The chuckwagon season is well underway now with the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede kicking off Thursday night.

With only three wagons per heat, it was Chanse Vigen with the top time of the night with local Mark Sutherland having an excellent time finishing in 8th overall. 

Mark Sutherland was in a heat with son Dayton and Dayton won the heat with a time of 1:02.85 but was penalized 10 seconds for a missed barrel dropping him from 7th to 37th.

High River favourite Jason Glass placed 13th with Jordie Fike coming in 21st.

Jason Glass currently sits in 3rd overall in the WCPA standings.

Day two gets underway at 7:00 p.m. Friday with the top three wagons in the aggregate after Saturday night's races moving onto the Sunday afternoon Championship Final Heat.

Day 1 Results

  1. Chanse Vigen - Volker Stevin Canada - 1:02.14
  2. Evan Salmond - De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. - 1:02.37
  3. Obrey Motowylo - Co-operators Insurance - 1:02.38
  4. Jamie Laboucane - Davco Industrial Construction Services - 1:02.55
  5. Layne MacGillivray - Cascade Energy Services - 1:02.58
  6. Kris Molle - Benoit Oilfield Construction - 1:02.62
  7. Evan Magee- T Bar Cattle Co. - 1:02.91
  8. Mark Sutherland - Mark Sutherland - 1:02.99
  9. Chance Bensmiller - Pinnacle Picker Services Ltd. - 1:03.15
  10. Tuff Dreger - Pomeroy Inn & Suites - 1:03.21
  11. Kelly Morin - Lone Star Tack and Feed Inc. - 1:03.31
  12. Codey McCurrach - TOMCO Group of Companies - 1:03.35
  13. Jason Glass - Birchcliff Energy Ltd. - 1:03.55
  14. Rae Croteau Jr. - Tornado Projects Ltd. - 1:03.56
  15. Kirk Sutherland - Hodge Pressure Service/Daler Pressure Service - 1:04.10
  16. Layne Flad - Hranco Industries Ltd. - 1:04.17\
  17. Ross Knight - Koda Trucking - 1:04.17
  18. Mitch Sutherland - Davis GMC Buick - 1:04.23
  19. Cody Ridsdale - O’Chiese Business & Investment Centre - 1:04.39
  20. Troy Dorchester - PureChem Services - 1:04.42
  21. Jordie Fike - Tackit Contracting - 1:04.46
  22. Vern Nolin - JK Cattle Company - 1:04.87
  23. Derek Aebly - Jag Flocomponents LLP - 1:05.00
  24. Darcy Flad - Dynamic Industrial Solutions - 1:05.07
  25. Todd McCracken - Silvertip Oilfield Services Inc. - 1:05.37
  26. Josh Hrynyk - Spider Electric Ltd. - 1:05.54
  27. Chance Flad - Aspen Crossing - 1:05.54
  28. Troy Flad - Mr. Fireplace - 1:05.61
  29. Cruise Bensmiller - Alberta Massage & Spa - 1:05.82
  30. Jamie Tom - Hydraco Industries Ltd. - 1:06.46
  31. Dustin Gorst - Century Downs Racetrack and Casino - 1:07.86
  32. Kurt Bensmiller - Versatile Energy Services Ltd. - 1:08.27
  33. Wade Salmond - Pidherney's - 1:08.82
  34. Chance Thomson - Palliser Sales - 1:08.91
  35. Brad McMann - Optimum Equipment Solutions - 1:09.41
  36. Doug Irvine - Stringam LLP - 1:12.28
  37. Dayton Sutherland - Manitoulin Transport - 1:12.85
  38. Dean Dreger - Northern Mat and Bridge - 1:16.85
  39. Chad Fike - Lost River Ranch - 1:17.99