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The Short Score: 2024 NFR Round 8 Winners Driggers and Nogueira
Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira are still alive in the world championship race, and they talk about their Round 8 win and the last two rounds of the 2024 NFR.
Junior Nogueira, Round 8 of the 2024 NFR. | Jamie Arviso photo

The end of the 2024 NFR is in sight as Round 8 wrapped with the 2021 and 2022 world champions keeping themselves alive in the world championship race.

Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira entered Round 8 needing to win the round to stay in the conversation, and they did just that, winning the round with a 3.4 for $33,687.18 a man. They now sit second in the world standings. They join The Short Score to talk about their week and their mental approach for the last two rounds of the 2024 NFR.

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