It's been a struggle for Okotoks Chuckwagon driver Mark Sutherland through the first two races of the season.

He's been taking lots of penalties, and generally not driving as well as he'd like to so far this year, as he's 30th in the driver standings.

He says everything's there, he just needs to get a couple of good runs under his belt.

"Every horse is running hard and thankfully I've been not bit too bad by the injury bug. I'm looking to turn things around here in Medicine Hat and we should be very strong by the time we get to High River next week."

Sutherland and the rest of the WPCA drivers are on the track Thursday, June 14, through Sunday, June 17, in Medicine Hat.