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35th Annual
Calgary Stampede Canvas Auction
• Thursday, March 21, 2013 •
• Boyce Theatre, Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta •
• Reception 3:30 pm • Auction 5:00 pm •
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Past Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby Champions
Driver Profiles
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(in auction order)
Driver
Troy Dorchester
Doug Irvine
Gary Gorst
Jason Glass
Kirk Sutherland
Colt Cosgrave
Hugh Sinclair
Vern Nolin
Luke Tournier
John Walters
Jamie Laboucane
Wayne Knight
Rick Fraser
Reg Johnstone
Codey McCurrach
Tim Haroldson
Chad Harden
Kelly Sutherland
Rae Croteau Jr.
Jerry Bremner
Obrey Motowylo
Mark Sutherland
B.J. Carey
Ray Mitsuing
Devin Mitsuing
Kurt Bensmiller
Brian Laboucane
Shane Nolin
Layne Bremner
Jordie Fike
Barry Hodgson
Neal Walgenbach
Chance Bensmiller
Evan Salmond
Mitch Sutherland
Chanse Vigen
3 – 12
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Driver Profiles
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(in alphabetical order) 3 – 12
Driver
Page #
Chance Bensmiller
12
Kurt Bensmiller
10
Jerry Bremner
8
Layne Bremner
11
B.J. Carey
9
Colt Cosgrave
5
Rae Croteau Jr.
8
Troy Dorchester
4
Jordie Fike
11
Rick Fraser
7
Jason Glass
4
Gary Gorst
4
Chad Harden
8
Tim Haroldson
7
Barry Hodgson
11
Doug Irvine
4
Reg Johnstone
7
Wayne Knight
6
Brian Laboucane
10
Jamie Laboucane
6
Codey McCurrach
7
Devin Mitsuing
10
Ray Mitsuing
9
Obrey Motowylo
9
Shane Nolin
10
Vern Nolin
5
Evan Salmond
12
Hugh Sinclair
5
Kelly Sutherland
8
Kirk Sutherland
5
Mark Sutherland
9
Mitch Sutherland
12
Luke Tournier
6
Chanse Vigen
12
Neal Walgenbach
11
John Walters
6
Past GMC Rangeland Derby Standings 13 – 15
2012 Standings
13
2011 Standings
13
2010 Standings
14
2009 Standings
14
2008 Standings
15
2007 Standings
15
Awards
16
Past Canvas Auction Totals
17
2012 Auction Results
18
2013 Auction Order
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35th Annual
CALGARY STAMPEDE GMC RANGELAND DERBY CHAMPIONS
The wagon outfit with the fastest time (including penalties) in the $150,000.00 sudden death championship final heat on the final day of competition is declared the Calgary
Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby Champion. The participants in the $150,000.00 sudden death championship final heat are the four wagon outfits having the fastest total
times (including penalties) from the 2 semi–final heats on night 9.
YEAR
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
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1967
DRIVER
Troy Dorchester
Kelly Sutherland
Kelly Sutherland
Chad Harden
Hugh Sinclair
Luke Tournier
Hugh Sinclair
Luke Tournier
Hugh Sinclair
Buddy Bensmiller
Kelly Sutherland
Kelly Sutherland
Hugh Sinclair
Kelly Sutherland
Kelly Sutherland
Kelly Sutherland
Edgar Baptiste
Ward Willard
Tom Glass
Jerry Bremner
Tom Glass
Dallas Dorchester
Dave Lewis
Buddy Bensmiller
Dave Lewis
Tom Glass
Kelly Sutherland
Ralph Vigen
Dallas Dorchester
Tom Glass
Dave Lewis
Bruce Craige
Herman Flad
Buddy Bensmiller
Kelly Sutherland
Kelly Sutherland
Ralph Vigen
Kelly Sutherland
Kelly Sutherland
Slim Helmle
Ralph Vigen
Tom Dorchester
Tom Dorchester
Bob Cosgrave
Garry Dorchester
Bob Cosgrave
OUTFIT SPONSOR
Fireside of Cochrane
Coyote Ugly Saloon
Lucid/Lux Chuckwagon Team
ATB Financial
NCi Construction
The Cowboy’s Posse
Baron Oilfield Supply
Friends Of Heritage Park
The Norcal Group
Copenhagen Inc.
TSX Venture Exchange
SkyReach Equipment
Friends Of Heritage Park
Serval Energy Services
The Wine Cottage
The Pardners
Totem Building Supplies
Western Gas
Totem Building Supplies
Builders First
Western Gas
Chinook Centre
White Spot Restaurant
Calgary Herald
Cambridge Shopping Centres
Goodstoney Rodeo Centre
J & L Supply Co. Ltd.
Gulf Canada
Panee Memorial Agriplex
Century 21
Comanche Drilling
Lloydminster Spill
Maclin Ford
Archie Hackwell, Grande Prairie, AB
Northern Metallic
Norman Nilson, Edmonton, AB
Norman Nilson, Edmonton, AB
Merle Anderson, Carbon, AB
R. J. Keen, Fort Nelson, B.C.
Stewart Ranches, Airdrie, AB
Jack Sheckter, Edmonton, AB
John Irwin, Calgary, AB
Denham Brothers, Wetaskiwin, AB
Flett Brothers, Hand Hills, AB
YEAR
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956
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1931
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1925
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1923
DRIVER
Bill Greenwood
Bill Greenwood
Hally Walgenbach
Dale Flett
Dale Flett
Tie – Dale Flett
Tie – Hally Walgenbach
Hally Walgenbach
Dale Flett &
Hally Walgenbach
Bill Greenwood
Dale Flett
Lloyd Nelson
Hank Willard
Hank Willard
Hank Willard
Hank Willard
Hank Willard
Bob Heberling
Ronnie Glass
Johnnie Swain
Ronnie Glass
Ronnie Glass
Alvan Hilker
Theo Thage
Dick Cosgrave
Dick Cosgrave
Ronnie Glass
Dick Cosgrave
Sam Johnson
Dick Cosgrave
Dick Cosgrave
Dick Cosgrave
Dick Cosgrave
Eben Bremner
Dick Cosgrave
Jim Ross
Clem Gardner
Dick Cosgrave
Jim Ross
Tom Lauder
Tom Lauder
Dick Cosgrave
Jim Ross
Tom Lauder
Bill Summers
OUTFIT SPONSOR
Sigurd Nielsen, Standard, AB
Janko Brothers, Red Deer, AB
Pratt & MacKay, Stettler, AB
Peter Bawden, Calgary, AB
Orville Burkinshaw, Calgary, AB
Orville Burkinshaw, Calgary, AB
Merle Anderson, Carbon, AB
L. O. Nelson, High River, AB
Hank Willard, Milo, AB
Commodore Allen, Vulcan, AB
Willard & Nelson, Queenstown, AB
Bob Heberling, Rosebud, AB
Johnnie Phelan, Red Deer, AB
J.J. Swain, Innisfail, AB
Alvan Hilker, Red Willow, AB
Theo Thage, Battle River, AB
Dick Cosgrave, Rosebud, AB
Charlie Lundseth, Bowden, AB
Gene Goettler, DeWinton, AB
Gene Goettler, DeWinton, AB
Dick Cosgrave, Wayne, AB
Jim Ross, Elnora, AB
Clem Gardner, Pirmez Creek, AB
Dick Cosgrave, Michichi, AB
Jim Ross, Elnora, AB
Tom Lauder, Lousana, AB
Tom Lauder, Innisfail, AB
Dick Cosgrave, Cheadle, AB
Collins & Ross, Lousana, AB
Bagley & Lauder, Red Deer, AB
Mosquito Creek Outfit
2012 Calgary Stampede
GMC Rangeland Derby
Champions
Chuckwagon Team
(L-R): Outrider Eddie Melville,
Bill Stephens - Senior Vice President &
General Manager at ATCO Gas presenting,
Driver Troy Dorchester, Outrider Chance Flad
Page 2
35th Annual
2013 Chuckwagon Drivers
Chance Bensmiller
Profile Page 12
Kurt Bensmiller
Profile Page 10
Jerry Bremner
Profile Page 8
Layne Bremner
Profile Page 11
BJ Carey
Profile Page 9
Colt Cosgrave
Profile Page 5
Rae Croteau Jr.
