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Kerry Earnhardt JR SRA Rodeo

Lancaster’s BBQ Presents the Jr Southern Rodeo at Rockin K Ranch

DATE: FRIDAY, MAY 20, and SATURDAY, MAY 21
TIME: 8:00 PM each night

* Kerry Earnhardt-Former NASCAR driver in all elite divisions. (Refer to bio)
Currently
-Jr SRA Vice President where his daughter, Kayla, has competed for 5 years
-Along with his wife Rene’ has carried their passion for the outdoors into award winning custom home designs and furnishings. Together, they co-founded the Earnhardt Collection, a family home lifestyle brand inspired by the beauty and strength of nature.
-Radio host for Earnhardt Outdoors. A podcast on his brother, Dale Jr’s, Dirty Mo Radio channel

*Jr SRA History- (Refer to sheet for event details)
-One of the largest youth rodeo associations in the United States
-Oldest Jr Rodeo Association East of Mississippi
-Over 140 members
-Promoter of 13 rodeo competitions a season in 3 different states
VA, SC and NC
-501 (c) (3) organization
-Volunteers comprised of parents, grandparents, friends and competitors
-Compared to a standard youth sport, each rodeo production takes months of preparation and hours of hauling livestock, bucking chutes, holding pens, etc. There’s not just one athlete in the sport of rodeo, we have bulls, horses, goats, calves, steers, sheep and then comes the rider that all need to stay healthy and ready for the show.


*Presenting sponsor- Lancasters BBQ
2 locations- Mooresville, NC and Huntersville, NC (2 min from arena)

*Rockin K Ranch
-Established in 1959 by the Kidd family
-Built for the family’s active rodeo lifestyle
-Had first open public rodeo in 1961
-Professional Rodeo personalities such as JB Mauney and Jerome Davis have competed here.
-Filmed a shoot for “Young Guns” with NASCAR celebrities Jeff Gordon and Bobby Labonte
-TV and Radio personality, Fred Kirby’s famous horse “Calico” called Rockin K Ranch home for many years
Duration:
27m
Broadcast on:
19 Apr 2016
Audio Format:
other

