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Kaique Pacheco went a combined 0 for 3 this weekend but qualified for the event championship round based on the current PBR world standings.  Only nine riders qualified based on score, and BFTS championship rounds require a minimum ten (10) contestants.  With Pacheco leading the circuit he entered in the 10^th spot but he was unable to take advantage of the opportunity.  Kaique remains first overall with 3535 world standings points.

Kaique failed to convert in the 15 / 15 Bucking Battle Saturday night. 

Up Next for BFTS: the PFIWestern.com Invitational presented by Bass Pro Shops is the next stop and 20^th event in the 2017 season as the PBR moves to the JQH Arena in Springfield, MO; Friday September 8^th through Sunday September 10^th.  Event local start times are 7:45 p.m. CT Friday, 6:45 p.m. CT Saturday, and 4:50 p.m. CT Sunday afternoon.  Springfield is also home to the season’s eighth 15 / 15 Bucking Battle, which will take place Saturday night and be televised Sunday September 10^th on CBS at 3:00 PM ET.

CBS Sports Network will air Round 3 followed by the event championship round Sunday September 10^th beginning at 6:00 p.m. ET.

PBR LIVE will stream the event in real time with Round 1 Friday night at 8:15 p.m. ET, round 2 Saturday night at 7:15 p.m. ET and Round 3 followed by the championship round Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET.   PBR LIVE is now available at no charge to all fans and media. Visit www.PBR.com/live  to view.

• The NCWTS had two practice sessions on Saturday morning in preparation for Sunday’s NCWTS 250 at CTMP. Grant Enfinger was 12th, and 14th, respectively, in each session.
• In his track debut at CTMP, Enfinger started 16th, finished 15th in Stage 1, fourth in Stage 2, and 13th in the NCWTS 250.
• In 15 starts in 2017, the ThorSport Racing driver has led 23 laps en route to six top-five, and nine top-10 finishes.
• In 29 career NCWTS starts, Enfinger has one pole, one win, and has led 73 laps en route to eight top-five, and 14 top-10 finishes.
• Enfinger’s ThorSport Racing teammates finished 10th (Rhodes), 21st (Coughlin), and 25th (Crafton).
• Up Next: The Chicagoland 225 at Chicagoland Speedway on Friday, September 15 at 8:30 p.m. ET on FS1.

Kaique Pacheco went a combined 2 for 4 this weekend highlighted by wining rounds 3 and 4 and advancing into the final 4. In doing so he won the event Ride Score Championship earning a bonus 300 world standings points and overtaking the world number one spot. Kaique rode his way to a 580 total point weekend and is currently first overall with 3535 points. He will travel to Barretos, SP Brazil this week and compete in the second leg of the Monster Energy championship.

Up Next for BFTS: Thackerville, OK and the Winstar World Casino hosts the 19th stop in the 2017 season as the PBR goes outdoors for the Winstar World Casino and Resort Invitational September 2nd – 3rd. Event local start times are 6:45 PM CT Saturday night and 4:45 PM CT Sunday afternoon. Thackerville will play host to the years seventh 15 / 15 Bucking Battle Saturday night as well.

PBR LIVE will stream round one in real time Saturday night beginning at 7:30 PM ET. Sunday’s action will begin streaming at 5:30 PM ET. PBR LIVE is available at no charge to all, visit www.PBR.com/live to view.

CBS Network Television will air the 15 / 15 Bucking Battle Sunday at 5:00 PM ET.

