For the second consecutive year, the champions coming out of Rodeo Corpus Christi will form half of the WCRA’s Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo team. The WCRA Major event, part of the annual Buc Days Festival, takes place from May 7-10 at the American Bank Center on the Corpus Christi Bayfront. The total payout of $545,500 will dedicate more than $60,600 to each discipline.

Event Facts

Who Qualifies?

ELIGIBLE ATHLETES:

  • Roughstock:  16 leaderboard athletes
  • Timed Events: 16 leaderboard athletes

SEEDED:

  • Leaderboard athletes #1-#6 from Segment RCC25 are seeded into the Progressive Rounds.
  • Leaderboard athletes #7-#16 from Segment RCC25 will start competition in the Wild Card Round

 

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Athletes are required to have a minimum of fifteen (15) VRQ points on the WCRA Segment RCC25 Leaderboard in a discipline to be eligible to enter Rodeo Corpus Christi with no entry fee

Contrary to prior WCRA event formats, NO athletes will be seeded in the final performance of competition.

Event Format
  • May 7 Wild Card Round: 10 athletes per discipline
  • May 8-9 Progressive Rounds: 10 athletes per discipline
  • May 10 Showdown Round: 6 athletes per discipline (Barrel Racing Exempt)
  • May 10 Kid Rock Rodeo Round: 3 athletes per discipline (Barrel Racing 6 athletes)

Timed events will use the Kid Rock N Roll Rodeo Light System. Please refer to the timing and scoring section. 

Payout

 $545,500 GUARANTEED TOTAL PAYOUT

  • ROUGHSTOCK – $60,611.11 per discipline
  • TIMED EVENT – $60,611.11 per discipline

 

Event Schedule
  •  Wild Card Round – May 7 – 7:00 PM
  • Progressive Round 1 – May 8 – 7:00 PM
  • Progressive Round 2 – May 9 – 7:00 PM
  • Showdown & Kid Rock Rodeo Round – May 10 – 7:00 PM
Advancement

Advancement from Wild Card Round to Progressive Rounds:

  • Top 4 fastest times / highest scores

 

Advancement from Progressive Round to Showdown Round:

  • Progressive Round 1 Winner, Progressive Round 2 Winner, Top 4 from Progressive Rounds 2 head Aggregate
  • Barrel racers advance to Kid Rock Rodeo Round

 

Advancement from Showdown Round to Kid Rock Rodeo Round (excludes Barrel Racing):

  • Top 3 fastest times / highest scores
Timing and Scoring

All Timed Event disciplines (TD, SW, TR, BAW, GBR) will use the KRRR Light System to start each competition run.

There will be no traditional barrier or timer line to start the run time. The KRRR Light System utilizes a drag racing style Christmas tree, which will go from a Blue light to a single Red light to Double Red lights to a Yellow light to a final Green light. The competition time starts on the green light.

Kid Rock N Roll Rodeo

Event Champions (except bull riding) will earn a spot on the WCRA Team at the Kid Rock’s Rock ‘N Rodeo event in Arlington, TX on May 16, 2025.

Nomination Dates

Athletes are eligible to nominate their competitive efforts toward the WCRA Virtual Rodeo Qualifier (VRQ) for Segment RCC25 from September 9, 2024, through April 6, 2025 at 11:59pm CT.

Bull Riding and PBR World Finals

Bull Riding Champion will earn a qualification to the PBR World Finals Redemption Round in Fort Worth.