Profile Page 8
Troy Dorchester
Profile Page 4
Jordie Fike
Profile Page 11
Rick Fraser
Profile Page 7
Jason Glass
Profile Page 4
Gary Gorst
Profile Page 4
Chad Harden
Profile Page 8
Tim Haroldson
Profile Page 7
Barry Hodgson
Profile Page 11
Doug Irvine
Profile Page 4
Reg Johnstone
Profile Page 7
Wayne Knight
Profile Page 6
Brian Laboucane
Profile Page 10
Jamie Laboucane
Profile Page 6
Codey McCurrach
Profile Page 7
Devin Mitsuing
Profile Page 10
Ray Mitsuing
Profile Page 9
Obrey Motowylo
Profile Page 9
Shane Nolin
Profile Page 10
Vern Nolin
Profile Page 5
Evan Salmond
Profile Page 12
Hugh Sinclair
Profile Page 5
Kelly Sutherland
Profile Page 8
Kirk Sutherland
Profile Page 5
Mark Sutherland
Profile Page 9
Mitch Sutherland
Profile Page 12
Luke Tournier
Profile Page 6
Chanse Vigen
Profile Page 12
Neal Walgenbach
Profile Page 11
John Walters
Profile Page 6
Page 3
Troy Dorchester
Auction Order #1
Birth Date: December 6, 1972
Residence: Westerose, Alberta
Troy is the reigning Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby
champion, the Calgary Stampede Aggregate winner, and won the
Calgary Stampede's Safe Drive Award for Least Penalized Driver
title all in. He won the Ponoka Stampede in 2012 as well becoming the first chuckwagon driver to win chuckwagon racing’s “Triple
the Calgary Stampede’s Centennial Celebration year of
2012Crown” consisting of the Ponoka Stampede, Calgary
Stampede Aggregate and the GMC Rangeland Derby in a single
year. Troy won the Calgary Stampede's Orville Strandquist Award
for Top Rookie Driver in 1998 and has qualified for the Calgary
Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby's winner–take–all championship final heat three times. He won the WPCA Clean Drive
Award in 2011 and was the WPCA's Top Rookie Driver in 1993. Troy is a third generation chuckwagon driver with one of the most famous last names in professional chuckwagon racing. He has placed inside the
top ten in the World Standings seven of the past eight years including the past six years consecutively.
Doug Irvine
Auction Order #2
Birth Date: August 8, 1975
Residence: Bonnyville, Alberta
Doug had his most successful Calgary Stampede to date
qualifying for his first GMC Rangeland Derby
winner–take–all championship final finishing second by a
mere one one-hundredth of a second – the closest winnertake-all final in Calgary Stampede history. He won his first
Calgary Stampede day money on day 4 of the 2012 GMC
Rangeland Derby, and ran penalty free all ten days. Doug
was the Ponoka Stampede champion in 2008, received the
WPCA Clean Drive Award in 2006, and outrode for two
Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby Championship
outfits and 3 Calgary Stampede Aggregate winners. He
was runner–up to the Dewberry World Chuckwagon Races
and the North American Chuckwagon Championship in 2011. Doug started his career with on the
CPCA circuit where he was the CPCA’s High Point Rookie Driver in 1998, the CPCA’s High Point
Rookie outrider in 1993 and the CPCA outrider champion in 1997.
Gary Gorst
Auction Order #3
Birth Date: January 31, 1955
Residence: Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
Gary had his most successful Calgary Stampede to date qualifying for his first GMC Rangeland Derby winner–take–all championship final and having his outriding horse “Smiles” named to the
Calgary Stampede’s inaugural Equine Outfit of Excellence in
2012. He qualified for the GMC Rangeland Derby’s “Semi Final
Saturday” in 2010, and joined the WPCA Pro Tour in 2012 qualifying for the winner–take–all championship final in his first event
at the Grande Prairie Stompede. Prior to joining the WPCA, Gary
had a very successful career on the CPCA circuit where he was
the 2010 CPCA Champion driver, the CPCA’s High Point Driver
three times in four years, and won 13 show championships in a
5 year stretch. Gary won the CPCA’s Bruce Bremner Award for
the Most Consistent Barreling Outfit in 2010, received the
CPCA's Chuckwagon Family of the Year Award in 2005, and qualified for the winner–take–all final for the
CPCA Championship in six consecutive years and finished no worse than 3rd overall in the same time period. Gary is a second generation wagon man whose father Art Gorst competed at the Stampede in the late
1970’s and early 1980’s. Gary is the father of fellow driver Logan Gorst and champion outrider Dustin Gorst.
Jason Glass
Auction Order #4
Residence: High River, Alberta
Jason won his fourth career World Chuckwagon Championship
in 2012, his right leader “Tycoon” was named to the Calgary
Stampede’s inaugural Equine Outfit of Excellence, and he made
his sixth trip to the GMC Rangeland Derby’s winner–take–all final.
2012 also saw Jason win the WPCA’s GMC Sierra Cup series,
the Grande Prairie Stompede, and for the fourth time he had a
horse named to the WPCA’s Equine Outfit of Excellence. Jason
is a two–time Calgary Stampede Aggregate winner, received the
Calgary Stampede’s prestigious Guy Weadick Award in 2010,
and won two Calgary Stampede Safe Drive Awards for least
penalized driver. He won the WPCA Clean Drive Award in 2008,
was the WPCA's Top Rookie Driver in 1989, Top Rookie Outrider
in 1987, received the WPCA's Most Improved Chuckwagon
Outfit Award in 1990, and was WPCA’s Most Improved Outrider in 1988. He outrode for two Calgary
Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby Championship outfits and three Calgary Stampede Aggregate winners.
Jason is a fourth generation chuckwagon champion, whose father Tom Glass, grandfather Ronnie Glass,
and great-grandfather Tom Lauder are some of the greatest names in the sport has ever known.
CALGARY STAMPEDE GMC RANGELAND DERBY STANDINGS
2012 – Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby Champion & Aggregate Winner
2011 – 19th
2010 – 12th
2009 – 20th
2008 – 18th
2013 WILL BE HIS 15th START IN THE GMC RANGELAND DERBY
NUMBER OF WINNER–TAKE–ALL FINAL APPEARANCES: 3
BEST FINISH: 1st (2012), 3rd (2000), 5th (1999), 8th (1998), 9th (2002, 2001)
Aggregate Winner in 2012
WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHUCKWAGON ASSOCIATION STANDINGS
2012 – 6th
2011 – 2nd
2010 – 7th
2009 – 6th
2008 – 7th
2012 – 2nd – Qualified For Winner–Take–All Championship Final Heat
2011 – Did Not Compete
2010 – 26th
2009 – 9th
2008 – 24th
BEST FINISH: 2nd (2012), 9th (2009), 18th (2007), 22nd (2006), 24th (2008), 26th (2010)
2012 – 31st
2011 – 14th
2010 – 27th
2009 – 12th
2008 – 23rd
2012– 4th – Qualified For Winner–Take–All Championship Final Heat
2011 – 23rd
2010 – 5th – Semi Finalist
2009 – 18th
2008 – 11th
BEST FINISH: 4th (2012), 5th (2010), 10th (2004), 11th (2008), 12th (2007), 17th (2005)
2012 – 7th
CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL CHUCKWAGON ASSOCIATION STANDINGS
2011 – 1st – CPCA High Point Driver
2010 – 1st – CPCA Champion & CPCA High Point Driver
2009 – 3rd
2012– 3rd – Qualified For Winner–Take–All Championship Final Heat
2011 – 18th
2010– 2nd – Qualified For Winner-Take-All Championship Final Heat
2008 – 3rd – Calgary Stampede Aggregate Winner
2013 WILL BE HIS 23rd START IN THE GMC RANGELAND DERBY
BEST FINISH: 2nd (2010, 2000), 3rd (2008, 1998), 4th (1997), 5th (2009, 2001), 6th (2006)
Aggregate Winner in 2008, 2001
2012 – World Champion Chuckwagon Driver
2011 – 8th
2010 – 5th
2009 – World Champion Chuckwagon Drive
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Kirk Sutherland
Auction Order #5
Birth Date: September 9, 1956
Residence: Grande Prairie, Alberta
Kirk has qualified for the GMC Rangeland Derby’s
winner–take–all final three times, and his horse “Skippy”
was named to the Calgary Stampede’s inaugural Equine
Outfit of Excellence. 2012 also saw Kirk win the Bonnyville
Chuckwagon Championship, his third career Battle of the
North in Dawson Creek, B.C., and established new track
records at both locations as well. He was runner up to the
2012 World Chuckwagon Championship, and his horse
“Cougar” was named to the WPCA’s Equine Outfit of
Excellence. He won three day monies at the 2012 GMC
Rangeland Derby which was the start of an incredible
streak of eight consecutive day monies by the same four
horses. Kirk was the WPCA Most Improved Outfit award winner in 1984, and along with his brother Kelly are the only brother combination to qualify for the GMC Rangeland Derby’s
winner–take–all final in the same year and it happened all three years Kirk made it into the final.
Colt Cosgrave
Auction Order #6
Birth Date: November 4, 1978
Residence: Hand Hills, Alberta
Colt had his best career Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland
Derby in 2012 placing sixth overall, qualifying for “Semi Final
Saturday”, and was runner-up for the 2012 Calgary Stampede
Aggregate title. 2012 also saw Colt qualify for the winner-take-all
final at the Battle of the Rockies in Rocky Mountain House on the
WPCA GMC Pro Tour. Colt won the 2006 Red Deer Chuckwagon
Championship, had a horse named to the 2006 WPCA Equine
Outfit of Excellence, and was named WPCA Most Improved
Driver in 2010. He competed at the 2008 GMC Rangeland Derby
as a replacement driver, and drove the demonstration race at the
Calgary Stampede in 2005. Colt is the cousin of World Champion
Chuckwagon Driver Jason Glass, and the son of the late Richard
Cosgrave for whom the Calgary Stampede Aggregate Trophy is named. Colt is a fourth generation champion chuckwagon driver with twenty–eight Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby Championships, six
Calgary Stampede Aggregate Championships, and fourteen World Championships in his family’s history.
