TOP 15 BARREL RACERS 1958-2022
5. Jimmie Gibbs, Valley Mills, Texas 6. Colette Graves, Hardtner, Kan. 7. Gail Tyson, Riverside, Calif.
1,900 1,520 1,140 1,140
4. Kay Vamvoras
10,464 8,305 7,708 7,579 7,364 7,216 6,505 6,403 6,188 6,111 5,881 5,866 5,780 $22,769 18,309 17,228 13,358 10,061 9,214 9,061 8,764
5. Dammy Johnson, Norco, Calif. 6. Jerri Duce (injured) 7. Darla Higgins, Cortez, Colo. 8. Renee Sutherland 9. Dottye Goodspeed 10. Cindy Witcher 11. Marilyn Jolly Camarillo
Donna Saul
9. Kay Vamvoras 10. Anne Bateson 12. June Hippie 13. Vicki Adams 14. Kay Blandford 15. Gail Petska
950 380 380 190
Renee Sutherland
0 0 0
12. Pam Ross
13. Colette Graves, Hardtner, Kan.
14. Lila Glade 15. Marion Gramith
1977 Season Standings 1. Jimmie Gibbs, Valley Mills, Texas 3. Connie Combs, Comanche, Okla. 4. Colette Graves, Hardtner, Kan. 5. Gail Tyson, Riverside, Calif. 6. Jackie Jo Perrin, Antlers, Okla. 2. Kay Vamvoras
16. Lorraine Alexander, Newton, N.J. 1975 1. Jimmie Gibbs, Valley Mills, Texas
$21,894 16,880 16,831 13,662 13,147 12,200 10,943 9,307
2. Becky Carson
3. Connie Combs, Comanche, Okla.
4. Gail Petska 5. Colette Avery 6. Kay Proctor 8. Dammy Johnson 9. June Evetts
7. Ann Bateson 8. Gail Petska 9. June Hipple 10. Kay Blandford 11. Jerri Duce 12. Vickie Adams 13. Renee Sutherland
9,029 8,762 8,537 8,408 7,972 7,966 7,749
7. Jeana Day Felts, Woodward, Okla.
7,971 6,726 6,095 5,938 5,821 5,311 4,905
10. Marilyn Jolly Camarillo 11. Deb Beck, Champion, Neb.
14. Dammy Johnson, Norco, Calif. 15. Becky Carson, Timnath, Colo. 1976 World Standings (NFR Only) 1. Connie Combs, Comanche, Okla. 2. Colette Graves, Hardtner, Kan. 3. Jimmie Gibbs, Valley Mills, Texas
12. Lynne Mays 13. Thay Lewis 14. Diane Sleeter 15. Dee Watt
$3,665 2,696 2,108 1,995 1,353 1,353 1,382
1974 1. Jeana Day Felts, Woodward, Okla. 2. Colette Graves, Hardtner, Kan. 3. Jimmie Gibbs, Valley Mills, Texas
$14,384 12,055 11,893
4. Kay Vamvoras
5. Dammy Johnson, Norco, Calif.
Marion Gramith
4. Julie Benson 5. Karen Abercrombie
7,850 7,738 7,609 7,555 7,524 7,496 7,269 7,244 6,966 6,770 6,478 5,580 5,484
7. Gail Petska
8. Dottye Goodspeed 9. Marilyn Jolly Camarillo 10. Lila Glade, Elalaka, Mont.
855 498 315 185 112
6. Dixie Pring
7. Marilyn Jolly Camarillo 8. DeLyssa Trotter, Choctaw, Okla. 9. Deb Beck, Champion, Neb.
11. Cindy Witcher
12. Darla Higgins, Cortez, Colo.
10. Allene Gayler 11. Becky Carson 12. Gayle Ann Brannon 13. Charlene Jespersen
13. Renee Sutherland
0 0 0
14. Pam Ross
15. Lorraine Alexander, Newton, N.J. 1976 Season Standings 1. Jimmie Gibbs, Valley Mills, Texas 2. Connie Combs, Comanche, Okla.
14. Lila Mae Stewart, Missoula, Mont.
15. Wanda Bush 16. Barbara Day
$22,557 21,528 16,284
*Day replaced Trotter at the NFR
3. Gail Petska
1965 - National Finals for barrel racing held in Dallas, Texas 1966 - National Finals for barrel racing held in Fort Worth, Texas (technically held during the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo at beginning of 1967 but was for the 1966 season) 1967 - GRA Secretary Florence Youree met with Stanley Draper of Oklahoma City and asked him to include barrel racing with the NFR. During that meeting Stanley called Clem McSpadden and they decided to include the women and Draper agreed to put up $1,000 prize money the first year. 1968 - Stanley Draper proposed that the barrel racing be held at the NFR as long as the NFR was in Oklahoma City with a minimum purse of $2,500.
1964 - National Finals for barrel racing held in Dallas, Texas - Ardith Bruce wins the world title and becomes the first barrel racer to win the world going to the left barrel first
Ann Lewis becomes the youngest GRA World Champion at the age of 10.
MARCH 2023 WPRA NEWS 37
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