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Service fees and terms apply. Hey, it's Arrow on iHeartRadio. The Junior Southern Rodeo Association is one of the largest youth rodeo associations in the United States. The JR-SRA was established in the 1950s as a youth division of the Southern Rodeo Association. They put on an average of 13 seasonal rodeos as well as a three-day championship finals rodeo at the end of the season. On average, they have over 140 contestants ranging in age from 4 years old to 18 years old. You're invited to one of the biggest events, made 20th and 21st 8 p.m. at the Rockin' K Ranch. For more information and to get tickets call 704-875-9180. That's 704-875-9180. Here to talk about the Junior Southern Rodeo Association and the event, we are unplugged and totally uncut with Keri Earnhardt. I grew up in Montana, so rodeo life is right up my alley. We're about some Montana. And I'm billing civilians, yeah. Yeah, you've been up there? Yeah. Really? What'd you do up there? Well, we actually flew into Billings and we'd go elk hunting. Yeah. Mule deer. Yeah, did you go up into Smokies or where'd you go for the elk and stuff? It was like a two-hour drive. Yeah. It was a hot new. Yeah, I mean, there's, once you get up in the hills, man, and you hope to god there's going to be some snow, so they'll come down. Because it's a low hike at home to hike at, I don't tell you it's amazing what an elk can go through. And how, I mean, a rock cliff, they'll work their way up at rock cliff. You having this like, that's done out. Yeah, because we had the bighorn sheep up there as well. And I mean, you get up there on the side of that hill and it's just total focus. Mm-hmm. And then the altitude. Oh, man, it's like. Oh, lord. That's it. That's it. You'd run out of here? It's so true. That's so true. I mean, it's like the first day we started out in the guide, he's, I'm like, dude, don't start out at 700, you know, you're up here already. Give me time. Yeah. That's it. Yeah. We'd sit up there on the side of the mountain and listen to the World Series. And while we're sitting there, they have Quakin' Asp up there, which are the white trees. Yeah. And we would just sit on the edge of that waiting for, you know, the mule deer to come out. Yeah. And I'll enter, or the white tail and stuff like that. But the deer down here is smaller. Come over here. Oh, yeah. What's out there? These are just EDBs here. Less smaller. Yeah. It's almost like, man, I want to turn into a pet. Go to Florida. Florida, they're like the size of German Shepherd's. Really? Yeah. They're small. That's crazy. But, if not, man. We had a lot of fun. I like Montana. Now, how'd you get involved in the rodeo? My daughter. Yeah. Yeah. She a barrel racer? Mm-hmm. Yes, she. Yeah. That's always exciting. It's always the way that we got the girls involved in the rodeo circle and all that kind of stuff. Then she does barrels, poles, goat time, roping. And they have a thing called ribbon roping. She or the kid, one kid, he'll rope the calf. And it's got a ribbon tied to his tail. And she'll run after him. And when they load it out, she's chasing it. And he's chasing the roping. And when he ropes it, he's got to get off his horse and touch the calf before she can grab the ribbon. And then run back across the top finish line. Oh, wow. That's some serious teamwork. Oh, yeah. Wow. How do you practice that? You don't. Bigger things than roping, you know? I can't eat right before it happens. You go to your home. I don't know. Police let this happen all the way. That's right. Yeah. You just hope that roper is on his game, so. See, because we used to rope the guy. I feel this isn't so mean. But we used to rope the calves. Yep. And then we'd put them down the shoot and then ride the calves. And it was just something that we did on the farm is what it was. Wow. And you just done it for folks. [LAUGHTER] Made a career. [LAUGHTER] And they look what it's become. Those cows got bigger, though. I was like. [LAUGHTER] I've never been on one except like I was telling them, I'll sort the stock because they're all tagged with deer tags. And they'll do a draw for the riders and roapers, which one they get. So I'll get them all in line and put them in the shoot. And you get in there with 10-15 of them, it's kind of crazy. And I'll be getting one kind of game out. And some of them, majority of them is pretty nice. But just for one, you have to watch him not dead. And then he hooked me in the butt and he threw me up. And I was on the back going in circles with him. [LAUGHTER] And then his grudge reel and got all the way high. [LAUGHTER] And then we got the big balls. They're pretty cool. I mean, they're pretty easy. We got one. And he'll tear everything up, but the rest of them are pretty good. You have to have a real good bad bull down here. Not really. I mean, he don't buck when we put the flanks on him. He don't buck like the real common does. I mean, the common bucks way better than he does. The ones he's not-- no rider on him. He's just crazy. [LAUGHTER] He's jumping fence and tore down to shoot the gates and everything. You know, like, yeah, it's all a white bull. You got rid of him. The rodeo's been growing in popularity, especially a lot in this area in the past, what, 10, 15 years? Because you're starting to see the rodeo scenes and stuff. Right. Well, you've got the greats of JB Mooney and all the guys like that around this area is actually making it. And just bringing it back. What do you think the drawings? I think-- is it the family spirit of being at the rodeo? Or what do you think? I think that's a lot of it. But I think, you know, especially now, like I said, with JB Mooney, Shane Proctor, and we've got a bunch of good barrel racers in this area. I think just people knowing him is bringing it back. And, you know, it's bringing attention. I mean, JB, he's growing up right down the road from us and never done anything. You know, all of a sudden, he's grown champion three times. Yeah. Yeah, he's two times for sure. And I think this year, he was on track this year. I haven't seen it lately. But I don't know. Like we were talking earlier, these kids and these phones and computers. And I think it's just something to get the family together and get out, you know? Plus the competition. I mean, that's honest to God competition. You know, it is. And you can't predict what's going to happen. And like my wife says, you got the athlete and our daughter. But then you got the horse that you got to take care of and keep him, you know, in shape and everything, too. So you got two athletes you're working with. And we've got three horses now that we've taken earlier. So we've got four athletes. How do they