CBS Sports Network will televise Sunday night beginning at 8:00 PM ET.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Bristol Motor Speedway – UNOH 200
Race No. 14 of 23
Team Information:
Started: 7th
Finished: 4th
Laps: 203/203
Laps Led: 0
Status: Running
Driver Points: 7th
Owner Points: 9th
2017 Stage Wins: 0
2017 Stage Bonus Points: 66
2017 Playoff Points: 0

Grant Enfinger Race Recap:
Grant Enfinger, driver of the No. 98 Champion Power EquipmentToyota Tundra, made his track debut at Bristol Motor Speedway in Wednesday night’s rain-delayed NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) UNOH 200. Starting seventh, under new guidance from crew chief Bud Haefele, the ThorSport Racing driver finished fifth in Stage 1, and ninth in Stage 2. Restarting the final 84-lap Stage from the seventh position, the ThorSport Racing driver muscled his way through traffic, running his fastest lap times of the race with 15 laps to go, and would cross the stripe in the fourth position behind race winner, Kyle Busch.

The solid run was Enfinger’s sixth top-five finish of the 2017 season.

Quote:
“We had a decent restart there at the end, and we really had a good Champion Power Equipment Tundra all day. We weren’t great. The 46 (Kyle Busch) – he’s really good at this racing stuff. He made us all look bad. But a solid run for us. We’ll take it. We need a little bit more, but very, very proud of everybody on this ThorSport Racing team. We had to battle through some adversity this week, but we still got some more to come, so we’ll keep fighting strong.”

Notes:

• The NCWTS had two practice sessions on Wednesday morning in preparation for Wednesday night’s UNOH 200 at BMS. Grant Enfinger was 11th, and seventh-quick, respectively, in each session.
• In his track debut at BMS, Enfinger started seventh, finished fifth in Stage 1, ninth in Stage 2, and fourth in the UNOH 200.
• In 14 starts in 2017, the ThorSport Racing driver has led 23 laps en route to six top-five, and nine top-10 finishes.
• In 28 career NCWTS starts, Enfinger has one pole, one win, and has led 73 laps en route to eight top-five, and 14 top-10 finishes.
• Enfinger’s ThorSport Racing teammates finished second (Crafton), fifth (Rhodes), and 17th (Coughlin).
• Up Next: The NCWTS 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on Sunday, September 3 at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1.

Grant Enfinger, No. 98 Champion Power Equipment Toyota Tundra
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Michigan International Speedway – LTi Printing 200
Race No. 13 of 23

Team Information:
Started: 6th
Finished: 8th
Laps: 100/100
Laps Led: 0
Status: Running
Driver Points: 7th
Owner Points: 9th
2017 Stage Wins: 0
2017 Stage Bonus Points: 58
2017 Playoff Points: 0

Grant Enfinger Race Recap:
Grant Enfinger, driver of the No. 98 Champion Power EquipmentToyota Tundra, made his second career start at Michigan International Speedway in Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) LTi Printing 200. Starting sixth, the ThorSport Racing driver battled a, “free” Toyota Tundra throughout the 100-lap event and finished 15th in Stage 1, and 10th in Stage 2. Restarting the final Stage from the fourth position, due to a fuel-only pit stop at the conclusion of Stage 2, Enfinger was able to maintain a spot inside the top-five for the ensuing 10 laps, but fell to 10th with 25 to go. The ThorSport Racing driver would settle for an eighth-place finish behind race winner, Darrell Wallace, Jr.

Quote:
“We struggled from the drop of the green flag. We had a good truck yesterday, and for whatever reason, just missed it for the race, and had to work on it a little extra. By the end of the race, we weren’t bad, but we weren’t good either. We finished eighth, that’s about the truck we had.”

Notes:

• The NCWTS had two practice sessions on Friday in preparation for Saturday’s LTi Printing 200 at MIS. Grant Enfinger was third, and 10th-quick, respectively, in both sessions.
• In his second start at MIS in the NCWTS, the ThorSport Racing driver started sixth, finished 15th in Stage 1, 10th in Stage 2, and eighth in the 100-lap LTi Printing 200 at MIS.
• In two NCWTS starts at MIS, Enfinger has two top-10 finish (2016).
• In 13 starts in 2017, the ThorSport Racing driver has led 23 laps en route to five top-five and eight top-10 finishes.
• In 27 career NCWTS starts, Enfinger has one pole, one win, and has led 73 laps en route to seven top-five, and 13 top-10 finishes.
• Enfinger’s ThorSport Racing teammates finished sixth (Crafton), 11th (Rhodes), and 21st (Coughlin).
• Up Next: he UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday, August 16 at 8:30 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1

