'Pistol Pete' Hawkins Heads for Show Down in Vegas.WEATHERFORD, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 1998--Pete Hawkins, known to many rodeo buffs as "Pistol Pete," will be competing in his second National Finals Rodeo The National Finals Rodeo, organized by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, is the premier championship rodeo event in the United States. Wrangler Jeans is the title sponsor for the 10-day event, commonly just called the National Finals or NFR, which is also sometimes Dec. 4 through Dec. 13. Pete goes into this year's National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas in 10th position. The National Finals Rodeo is the sport's richest and most spectacular event. Rodeo's biggest party has made its home in the country's glitziest city since 1985 and is contracted to remain there until the year 2000. Pete Hawkins switched from team roping to bareback riding when he was 17. That year, 1991, Pete won the National High School Bareback bare·back also bare·backed adv. & adj. On a horse or other animal with no saddle: rode bareback; a bareback rider. and Saddle Bronc Riding Championship, 1991-92. Pete lives in Weatherford, Texas. Two years after joining the PRCA PRCA Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association PRCA Pure Red-Cell Aplasia PRCA Public Relations Consultants Association PrCa Prostate Cancer PRCA Proportional Rate-Control Algorithm PRCA Personal Report of Communication Apprehension , Pete won some of the most prestigious rodeo titles in the country. In 1996, he won three bareback riding titles: Cheyenne Frontier Days Cheyenne Frontier Days, held annually since 1897, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, claims to be the largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration in the world. The event, which always occurs during 10 days of July, centered around the last full week in July, draws an estimated 300,000 , Pendelton Roundup and the Florida Westfair rodeo. That same year, he qualified for his first National Finals Rodeo. Pete credits his father, Guy Hawkins, with the success he has achieved in rodeo. "My hero has always been my Dad, everything I got and everything I've done, I can say I owe it to my Dad." Guy Hawkins is CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Hawkins Pro-Cuts, Inc., dba Pro-Cuts, so it's no surprise Pete sports the Pro-Cuts logo on his chaps and shirts. Pro-Cuts is the largest Texas-based haircare franchise, with over 200 shops in 13 states. |
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