The Ponoka Stampede kicked off on Tuesday night with Chanse Vigen continuing his great season coming in with the fastest time.
Vigen has already won a title this year, the Grande Prairie Stompede and he came through with a time of 1:14.05.
Local favourite's had a tough go with Jason Glass finishing in 17th, Dayton Sutherland placed 27th, Mark Sutherland came through in 32nd and Jordie Fike came in 35 out of 36 wagons. Fike had a 5 second penalty for a WKB (Wagon Knocked a Barrel).
The top eight in the aggregate after Friday night's heats move on to the semi-finals on Saturday. Then the top four times from the semi-final round move on to final four for the $75,000 Tommy Dorchester Championship final heat.
Day 1 Results
- Chanse Vigen - Wentworth Oilfield Services Ltd. - 1:14.05
- Jamie Laboucane - 5 Star Propane Ltd. - 1:15.07
- Obrey Motowylo - The Co-operators - 1:15.55
- Codey McCurrach - TOMCO Group of Companies - 1:15.68
- Mitch Sutherland - WeldPro Limited - 1:15.84
- Layne MacGillivray - Ensign Energy Services - 1:15.95
- Wade Salmond - Pidherney's - 1:16.00
- Ross Knight - Midwest Pipelines Inc. - 1:16.37
- Chance Thomson - VJV Auction Co. Ltd. - 1:16.72
- Chad Fike - Summit Fleet - 1:16.75
- Cruise Bensmiller - Stormy River Ranch - 1:17.03 ***tied for 11th
- Chance Flad - Calnash Trucking - 1:17.03 ***tied for 11th
- Kris Molle - Eagle Builders - 1:17.06
- Rae Croteau Jr. - Tech Group Inc. - 1:17.07]
- Darcy Flad - Wetaskiwin Ready Mix - 1:17.14
- Evan Salmond - De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. - 1:17.26
- Jason Glass - Birchcliff Energy Ltd. - 1:17.32
- Chance Bensmiller - Main Street Truck Sales - 1:17.33
- Doug Irvine - Optimum Equipment Solutions - 1:17.39
- Dustin Gorst - Century Downs Racetrack and Casino - 1:17.44
- Josh Hrynyk - Benchmark Commodities Ltd. - 1:17.63
- Tuff Dreger - Canadian Premium Meats Inc. - 1:17.72
- Roger Moore - Hayshakers Bobcat Service Ltd. - 1:17.75
- Kurt Bensmiller - Versatile Energy Services Ltd. - 1:17.79
- Layne Flad - Quick Moves Concrete Pumping Ltd. - 1:17.93
- Troy Dorchester - PureChem Services - 1:18.09
- Dayton Sutherland - Friends of Sutherland Racing - 1:18.17
- Derek Aebly - Secure Energy - 1:18.26
- Dean Dreger - Pacesetter Equipment Ltd. - 1:18.90
- Evan Magee - Krycket Consulting - 1:19.48
- Kelly Morin - Shoulder to Shoulder with Ukraine/Jeff & Julie DeSutter - 1:19.66
- Mark Sutherland - Reinhart Oilfield Services Ltd. - 1:19.89
- Troy Flad - Mr. Fireplace - 1:20.87
- Kirk Sutherland - Morskate Manufacturing - 1:21.30
- Jordie Fike - Torch Industries Ltd. - 1:23.88
- Cody Ridsdale - Long Chain Reclaim - N.T