Perfect Rudman Wins Sold-Out PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour’s Dayton Rumble
By: Kacie Albert
DAYTON, Ohio – In front of an electric, sold-out Buckeye State crowd Saturday evening, Dalton Rudman (Wellington, Utah) was seemingly unstoppable, going a perfect 2-for-2 at the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour event inside Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio, winning the Dayton Rumble.
Rudman got off to a hot start, tying for the Round 1 win when he conquered Chain Breaker (Nothin’ But Try Ranch/Diggers Bucking Bulls) for 87 points.
The Utah man then defended his spot atop the leaderboard, clinching the event win when he converted atop Homegrown (Topline Steel Buildings/Barrett) for 86 points.
Rudman’s victory garnered him a much needed 118 Velocity Global points as he chases his career-first Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour Championship this May in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Second was Brandon Chambers (Newport, North Carolina), netting 83.5 Velocity Global points.
Chambers first put points on the board in Round 1 when he delivered the fourth-best score, marked 83.5 points aboard Magnitude (Sho-Me Rodeo/Diamond W).
The surging North Carolinian then catapulted up the event standings when he covered Blessed (Nothin’ But Try Ranch/Diggers Bucking Bulls) for 87 points in the championship round.
As the final rider to cover both of his opponents in Dayton, Carlos Garcia (Abingdon, Virginia) was third.
Following a sixth-place score in Round 1, awarded 82.5 points for his qualified ride atop Feeling Dangerous (Nothin’ But Try Ranch/Kinser/McCall), Garcia wowed the crowd when he delivered a sensational 87.5-point ride on Chief (Sho-Me Rodeo/Diamond W) to win the championship round.
Garcia returns home to Virginia having earned 78 Velocity Global points.
Rounding out the Top 5, and tying for fourth, was Alex Marcilio (Macaubal, Brazil) and Lane Lasley (Marshall, Arkansas).
Marcilio and Lasley tied for the Round 1 win alongside Rudman, each logging an 87-point ride. They covered Happy Gambler (Cash Money Bucking Bulls) and Light It Up (Nothin’ But Try Ranch/Kinser/McCall), respectively.
In the final round, Marcilio’s hopes of victory were dashed when he was upended by Buckwheat (Prophet Bucking Bulls) in 5.4 seconds, while Lasley’s chances were eliminated when he was tossed by Black Tie (Cash Money Bucking Bulls) in 3.47 seconds.
In the bull pen, Sugar Smack (Julian Cattle) bucked a cut above the rest, crowned the Bull of the Event. The powerful animal athlete bucked off Marco Eguchi (Poa, Brazil) in a quick 3.52 seconds in the championship round, scored a tour stop-best 44 points.
The PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour next travels to Wheeling, West Virginia, and Fresno, California.
The PBR Wheeling Invitational, brought to you by Oglebay, in West Virginia gets underway on Friday, March 17, at 8 p.m. EST and concludes on Saturday, March 18, at 7 p.m. The PBR Fresno Invitational at Save Mart Center in California begins on Saturday, March 18, at 7 p.m. PST, and will wrap up on Sunday, March 19 at 2:00 p.m. PST.
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PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour
PBR Dayton Rumble
Nutter Center – Dayton, Ohio
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2-Event Aggregate-Event Points)
1. Dalton Rudman, 87-86-173.00-118 Points.
2. Brandon Chambers [1], 83.5-87-170.50-83.5 Points.
3. Carlos Garcia, 82.5-87.5-170.00-78 Points.
4. Alex Marcilio, 87-0-87.00-40 Points.
(tie). Lane Lasley, 87-0-87.00-40 Points.
6. Trace Brown [1], 83.5-0-83.50-27.5 Points.
7. Dakota Warnken, 81-0-81.00-19 Points.
Casey Coulter, 0-0-0.00
Junio Quaresima, 0-0-0.00
Dylan Smith, 0-0-0.00
Brandon Chambers [2], 0-0-0.00
Anthony Lyons, 0-0-0.00
Beau Caplinger, 0-0-0.00
Carlos Gomes Junior, 0-0-0.00
Kade Alberty, 0-0-0.00
Storm Howard, 0-0-0.00
Cody Casper, 0-0-0.00
Gage Gay, 0-0-0.00
Trace Brown [2], 0-0-0.00
Venn Johns, 0-0-0.00
Eli Byler [1], 0-0-0.00
Eli Byler [2], 0-0-0.00
Jason Landing, 0-0-0.00
Jarred Walker, 0-0-0.00
Trenton Shepherd, 0-0-0.00
Wade Gray, 0-0-0.00
Marco Eguchi, 0-0-0.00
Shane Eads, 0-0-0.00
Lucas Phipps, 0-0-0.00
Zack Heimann, 0-0-0.00
Jared Avina, 0-0-0.00
Brylee Smith, 0-0-0.00
Isaiah Taylor, 0-0-0.00
Joe Robinson, 0-0-0.00
Caleb Cantrell, 0-0-0.00
Devan Mealing, 0-0-0.00
Photo courtesy of Andre Silva/Bull Stock Media
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