The Stage is Set for the 2018 World Championship Race

Clay Smith and Paul Eaves are 1-2 in the heading and heeling. – Kirt Steinke Photo

By Lane Karney
Special to Ropers Sports News
Photos by Kirt Steinke

The world’s greatest western sporting event will light up Las Vegas—best known as “Cowboy Town” during Rodeo’s Super Bowl—during the 10-day, $10 million run of the 2018 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
The NFR, which this year celebrates its 60th anniversary, will play host to the greatest triumphs and tribulations known to cowboys over the course of the December 6-15 showdown at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. While every event will undoubtedly unfold in dramatic fashion, as always, the field of team ropers at this year’s Finals will provide its own stellar storylines.