The 2016 RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo ( website / Facebook ) starts Thursday, April 7th and runs through Sunday, April 10th, 2016!!!!    This year celebrates the second year for the RNCFR at its new home in Kissimmee, Florida!  192 contestants (the top 2 qualifiers, in each rodeo event, from each of the 12 PRCA/WPRA Circuits) will be participating in this prestigious championship rodeo event and vie for 1 million in cash and prizes!

Sixteen of the PRCA / WPRA California Circuits' best will be rolling into Kissimmee ready to rope and ride their way to the National Championships!  The rodeo action starts Thursday, April 7th at the Silver Spurs Arena at Osceola Heritage Park!!  These cowboys and cowgirls have been working and traveling non-stop, this past year, to earn the right to participate in this Championship Rodeo Event.

Please join us as we wish each and every one of the contestants "Good Luck".  We also ask you to join us in sending out extra special "Good Luck - Go Get Um" wishes to each and every PRCA / WPRA California Circuit Cowboy and Cowgirl!!  We are all very proud of each and every one of you!!  Your families, friends, and fans will be rooting for you!!

Congratulations and Good Luck to All !!!

Meet your Contestants from the PRCA / WPRA California Circuits:

CONTESTANT	HOME TOWN	EVENT	BIO
Teddy Athan	Livermore, CA	Bareback Riding
RC Landingham	Pendleton, OR	Bareback Riding	bio
Sean Peterson	Kerman, CA	Bull Riding
Dalton McMurtrie	Inyokern, CA	Bull Riding
Mary Jo Camera	Turlock, CA	Ladies Barrel Racing
Jolee Lautaret-Jordan	Kingman, AZ	Ladies Barrel Racing
Joaquin Real	Woody, CA	Saddle Bronc Riding	Bio
Justin Lawrence	Sanger, CA	Saddle Bronc Riding
Blaine Jones	Templeton, CA	Steer Wrestling
Sterling Lambert	Fallon, NV	Steer Wrestling	Bio
Blake Hirdes	Turlock, CA	Team Roping Header
Lane Karney	Creston, CA	Team Roping Header
Joseph Shawnego	Oakdale, CA	Team Roping Heeler
Jordan Ketscher	Squaw Valley, CA	Team Roping Heeler	Bio
Blake Hirdes	Turlock, CA	Tie Down Roping
Ryle Smith	Oakdale, CA	Tie Down Roping	Bio

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For more information about the PRCA California Circuit, please visit ( website / Facebook ).  You can also follow the WPRA California Circuit by visiting ( website / Facebook ).  We thank yo for your support of the PRCA California Circuits. For all upcoming rodeos in the California Circuit, please visit link.

Rodeo Fans are in for 5 exciting performances at the RNCFR!!!  Thursday (April 7, 2016) is Latin Night; Friday (April 8, 2016) is Patriot Night; Saturday (April 9, 2016 - 1:30) is Family Day --Saturday (April 9, 2016 - 7:30pm) is Tough Enough To Wear Pink Night, and Sunday (April 10, 2016) is the Championship Performance.

For all information about the RAM National Finals Rodeo and all of the exciting events happening before, during, and after rodeo, please visit the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo ( website / Facebook ).

 

Be sure to look for Miss Rodeo California 2016, Rachel Owens-Sarno, who will be in Kissimmee, to represent our great State of California, the PRCA California Circuit, the Miss Rodeo California Organization ( website / Facebook ), and, of course, the sport of professional rodeo!

About  the RNCFR:

The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo is the premier event in rodeo, and contestants who make it there often get the majority of rodeo headlines. Yet there are many top cowboys who never make it to Las Vegas. The reasons are as varied as the contestants, but for most, the responsibilities of home, jobs or businesses keep them tied to a specific geographic location.

In other words, not everyone can, or wants to, travel thousands of miles each year for a chance at a gold buckle at the Wrangler NFR, but rodeo is still in the their blood and they are driven to compete professionally. These contestants make up the majority of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association membership.

Enter the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo (RNCFR).

In 1975, the PRCA created a system that breaks up the United States into 12 circuits. The circuits include as few as one state, such as the California, Texas and Montana Circuits, to as many as 13 states – the First Frontier Circuit in the northeastern part of the country. In 1987, the DNCFR was incorporated, and Dodge became the title sponsor of all 12 circuit finals rodeos and the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo. In 2010, the Dodge brand rodeo initiative went to the newly formed RAM Truck division of the Chrysler Group. RAM has title sponsorship of all 12 PRCA Circuit Finals Rodeos and, beginning in 2012, the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo (RNCFR) (formerly the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo, the DNCFR).

As the regular season ends, top competitors from each event qualify to compete in their circuit finals rodeos. Champions from those rodeos, as well as the year-end winners from each circuit, are then invited to Kissimmee, Fla. to vie for RNCFR championships.

Each contestant can compete inside and outside of his circuit throughout the year, but only the points he earns within the circuit he designates at the beginning of the season are applied toward his place in the circuit standings. However, everything he wins inside and outside his chosen circuit is applied toward his world standings – except for money earned at the regional circuit finals, RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo and All American ProRodeo Finals, which do not count toward world standings.

The tournament-style RNFCR determines the national circuit champions in each event. The competition produces exciting challenges for the athletes and vivid entertainment for the fans. All 24 qualifiers from the 12 circuits compete in the two preliminary rounds of the rodeo. The top eight contestants from each event advance to the semifinal round, with all previous scores and times thrown out. The top four move on to the final round – a sudden-death competition that determines the national circuit champion in each event. Because the top four contestants begin with a clean slate in the Wrangler Round, each one has an equal opportunity to claim a RNCFR title.

Event winners receive a $20,000 voucher for a new RAM vehicle, a Polaris RANGER UTV, a pair of exotic boots from Justin Boots, trophy saddle from Cactus Saddlery, and a Montana Silversmith buckle, in addition to their winnings.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL !!!

 

See you for the 2016 RAM PRCA California Circuit Finals Rodeo - October 7 & 8, 2016, at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds in Lancaster, CA !!!