Hugh Sinclair
Auction Order #7
Hugh is a four–time Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby
Champion and was the Calgary Stampede's Aggregate winner in
2000. In 2012 his horse “Ciano” was named to the Calgary
Stampede’s inaugural Equine Outfit of Excellence, and he successfully defended his title at the Battle of the Rockies. Hugh is
undefeated in the Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby's
winner–take–all championship final heat having qualified and won
four times. Hugh outrode for two Calgary Stampede GMC
Rangeland Derby Championship outfits and one Calgary
Stampede Aggregate winner. 2012 saw Hugh win the Battle of the
Rockies for the second consecutive yearand establish a new track
record there as well. He has had two horses named to the WPCA's
Equine Outfit of Excellence, was the WPCA's Top Rookie Outrider in 1982, WPCA’s Most Improved Outrider
in 1986, and received the WPCA's Most Improved Chuckwagon Outfit Award in 1998. Hugh has won eighteen major chuckwagon titles over his career including the 2008 WPCA Pro Tour Championship in
Strathmore, a record five Battle of the North championships, and holds two WPCA track records.
Vern Nolin
Auction Order #8
Birth Date: March 1, 1973
Residence: Rapid View, Saskatchewan
Vern won his second career CPCA Championship, was the
CPCA’s High Point Driver, and qualified for the GMC
Rangeland Derby’s “Semi Final Saturday” for the second
consecutive year. He was the only semi-finalist from the 2011
GMC Rangeland Derby to make the semi-final round again in
2012. Vern was co-champion of the CPCA’s Dewberry show
in 2012, and posted additional victories at the Meadow Lake
Stampede, Wainwright Stampede and CPCA Lloydminster
Finals. He has qualified for the winner–take–all final heat for
the CPCA Chuckwagon Championship five times, was the co–winner of the CPCA's Most Improved
Driver Award and received the CPCA Chuckwagon Family of the Year Award in 2004. Vern is the
younger brother of fellow driver Shane and 2012 CPCA Champion Outrider Mick Nolin.
2012 – 5th
2011 – 8th
2010 – 4th – Qualified For Winner-Take-All Championship Final Heat
2009 – 21st
BEST FINISH: 4th (2010, 2008, 1987, 1984), 5th (2012),6th (1985), 7th (1991)
2012 – 2nd
2011 – 5th
2010 – 9th
2009 – 5th
2008 – 22nd
2011 – 12th
2008 – 28th (Replacement driver)
BEST FINISH: 6th (2012), 12th (2011), 28th (2008), 31st (2007, 2002), 33rd (2001)
2012 – 17th
2011 – 6th
2010 – 13th
2009 – 28th
2008 – 27th
2012 – 7th
2011 – 16th
2010 – 20th
2009 – 13th
2008 – Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby Champion
BEST FINISH: 1st (2008, 2006, 2004, 2000), 3rd (1999), 4th (1995), 5th (1998), 6th (1997)
2012 – 24th
2011 – 22nd
2010 – 11th/12th
2009 – 11th
2008 – 5th
2010 – 15th
2008 – 25th
BEST FINISH: 7th (2011), 8th (2012),13th (2007), 15th (2010), 20th (2004), 25th (2008)
2012 – 1st – CPCA Champion & CPCA High Point Driver
2011 – 12th
2010 – 3rd
2009 – 2nd – CPCA Champion
2008 – 14th
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Luke Tournier
Auction Order #9
Birth Date: May 11, 1963
Residence: Duck Lake, Saskatchewan
Luke is a two–time Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland
Derby Champion, a two–time Calgary Stampede Aggregate
winner, and won the Calgary Stampede's Safe Drive Award
for the Least Penalized Driver in 2007. He set an earnings
record at the 2007 GMC Rangeland Derby, has had a
record four horses named to the WPCA's Equine Outfit of
Excellence, holds the track record at the Ponoka
Stampede, and has collected eleven major titles since joining the WPCA back in 2003. Previously a member of the
CPCA, Luke won fourteen CPCA show championships,
twice qualified for the CPCA’s championship dash, and received the CPCA's Chuckwagon Family
of the Year in 2001. He is the older brother to former competitor Léo Tournier, father to outrider
Quaid Tournier, and father–in–law to CPCA driver Logan Gorst.
John Walters
Auction Order #10
Residence: Delburne, AB
John placed a very impressive tenth overall in his first Calgary
Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby in 2012. He won the
Herman Flad Memorial Award for the WPCA Most Improved
Driver in 2011. 2012 also saw John qualified for his first winner-take-all final at the Ponoka Stampede, had a career best
runner-up finish at the Bonnyville Chuckwagon
Championship, and placed a career best fifth in the World
Standings. Prior to driving chuckwagons, John competed for
over 20 years in Saddle Bronc Riding and Steer Wrestling,
winning overall Saddle Bronc Championships in the Manitoba
Rodeo Cowboys Association, the Lakeland Rodeo Association, and the Canadian Cowboys
Association, and a year end All Around Championship in the Canadian Cowboys Association as well.
Jamie Laboucane
Auction Order #11
Residence: St. Walburg, Saskatchewan
Jamie had his best year to date in 2012 winning the first
show championship of his career at the Oil & Ag CPCA
Turtleford Derby, qualifying for the winner-take-all final for
the CPCA Prairie Racing Series, and was the CPCA’s All
Around Champion for the second time in three years. In just
his second career GMC Rangeland Derby, Jamie ran
penalty free and narrowly missed qualifying for the Calgary
Stampede’s “Semi Final Saturday” in 2012, and ended up
in eleventh place overall. He was the CPCA High Point
Rookie Driver Award in 2006, was an outrider behind Chad
Harden’s Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby
Championship Outfit in 2009 and Neal Walgenbach’s
Calgary Stampede Aggregate winner in 2010. Jamie was the recipient of the Calgary Stampede’s
inaugural Outstanding Outrider Award in 2009, and holds the CPCA track record at North
Battleford. Jamie is the son of six–time CPCA Champion driver Brian Laboucane, and
brother–in–law to fellow driver BJ Carey, and 2012 CPCA Champion Outrider Mick Nolin.
Wayne Knight
Auction Order #12
Birth Date: June 5, 1957
Wayne is a two–time CPCA Champion Driver, a two–time
CPCA High Point Driver, and qualified for the GMC
Rangeland Derby's winner–take–all championship final
heat in 1998. He had his best career Calgary Stampede
GMC Rangeland Derby in 2011 placing 6th overall. Wayne
has won twenty CPCA show championships over his
career, which includes at least a single win in all but one of
the current major CPCA shows, and is the holder of five
CPCA track records. Among his many titles, Wayne’s most
celebrated wins include the CPCA Lloydminster Finals four
times and three Wainwright Stampedes. Wayne has been a
finalist for the CPCA Championship six times, was the CPCA’s High Point Rookie Driver in 1984,
has twice received the CPCA’s Most Improved Driver Award and won the CPCA award for
Excellence in Corporate Involvement in 2003.
2011 – 9th
2010 – 11th
2009 – 10th
2008 – 6th
2013 WILL BE HIS 21st START IN THE GMC RANGELAND DERBY
BEST FINISH: 1st (2007, 2005), 2nd (2004), 4th (1996), 6th (2008), 9th (2012, 2011)
Aggregate Winner in 2007, 2005
2012 – 8th
2011– 10th
2010 – 4th
2009 – 14th
2008 – 6th
2012 – 10th – Rookie Year
2013 WILL BE HIS 2nd START IN THE GMC RANGELAND DERBY
BEST FINISH: 10th (2012)
2012 – 5th
2011 – 23rd
2010 – 35th
2009 – 29th – Rookie Season
2012 – 11th
BEST FINISH: 11th (2012), 29th (2011)
2012 – 6th
2011 – 7th
2010 – 12th
2009 – 16th
2008 – 15th
2012 – 12th
2011 – 6th
2010 – 16th
2009 – 12th
2008 – 16th
BEST FINISH: 6th (2011), 7th (1998), 9th (1999), 12th (2012, 2009, 2002, 1989), 13th (1991)
2012 – 10th
2011 – 8th
2010 – 4th
2009 – 6th
2008 – 12th
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Rick Fraser
Auction Order #13
Birth Date: October28, 1959
Residence: Wetaskiwin, Alberta
Rick had an outriding horse named to the Calgary Stampede’s
inaugural Equine Outfit of Excellence in 2012, was the 2004
World Champion Chuckwagon Driver, and received the Calgary
Stampede's prestigious Guy Weadick Award in 2005. He won
the Calgary Stampede's Orville Strandquist Award for top rookie driver in 1999, and has qualified for the GMC Rangeland
Derby winner–take–all final three times. He qualified for the
Calgary Stampede’s inaugural “Semi Final Saturday” in 2011,
has outrode for six Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby
Championship outfits and four Calgary Stampede Aggregate
Winners. 2012 saw Rick have a horse named to the WPCA’s
Equine Outfit of Excellence for the third consecutive year and
qualify for the winner-take-all final at the North American
Chuckwagon Championship. Rick holds the track record at the Grande Prairie Stompede, received the
WPCA Showmanship Award for professionalism in 2001 and was the WPCA's Top Rookie Driver in
1982. Rick is a third generation chuckwagon driver whose grandfather was the legendary Tom
Dorchester and stepfather was former World and three-time Calgary Stampede champion Dave Lewis.