Re: June re-cap as riders continue their summer break from BFTS

Kaique Pacheco returned to Brazil and has competed in three events; Divinopolis – MG, Americana – SP and the Americana – SP Iron Cowboy Qualifier. He’s ridden a combined 7 of 10 bulls, including a perfect 4 for 4 to win the Americana – SP event. Kaique has earned 60 PBR world standings points and he remains second in the standings with 2895 points; 120 points from the top spot.

Up Next: Riders have seven weeks before Tulsa and some will continue to compete on a regular basis, while others will pick and choose their events while predominantly staying close to home. Upcoming marque events include the non PBR sanctioned Calgary Stampede (qualified invite only), Velocity Tour events in Big Sky, MT and Santa Barbara, CA and Touring Pro events in Rock Springs, TX and Thief River Falls, MN. I will continue to update you as needed.

Up Next for BFTS: the PBR Express Employment Professionals Classic is the first event back from the summer break and 17th stop in the 2017 season as the PBR moves to Tulsa, OK and the BOK Center August 12th – 13th. Event local start times are 6:45 PM CT Saturday night and 1:45 PM CT Sunday afternoon. Tulsa will also host the season’s sixth 15 / 15 Bucking Battle Saturday night.

PBR LIVE will stream the event in real time with round 1 Saturday night at 7:30 PM ET, and round 2 followed by the event championship round Sunday at 2:30 PM ET. PBR LIVE is available at no charge to all, visit www.PBR.com/live to view.

CBS Network Television will air the 15 / 15 Bucking Battle Sunday August 13th at 1:00 PM ET. Please check your local listings for programming confirmation.

CBS Sports Network will air selected rides from round 2 followed by the event championship round Sunday 5:30 pm ET. Please check your local listings for programming confirmation.

Grant Enfinger, No. 98 RIDE TV Toyota Tundra
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Iowa Speedway – M&M’S 200
Race No. 9 of 23
Team Information:
Started: 10th
Finished: 4th
Laps: 200/200
Laps Led: 0
Status: Running
Driver Points: 6th
Owner Points: 7th

Grant Enfinger Race Recap:
Grant Enfinger, driver of the No. 98 RIDE TVToyota Tundra, made his track debut at Iowa Speedway in Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) M&M’S 200. Starting 10th, Enfinger finished 9th in Stage 1, and 12th in Stage 2. Restarting 13th for the final 68-lap stint in Stage 3, the ThorSport Racing driver ran consistently inside the top-10 before being involved in a lap-187 incident with his teammate, Matt Crafton, in Turn 3, to bring out the fourth and final caution of the night. Crew chief, Jeff Hensley brought the RIDE TV Tundra to pit road for four tires, and fuel. Restarting from the 11th position for the final seven lap shootout, Enfinger was able to make a late-race charge through the field, and finish fourth behind race winner, John Hunter Nemechek.

The solid run was Enfinger’s third consecutive top-five finish, and his fourth top-five in nine races this season.

Quote:
What happened between you and your teammate, Matt Crafton?
“Yeah, I mean I’m just – I’m embarrassed. I was going for the bottom and I thought he (Matt Crafton) was going to go in the middle, and I just – he came down, and it was completely my fault. I mean, I just ran over him. I feel terrible for those guys. I’m sorry, but sorry doesn’t fix race cars, you know? Unfortunately, it wiped his out, and I just feel horrible about it. Really proud of all our ThorSport Racing guys and how far we’ve come. We had a pretty good truck, and like I said – it’s going to take a while to shake that off. I just – I feel terrible.”

