Courtesy of PRCA
Here's an indication of bull rider Chance Smart's unbelievable and unprecedented start to the 2008 ProRodeo season: he watched B.J. Schumacher win the $50,000 Shootout Round at RodeoHouston but still held an advantage of nearly $52,000 over the second-ranked and 2005 World Bull Riding Champion in the Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings the following week. Smart hit the $100,000 plateau by the end of March, the earliest in one event in ProRodeo history.

Much of Smart's totals came in a remarkable, 17-day span in San Antonio, when he won $67,807 between two Dodge Xtreme Bulls Tour stops and the four-round San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo. He won the first Dodge Xtreme Bulls Tour title on Jan. 31, riding two bulls for 178 points and pocketing $19,415.

He then won two rounds and finished second in another en route to winning the rodeo's bull riding average title, good for $33,098. He also finished a close second in the two-head average at the second San Antonio-hosted Dodge Xtreme Bulls Tour stop, winning another $15,294 to complete his onslaught in the Alamo city.