‘Buckeye 10’ Is Largest WSTR Qualifier Ever!

Winners of the #12 WSTR Qualifier were Jack Reed and Scott Scarbrought.

     Traditionally, the New Year’s qualifier is the big one, but this record-breaker came out of nowhere! Four divisions, and the payoff was $314,000, including that $22,800 that went to the winners of the #10, the largest qualifier ($150) in the history of the WSTR. We are being careful to signify the $150 version since the biggest check of the weekend was the $100,000 winner’s check at the Wildfire Open To The World in Salado, Texas. But the entry there was $1,500 per team, pick one draw one. The relevance of the entry fees did not miss the attention of the old dogs. So if you do the math on a $300 entry fee, you should find that the payoff was 76 times the entry fee, which is a record that certainly won’t be broken real soon by anyone in the roping industry.
     Johnny Chambers and Justin Solomon were the winners. Johnny is a retired Napa Auto Parts dealer from Okema, Okla. Justin is from Athol, Idaho, and is an oil driller up in North Dakota. Two weeks on and two weeks off – what better way to recover from the cold than in  Arizona.
     Johnny got the biggest kick out of his wife. She didn’t come to Arizona with him this winter, and when he told her about the win on the phone, she just started hollering. Johnny said he didn’t know Justin prior to the roping, “Floyd Marshall said the young man roped good and encouraged me to rope with him. We roped a leg in the short round and were really surprised when they announced us as winners.” Johnny said this is his second biggest check in history as he hit a lick in the #9 at the 2009 USTRC Finals.

     Results are as follows (payoffs are per team):
#13 World Series Qualifer: 227 teams.
     Short go fast time: Connie Hiatt and Levi Piquet, 8.3, $1,000.
     Average: 1st. Bo Pearce and Travis Ericsson, 33.37, $12,780. 2nd. Jerry McPhaul and Kyle Roundy, 33.40, $9,050. 3rd. Jamie Singletary and Lee Walker, 34.52, $6,920.4th. Dave Washburn and Kal Jepson, 36.4, $5,860. 5th. Ross Gosney and Shawn Grant, 36.88, $4,790. 6th. Scot Strausser and Will Rambo, 36.94, $4,260. 7th. Phil Strattoon and Rick Stock, 36.98, $3,190. 8th. Carlos Aranda and Frankie Martinez, 38.23, $2,660. 9th. Maquel Flemin and Mike Christnick, 38.38, $2,130. 10th. Jared Hobson and Matt Cumbie, 38.43, $1,600.
#12 World Series Qualifer: 282 teams.
     Short go fast time: Drew Carnes and Dan Cross, 12.69, $1,000.
     Average: 1st. Jack Reed and Scott Scarbrought, 34.45, $14,620. 2nd. Michele Spurling and Kal Jepson, 35.94, $11,290. 3rd. George Ortega and Joey Romo, 37.55, $7,970. 4th. Michael Freeland and Shawn Hastings, 37.58, $5,980. 5th. Dave Washburn and Kera Washburn, 37.78, $5,320. 6th. Raymond Kerr and T.J. Jarrard, 38.36, $$4,650. 7th. Freddie Chavez and Ben Rearden, 38.48, $3,990. 8th. Rachel Mendoza and Mike Clancy, 3907, $3,320. 9th. Ray Siggins and Dan Cross, 39.41, $2,660. 10th. Barrett Littrell and Beau Billingslea, 39.65, $2,660. 11th. Chance Johannson and Russell Schirado, 40.37, $1,990. 12th. Ed Skinner and Steven Estes, 40.58, $1,990.
#11 World Series Qualifer: 353 teams.
     Short go fast time: Clint Bedoya and Ramon Moreno, 8.53, $1,000.
     Average: 1st. Jody Sarchette and Ken Whyte, 34.15, $18,420.  2nd Dale Cureton and Fred Davis, 3505, $14,320. 3rd. Tristan Williams and Monty Phillips, 38.57, $10,050. 4th. Stan Simpson and Bob Strander, 38.72, $7,530. 5th. Bill Phillips and Buster Boyd, 39.18, $6,700. 6th. Jason Carlson and Randy Jackson, 40.47, $5,860. 7th. Shayne O’Hotto and Ken Calkins, 41.12, $5,020. 8th. Daniel Nowlin and Ty Reidhead, 41.28, $4,190. 9th. Cecil Louie and Dan Osadczuk, 41.29, $3,350. 10th. Phil Stratton and Terry Stratton, 41.44, $3,350. 11th. Buddy Rose and Howard Gwynn, 41.56, $2,510. 12th. Fred Ennist and Dale Woodard, 41.63, $2,510
#10 World Series Qualifer: 455 teams.
     Short go fast time: 1st. Bob Burris and Carl Petersen, 13.01, $1,000. 2nd. Bob Scott and Wayne Barichello, 15.79, $600.
     Average: 1st. Johnny Chambers and Justin Soloman, 39.92, $22,800. 2nd. Bill Phillips and Ray Lane, 41.18, $17,610. 3rd. Robyn Darvis and Dean McIntyre, 41.94, $12,430. 4th. Kelly Cheatam and Paulette O’Hotto, 42.19, $9,320. 5th. Mary Vermedahl and Walt Vermedahl, 42.75, $8,300. 6th. Robin Gasser and Shawn Wexler, 45.52, $7,250. 7th. Bob Kennedy and Burr Kennedy, 46.39, $6,210. 8th. Mark Nixon and Gary Mayfield, 46.62, $5,180. 9th. Alfredo Aranda and Eduardo Arando, 46.81, $4,140. 10th. Penny Conway and Jerry Harms, 48.42, $4,140. 11th. Stephen Tosh and Dale Tecklenburg, 48.44, $3,110. 12th. Jerry Lilly and Paul White, 48.59, $3,110. 13th. Chi DeLa Pena and Jr. DeLaPena, 48.72, $2,000. 14th. Kevin Hebenstrief and Bonnie Matlack, 49.26, $1,000. 15th. Scott Hall and Jerry Harms, 49.26, $1,000.

Winners of the #11 WSTR Qualifier were Jody Sarchette and Ken Whyte.

Winners of the #10 WSTR Qualifier were Johnny Chambers and Justin Solomon.