Reg Johnstone
Auction Order #14
Birth Date: July 18, 1948
Residence: Bashaw, Alberta
Reg was the 2005 World Champion Chuckwagon Driver, and
won the Calgary Stampede Aggregate title and the Calgary
Stampede's Safe Drive Award for Least Penalized Driver in
2011. He has made four trips to the GMC Rangeland Derby’s
winner–take–all final, and forever holds the track record for the
old Calgary Stampede track. Reg has in excess of 35 major
victories on his resume including three Ponoka Stampede
Championships, the WPCA Pro Tour Championship in
Strathmore, the North American Chuckwagon Championship
and has had 2 horses named to the WPCA's Equine Outfit of
Excellence. He has qualified for 28 winner–take–all championship final heats in his career which ranks him sixth all time among WPCA drivers. Reg is consistently one of the top performers both on the racetrack, and a top promoter of chuckwagon racing off
the racetrack to the many fans attending the Calgary Stampede and WPCA Pro Tour shows.
Codey McCurrach
Auction Order #15
Residence: Eckville, AB
Codey won the Calgary Stampede's Orville Strandquist
Memorial Award for Top Rookie Driver, received the
WPCA’s prestigious Chuckwagon Person of the Year, and
placed a career best thirteenth in the World Standings in
2012. He won his debut race at the 2012 GMC Rangeland
Derby, ran all ten days penalty free, and closed his rookie
year with a fourth place run on night ten - his best run of the
show. Codey was the WPCA’s Top Rookie Driver in 2007,
and received the Kenn Borek Memorial Award for most
sportsmanlike driver at the Battle of the North the same
year. A third generation driver, Codey drove his first chariot race at age 10, started driving pony
chuckwagons at age 16 where he won 10 pony chuckwagon show championships prior to driving thoroughbred chuckwagons in 2007.
Tim Haroldson
Auction Order #16
Birth Date: April 12, 1966
Residence: Melfort, Saskatchewan
Tim had his most successful Calgary Stampede to date running all ten days penalty free and qualifying for the GMC
Rangeland Derby’s “Semi Final Saturday”. 2012 also saw Tim
qualify for his second career winner–take–all championship
final in a major event at the Ponoka Stampede where he was
runner-up for the championship. He qualified for his first winner–take–all final at a major chuckwagon event in 2011 at the
Capital Ex Chuckwagon Derby in Edmonton and was runner
up as well. Tim is a two–time champion of the Colonial Days
Fair in Lloydminster, and won additional show championships
during his time on the CPCA circuit at the Wainwright
Stampede in 2003 and 2007 and the CPCA Lloydminster
Finals in 2005. Tim started his career with the CPCA and was the recipient of CPCA Award for
Excellence in Corporate Involvement in 2000 and has won many CPCA show awards for Best
Dressed Chuckwagon. He was scheduled to compete at the Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland
Derby for the first time in 2004, until a pre–show injury prevented him from driving that year.
2012 – 13th
2010 – 8th
2009 – 8th
2008 – 19th
BEST FINISH: 3rd (2003), 4th (2007, 2002), 8th (2010, 2009), 11th (2005), 13th (2012)
2012 – 4th
2011 – 9th
2010 – 6th
2009 – 13th
2008 – 14th/15th
2012 – 15th
2011 – 2nd – Calgary Stampede Aggregate Winner
2010 – 29th/30th
2009 – 15th
2008 – 12th
NUMBER OF WINNER TAKE ALL FINAL APPEARANCES: 4
BEST FINISH: 2nd (2011, 2007, 2003, 1996), 4th (2001, 1982), 5th (2005, 2006), 6th (1994)
2012 – 15th
2011 – 17th
2010 – 16th
2009 – 16th
2008 – 8th
2012 – 13th
2011 – 16th
2010 – 28th
2009 – 27th
2008 – 24th
2011 – 27th
2010 – 33rd
2009 – 22nd
2008 – 30th/31st
BEST FINISH: 17th (2012), 22nd (2009), 27th (2011), 30th (2008, 2006), 33rd (2010)
2012 – 25th
2011 – 15th
2010 – 21st
2009 – 23rd
2008 – 8th
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Chad Harden
Auction Order #17
Residence: Mulhurst Bay, Alberta
Chad was the 2009 Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland
Derby Champion, won the Calgary Stampede's Orville
Strandquist Award for top rookie driver in 2001, and has
qualified for the GMC Rangeland Derby’s “Semi Final
Saturday” twice in the past four years. He has won additional major show championships at the Ponoka Stampede,
Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship and Edmonton’s
Chuckwagon Derby where in 2009 he became just the third
driver to boast wins in both of Alberta’s major cities in a single year. Chad received the prestigious WPCA
Chuckwagon Person of the Year Award in 2006, has had
two horses named to the WPCA’s Equine Outfit of
Excellence, and was the WPCA's Top Rookie Driver in
2000. Chad was the first chuckwagon driver to win association and Calgary Stampede top rookie honors in a single year, and introduced “Skippy the Squirrel” - chuckwagon racing’s first mascot. Chad has qualified for the GMC Rangeland Derby every year since he started driving back
in 2000, and is a scout for the Prince George Cougars of the WHL.
Kelly Sutherland
Auction Order #18
Birth Date: October 29, 1951
Kelly is a twelve-time Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby
champion, a twelve-time World Chuckwagon Championship, and a
six-time Calgary Stampede Aggregate winner. In 2012, Kelly’s tarp
sold for a record high, he received the Calgary Stampede’s prestigious Guy Weadick Award at the Calgary Stampede’s Centennial
Celebration, and captured the North American Chuckwagon
Championship as well. He received the Calgary Stampede's Safe
Drive Award for the Least Penalized Driver in 2002, has made a
record twenty trips to the GMC Rangeland Derby's winner–take–all
championship final heat, and outrode for Ralph Vigen’s 1972 Calgary
Stampede Championship outfit. Over his celebrated career Kelly has
won multiple titles in nearly every major chuckwagon event including
an incredible eight Ponoka Stampedes, five North American Chuckwagon Championships, five Battle of the North
championships, nine Big M Stampedes, and twice won the Cheyenne Frontier Days among many others. He
has had four horses named to the WPCA's Equine Outfit of Excellence, was named the WPCA's Chuckwagon
Person of the Year in 1994, and hosted the royal couple during their visit to the 2011 Calgary Stampede.
Rae Croteau Jr.
Auction Order #19
Birth Date: February 10, 1982
Residence: Bonnyville, Alberta
Rae qualified for the Calgary Stampede’s inaugural “Semi
Final Saturday” in 2009, has had three horses named to the
WPCA's Equine Outfit of Excellence, and received the WPCA
Showmanship Award for professionalism in 2002. Rae had 3
top five runs at the 2012 GMC Rangeland Derby and qualified for the semi final round at the Ponoka Stampede. He has
won nine major show championships in his career including
three Strathmore Heritage Days Stampedes, three Badlands
Dinosaur Derbies, the Red Deer Chuckwagon
Championship, the Grande Prairie Stompede and the
Klondike Chuckwagon Derby in Edmonton. A former member
of the CPCA, he won the CPCA’s Meadow Lake Stampede in
2001, the CPCA's High Point Rookie Outrider in 1996, the CPCA's High Point Rookie Driver in 1999,
and the CPCA's Most Improved Driver in 2000. Rae is a third generation chuckwagon driver and is
the son and grandson of former GMC Rangeland Derby finalists Bert Croteau and Ray Croteau.
Jerry Bremner
Auction Order #20
Residence: Westerose, Alberta
Jerry is a three–time World Champion Chuckwagon Driver,
the 1993 Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby
Champion and is co–holder of the Calgary Stampede track
record. He has qualified for the GMC Rangeland Derby’s
winner–take–all championship final heat seven times, and
outrode for three GMC Rangeland Derby Championship
outfits, and one Calgary Stampede Aggregate winner.
Among Jerry most celebrated wins as chuckwagon driver
are two Ponoka Stampedes, three North American
Chuckwagon Championships, three Grande Prairie
Stompedes, and the 2006 WPCA Pro Tour Championship
in Strathmore. Jerry has had four horses named to the WPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence, won
the WPCA Clean Drive Award in 2003, was the WPCA's Top Rookie Driver in 1984, the WPCA's
Most Improved Chuckwagon Outfit in 1987, and was the 1986 World Champion Outrider.
