by Press Release per Andrew Hatfield of PBR Public Relations Manager
DAYTON, Ohio – After the opening round of the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour’s (PWVT) Cooper Tires PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Dayton, Afonso Quintino (Sao Luis dos Montes Belos, Brazil) sits alone atop the leaderboard.
Paired with Roc Bottom (K-C Bucking Bulls), the Brazilian stormed out of the chutes for 88.5 points.
The round win secured Quintino 28 Velocity Global points.
Lucas Fideles Souza (Barnstable, Massachusetts) finished in second.
Souza catapulted out of the gate aboard Red Wing (3B Cattle Co) for 88 points to seize second inside the Nutter Center.
The Commonwealth cowboy garnered 18 Velocity Global points.
Dawson Gleaves (Amarillo, Texas), Dalton Rudman (Wellington, Utah), and Eli Vastbinder (Statesville, North Carolina) all crowd the final spot on the podium.
Gleaves rode Wagon Hound (Halpain Bucking Bulls) for 85.5 points, while Rudman matched the Texan on Flash (Herndon Bucking Bulls) and Vastbinder made the 8 aboard Happy Gambler (Kevin Foreman Bucking Bulls).
All three left the Nutter Center with 16 Velocity Global points.
Velocity Global points contribute to the Velocity Global Standings and determine which new riders are added to the elite Unleash The Beast throughout the season. The Top 3 Velocity Global riders who have not already qualified are also invited to the PBR World Finals in May.
Cooper Tires PBR Dayton concludes with Round 2 and the championship round tomorrow, Saturday, March 22, at 7 p.m. ET.
While the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour bucked in Dayton and Wheeling, West Virginia, the elite Unleash The Beast bucked in Palm Desert, California.
PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour
Cooper Tires PBR Dayton
Nutter Center – Dayton, Ohio
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2-Round 3-Event Aggregate-Event Points)
1. Afonso Quintino, 88.5-0-0-88.50-28 Points.
2. Lucas Fideles Souza, 88-0-0-88.00-18 Points.
3. Dawson Gleaves [1], 85.5-0-0-85.50-16 Points.
(tie). Dalton Rudman, 85.5-0-0-85.50-16 Points.
(tie). Eli Vastbinder [2], 85.5-0-0-85.50-16 Points.
6. João Lucas Campos, 85-0-0-85.00-14 Points.
7. Michael Lane, 84.5-0-0-84.50-11.5 Points.
(tie). Marcus Mast, 84.5-0-0-84.50-11.5 Points.
(tie). Callum Miller, 84.5-0-0-84.50-11.5 Points.
(tie). Manoelito de Souza Junior, 84.5-0-0-84.50-11.5 Points.
11. Brandon Chambers [2], 81.5-0-0-81.50-8.3333 Points.
(tie). Luke Parkinson, 81.5-0-0-81.50-8.3333 Points.
(tie). Frederico Araujo Margarido, 81.5-0-0-81.50-8.3333 Points.
14. Brandon Chambers [1], 77-0-0-77.00
