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Grant Enfinger 2018 Miami Update

November 19, 2018

Miami Race Information:
Started: 1st
Stage 1: 1st
Stage 2: 3rd
Finished: 2nd
Laps: 134 / 134
Laps Led: 33
Status: Running
Driver Points: 5th
Owner Points: 5th
 
GRANT ENFINGER FINISHES 2ND IN THE FORD ECOBOOST 200 AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY
“[We needed] just a little bit of track position, I think. I honestly think the best truck won here tonight. I’m really happy for [Brett Moffitt and Hattori Racing] for winning the championship. That’s a small team doing really, really good. This No. 98 ThorSport Racing team has done incredible this year as well. If we could’ve snookered him on a start or got out in front of him, I don’t think [Moffitt] could’ve passed us. We were just off of him, it seemed like. On a short run, a long run, it didn’t matter. We were just a little bit off of him but hats off to these guys behind me. This Champion Power Equipment / Curb Records Ford F-150 was light years better than it was last year. It sat on the pole, had speed, so all in all it was a solid night.”
2018 Stats:
Starts: 23
Laps Completed: 3,391 / 3,403
Laps Led: 180
Wins: 1 (Las Vegas)
Poles: 2 (Gateway, Homestead-Miami)
Top-five Finishes: 7
Top-10 Finishes: 15
Average start: 7.5
Average finish: 8.7

Grant Enfinger 2018 Arizona Recap

November 13, 2018

Phoenix Race Information:
Started: 12th
Stage 1: 12th
Stage 2: 6th
Finished: 4th
Laps: 150 / 150
Laps Led: 10
Status: Running
Driver Points: 6th
Owner Points: 6th
 
GRANT ENFINGER FINISHES FOURTH AT ISM RACEWAY
“We had the speed to get it done tonight. We had a really good Protect The Harvest Ford F-150. That’s all we had. It just wasn’t meant to be. I’m really proud of this year. We’re not running for a championship next week but it wasn’t for lack of effort. These guys have come a long way, and I’m proud of everyone.”
2018 Stats:
Starts: 22
Laps Completed: 3,257 / 3,269
Laps Led: 147
Wins: 1 (Las Vegas)
Poles: 1 (Gateway)
Top-five Finishes: 6
Top-10 Finishes: 14
Average start: 7.8
Average finish: 9.0

Kaique Pacheco 2018 World Finals Recap

November 12, 2018

Kaique Pacheco went 2 for 5 in the world finals event, overcame serious ligament tears in his knee and claimed his first PBR World Championship.

At the Velocity Tour event Saturday before the start of world finals, Pacheco sustained partial tears to both the MCL and PCL in his left knee.

He was advised to stay off the knee for 12 weeks, but he fought through the pain to earn the victory.

Kaique earns the PBR’s $1 million World Champion bonus and finished with $1,535,094 in earnings and 5,444.16 standings points.

https://www.pbr.com/en/news/press-releases/2018/11/kaique-pacheco-crowned-2018-pbr-world-champion.aspx

Grant Enfinger 2018 Texas Recap

November 5, 2018

Texas 2 Race Information:
Started: 13th
Stage 1: 7th
Stage 2: 4th
Finished: 12th
Laps: 146 / 147
Laps Led: 0
Status: Running
Driver Points: 6th
Owner Points: 5th
Playoff Position: 5th
 
GRANT ENFINGER FINISHES 12TH AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY 
“A little disappointed tonight because we’ve got to run for stage points. It just killed us in our track position. We just got held up by a lot of slow trucks at the beginning of the start, and that’s on me. We spotted everybody a straightaway or so, and just played catch up after that. I feel like we might’ve had one of the best trucks here, and we just didn’t take advantage of it. We were in position to run second or third there at the end and we just ran out of gas. It’s not really a testament to our entire year. We’ll have to go to Phoenix and win the race.”
2018 Stats:
Starts: 21
Laps Completed: 3,107 / 3,119
Laps Led: 137
Wins: 1 (Las Vegas)
Poles: 1 (Gateway)
Top-five Finishes: 5
Top-10 Finishes: 13
Average start: 7.6
Average finish: 9.3

Kaique Pacheco 2018 Nampa Recap

October 22, 2018

Kaique Pacheco went 2 for 3 this weekend placing 5th in rounds 1 and 2.  He was unable to convert in the event championship round and earned 80 world points ending the regular season the number one bull rider in the world with 5,326.66 points.  His lead over second place is now 1,710 points. 

