Colt Cosgrave is the 2016 Ponoka Stampede Chuckwagon Champion.

The long time driver for the High River Autoplex won his first ever Ponoka $50,000 "Dash for Cash" Sunday.

He says it's a pretty big deal, considering the talent he was running against.

"Everybody kind of steps their game up in Ponoka and Calgary. There's a lot of outfits that come out of the woodwork here and it's a blessing to be able to win something with all these drivers and horses, you know, it's just pretty neat."

Okotoks Mark Sutherland finished sixth and moves into eighth spot in the World Driver Standings.

High River's Jason Glass sits sixth in the world, with his ninth place finish at Ponoka.

And High River's Jordie Fike finished 16th, but remains 32nd in the World Standings heading into the Calgary Stampede's Rangeland Derby starting Friday.