2012 – 18th
2011 – 11th
2010 – 18th/19th
2008 – 23rd
BEST FINISH: 1st (2009), 11th (2011), 18th (2012, 2010, 2006, 2003), 22nd (2007)
2012 – 14th
2011 – 11th
2010 – 11th/12th
2009 – 7th
2008 – 12th
2012 – 19th
2009 – 4th – Calgary Stampede Aggregate Winner
2008 – 2nd – Qualified For Winner-Take-All Championship Final Heat
NUMBER OF SUDDEN DEATH FINAL APPEARANCES: 20
BEST FINISH: 1st (2011, 2010, 2002, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1978, 1977, 1975, 1974)
Aggregate Winner in 2009, 2006, 1999, 1991, 1990, 1986
2012 – 20th/21st
2009 – 3rd
2008 – 2nd
2012 – 20th
2011 – 17th
2010 – 21st
2008 – 22nd
BEST FINISH: 5th (2003), 6th (2009), 11th (2004), 17th (2011) 20th (2012, 2007, 2006)
2012 – 22nd
2011 – 24th
2010 – 18th
2009 – 22nd
2008 – 9th
2012 – 21st
2010 – 22nd/23rd
2009 – 30th
2008 – 14th
BEST FINISH: 1st (1993), 2nd (2002), 3rd (2001), 4th (2006, 2003), 5th (2011, 1992, 1990, 1989)
2012 – 9th
2011 – 4th
2010 – 8th
2009 – 4th
2008 – 3rd
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Obrey Motowylo
Auction Order #21
Residence: Bluffton, Alberta
2012 – 22nd
2010 – 31st
2009 – 7th – Semi Finalist – Rookie Year
Obrey won the Calgary Stampede's Orville Strandquist
Award for Top Rookie Driver in 2009 and has twice qualified
for the Rangeland Derby’s “Semi Final Saturday”. In 2012
he was runner up to the Medicine Hat Exhibition &
Stampede and qualified for the winner-take-all final at the
Battle of the North in Dawson Creek, B.C. Obrey is a former
champion of the Ponoka Stampede, Strathmore Heritage
Days Stampede, and the Dewberry World Chuckwagon
Races. He received the WPCA’s Most Improved Driver
Award in 2009, and has had three horses named to the WPCA's Equine Outfit of Excellence. He
was runner–up for the World Chuckwagon Championship in 2009 and has placed inside the top
ten overall at the Rangeland Derby in two of the four total years he has competed.
BEST FINISH: 7th (2009), 10th, (2011), 22nd (2012), 31st (2010)
Mark Sutherland
2012 – 24th
2011 – 14th
2009 – 3rd – Qualified For Winner-Take-All Championship Final Heat
2008 – 7th
Auction Order #22
Residence: Calgary, Alberta
Mark qualified for the GMC Rangeland Derby’s
winner–take–all final in 2009, won the Calgary Stampede's
Orville Strandquist Award for Top Rookie Driver in 1996, is
a two–time winner of the Calgary Stampede's Safe Drive
Award for Least Penalized Driver. In 2011 he received the
prestigious WPCA Chuckwagon Person of the Year Award,
and had a horse named to the WPCA's Equine Outfit of
Excellence. 2012 was Mark’s twentieth year as a chuckwagon driver, was encana’s Food Driver of the Year for the
second consecutive year, and made the semi-final round at
the Ponoka Stampede. Mark won the 2010 WPCA Pro
Tour Championship in Strathmore and the 2009 WPCA
Clean Drive Award. Known as the “High Tech Redneck,” Mark pioneered the use of Global
Positioning System (GPS) technology as a tool for chuckwagon training, and along with his father
Kelly, were the feature of a local television series entitled “Heat of the Moment” in fall of 2012.
B.J. Carey
2012 – 20th/21st
2011 – 13th
2010 – 15th
2009 – 2nd
2008 – 16th
BEST FINISH: 3rd (2009), 5th (2007), 7th (2006, 2008), 10th (2010), 12th (2004)
2012 – 12th
2011 – 7th
2010 – 17th
2009 – 8th
2008 – 10th
Auction Order #23
B.J. had his best year to date in 2012 winning the Yorkton
stop on the CPCA circuit, placing second overall in the
CPCA standings, and qualifying for the winner-take-all final
for the CPCA Championship where he nearly emerged as
the overall champion. As a rookie at the Calgary Stampede
in 2012, B.J. cracked the top ten twice on nights three and
six. He drove two wagons on the CPCA circuit in 2012 and
placed inside the top ten overall at eight shows. B.J. won
his first show championship at the Colonial Days Fair in
Lloydminster in 2010, and is the son–in–law of CPCA driver Brian Laboucane and brother–in–law to CPCA driver Jamie Laboucane.
Ray Mitsuing
Auction Order #24
Residence: Loon Lake, Saskatchewan
Ray was the Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion in
1992 and has twice qualified for the Calgary Stampede GMC
Rangeland Derby's winner–take–all championship final heat.
Ray is a six–time CPCA Champion driver, a three–time CPCA
High Point Driver, and has qualified for the winner–take–all
championship final heat for the CPCA championship a record
eight times. He was co-champion of the CPCA’s Dewberry
show in 2012, and posted additional victories at the Little
Pine First Nation, Frog Lake First Nation at Dewberry, and the
CPCA Prairie Racing Series. Ray has twice won the CPCA
Most Improved Driver Award, was the recipient of the CPCA’s
Chuckwagon Family of the Year Award in 2010 and was the CPCA High Point Rookie Driver in 1983.
He holds eight CPCA track records. He is consistently one of the CPCA’s top performers at the
Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby placing inside the top ten overall a total of twelve times.
2012 – 2nd
2011 – 9th
2010 – 15th
2009 – 20th
2008 – 27th
2012 – 28th
2011 – 20th
2010 – 14th
2009 – 26th
2008 – 13th
BEST FINISH: 3rd (1992, 1988), 4th (1991), 7th (2005, 1989), 8th (2007, 2004, 2002, 1994)
2012 – 7th
2011 – 6th
2010 – 6th
2009 – 4th
2008 – 4th
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Devin Mitsuing
Auction Order #25
Residence: Loon Lake, Saskatchewan
Devin won the Calgary Stampede's Orville Strandquist
Award for Top Rookie Driver in 2010, and was the 2011
CPCA Champion driver. Devin won the CPCA’s St. Walburg
stop in 2012 and for the second consecutive year qualified
for the winner–take–all championship final heat for the
CPCA Championship. Devin is a two-time winner of the
CPCA’s Most Improved Driver Award and drove the demonstration race at Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby
in 2011. Along with his father Ray, the Mitsuing’s will be one of four father/son combinations that
will compete at the 2013 Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby. Devin was the first driver in
CPCA history to make the overall CPCA championship his first win of his career.
Kurt Bensmiller
Auction Order #26
Residence: Dewberry, Alberta
Kurt qualified for the Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland
Derby’s winner–take–all championship final heat in 2011, joining
his father Buddy Bensmiller and grandfather’s Allen Smith and
Alan Bensmiller as the only family where three generations have
qualified for the GMC Rangeland Derby’s winner–take–all final.
2012 saw Kurt win the Strathmore Heritage Days Stampede,
and qualify for the winner-take-all final at the Grande Prairie
Stompede. Kurt is a former champion of the Capital Ex
Chuckwagon Derby in Edmonton, the Battle of the North
Championship in Dawson Creek, B.C., and holds the track
record at the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede. Kurt won the
Calgary Stampede's Orville Strandquist Award for Top Rookie
Driver in 2002, the WPCA Clean Drive Award in 2007 and was the recipient of the WPCA's Most Improved
Chuckwagon Outfit Award in 2001. Kurt is the youngest man in WPCA history to qualify two wagons into
a single winner–take–all championship final heat at the 2002 Battle of the North in Dawson Creek, B.C.
Brian Laboucane
Auction Order #27
Brian won the Calgary Stampede's Safe Drive Award for
least penalized driver in 2008 and had his best career GMC
Rangeland Derby in 2010 placing seventh overall, winning
two day monies, and qualifying for “Semi Final Saturday”.
He is a six–time CPCA Champion Driver and a three–time
CPCA High Point Driver. Brian has twice received the
CPCA Award for Excellence in Corporate Involvement, and
received the CPCA Chuckwagon Family of the Year Award
in 2005. He has qualified for the winner–take–all championship final heat for the CPCA championship a record eight
times, has won close to eighty show championships on the CPCA circuit over his career, and
holds two CPCA track records. Brian is the father of fellow driver Brian Laboucane, and
father–in–law to driver BJ Carey, and 2012 CPCA Champion Outrider Mick Nolin.
Shane Nolin
Auction Order #28
Residence: Rapid View, Saskatchewan
Shane ran penalty free at the 2012 Calgary Stampede GMC
Rangeland Derby and established a new track record at the
CPCA stop on the Little Pine First Nation. He has won three
career CPCA show championships at the Days of Thunder
Championship at Little Pine First Nation, SK, the Melfort
Chuckwagon Championship and the Saskatoon Exhibition Derby,
has twice qualified for the winner–take–all final heat for the CPCA
Championship and is co–holder of the CPCA track record at the
Melfort Chuckwagon Championship. He received the CPCA
Award for Excellence in Corporate Involvement in 2004, was the CPCA's Most Improved Driver in 2002,
and has placed inside the top ten of the CPCA standings for the eleventh consecutive year. Shane is the
older brother of 2012 CPCA Champion Driver Vern Nolin and 2012 CPCA Champion Outrider Mick Nolin.