Kaique has led the world standings for 10 weeks (week 17 through week 26), longer than any other rider this year.  He has the most event wins with 8; three 15 / 15 bucking battles (New York City, Sacramento, Billings) and five regular season events (Tacoma, Las Vegas, Springfield, Fairfax, Milwaukee).  He ranks second in round wins with 10, he has ridden the most bulls in the Premier series with 40, and across all series with 53.

Up Next for PBR’s Premier Series: Nampa was the last regular season event for the 2018 25th PBR: Unleash the Beast season.  Athletes have a couple of opportunities to earn more world points prior to world finals; Touring Pro events in Jackson, TN Oct. 26 – 27th and Goliad, TX Nov. 3rd and a Velocity Tour event in Colorado Springs, CO Oct. 26 – 27th and the Velocity Tour Finals Nov. 2 – 3rd.  Currently, I’m not sure what the commitments will be for Prodigal Sports Group riders.  I will update you before finals with your sponsored riders’ standings prior to finals.

PBR World Finals: the 2018 25th PBR: Unleash the Beast World Finals is the final event of the 2018 season.   The PBR moves to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV Wednesday November 7th through Sunday November 11th.  Event local start times are 6:40 p.m. PST Wednesday – Thursday, 7:40 PST Friday – Saturday, and 12:40 pm PST Sunday afternoon

The action in its entirety will air live via PBR’s new streaming digital platform RidePass. The listen LIVE stream begins Wednesday November 7th at 9:30 pm ET and conclude Sunday, November 11th at 3:30 pm ET.   On-demand replays will be available at 8:00 a.m. ET the next day at www.ridepass.com. The service can be found at www.ridepass.com, and in the Apple App and Google Play stores under the listing of RidePass.

CBS Sports Network will air a pre-show each day starting Wednesday night at 9:30 pm ET followed by the night’s performance at 10:00 PM ET.  Please check your local listings for correct times.

Kaique Pacheco 2018 Greensboro Recap

October 15, 2018

Kaique Pacheco went 3 for 3 this weekend, highlighted by winning the event championship round and finishing 3rdoverall.  Pacheco earned 340 world standings points and he remains the number one bull rider in the world with 5,246.66 points.  With one event left before finals his lead over second place is now 1,933.33 points.  The round win was Kaique’s 10th of the season, he’s currently on a streak of riding 7 straight bulls, and 10 of his last 12.  He leads all competitors across the multiple PBR sanctioned series’ with 51 bulls ridden to date.

Of note, with this weekend’s earnings Kaique surpassed the $500,000 season earnings mark, just the seventh rider to do so prior to the World Finals event and the first since 2015.

Up Next for PBR’s Premier Series: the 25th PBR: Unleash the Beast travels to Nampa, ID for the DeWalt Guaranteed Tough Invitational Presented by Cooper Tires at the Ford Idaho Center.  The 26th and final regular season event, a two-day event gets underway Saturday October 20th at 6:45 pm MT and concludes with round two and the championship round Sunday October 21st at 3:45 pm MT. 

The action in its entirety will air live via PBR’s new streaming digital platform RidePass. The listen LIVE stream for the two-day event will begin Saturday, October 20th at 8:30 p.m. ET, and conclude Sunday, October 21st at 3:45 p.m. ET.   On-demand replays will be available at 8:00 a.m. ET the next day at www.ridepass.com. The service can be found at www.ridepass.com, and in the Apple App and Google Play stores under the listing of RidePass.

CBS Sports Network will air the championship round Sunday, October 21st at 6:00 pm ET.

Please check your local listings for programming confirmation.

