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

  1. Chanse Vigen - Wentworth Oilfield Services Ltd. - 1:14.05
  2. Jamie Laboucane - 5 Star Propane Ltd. - 1:15.07
  3. Obrey Motowylo - The Co-operators - 1:15.55
  4. Codey McCurrach - TOMCO Group of Companies - 1:15.68
  5. Mitch Sutherland - WeldPro Limited - 1:15.84
  6. Layne MacGillivray - Ensign Energy Services - 1:15.95
  7. Wade Salmond - Pidherney's - 1:16.00
  8. Ross Knight - Midwest Pipelines Inc. - 1:16.37
  9. Chance Thomson - VJV Auction Co. Ltd. - 1:16.72
  10. Chad Fike - Summit Fleet - 1:16.75
  11. Cruise Bensmiller - Stormy River Ranch - 1:17.03 ***tied for 11th
  12. Chance Flad - Calnash Trucking - 1:17.03 ***tied for 11th
  13. Kris Molle - Eagle Builders - 1:17.06
  14. Rae Croteau Jr. - Tech Group Inc. - 1:17.07]
  15. Darcy Flad - Wetaskiwin Ready Mix - 1:17.14
  16. Evan Salmond - De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. - 1:17.26
  17. Jason Glass - Birchcliff Energy Ltd. - 1:17.32
  18. Chance Bensmiller - Main Street Truck Sales - 1:17.33
  19. Doug Irvine - Optimum Equipment Solutions - 1:17.39
  20. Dustin Gorst - Century Downs Racetrack and Casino - 1:17.44
  21. Josh Hrynyk - Benchmark Commodities Ltd. - 1:17.63
  22. Tuff Dreger - Canadian Premium Meats Inc. - 1:17.72
  23. Roger Moore - Hayshakers Bobcat Service Ltd. - 1:17.75
  24. Kurt Bensmiller - Versatile Energy Services Ltd. - 1:17.79
  25. Layne Flad - Quick Moves Concrete Pumping Ltd. - 1:17.93
  26. Troy Dorchester - PureChem Services - 1:18.09
  27. Dayton Sutherland - Friends of Sutherland Racing - 1:18.17
  28. Derek Aebly - Secure Energy - 1:18.26
  29. Dean Dreger - Pacesetter Equipment Ltd. - 1:18.90
  30. Evan Magee - Krycket Consulting - 1:19.48
  31. Kelly Morin - Shoulder to Shoulder with Ukraine/Jeff & Julie DeSutter - 1:19.66
  32. Mark Sutherland - Reinhart Oilfield Services Ltd. - 1:19.89
  33. Troy Flad - Mr. Fireplace - 1:20.87
  34. Kirk Sutherland - Morskate Manufacturing - 1:21.30
  35. Jordie Fike - Torch Industries Ltd. - 1:23.88
  36. Cody Ridsdale - Long Chain Reclaim - N.T