like that? Do they like the competition themselves, the horses? Oh, yeah. You tell them, I mean, they become as ever. But when you get in that alleyway, they get dancing and snorting and blowing. I know what's about to go through. A lot of them don't get a bearing and bucking. And, you know, I don't want anything crazy like my daughter. But these girls come in there and they had to fight to get the horse to go in the alleyway. But once he gets in the alleyway, he blows barrels, you know? And it's like, our mind's still back there trying to get the horse in the alleyway, and she ain't focused. Is there a secret to barrel racing? I mean, is it about balance? I mean, it's got to be the camaraderie between the rider and the horse. It is. And, you know, when the rider's got a trust to horse, the horse, you know, like our two horses, they pretty much know their job. Yeah. And you have to go in there and you have to set them. When I say, I mean, you're in there running, running, running, both hands. And when you get that barrel, once you feel that rain drop to turn, when one horse we got, when he feels that rain drops, he cuts. And my daughter, she would be like, from here to that corner, and she'd drop the rain, and he turned men over the barrel. I mean, that's just-- they're tuned that well. And then we got one. He's five years old now. And he's going back from the trainer. And he's not fast on the straightaways, but he cuts the barrels pretty tight. So, he makes up time on barrels, turning the other horse makes up time on speed, because he's off the racetrack at Kentucky. Yeah, that's straightaway speed. Oh, yeah, because when they turn that corner, man, I mean, they're leaning over there, and it's-- oh, my God. And you sit there and you go, I don't understand how they do it. I mean, it's all that weight on their joints and everything. Yeah. I mean, now I've seen the horse's legs break. Wow. And they go to turn a barrel. But that's the cowboy life. Yeah, it is. I mean, people don't understand. I mean, if he was spent $25,000 on that horse, and about five weeks later, whenever he broke his leg, he had him down. Wow. Yeah. Now, do you look at yourself as being a cowboy or a rancher? No. Or are you just a Carolinian? No, I'm just a Carolinian. All right. But his family that started this association, this guy married into, and he was president. And he'd come up, and he says, the dark bits on the road. I said, well, that's how they told us to fit it on. You already know that, and I said, I never claimed a big cowboy. I just like to make my daughter happy. That's it. That's all I want. I've learned a lot, and I can run some steers and cattle at home now, but it's not something I like to do in my life. These ranchers have got it rough now. Oh, man. Out there in the fields all the time, and making sure that it's all fertilized, and watered, and all that kind of stuff. And in livestock, it ain't really good right now. Right. The numbers are way down. Right. It's hard living. It is. It is. It is. But you make it exciting, though, by doing with the rodeo, because it almost introduces the imagination to the different lifestyle. It does. Instead of the city slicker lifestyle and stuff. Yep. That's like there's a new show on Ashton Coocher's got a new show on, and it's called The Rancher. Yep. Wow. I mean, I sat there watching it, and it was so authentic, especially when they're up there in the loft, to the barn, and all that kind of stuff. And when you've lived that lifestyle, that's what draws you even closer to it. And you really never knew-- I mean, I never knew that life. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't know that. I didn't really follow anything. But I never-- I know Ashton Coocher, Joker, Prankster, and stuff like that. I never knew who's rancher. Yeah. There's like this whole resurgence of Americana happening right now. Yep. So now the actual rodeo is taking place at what time-- we're just going to go on all summer. Well, we have 13 rodeos a season. The Junior SRA rodeo association is one of the oldest associations in Michigan, youth rodeo associations. And we joined it, and now she's joined the junior-- North College Junior High School rodeo association. They said, it's like we've already had the finals for the high school in May. And then the finals for the Junior SRA in December, but the high school starts back up in September. So it all lasts over. So you're doing it all year long. Yeah. Wow. And I love the fact that she's still in high school, because this gives them an opportunity to have a sport. And you don't have to go out and do the fall. You don't have to go out and do lacrosse. I mean, this is a sport that can-- and it's always looking for those future students to get in there. Do you have to belong to the FFA and all that kind of stuff? You know, it was of America. No, you don't. I mean, actually, some, North Carolinans are running in Virginia High School stuff, which just cause competitions a little easier over there. Yeah. And they have a better chance for me then, but-- Do they get scholarships instead? I can. Yes. And that's why they say all this radio stuff can go to scholarships for schools, but they're in like, Texas, Montana, and places like that. Which, no, I tell my wife, when kids are out, we're going to Colorado or one, 10, and one. You take your pink, it's one or two, that's all you got. So, yep. Daddy will stay home without me. Now, you guys have always been involved with the Wilderness. Anyway, you've got a program where you guys protect the wilderness and do things. Yeah, we work with various organizations, Rocky Mountain Outfel and Federation and NWTF, and just do different things to help conservation. Mm-hmm. That's one thing we didn't have much of as Turkey's or elk, either one. And now we've got an abundance of them going up in the mountains there's elk running everywhere. Yeah, people's amazed with it. It's pretty cool to go watch and listen to them bugling and carry them. Me, too. And then the turkeys, yeah, I can remember not seeing any turkeys at all. Now, I see 12 to 30 in a flock and fields around the house. What's that? Like, you were in Concord, Kanapolis area. And now you've seen it all change? I mean, Moore's will now always. You grew up in Kanapolis, but I mean, Moore's will now. So, but you see that whole area change? I mean, it doesn't-- it's like, I like progress. Yeah. There's something about the role in the Carolina Hills that is just-- it's like, ah, there's got to be a way that we can preserve that. It's hard because they're taking their way. I mean, they're knocking trees down, putting up condos and apartments and everything. Breaking news. And this one is almost unbelievable. 