Brazilian earns more than $1.6 million in 2010
made Professional Bull Riders history on Sunday in front of 16,261 fans at the Thomas & Mack Center
when he became only the second rider ever to win both the Built Ford Tough World Championship and the World Finals event in the same year
He earned more than $1.3 million from the Finals
which is the richest bull riding event in the world
Nunes finished the season with 13,960 points in the Built Ford Tough Series standings
increasing his career earnings to more than $2.5 million
Nunes rode five of six bulls at the Finals to finish with 444 points
Nunes rode his first four bulls to move into first place after Saturday
He then rode Willie Wilco (Jeff Robinson Bucking Bulls) for 87.75 points in Round 5 to clinch the title Sunday
Nunes bucked off Major Payne (Robinson/Katich/Pinnacle Bull Group) in the Built Ford Tough Championship Round
finished second in the season standings with 11,054 points
Valdiron de Oliveira of Aparecida de Goiania
including $250,000 at the Dickies® Iron Cowboy
which is the largest one-day payout in history
finished fifth in the season standings and earned $193,973
Lee was the first rider to win both the World Championship and the World Finals in 2004
and has earned almost $3 million in his career
won the Built Ford Tough Championship Round on Sunday with 91.25 points on RMEF Gunpowder & Lead (Robinson/Braithwaite)
Palermo was riding after being carried from the arena on a stretcher following his win in Round 4 on Saturday
Palermo injured his neck while dismounting
and went to a local hospital for X-rays and an MRI
When the examination showed that he did not suffer a fracture or any ligament damage
2010 Final Built Ford Tough StandingsRenato Nunes
2010 Built Ford Tough World Finals at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas
2010 Built Ford Tough World Finals Event StandingsRenato Nunes
91.25 points on RMEF Gunpowder & Lead (Robinson/Braithwaite)Mike Lee
91 points on Perfect Poison (Boyd/Floyd Bull Company)Wesley Lourenço
90.5 points on Unabomber (Robinsno/Eno/Kubinchak)Paulo Lima
87.5 points on MoeBandy.com (D&H Cattle Co./Moe Bandy)Silvano Alves
85.25 points on I’m Back (Jeff Robinson Bucking Bulls)
89.25 points on Hawaiian Ivory (Flying U/Cindy Rosser Bucking Bulls)(tie) Dustin Elliott
88.75 points on Zip Code (Sis & Stan’s Bucking Bulls)(tie) Pete Farley
88.75 points on Deja Blu (Jeff Robinson/Cappello/Teague)(tie) Mike Lee
(Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger/Clay Struve)Renato Nunes
87.75 points on Willie Wilco (Jeff Robinson Bucking Bulls)
23A – 16,878 (sellout)Robson Palermo
90.5 points on Hustlin (D&H Cattle Company)Guilherme Marchi
90 points on Priceless (D&H Cattle Company/L&E Bulls)(tie) Pete Farley
89 points on Back Bender (Ackerman/Cox)(tie) Renato Nunes
89 points on SoulJa Boy (Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger/Clay Struve)(tie) Chris Shivers
89 points on Another Husker (Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger/Clay Struve)(tie) Sean Willingham
89 points on Hee Bee Gee Bee (Boyd/Floyd Bull Company)
89.25 points on Closet Gangster (Mesa Bucking Bulls/Bierema Rodeo)Wesley Lourenço
88.25 points on Foolish Pride (4L & Diamond S Rodeo Company)Cody Campbell
87.75 points on Depths of Despair (Box K Cattle Company)(tie) Wiley Petersen
87.25 points on Pandemic (Mark Ward)(tie) Ross Coleman
87.25 points on RFD-TV (Teague Bucking Bulls
87.25 points on Over the Edge (Lufkin Ranch & Rodeo)
91.5 points on Spit Fire (Boyd/Floyd Bull Company)Ned Cross
91 points on Black Pearl (Ravenscroft / Boyd-Floyd Bull Co.)Wesley Lourenço
89.5 points on Red Hot (Big Country)Renato Nunes
89 points on Chicken on a Chain (Robinson/Tedesco/Larry the Cable Guy)Chris Shivers
88.25 points on Mission Accomplished (4L & Diamond S Rodeo Company)
89.25 points on Hee Bee Gee Bee (Boyd/Floyd Bull Company)Renato Nunes
89 points on Pit Boss (Ace of Spades Ranch)Beau Hill
88.75 points on Flirting with Disaster (Hart Cattle Co/Switchouse Ranch/Plummer)Douglas Duncan
88.5 points on Copp Hou (Lightning C Cattle Company)Pete Farley
88.25 points on Wish This (Don Kish Bucking Bulls)
8 seconds is all it takes to become a legend
Renato Nunes has developed a tradition of doing a backflip in celebration
Nunes might still be doing backflips into this week
The 29-year-old Brazilian won the third round
the average and the championship round to capture the crown at the Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series Pueblo Invitational at the Colorado State Fair Events Center
“I’m so happy with what I was able to do,” said Nunes
If his performance at the Pueblo Invite wasn’t enough
it also vaulted him past Austin Meier and into first place in the Built Ford Tough Series world standings with 7,782.50 points
“I’m just glad to be riding good and I’m happy to be in first place
but I know I have to keep riding well,” said Nunes
who finished a career-best fourth in the BFTS points chase in 2008
Meier put a positive spin on his drop in the standings
“I did my job the best I could this weekend,” Meier said
but it wasn’t quite what I hoped for either
It’s going to come down to the wire in the world title race and I’m just looking forward to every bull I get on
It is part of the sport and the world title race the way it is
I want to win and I’m definitely gunning for a title
and we will have to wait and see what happens.”
Nunes won the Pueblo Invite with 355 points on four bulls
and he was followed by fellow Brazilians Paulo Lima and Valdiron de Oliveira with 343.75 and 264 points
Lima won $15,600 and Oliveira took home $12,270
Nunes won the third round with a score of 90.50 on Soulja Boy.