Notes:

• The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) had two practice sessions on Friday morning in preparation for Friday night’s M&M’S 200. Grant Enfinger was 12th, and 11th, respectively, in each session.
• In his Iowa Speedway debut, Enfinger started 10th, ran as high as second, and finished fourth.
• The RIDE TV driver earned a bonus point in Stage 1 for finishing inside the top-10.
• Enfinger was the highest finishing Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender in the 200-lap event.
• In nine starts in 2017, the ThorSport Racing driver has led 18 laps en route to four top-five and six top-10 finishes.
• In 23 career NCWTS starts, Enfinger has one pole, one win, and has led 68 laps en route to six top-five, and 11 top-10 finishes.
• Enfinger’s ThorSport Racing teammates finished 12th (Coughlin), 14th (Rhodes), and 19th (Crafton).
• Up Next: The Buckle Up Your Truck 225 at Kentucky Speedway on Thursday, July 6 at 7:30pm ET.

Grant Enfinger, No. 98 RIDE TV Toyota Tundra
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Gateway Motorsports Park – Drivin’ for Linemen 200
Race No. 8 of 23

Team Information:
Started: 14th
Finished: 5th
Laps: 160/160
Laps Led: 0
Status: Running
Driver Points: 6th
Owner Points: 7th

Grant Enfinger Race Recap:
Grant Enfinger, driver of the No. 98 RIDE TVToyota Tundra, made his track debut at Gateway Motorsports Park (GMP) in Saturday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Drivin’ for Linemen 200. Starting 14th, Enfinger finished 12th in Stage 1, and fourth in Stage 2. Restarting sixth in the final Stage, the ThorSport Racing driver maintained a position just outside the top-five through the final 83 laps. With 33 laps remaining, crew chief Jeff Hensley brought the No. 98 machine to pit road, for a scheduled stop under green, for two tires and fuel. With a mix of strategy on pit road, and a late-race caution, the RIDE TV driver was able to muscle his way to a fifth-place finish behind race winner, John Hunter Nemechek.

The solid run was Enfinger’s third consecutive top-five finish.

Quote:
Are you happy with your finish tonight?
“It turned out that way because these guys busted their tails all day. We had a great test here a few weeks ago, but we got caught-up in that crash during practice, and these guys had to work their tails off to get it fixed. We had a better truck, I feel like, than fifth, but it gets dicey on the restarts, and you’ve got to put yourself in compromising situations to even have a shot at it. We got pushed around a little bit, we pushed around a little bit, but that’s just the way it goes. I’m proud of everybody on this RIDE TV team. We’re making gains. Every time we go to the track myself, Jeff Hensley (crew chief), everybody is just clicking, so I feel good going into the heart of the season.”

Notes:

• The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) had two practice sessions on Saturday morning in preparation for Saturday night’s Drivin’ for Linemen 200. Grant Enfinger was 10th, and 18th, respectively, in each session.
• Early in final practice on Saturday afternoon, Enfinger and the No. 21 of Johnny Sauter made contact, forcing the RIDE TV driver into the wall, and resulting in damage to the right rear quarter panel of the No. 98 machine.
• In his GMP debut, Enfinger started 14th, ran as high as fourth, and finished fifth. The top-five result was Enfinger’s third consecutive top-five finish.
• The RIDE TV driver earned bonus points in Stage 2 for finishing inside the top-10.
• In eight starts in 2017, the ThorSport Racing driver has led 18 laps en route to three top-five and five top-10 finishes.
• In 22 career NCWTS starts, Enfinger has one pole, one win, and has led 68 laps en route to five top-five, and 10 top-10 finishes.
• Enfinger’s ThorSport Racing teammates finished fourth (Crafton), eighth (Rhodes), and 12th (Coughlin).
• Up Next: The M&M’S 200 at Iowa Speedway in Newton on Friday, June 23 at 8:00pm ET.