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And you got-- I mean, you got to do that for people, but I don't know where our wildlife is going to do you. Right. I got it in the backyard, about nine-handed. Yeah. That's it. And you see them all in the suburbs now and in the communities. Everybody's like, I got deer eating my life. Yes, well, you moved there. Yeah, we had the Forest Service come in, and we replenished the forest with 1,700 trees. And then they told us what to do to get the deer to come in there, but we planted some winter wheat and all that kind of stuff. Now they just-- you know they like kudzu? Kudzu and poison ivy. Yeah, kudzu and poison ivy. Oh my god. And so people get rid of the poison ivy. No, man. I got the deer. Yeah. [LAUGHTER] Yeah, if I was like, kudzu, that's ugly. But the deer on Highway 3, you go into my house, there's two big valleys of kudzu. And you see deer all the time there. I mean, just grazing. And people didn't think about that. It's just the nature and what you guys do with the wilderness is just mind blowing. It's so inspiring. Because a lot of people don't see what it is what you see with that wilderness program. And they don't. And everybody-- they kind of fight it at first when we were talking about bringing elk back into the mountains in North Carolina. But now they love it. I mean, it's like, man, this is the greatest thing that's happened around here, you know, and seeing elk. And I mean, I also majestic animal and, you know, it's huge. And I'd say the first time I went elk hunting and sitting there and elk is coming off this ridge. And I mean, he's coming through trees like this and his wrecks like this. And he's coming through here like, yeah. Butting. And I'm like, how do they do that? That's so true. And I'm saying, they're amazing. I mean, all these little calves and, you know, peppers come out. And I'm like, this is really cool. They go out and run around the pond down, run around the tree. I mean, just playing and everything. And after they kind of met, settled off. And the guy with me came to me and he says, that was awesome. And I said, yeah, that was really cool. He said, the worst part is we ain't got no footage. 'Cause I'm filming a show. Give me no footage. Aw, try it. He said, you forgot you had a bow, didn't you? I said, yeah. I never did pick my bow up or even try it to. I was like, this is amazing. Do you prefer the bow hunting? I like bow hunting. I'll do it all just for TV, but I love bow hunting. Yeah, 'cause it's silent and a little bit more challenging. Exactly, yeah. You got to get them within distance and be precise. I mean, I shoot through her yards with the rifle, but I can't with the bow. Right, yeah. That would be a relationship with the land, wouldn't it be? Do you figure out what you're going to be doing first? Yep. I mean, I'll shoot about 70 yards at the most with my bow. Wow. That's the furthest I shoot. You would do that with an elk? Take it down with the bow? With an elk, probably about 60 is the most. I shot deer at 60 yards. Yeah. My first meal deer, I shot at 65 yards. So do they have meal deer around here? 'Cause I was going to say, 'cause I'm so used to the whitetail. Yeah. And then those mules, man, they get to the jeers, man. They get to the jeers, man, they get to the jeers, too. Yeah, they get to the jeers. The mule deer is beautiful, man. We don't have any round of yours. I said, I mean, it's one of them. You mentioned coyote in Colorado and Montana. Utah's got meal deer. You ever do antelope? I have not. They're fast. They are. Oh, my God, man. You'll see a herd of them out there and they're going. And I mean, they'll see you from miles. Yep. Yeah. You ain't sneaking on them. And they scare them. You had to sit up and hope they come in, like a water horse. Yeah. Yeah. As you were growing up, did you ever do prairie dog hunting? Yeah, I did. No, that's awesome. Well, round here is called groundhogs. Yeah, that's me. We got groundhogs. Yeah. Yeah, I had them prairie dogs. Well, yeah, because you have those open fields and you get the cattle out there. They could be breaking an ankle and all that kind of stuff, so you had to maintain the prairie dog towns. Yep. And so, and that was part of the clearing out process. That was funny. Yeah. The groundhogs are the same way. They're a big old hole. I mean, it's actually tractors tired of wheels that go off into holes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We try to shoot them. The M and Coyoteies. Don't come on through that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We got a coyoteie problem in this thing. We're a changer. If we have a hedgehog. Aww. That's different. He's a pet. He's not digging holes and damaging tractors and cattle. Because the rodeo is going to be where here in Charlotte then. The Rock K Ranch made its 20th and 21st. Really? Yeah. That's an awesome place. Yeah, it is. Yeah. That's, I mean, with the upstairs and all that kind of stuff, are they going to have like dining and stuff upstairs or not? No. They're not doing any of that anymore. We'll have caterer in there, food and stuff. We got some vendors set up. I mean, that whole deal we were talking, I mean, that place has been there for... Ever. When they built that, I mean, they built that in 1959, and then they've put that barn in the upstairs restaurant area and all in 1990, but they haven't used it. And I don't remember how long, but he says it's been a long time since they've used that. Yeah. Yeah. So, we went up there and we got them to let us have a rodeo there last year and we went up there and cleaned everything up and got everything working. We had to put in bugging shoots and holding pins for stock, and we put all that in and I mean, it was still a normal weekend, $5,800 on gate money up there, $3,000. Wow. Wow. No, no, from moten internet, just hearsay, and it was a big crowd. And there's a lot of easy parking in that area, too. