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World Professional Chuckwagon Association day 4 Ponoka Stampede wrapup

It was a cloudy Thursday night in Ponoka, but once again the racing was outstanding and the near-capacity crowd certainly got top entertainment bang for their buck. Once again, and for an unheard-of third consecutive night, 2023 Grande Prairie Stompede Champion Chanse Vigen posted the fast time of the night with a 1:14.13.
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Chanse Vigin races during the World Professional Chuckwagon Association event during the Ponoka Stampede on June 28. (Covey Moore photo)

It was a cloudy Thursday night in Ponoka, but once again the racing was outstanding and the near-capacity crowd certainly got top entertainment bang for their buck. Once again, and for an unheard-of third consecutive night, 2023 Grande Prairie Stompede Champion Chanse Vigen posted the fast time of the night with a 1:14.13.

Coming off barrel number 2 in the 8th heat, Vigen – driving the Wentworth Oilfield Services Ltd. outfit – placed first on the night by 1.02 seconds over Chad Fike who placed second on the night. Layne MacGillivray and Evan Salmond split third and fourth on the night with Jason Glass filling out the top five on night three.

With three consecutive first-place runs, Chanse Vigen’s dominance so far has him over four and a half seconds in front of his nearest competitor after three nights. Vigen’s three-run total of 3:42.14 is an unprecedented 4.55 seconds ahead of reigning World Champion Chuckwagon Driver Layne MacGillivray, with Jamie Laboucane, Codey McCurrach and Kris Molle rounding out the top five overall after three runs. Evan Salmond, Chad Fie and Ross Knight complete the top 8, with Jason Glass and Wade Salmond nipping at their heels looking for a birth in Saturday’s semi-final round with just one run to go to try and earn a spot.

The top 8 in the aggregate after Friday night’s run will go into the semi-final round on Saturday night in heats 7 and 9. The top 4 times from the semi-final round on July 1 will go into the $75,000.00 Tommy Dorchester Sudden Death Championship final heat where the winner will take home the 2023 Ponoka Stampede Championship..

Day 4 of the Ponoka Stampede can be heard on Friday night, June 29, 2023, on WPCA Radio starting at 7:30 p.m. Mountain time on Real Country 910 am, and can be watched live on the watch.wpca.comstreaming platform.

Billy Melville

Day 3 Results

Rank

Driver

Sponsor

Total Time

1

Chanse Vigen

Wentworth Oilfield Services Ltd.

1:14.13

2

Chad Fike

Summit Fleet

1:15.15

3

Layne MacGillivray

Ensign Energy Services

1:15.22

3

Evan Salmond

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd.

1:15.22

5

Jason Glass

Birchcliff Energy Ltd.

1:15.72

6

Ross Knight

Crystal Kids

1:15.75

7

Rae Croteau Jr.

Cinch Oilfield Hauling Ltd.

1:15.79

8

Kris Molle

Eagle Builders

1:15.89

9

Chance Flad

Calnash Trucking

1:16.03

10

Kirk Sutherland

Morskate Manufacturing

1:16.15

11

Mitch Sutherland

WeldPro Limited

1:16.19

12

Mark Sutherland

Reinhart Oilfield Services Ltd.

1:16.41

13

Kurt Bensmiller

Versatile Energy Services Ltd.

1:16.42

14

Dayton Sutherland

Manitoulin Transport; delivering a world of opportunities

1:16.57

15

Cody Ridsdale

C.M.T. Ventures Inc.

1:16.67

16

Jamie Laboucane

5 Star Propane Ltd.

1:16.68

17

Codey McCurrach

TOMCO Group of Companies

1:16.94

18

Chance Bensmiller

Main Street Truck Sales

1:17.07

18

Wade Salmond

Pidherney’s

1:17.07

20

Troy Flad

Mr. Fireplace

1:17.13

21

Cruise Bensmiller

Stormy River Ranch

1:17.17

22

Jordie Fike

Torch Industries Ltd.