2012 – 30th
2010 – 18th - Rookie Year
BEST FINISH: 18th (2010), 30th (2012)
2012 – 3rd
2011 – 3rd – CPCA Champion
2010 – 13th
2009 – 10th
2008 – 18th
2012 – 32nd
2011 – 3rd – Qualified For Winner-Take-All Championship Final Heat
2010 – 25th
2009 – 23rd
2008 – 20th
BEST FINISH: 3rd (2011), 13th (2003), 14th (2002), 17th (2006), 18th (2005), 19th (2007)
2012 – 10th
2011 – 19th
2010 – 10th
2009 – 9th
2008 – 17th
2012 – 33rd
2011 – 22nd
2010 – 7th – Semi–Finalist
2009 – 28th
2008 – 10th
BEST FINISH: 7th (2010, 2003), 10th (2008, 1984), 12th (2006, 1990), 13th (1980, 1979)
2012 – 5th
2011 – 4th
2010 – 5th
2009 – 5th
2008 – 3rd
2012 – 35th
2011 – 24th
2010 – 36th
2009 – 34th
2008 – 26th
BEST FINISH: 23rd (2007, 2006), 24th (2011), 25th (2005, 2004), 26th (2008), 31st (2003)
2012 – 8th
2011 – 10th
2010 – 8th
2009 – 9th
2008 – 7th
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Layne Bremner
Auction Order #29
Residence: Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
Layne won the Calgary Stampede's Orville Strandquist
Award for Top Rookie Driver in 2011 and was the CPCA’s
High Point Rookie Driver in 2009. 2012 saw Layne win one
day money at the CPCA Lloydminster Finals and place in
the top ten overall at five CPCA show championships. He
started racing pony wagons at fifteen years old with the
North West Saskatchewan Pony Chuckwagon and Chariot
Association, winning the overall championship three times.
Layne is a third generation chuckwagon competitor whose
mother, Mae Gorst, was the first full-time female outrider. Layne is also the nephew and cousin
of fellow drivers Gary Gorst and Logan Gorst.
Jordie Fike
Auction Order #30
Residence: Cremona, Alberta
Jordie won the 2010 WPCA Top Rookie Driver Award and
became just the fourth driver in WPCA history to qualify for
the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby in his rookie year.
He drove the demonstration race at the 2012 Calgary
Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby and was runner-up for
the 2012 Strathmore Heritage Days Stampede. Jordie
spent his first two years as a driver on the CPCA circuit
where he won the Saskatoon Exhibition Derby and the
CPCA Most Improved Driver award in 2009, and received
the CPCA’s Most Sportsmanlike Driver award in 2008.
Jordie is a fourth generation wagon man and the grandson of former GMC Rangeland Derby
finalist Ron David, and older brother to 2012 World Champion Outrider Chad Fike.
Barry Hodgson
Auction Order #31
Residence: Wetaskiwin, Alberta
Barry won the WPCA Clean Drive Award in 2012 for taking
just a single penalty second all season long, won the
Colonial Days Fair in Lloydminster for the second time in
his career, and tied his career best in the World Standings
placing 18th overall. He participated in the “MiniChuckwagon” races during the IIHF World Junior Hockey
Championship in Calgary in 2011. Barry won the DC
Energy Services Clean Drive Award at the 2007 Badlands
Dinosaur Derby in Drumheller, the DC Energy Services
Clean Drive Award at the 2006 Ponoka Stampede and has qualified for 5 career sudden death
championship final heats.
Neal Walgenbach
Auction Order #32
Residence: Stettler, Alberta
Neal was the 2010 Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion
and has qualified for the Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland
Derby’s winner–take–all championship final heat three times.
He is co–holder of the Calgary Stampede track record, and
was the Calgary Stampede's Orville Strandquist Award winner for the Top Rookie Driver in 1995. Neal started his career
with the WPCA and is a former Ponoka Stampede Champion,
was a two–time champion of the WPCA Pro Tour
Championship, was the 1987 WPCA Top Rookie Driver, and
had 2 horses named to the WPCA’s Equine Outfit of
Excellence. In 2008 he moved to the CPCA and won the 2008
CPCA Championship, was the CPCA’s High Point Driver in
2009 and along with his family, received the CPCA Chuckwagon Family of the Year Award. The 2010
Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby was to be Neal’s last competition as a chuckwagon driver, but he was brought out ouf retirement in 2012 as a replacement for injured driver for Ross Knight.
2012– Did Not Compete
2011 - 25th - Rookie Year
2012 – 9th
2011 – 17th
2010 – 11th
2011 – 34th - Rookie Year
2012 – 11th
2011 – 26th
2010 – 20th
2009 – 17th
2011 - Did Not Compete
2010 – 32nd
2009 – 29th– Rookie Year
BEST FINISH: 29th (2009), 32nd (2010)
2012 – 18th
2011 – 28th
2010 – 25th
2009 – 18th
2008 – 21st
2010 – 3rd – Calgary Stampede Aggregate Winner
2008 – 9th
2013 WILL BE HIS 17th START IN THE GMC RANGELAND DERBY 16
BEST FINISH: 2nd (2006), 3rd (2010, 2005, 2004), 5th (2002, 2000), 6th (2007), 7th (2001)
2011 – 4th (Replacement driver for Ross Knight)
2011 - Did Not Compete
2010 – 26th
2008 – 2nd – CPCA Champion
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Chance Bensmiller
Auction Order #33
Birth Date: November 5, 1985
Residence: Dewberry, Alberta
2013 will be Chance’s first appearance at the Calgary
Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby and he will be one of four
rookie drivers competing for the Calgary Stampede's Orville
Strandquist Memorial Award for Top Rookie Driver. 2012 saw
Chance return the CPCA circuit where he won the season
opening stop at North Battleford. He was an outrider on his
father Buddy Bensmiller’s 2003 Calgary Stampede GMC
Rangeland Derby Championship outfit. Prior to 2012, Chance
spent the previous seven seasons on the WPCA Pro Tour
where he had a horse named to the WPCA Equine Outfit of
Excellence in 2011, won the Battle of the North in 2008,
received the WPCA Most Improved Driver Award in 2008 and
was the WPCA Top Rookie Driver in 2006. Chance is a 3rd generation wagon man, whose grandfathers are former Calgary Stampede finalists Allan Bensmiller and Alan Smith. Chance started his
career as a driver on the CPCA circuit and was the CPCA's High Point Rookie Driver in 2003.
Evan Salmond
Auction Order #34
Residence: Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan
2013 will be Evan’s first appearance at the Calgary
Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby and he will be one of four
rookie drivers competing for the Calgary Stampede's Orville
Strandquist Memorial Award for Top Rookie Driver. In just
his third year on the WPCA Pro Tour, Evan won the first
show championship of his career in 2012 at the Medicine
Hat Exhibition & Stampede and placed a career best 3rd in
the world standings. His right wheeler “D.J.” was named to
the WPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence and was the recipient
of the WPCA Most Improved Driver Award. He qualified for
his first career winner-take-all championship final heat at the
North American Chuckwagon Championship finishing second to Kelly Sutherland. Evan started his career in 2008 with the amateur Western Chuckwagon
Association (WCA) circuit where he won the WCA’s Rycroft show in 2009, was runner-up for the
WCA championship, and was named the WCA’s Most Improved Driver. Evan is a second generation driver whose cousin Rod Salmond drove for many years at the GMC Rangeland Derby.
Mitch Sutherland
Auction Order #35
2013 will be Mitch’s first appearance at the Calgary
Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby and he will be one of
four rookie drivers competing for the Calgary Stampede's
Orville Strandquist Memorial Award for Top Rookie Driver.
Mitch won the 2011 Richard Cosgrave Badlands Dinosaur
Derby en route to being named the 2011 WPCA Top Rookie
Driver, joining Rick Fraser and Jerry Bremner as the only
drivers in WPCA history to win a show championship and
the Top Rookie Driver buckle in the same year. Mitch started his career in on the amateur Western Chuckwagon
Association (WCA) circuit in 2004 and was the overall WCA
champion in 2008 and 2009, and has won twelve WCA show championships during his tenure
with the WCA. Along with his father Mitch, the Sutherland’s will be one of four father/son combinations that will compete at the 2013 Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby.
Chanse Vigen
Auction Order #36
2013 will be Chanse’s first appearance at the Calgary Stampede
GMC Rangeland Derby and he will be one of four rookie drivers
competing for the Calgary Stampede's Orville Strandquist Memorial
Award for Top Rookie Driver. 2012 saw Chanse win the WPCA Top
Rookie Driver award, have a horse named to the WPCA’s Equine
Outfit of Excellence, and become just the fifth driver in WPCA history to qualify for the Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby in
his rookie year. He had an incredible five day money runs over the
season and qualified for the winner-take-all championship final heat
at the season ending event in Rocky Mountain House as the top
wagon in the aggregate standings. Chanse is a record five-time
World Champion outrider, was the WPCA’s Top Rookie Outrider in
2001, received the Rod Glass Memorial Award for the WPCA’s
Most Improved Outrider in 2002, has and outrode for three Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby
Championship outfits, and four Calgary Stampede Aggregate winners. Chanse is a third generation World
Champion whose father is four-time World Champion Outrider and current driver Mike Vigen, and his grandfather was five-time World and three-time Calgary Stampede Champion chuckwagon legend Ralph Vigen.