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Because it's just open field. Yeah. And that's why I wanted to do something, try to draw more attention because we can accommodate for parking and everything. The only thing is it's going to be kind of like a bring your own chair type thing because they're bleachers and then you get a whole lot of bleachers. Yeah, but when you bring your own chair, you bring comfort. That's right. Because who hasn't sit on that bleacher, man? I always bring my chair. Awesome. I don't like bleachers. That's right. I can only sit alone. Yeah. Yeah, because it's about getting up talking, going over and watching different things and it's not like going to a drag race, man, where you know, every, you know, every pass is a pit pass. Exactly. That's it. That's like why she's like, we got to get the chair and said, oh, well, yeah, you never said to them. Yeah. I mean, we said no chairs out there. Everybody else said to them, but we don't. It's definitely not because I'm back here working. Yeah. This thing, you'll see me, you'll see me all over that place. I'm all back here. We're going to stock now. I'm running across arena doing goats and I'm running back getting the barrels and poles and I never see a rodeo. Yeah. Watch my daughter every time she goes, I'll watch her and then right back to work. Wow. Wow. So it's going to be like a full blown rodeo with all the, the horses barrel racing. There we go. We'll have all the rough stock, which is mutton bus and word of kids run sheep. We have the steer riding, shoot dog and bull riding. I got to order it down like let's start to remember. There we go, a sheep riding, just mutton bus and calf riding, steer riding, bull riding and then shoot dogging. Have you ever rode a sheep? I have not. They're crazy. I'm too heavy now. But man, but when you were in your younger years then, no, because we have a weight limit of a hundred pounds for sheep riders, just so it's not hard on a sheep. Yeah, because we, we used to have to, we always felt bad because we'd have to feed the bombs. Oh yeah. And then with the, with the coke bottles and stuff like that, and then you go, I'm going to ride you one day. I'm just going to say that right now. This is part of the relationship. Yeah. And it happens, huh? Yeah. For a little bit. Yeah. It's like riding a fish, man. Yeah. I can imagine. I see these little kids riding. They're like, oh wow. It's like fun to watch them try to stay on. It is. Oh, they have. I mean, they'll be on their side. Just hanging on right now. It's so good. It's true. I mean, it's just neat to watch these kids. It's like I was doing Paul, these kids, whenever they lose, they're still good. They've still got a good attitude and a good sport. You know, they go up and congratulate the winner, and you're still laughing. They're not mad or anything. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. When they, you know, the bull, where I was, they get bucked off, they might slam their hat because they didn't ride. Right. Right. Right. They, they, they had a frustration. Yeah. I love it when the little kids take their cowboy hats and you know, they can hit their pants, get the dirt off, and all of a sudden, we're going to be real. Yeah. No. Or when they ride, they do a little dance. So what is the best way for someone to find out information about this? It's the junior SRA rodeo.com J-R-S-R-A-R-O-D-E-O.com, and the, the days one more time. Made of 20th to 21st at eight o'clock. And actually that's the same weekend as the, uh, All-Star race. Really? So see, that's good action is it? Yeah. So, because everybody's going to be in that area again. It's going to be race week, but my daughter, my daughter tells me that I may have raced, but she drives the real horse power. Oh, look at that too. So she got you on that. I know. Really. But, you know, it's, it's a lot of fun. We have a lot of good time and, you know, there's a lot of family atmosphere and kids, like I said, they are, they're competing, but they're not, they're not like matted, because they didn't win. They always congratulate the winners and, you know, offering to help out. They help everybody out. My daughter is from, she's helping people go time. I'm like, you're winning every go time event and you're leading go tires, but you're teaching this girl how to beat you. Mm-hmm. That's okay. She does. You know, she just needs help. That's some cool. That's what I want to hear. Yeah. He's that teamwork thing. That's right. That's right. And that's a Beatty's Ford Road. Is it not? Yes, it is. Yes. I don't have that address. I don't have that address. But it is on Beatty's Ford Road. And, actually, we have picked up Lancaster's barbecue as a proceeding sponsor for the road. Yeah. And they're, the Huntersville, the Huntersville location is only a couple miles down the road from their ranch. Is that vinegar based? Yes. Yeah. They have different. I mean, it's good briskets. Now, they got a lot of good food. Lancaster barbecue. We, you know, they're good friends with a family growing up and I remember me taking the kids there. They always go to see the big pig and then, you know, Jeff and Terry Lancaster's owners and Jeff is when they called the big pigs. So I thought that was pretty funny. Yeah. It's always good eating. Wow. And it's pretty neat because they got that race theme atmosphere in there at the Morrisville store. And, you know, all the race mirroring billion, they got a school bus, you can actually sit in and eat too. Don't you like the community that's still up there? It is. It's cool. You have all these cars flying by, but you know what? When you look a little bit past that street, it's still a community. It is. And that's, that's what's neat about it, you know, is, I mean, we was looking and laying in Lancaster's barbecue started out in a gas station and that, they only had like two booths in the, in the whole place. And then they moved out to Reinhardt Road and built that little area there. And it's a little small building and then now they've had it on that. Now you, when you walk into what used to be the restaurants, all game room now, a bunch of games, kids play and everything. Then you walk into the real restaurant part and it's, it's really neat. So great food, great rodeo music. Ooh, we'll play music. I mean, we got a lot of music for me. I can't play, but you know, we, we have a guy that announces rodeo and he, I play music and during the rodeo, all kind of different types of music. So they'll be music, it's not live music. This rodeo announces, that's, that's a talent. It's on a city as I've thought about trying to do it, but I can't name it. My wife says I'm mumble anyway and, and people won't understand me. Then you'd be out there and you'd see the rodeo. Well, yeah, that's true. And I wouldn't have to be kicked and throw it around with them bowls and steers and everything. Yeah, I don't understand, I started out being on the board just from, you know, my daughter running association trying to help out, served my two years on the board and promoted the vice president, but I'm still doing the same thing. Oh well, I do it for the kids. They have fun and they have a good time and yeah, we got, we have a bull fighter and he's there doing work and helping out and sitting barrels and poles, but yeah, that's a lot of work in one guy. So I jump in there and try to help out. 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Lancaster’s BBQ Presents the Jr Southern Rodeo at Rockin K Ranch