Grant Enfinger 2018 Talladega Recap

October 15, 2018

Talladega Race Information:
Started: 4th
Stage 1: 1st
Stage 2: 27th
Finished: 19th
Laps: 92 / 94
Laps Led: 0
Status: Running
Driver Points: 4th
Owner Points: 4th
Playoff Position: 4th
 
LATE-RACE INCIDENT ENDS GRANT ENFINGER’S SHOT AT VICTORY AT TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY
“I’m proud of the truck we had here today. Overall, our speedway trucks at ThorSport Racing have got better – we had one of the better trucks here today. I don’t think we had the best one but we definitely had a contending truck. It was really good pushing, fairly good leading. It just wasn’t meant to be there at the end. I was trying to make it as wide as I can. I don’t know if he got me in the quarter panel or got me in the bumper, if I just got behind on it, it’s just a Talladega racing deal, I guess. I hate it for the No. 98 Champion Power Equipment Ford Performance guys – they deserved the checkered flag today.”
2018 Stats:
Starts: 19
Laps Completed: 2,761 / 2,772
Laps Led: 137
Wins: 1 (Las Vegas II)
Poles: 1 (Gateway)
Top-five Finishes: 5
Top-10 Finishes: 13
Average start: 7.4
Average finish: 8.9

Kaique Pacheco 2019 Milwaukee Recap

October 8, 2018

With just two regular season events remaining Kaique Pacheco distanced himself from the field with yet another perfect weekend, riding 3 of 3 bulls and wining his fifth elite tour event of the season.  Kaique won the event championship round, his ninth round win of the season and earned 551.66 world points with the win.  His five event wins (Tacoma, Las Vegas, Springfield, Fairfax, Milwaukee) lead the series and he continues to lead the PBR world standings with 4,906.66 points.  His lead over number 2 is currently 1600 points, the largest lead by the top ranked rider this season. 

Pacheco rode his 15 / 15 bucking battle bull Saturday night to a second-place finish, earning 90 world standings points in doing so.

Up Next for PBR’s Premier Series: the 25th PBR: Unleash the Beast travels to Greensboro, NC for the Cooper Tires Take the Money and Ride at the Greensboro Coliseum.  The 25th event of the season, a two-day event gets underway Saturday October 13th at 6:45 pm CT and concludes with round two and the championship round Sunday October 14th at 1:45 pm CT. 

The action in its entirety will air live via PBR’s new streaming digital platform RidePass. The listen LIVE stream for the two-day event will begin Saturday, October 13th at 6:30 p.m. ET, and conclude Sunday, October 14th at 1:45 p.m. ET.   On-demand replays will be available at 8:00 a.m. ET the next day at www.ridepass.com. The service can be found at www.ridepass.com, and in the Apple App and Google Play stores under the listing of RidePass.

CBS Sports Network will air the championship round Sunday, October 14th at 6:00 pm ET.

Please check your local listings for programming confirmation.

Kaique Pacheco 2018 Austin Recap

October 1, 2018

Kaique Pacheco went 0 for 2 this weekend but he remains number one in the PBR world standings with 4265 points.  Pacheco has been first overall since week 17 of the season.

Up Next for PBR’s Premier Series: the 25th PBR: Unleash the Beast travels to Milwaukee, WI for the Ariat Invitational presented by Cooper Tires at Fiserv Forum.  The 24th event of the season, a two-day event gets underway Saturday October 6th 6:45 pm CT and concludes with round two and the championship round Sunday October 7th at 1:45 pm CT.  Milwaukee will also host the season’s tenth and final 15 / 15 Bucking Battle Saturday night.

CBS Network will air the 15 / 15 Bucking Battle Sunday afternoon at 3:00 pm ET.

The action in its entirety will air live via PBR’s new streaming digital platform RidePass. The listen LIVE stream for the two-day event will begin Saturday, October 6th at 7:30 p.m. ET, and conclude Sunday, October 7th at 2:45 p.m. ET.   On-demand replays will be available at 8:00 a.m. ET the next day at www.ridepass.com. The service can be found atwww.ridepass.com, and in the Apple App and Google Play stores under the listing of RidePass.

CBS Sports Network will air the championship round Sunday, October 7th at 6:00 pm ET.

Please check your local listings for programming confirmation.