Rookie Year in 2013
BEST FINISH: Rookie Year in 2013
2012 – 11th
2011 - 33rd
2010 - 32nd
2009 - 34th
2008 - 30th
Rookie Year in 2013
2012 – 3rd
2011 - 31st
2010 - 29th
Rookie Year in 2013
2012 – 19th
2011 – 27th
Rookie Year in 2013
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35th Annual
2012 GMC RANGELAND
DERBY OFFICIAL STANDINGS
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
(Based On Dollars Won)
Driver
Total
Troy Dorchester
Doug Irvine
Jason Glass
Gary Gorst
Kirk Sutherland
Colt Cosgrave
Hugh Sinclair
Vern Nolin
Luke Tournier
John Walters
Jamie Laboucane
Wayne Knight
Rick Fraser
Mike Vigen
Reg Johnstone
Codey McCurrach
Tim Haroldson
Chad Harden
Kelly Sutherland
Rae Croteau Jr.
Jerry Bremner
Obrey Motowylo
Cliff Cunningham
Mark Sutherland
Grant Profit
Roger Moore
BJ Carey
Ray Mitsuing
Troy Flad
Devin Mitsuing
Buddy Bensmiller
Kurt Bensmiller
Brian Laboucane
Layne MacGillivray
Shane Nolin
Logan Gorst
2011 GMC RANGELAND
Money Won
$130,625.00
$57,050.00
$52,300.00
$50,200.00
$38,850.00
$38,800.00
$38,250.00
$35,550.00
$32,975.00
$31,500.00
$30,775.00
$30,700.00
$30,500.00
$30,100.00
$29,850.00
$29,700.00
$29,600.00
$28,800.00
$28,600.00
$27,750.00
$26,025.00
$24,900.00
$22,700.00
$22,325.00
$21,700.00
$21,550.00
$21,350.00
$21,100.00
$20,950.00
$20,800.00
$20,750.00
$20,650.00
$20,400.00
$20,200.00
$19,975.00
$19,550.00
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
2012 GMC Rangeland Derby Champion
Troy Dorchester – Fireside of Cochrane
2012 Aggregate Champion
Troy Dorchester – Fireside of Cochrane
2012 Highest Canvas Bid
$300,000.00
Kelly Sutherland –Tervita
Driver
Total
Kelly Sutherland
Reg Johnstone
Kurt Bensmiller
Rick Fraser
Jerry Bremner
Wayne Knight
Vern Nolin
Kirk Sutherland
Luke Tournier
Obrey Motowylo
Chad Harden
Colt Cosgrave
Grant Profit
Mark Sutherland
Roger Moore
Hugh Sinclair
Rae Croteau Jr.
Jason Glass
Troy Dorchester
Ray Mitsuing
Darcy Flad
Brian Laboucane
Gary Gorst
Shane Nolin
Layne Bremner
Buddy Bensmiller
Tim Haroldson
Logan Gorst
Jamie Laboucane
Troy Flad
Cliff Cunningham
Mike Vigen
Jim Knight
Jordie Fike
Lincoln Douglas
Ross Knight
Money Won
$140,850.00
$53,400.00
$44,700.00
$44,550.00
$39,400.00
$38,400.00
$38,000.00
$35,600.00
$34,900.00
$34,850.00
$34,650.00
$32,875.00
$32,800.00
$30,450.00
$29,750.00
$29,575.00
$27,950.00
$26,850.00
$26,550.00
$26,500.00
$24,950.00
$24,350.00
$24,300.00
$23,350.00
$22,950.00
$22,200.00
$21,800.00
$21,000.00
$20,650.00
$20,500.00
$20,450.00
$20,000.00
$19,850.00
$19,800.00
$19,450.00
$19,200.00
Kelly Sutherland – Coyote Ugly Saloon
Reg Johnstone – ATB Financial
$170,000.00
Kelly Sutherland – YaYa Calgary.com
Page 13
35th Annual
2010 GMC RANGELAND
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18/19
18/19
20
21
22/23
22/23
24
25
26
27
28
29/30
29/30
31
32
33
34
35
36
Driver
Total
Kelly Sutherland
Jason Glass
Neal Walgenbach
Kirk Sutherland
Gary Gorst
Buddy Bensmiller
Brian Laboucane
Rick Fraser
Grant Profit
Mark Sutherland
Luke Tournier
Troy Dorchester
Jim Knight
Ray Mitsuing
Vern Nolin
Wayne Knight
Léo Tournier
Chad Harden
Devin Mitsuing
Hugh Sinclair
Rae Croteau Jr.
Jerry Bremner
Mike Vigen
Tyler Helmig
Kurt Bensmiller
Doug Irvine
Brian Mayan
Grant Preece
Reg Johnstone
Roger Moore
Obrey Motowylo
Barry Hodgson
Tim Haroldson
Layne MacGillivray
Troy Flad
Shane Nolin
2009 GMC RANGELAND
Money Won
$138,400.00
$54,900.00
$50,725.00
$45,350.00
$37,750.00
$37,300.00
$37,200.00
$32,900.00
$32,125.00
$30,850.00
$30,500.00
$28,150.00
$26,650.00
$25,775.00
$25,550.00
$24,875.00
$23,800.00
$22,200.00
$22,200.00
$20,950.00
$20,900.00
$20,700.00
$20,700.00
$20,650.00
$20,600.00
$19,950.00
$19,850.00
$19,150.00
$18,700.00
$18,700.00
$18,650.00
$18,250.00
$18,150.00
$18,125.00
$18,050.00
$17,625.00
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32/33
32/33
34
35
36
Kelly Sutherland – Lucid/Lux Chuckwagon Team
Neal Walgenbach – Team YYC Calgary International Airport
$120,000.00
Chad Harden – ATB Financial
Driver
Total
Chad Harden
Tyler Helmig
Mark Sutherland
Kelly Sutherland
Jason Glass
Rae Croteau Jr.
Obrey Motowylo
Rick Fraser
Doug Irvine
Luke Tournier
Neal Walgenbach
Wayne Knight
Hugh Sinclair
Grant Profit
Reg Johnstone
Roger Moore
Grant Preece
Gary Gorst
Layne MacGillivray
Troy Dorchester
Kirk Sutherland
Tim Haroldson
Kurt Bensmiller
Buddy Bensmiller
Jim Nevada
Ray Mitsuing
Leo Tournier
Brian Laboucane
Barry Hodgson
Jerry Bremner
David Bensmiller
Jim Knight
Logan Gorst
Shane Nolin
Ryan Preece
Shane Cartier
Money Won
$137,900.00
$56,550.00
$45,700.00
$44,250.00
$43,000.00
$41,950.00
$41,400.00
$40,650.00
$36,000.00
$35,050.00
$33,775.00
$33,600.00
$30,800.00
$28,850.00
$28,600.00
$27,850.00
$27,550.00
$26,525.00
$25,700.00
$25,050.00
$24,625.00
$22,950.00
$22,600.00
$22,150.00
$22,000.00
$21,900.00
$21,250.00
$21,000.00
$20,500.00
$20,000.00
$19,875.00
$19,800.00
$19,800.00
$19,700.00
$19,300.00
$19,200.00
Chad Harden – ATB Financial
Kelly Sutherland – Kay Dee Ranching
$110,000.00
Kelly Sutherland – Kay Dee Ranching
Page 14
35th Annual
2008 GMC RANGELAND
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30/31
30/31
32/33
32/33
34
35
36
Driver
Total
Hugh Sinclair
Kelly Sutherland
Jason Glass
Kirk Sutherland
Buddy Bensmiller
Luke Tournier
Mark Sutherland
Grant Profit
Neal Walgenbach
Brian Laboucane
Gary Gorst
Reg Johnstone
Ray Mitsuing
Jerry Bremner
Grant Preece
Wayne Knight
Norm Cuthbertson
Troy Dorchester
Rick Fraser
Kurt Bensmiller
Leo Tournier
Rae Croteau Jr
Chad Harden
Doug Irvine
Vern Nolin
Shane Nolin
Mike Vigen
Tyler Helmig *
Roger Moore
Tim Haroldson
Troy Flad
Jim Knight
Sean DeBolt
Todd Baptiste
Ross Knight
Ross Fisher
2007 GMC RANGELAND
Money Won
$139,000.00
$70,300.00
$49,700.00
$43,550.00
$40,475.00
$40,425.00
$39,550.00
$35,675.00
$34,875.00
$34,150.00
$32,100.00
$31,400.00
$30,950.00
$30,300.00
$28,150.00
$26,800.00
$26,300.00
$26,050.00
$25,800.00
$25,150.00
$24,525.00
$23,500.00
$22,925.00
$22,800.00
$22,025.00
$21,950.00
$21,125.00
$20,900.00
$20,050.00
$19,850.00
$19,850.00
$19,600.00
$19,600.00
$19,500.00
$19,400.00
$19,100.00
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13/14
13/14
15
16
17
18
19
20/21
20/21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33/34
33/34
35
36
Driver
Total
Luke Tournier
Reg Johnstone
Norm Cuthbertson
Rick Fraser
Mark Sutherland
Neal Walgenbach
Buddy Bensmiller
Ray Mitsuing
Jason Glass
Hugh Sinclair
Jerry Bremner
Gary Gorst
Tyler Helmig
Vern Nolin
Wayne Knight
Kelly Sutherland
Kirk Sutherland
Doug Irvine
Kurt Bensmiller
Grant Profit
Rae Croteau Jr.