1:17.67

23

Kelly Morin

Shoulder to Shoulder with Ukraine/Jeff & Julie DeSutter

1:17.70

24

Derek Aebly

Secure Energy

1:17.81

25

Obrey Motowylo

The Co-operators

1:18.35

26

Troy Dorchester

Newforce Energy Services Ltd.

1:18.56

27

Dean Dreger

Pacesetter Equipment Ltd.

1:18.63

28

Roger Moore

Hayshakers Bobcat Service Ltd.

1:18.80

29

Chance Thomson

VJV Auction Co. Ltd.

1:19.13

30

Dustin Gorst

Century Downs Racetrack and Casino

1:20.73

31

Josh Hrynyk

Benchmark Commodities Ltd.

1:21.71

32

Doug Irvine

Optimum Equipment Solutions

1:21.96

33

Darcy Flad

Wetaskiwin Ready Mix

1:22.39

34

Tuff Dreger

Canadian Premium Meats Inc.

1:22.71

35

Evan Magee

Krycket Consulting

1:23.89

36

Layne Flad

Quick Moves Concrete Pumping Ltd.

1:30.48

3 Day Aggregate

Rank

Driver

Sponsor

3 Day Total

1

Chanse Vigen

Wentworth Oilfield Services Ltd.

3:42.14

2

Layne MacGillivray

Ensign Energy Svs/Cascade Energy Svss/League Projects

3:46.69

3

Jamie Laboucane

5 Star Propane Ltd.

3:48.97

4

Codey McCurrach

TOMCO Group of Companies

3:49.33

5

Kris Molle

Eagle Builders

3:49.44

6

Evan Salmond

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd.

3:49.69

7

Chad Fike

Summit Fleet

3:49.74

8

Ross Knight

Midwest Pipelines Inc./Crystal Kids

3:49.83

9

Jason Glass

Birchcliff Energy Ltd.

3:49.85

10

Wade Salmond

Pidherney’s

3:50.15

11

Kurt Bensmiller

Versatile Energy Services Ltd.

3:51.04

12

Cruise Bensmiller

Stormy River Ranch

3:51.36

13

Mitch Sutherland

WeldPro Limited

3:51.49

14

Rae Croteau Jr.

Tech Group Inc.

3:52.26

15

Obrey Motowylo

The Co-operators

3:52.52

16

Roger Moore

Hayshakers Bobcat Service Ltd.

3:54.39

17

Mark Sutherland

Reinhart Oilfield Services Ltd.

3:54.58

18

Dayton Sutherland

Manitoulin Transport; delivering a world of opportunities

3:54.73

19

Dean Dreger

Pacesetter Equipment Ltd.

3:54.88

20

Chance Thomson

VJV Auction Co. Ltd.

3:55.05

21

Derek Aebly

Secure Energy

3:55.09

22

Dustin Gorst

Century Downs Racetrack and Casino

3:55.14

23

Troy Dorchester

PureChem Services/Newforce Energy/Team Rig & Supply

3:55.44

24

Chance Flad

Calnash Trucking

3:55.63

25

Chance Bensmiller

Main Street Truck Sales

3:56.69

26

Josh Hrynyk

Benchmark Commodities Ltd.

3:57.19

27

Doug Irvine

Optimum Equipment Solutions

3:57.85

28

Troy Flad

Mr. Fireplace

3:58.11

29

Jordie Fike

Torch Industries Ltd.

3:58.67

30

Darcy Flad

Wetaskiwin Ready Mix

3:59.66

31

Tuff Dreger

Canadian Premium Meats Inc.

4:00.06

32

Kirk Sutherland

Morskate Manufacturing

4:01.18

33

Kelly Morin

Shoulder to Shoulder with Ukraine/Jeff & Julie DeSutter

4:02.80

34

Evan Magee

Krycket Consulting

4:10.48

35

Layne Flad

Quick Moves Concrete Pumping Ltd.

4:11.53

36

Cody Ridsdale

Long Chain Reclaim

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