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This article lists all of the major champions from each of the events held yearly at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR), National Finals Steer Roping (NFSR), and National Finals Breakaway Roping (NFBR). Barrel racing and breakaway roping are sanctioned by the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA).
The National Finals Rodeo (NFR), known popularly as the "Super Bowl of rodeo," is a championship event held annually by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA).). Said organization, founded in 1936 as the Cowboys' Turtle Association, then renamed the Rodeo Cowboys Association in 1945, and known as the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association since 1975, established the NFR in order to ...
In professional, collegiate and high school rodeo, barrel racing is an exclusively women's sport, though men and boys occasionally compete at local O-Mok-See competition. Barrel racing takes place with other PRCA sanctioned events, but it is sanctioned by the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA). Results are shown on that web site. [6]
Charmayne James, was an 11-time WPRA world champion barrel racer and seven-time NFR barrel racing average champion [10] Slim Pickens, actor/rodeo clown [11] Ben Johnson, steer roper/Oscar-winning actor [12] Lane Frost, 1987 world champion bull rider, won seven-match Challenge of the Champions with bull Red Rock [13]
The NFR Open is an annual championship rodeo event of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) held annually in the United States.The event was previously known as the National Circuit Finals Rodeo (NCFR) from 1987 through 2021, before being renamed as the NFR Open in 2022.
In 1991, she ran the barrels one last time at the NFR in Las Vegas, Nevada. [3] In 1962, Combs Johnson secured the World Champion honors for barrel racing, with the help of her horse, "Red." She also was a 12-time NFR qualifier from 1959 to 1991. Only Charmayne James holds more qualifications. [6]
Sherry Cervi (born September 17, 1975), is an American professional cowgirl who has won four world titles in barrel racing. [1] Cervi won the barrel racing title at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in 1995, 1999, 2010, and 2013. [2] She was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in 2018.
Gail Petska is an American former professional rodeo cowgirl who specialized in barrel racing.She was a two-time barrel racing world champion. In December 1972 and 1973, she won the championship at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) at the State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.