Wednesday night, June 26, saw the running of one of chuckwagon racing’s biggest and most prestigious events – the Ponoka Stampede.
It was a cool night with a little rain, but an entertaining evening of racing for the Ponoka Stampede chuckwagon fans nonetheless.
Reigning Calgary Stampede Champion Layne MacGillivray opened up the 2024 Ponoka Stampede with the fast time of the night with a 1:13.43.
Coming off barrel number one in the eighth heat, MacGillivray – driving the SECURE Energy outfit – placed first on the night by 36 one-hundredths of a second over former World Champion Luke Tournier. Cody Ridsdale was third, Rae Croteau Jr. placed fourth, with Kurt Bensmiller rounding out the top five for the night.
The top eight in the aggregate after Saturday night’s run will go into the semi-final round on Sunday in heats 7 and 9. The top four times from the semi-final round on June 30 will go into the $75,000.00 Tommy Dorchester Championship Final Heat where the winner will take home the 2024 Ponoka Stampede Championship.
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Day 2 of the Ponoka Stampede Championship starts Thursday night, June 27, at 6: 30 p.m.
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1 |
Layne MacGillivray |
SECURE Energy |
1:13.43 |
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2 |
Luke Tournier |
K & H Developments |
1:13.79 |
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3 |
Cody Ridsdale |
Kortech Calcium Services |
1:13.84 |
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4 |
Rae Croteau Jr. |
TeKh Group Inc. |
1:13.87 |
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5 |
Kurt Bensmiller |
Versatile Energy Services Ltd. |
1:14.08 |
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6 |
Ross Knight |
Metalex Metal Buildings Inc. |
1:14.26 |
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7 |
Chanse Vigen |
Canadian Downhole Inc. |
1:14.29 |
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8 |
Josh Hrynyk |
Quick Mats Ltd. |
1:14.37 |
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9 |
Kris Molle |
Eagle Builders |
1:14.56 |
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10 |
Darcy Flad |
Darcy Powlik Realty Inc. |
1:14.74 |
For full results, visit wpca.com.
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