DATE: FRIDAY, MAY 20, and SATURDAY, MAY 21
TIME: 8:00 PM each night

* Kerry Earnhardt-Former NASCAR driver in all elite divisions. (Refer to bio)
Currently
-Jr SRA Vice President where his daughter, Kayla, has competed for 5 years
-Along with his wife Rene’ has carried their passion for the outdoors into award winning custom home designs and furnishings. Together, they co-founded the Earnhardt Collection, a family home lifestyle brand inspired by the beauty and strength of nature.
-Radio host for Earnhardt Outdoors. A podcast on his brother, Dale Jr’s, Dirty Mo Radio channel

*Jr SRA History- (Refer to sheet for event details)
-One of the largest youth rodeo associations in the United States
-Oldest Jr Rodeo Association East of Mississippi
-Over 140 members
-Promoter of 13 rodeo competitions a season in 3 different states
VA, SC and NC
-501 (c) (3) organization
-Volunteers comprised of parents, grandparents, friends and competitors
-Compared to a standard youth sport, each rodeo production takes months of preparation and hours of hauling livestock, bucking chutes, holding pens, etc. There’s not just one athlete in the sport of rodeo, we have bulls, horses, goats, calves, steers, sheep and then comes the rider that all need to stay healthy and ready for the show.


*Presenting sponsor- Lancasters BBQ
2 locations- Mooresville, NC and Huntersville, NC (2 min from arena)

*Rockin K Ranch
-Established in 1959 by the Kidd family
-Built for the family’s active rodeo lifestyle
-Had first open public rodeo in 1961
-Professional Rodeo personalities such as JB Mauney and Jerome Davis have competed here.
-Filmed a shoot for “Young Guns” with NASCAR celebrities Jeff Gordon and Bobby Labonte
-TV and Radio personality, Fred Kirby’s famous horse “Calico” called Rockin K Ranch home for many years