Rider, Events, Wins, Top 5’s, Points, Total Winnings)

1. Eduardo Aparecido, 36, 5, 12, 4,162.50, $325,379.97
2. Cooper Davis, 39, 3, 14, 3,925.83, $224,470.92
3. Kaique Pacheco, 47, 6, 15, 3,750.00, $374,750.15
4. Derek Kolbaba, 51, 7, 13, 3,652.50, $267,424.82
5. Jess Lockwood, 41, 5, 14, 3,610.00, $320,492.90
6. Chase Outlaw, 45, 4, 18, 3,079.16, $181,728.94
7. Stormy Wing, 36, 3, 6, 2,277.50, $147,302.11
8. Fabiano Vieira, 44, 3, 12, 2,145.83, $224,001.47
9. Dener Barbosa, 40, 2, 10, 2,133.33, $147,535.28
10. Joao Ricardo Vieira, 46, 1, 18, 2,122.50, $145,912.65
11. Cody Teel, 43, 4, 12, 2,085.83, $160,323.16
12. Rubens Barbosa, 52, 1, 5, 2,037.50, $120,825.84
13. J.B. Mauney, 23, 2, 5, 1,931.24, $139,977.49
14. Matt Triplett, 45, 5, 13, 1,915.00, $127,867.48
15. Cody Nance, 49, 3, 15, 1,902.50, $115,827.15
16. Claudio Montanha Jr., 44, 2, 13, 1,724.16, $118,819.35
17. Stetson Lawrence, 39, 1, 6, 1,545.00, $94,805.34
18. Mason Lowe, 30, 1, 5, 1,463.33, $111,099.58
19. Marco Antonio Eguchi, 48, 0, 7, 1,370.00, $85,125.67
20. Shane Proctor, 29, 2, 4, 1,322.50, $85,423.33
21. Silvano Alves, 40, 0, 6, 1,315.83, $71,289.91
22. Ryan Dirteater, 31, 0, 3, 1,203.33, $82,022.16
23. Guilherme Marchi, 35, 0, 7, 1,059.99, $55,325.22
24. Dakota Buttar, 31, 1, 3, 1,045.83, $70,055.31
25. Emilio Resende, 32, 1, 7, 1,044.16, $67,726.80
26. Luciano De Castro, 40, 1, 8, 937.50, $63,483.46
27. Brennon Eldred, 28, 3, 10, 936.66, $79,271.90
28. Gage Gay, 37, 1, 4, 878.33, $60,877.57
29. Ramon de Lima, 37, 2, 14, 827.50, $75,521.95
30. Mike Lee, 50, 3, 8, 698.33, $59,684.49
31. Cody Campbell, 46, 3, 10, 631.65, $57,592.25
32. Koal Livingston, 41, 1, 8, 542.50, $48,814.63
33. J.W. Harris, 29, 2, 5, 500.41, $40,474.72
34. Aaron Kleier, 14, 5, 12, 490.00, $28,959.64
35. Lachlan Richardson, 34, 3, 10, 482.50, $45,095.87
36. Troy Wilkinson, 30, 1, 8, 478.75, $45,458.10
37. Alex Marcilio, 29, 1, 9, 452.50, $48,535.30
38. Jordan Hansen, 15, 2, 7, 430.00, $37,489.39
39. Nathan Burtenshaw, 40, 2, 9, 403.33, $39,470.76
40. Skeeter Kingsolver, 29, 3, 9, 397.50, $37,650.37
41. Cody Rodeo Tyler, 45, 2, 6, 395.41, $38,672.38
42. Brock Radford, 31, 5, 10, 394.16, $31,406.31
43. Sonny Schafferius, 28, 2, 8, 380.00, $26,876.85
44. Kurt Shephard, 46, 1, 11, 367.50, $44,845.74
45. Luis Blanco, 37, 0, 4, 364.58, $26,807.42