Mailing Address:
World Barrel Racing Productions
PO Box 1330
Athens, TX 75751

Shipping Address:
7580 CR 4613
Athens, TX 75752

Phone: (903) 677-1213
Fax: (432) 224-1222

You've come to know World Barrel Racing Productions for well-run, quality events that offer enormous payouts, but what do you know about the people behind the success of the organization? Here's an inside glimpse into the lives of our office staff . . .

BOBBY BARTER - President

Bobby graduated from TCU with a degree in Ranch Management. Prior to beginning his career in rodeo productions, he was a real estate appraiser in Victoria, Texas. He is driven toward success and can't comprehend what it means to fail. When he's not reading the latest marketing trends book, Bobby's either brainstorming an idea with staff members or reviewing message board posts to determine what's important to our contestants. In his free time he enjoys traveling, roping, and spending time with his sons - Jesse (a professional chef) and Bandera (a feisty 5-year old).

T.C. LONG - Operations Manager

When Bobby first met T.C., he was working as a substitute teacher in Andrews, Texas, and moonlighting as a rodeo announcer. This hobby quickly grew into a profession and in 2006 T. C. earned his Pro Rodeo card, enabling him to announce PRCA sanctioned events and keeping him busy in his time away from WBRP. T.C. has a new hobby - training cattle. You'll often see him at other events with "Short Round", a miniature Zebu bull who is actually house-broken!

JUDY MIZELL - Office Manager & Event Secretary

Judy comes from a stock contracting family and has been a barrel racer since age 5. She and her husband Dennis have three children Chad, Cody, and Cara (to whom Judy has passed on her knowledge and love of barrel racing). Judy has enjoyed serving as secretary of multiple rodeos and barrel racings for 20 plus years. In her free time, she loves to cook and work outside, spending as much time as possible with her family.

NICK LAWRENCE - I.T. Specialist

We've all enjoyed watching Nick "evolve" as a cowboy. A self-proclaimed computer nerd, Nick is a contradiction of personalities. A fan of the University of Texas he enjoys racing nitro trucks, reading, fishing, fixing computers, and coaching baseball.

DARLENE FORSHAGE - Sponsorship Development Coordinator

Darlene's background is in tourism. She and her husband, Allen traveled frequently promoting Athens - Allen as the Director of the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center and Darlene as the former President of the chamber of commerce. She brings an outside perspective to barrel racing and utilizes her sales ability developing new partner relations for our company. In her free time, Darlene enjoys reading, competing in "friendly" challenges with Allen, spending time with their four children (Blaine, Barron, Scott, and Emily), and traveling - especially to Colorado where they are hoping to someday move.