#InCaseYouMissedIt: Davis Wins in Billings as World Title Race Heats Up
By: Darci Miller
We’ve only got three Unleash The Beast events left before the PBR World Finals on May 12-21 in Fort Worth, Texas, and Cooper Davis just made the world title race interesting. Very, very interesting. Plus, Lucas Divino made a strong return to the premier series, we learned more about two of the PBR’s longest-tenured fan favorites and more. Miss a moment of the action this weekend? Here’s what happened around the PBR.
On the Unleash The Beast…
2016 World Champion Cooper Davis wants to remind you he’s still very much alive in the fight for another world title. In Billings, Montana, this weekend, Davis went 3-for-4 for his second event win of the season, moving him back up to No. 4 in the Unleash The Beast standings.
Davis notched another ride in Round 2, as did Lucas Divino, who was making his season debut on the UTB following an injury at the PBR Team Series Championship that kept him out of action since November.
It was also a big weekend for up-and-comer Brady Turgeon. The 19-year-old won Round 2 with the first 90-point ride of his PBR career.
Trivia question: who are both from Montana, worked their first PBR World Finals in 1997, and started their professional careers on the same day in the same place? (Answer: entertainer Flint Rasmussen and photographer Andy Watson.)
Meanwhile, on the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour…
As the only rider to go 2-for-2, Patterson Starcher took the win in front of a sold-out crowd in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
In the Touring Pro Division…
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Social spotlight
We’re so freaking proud of you, Brady.
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An injury update from Mason Taylor:
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So fresh and so clean.
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Looking ahead
The Unleash The Beast rolls on with two events in Washington this week. First, in Tacoma with the PBR Great Northwest Invitational on April 19-20 (April 19 at 10:45 p.m. ET on RidePass on Pluto TV; April 20 at 11 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network). This weekend, we’re in Everett for the PBR Ariat Invitational, presented by Cooper Tires, on April 22-23 (April 22 at 9:45 p.m. ET on RidePass on Pluto TV; April 23 at 1 p.m. ET on CBS; April 23 at 5 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network).
The Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour heads to Wichita, Kansas, for the Wichita Invitational on April 22.
In the Touring Pro Division, the PBR Stockyards Showcase continues in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 20, while the Yavapai Bottle Gas Mile High PBR, presented by Coors Light, takes over Prescott Valley, Arizona, on April 21-22.
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