Chad Harden
Shane Nolin
Shane Cartier
Darcy Flad
Rod Salmond
Jim Knight
Layne MacGillivray
Brian Laboucane
Grant Preece
Colt Cosgrave
Ryan Preece
Roger Moore
Ross Knight
Todd Baptiste
Bruce Morin *
Money Won
$141,600.00
$62,200.00
$51,650.00
$47,200.00
$38,600.00
$36,900.00
$33,200.00
$31,650.00
$31,450.00
$30,450.00
$29,750.00
$29,700.00
$26,750.00
$26,750.00
$25,350.00
$24,650.00
$24,550.00
$22,800.00
$21,300.00
$20,600.00
$20,600.00
$20,200.00
$20,000.00
$19,950.00
$19,800.00
$19,650.00
$19,100.00
$19,050.00
$19,000.00
$18,700.00
$18,200.00
$17,550.00
$17,500.00
$17,500.00
$17,200.00
$17,100.00
Hugh Sinclair – NCi Construction
Jason Glass – Shaw GMC Pontiac Buick Hummer
$210,000.00
Kelly Sutherland – The Hear Now Inc.
Luke Tournier – The Cowboy’s Posse
Luke Tournier – The Cowboy’s Posse
$205,000.00
Kelly Sutherland – The Hear Now Inc.
* Colt Cosgrave used as a replacement for injured driver Tyler Helmig.
* Harvey Leer used as a replacement for injured driver Bruce Morin.
Page 15
35th Annual
Award Winners
Richard Cosgrave Memorial Award
(Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion)
This award is presented to the driver with the fastest cumulative time after successfully completing eight heats of competition. The award was re–named starting in 1994 in
honor of two–time aggregate winner Richard Cosgrave after his untimely passing in 1993.
Winners:
2012 Troy Dorchester
2006 Kelly Sutherland
2000 Hugh Sinclair
1994 Buddy Bensmiller
1988 Dave Lewis
1982 Dave Lewis
2011 Reg Johnstone
2005 Luke Tournier
1993 Richard Cosgrave
1987 Tom Glass
1981 Herman Flad
2010 Neal Walgenbach
2004 Norm Cuthbertson
1998 Tom Glass
1992 Ray Mitsuing
1985 Ralph Vigen
2008 Jason Glass
1996 Dallas Dorchester
2007 Luke Tournier
2001 Jason Glass
1989 George Normand
1983 Dave Lewis
Memorial Award Winners
(Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champions.
Best 8 Day Aggregate Time 10:18.40)
Chuckwagon Team
(L-R): Outrider Chance Flad, Driver
Troy Dorchester, Outrider Eddie Melville
Calgary Stampede Safety Award
(Least Penalized Driver)
This award is presented to the driver with the fewest penalty seconds during the GMC Rangeland Derby. In the event of a tie, the driver with the fastest cumulative time will
receive the award.
Winners:
2009 Mark Sutherland
2011 Reg Johnstone
2008 Brian Laboucane
1999 Stu Napper
2010 Jason Glass
2007 Luke Tournier
2001 Jason Glass
1998 Mike Vigen
Orville Strandquist Memorial Award
(Calgary Stampede Top Rookie Driver)
This award is presented to the driver winning the most money after successfully completing ten heats of competition in his first year driving at the GMC Rangeland Derby. In
the event of a tie, the driver with the fastest cumulative time will receive the award. The award is named in honor of Orville Strandquist who competed at the Calgary Stampede
as a chuckwagon driver from 1940-1991.
Winners:
2012 Codey McCurrach
2008 Sean DeBolt
2004 No Rookies
2000 No Rookies
1992 Stan Waddell
2011 Layne Bremner
2007 Shane Cartier
2003 Ted Friesen
1999 Rick Fraser
2010 Devin Mitsuing
2006 Dave Bensmiller
2002 Kurt Bensmiller
1994 Rod Salmond
2009 Obrey Motowylo
2005 Ryan Preece
2001 Chad Harden
1997 Roger Moore
1993 Mike Vigen
Calgary Stampede Equine Outfit of Excellence
(Calgary Stampede Champion Chuckwagon Horses)
This award is to recognize the outstanding achievements of the true athletes of the GMC Rangeland Derby - the thoroughbred horses. The Outfit of Excellence is comprised
of six horses - one in each position on the chuckwagon - right & left leader, right and left wheeler and two outriding horses.
Winners:
2012
“TYCOON”
“RIVER”
“SKIPPY”
“CIANO”
“SMILES”
“MAX”
Right Leader
Left Leader
Rightt Wheeler
Leftt Wheeler
Outriding Horse
Outriding Horse
Jason Glass
Mike Vigen
Kirk Sutherland
Hugh Sinclair
Gary Gorst
Rick Fraser
Page 16
35th Annual
Award Winners
Guy Weadick Memorial Award
This prestigious award is sponsored by J&L Supply and is presented annually to the one chuckwagon or rodeo competitor who best embodies what the cowboy stands
for and who best typifies the spirit of the Calgary Stampede. It is based upon ability, appearance, showmanship, character, sportsmanship and cooperation with other cowboys, the arena crew, the media and the public.
Winners (Chuckwagon Winners Are Listed In Bold/Red):
1996 Monica Wilson
1988 Butch Meyers
1980 Bob Schall
1972 Hank Abbie
2004 Ryan Mapston
1995 Jim Dunn
1987 Robin Burwash
1979 Lindsay Clarke
1971 Ivan Daines 2011 Scott Schiffner
2003 Davey Shields Jr.
2010 Jason Glass
2002 Jim Knight
1986 Tom Eirikson
1978 Jim Gladstone
1970 Myrtis Dightman
1977 Wayne Vold
1969 Gid Garstad
2009 Jason Jeter
2001 Dan Mortensen
1985 Orville Strandquist
1992 Mark Roy
1984 Chris Anderson
1976 Brian Claypool
2008 Cliff Williamson
2000 Gerald Hays
1999 Jim Nevada
1991 Duane Daines
1983 Monty Henson
1975 Tom Bews
2007 Stran Smith
1998 Guy Shapka
1990 Ty Murray
1982 Steve Dunham
1974 Dale Rose
2006 Rod Hay
2005 Rick Fraser
1997 Shawn Vant
1989 Blaine Pederson
1981 Bobby DelVecchio
1973 Dale Trottier
Calgary Stampede Outstanding Outrider Award
This award is presented to the outrider judged to have outstanding ability, appearance, showmanship, character, and sportsmanship.
Winners:
2012 Chad Cosgrave
2011 Chanse Vigen
2010 Dustin Gorst
2009 Jamie Laboucane
CALGARY STAMPEDE GMC RANGELAND DERBY SUDDEN DEATH FINALISTS
2012 Jason Glass
Doug Irvine
Gary Gorst
Troy Dorchester
Reg Johnstone
Kurt Bensmiller
Jerry Bremner
2010 Kirk Sutherland
Kelly Sutherland
Jason Glass
Neal Walgenbach
Tyler Helmig
Chad Harden
Mark Sutherland
2008 Jason Glass
Hugh Sinclair
Kelly Sutherland
Kirk Sutherland
2007 Luke Tournier
Norm Cuthbertson
Reg Johnstone
Rick Fraser
Neal Walgenbach
Hugh Sinclair
Jerry Bremner
2005 Luke Tournier
Buddy Bensmiller
Kelly Sutherland
Neal Walgenbach
Bert Croteau
Neal Walgenbach
Hugh Sinclair
Reg Johnstone
Rick Fraser
Buddy Bensmiller
Jerry Bremner
Rick Fraser
Kelly Sutherland
2001 Jason Glass
Jerry Bremner
Norm Cuthbertson
Kelly Sutherland
2000 Hugh Sinclair
Jason Glass
Troy Dorchester
Kelly Sutherland
Buddy Bensmiller
Jim Nevada
Troy Dorchester
1998 Tom Glass
Mike Vigen
Kelly Sutherland
Wayne Knight
Kelly Sutherland
Tom Glass
Jason Glass
1996 Dallas Dorchester
Kelly Sutherland
Tyler Helmig
Edgar Baptiste
Ward Willard
Kelly Sutherland
Tom Glass
Ward Willard
Norm Cuthbertson
Tom Glass
Kelly Sutherland
Tom Glass
Jerry Bremner
1992 Ray Mitsuing
Tom Glass
George Normand
Jerry Bremner
Dallas Dorchester
George Normand
Tom Glass
Dave Lewis
George Normand
Dallas Dorchester
1989 George Normand
Buddy Bensmiller
Richard Cosgrave
Dallas Dorchester
1988 Dave Lewis
Ray Mitsuing
Jerry Bremner
Dallas Dorchester
1987 Tom Glass
Ray Croteau
Kirk Sutherland
Kelly Sutherland
Herman Flad
Richard Cosgrave
Smoky Wilson
1985 Ralph Vigen
Dallas Dorchester
Ron David
Tom Glass
Dallas Dorchester
Roy David
Smoky Wilson
1983 Dave Lewis
Dallas Dorchester
Tom Glass
Buddy Bensmiller
1982 Dave Lewis
Tom Glass
Reg Johnstone
Kelly Sutherland
1981 Allen Smith
Herman Flad
Bruce Craige
Ivor Bolin
1980 Herman Flad
Roy Bremner
Allen Smith
Allan Bensmiller
Allen Smith
Herman Flad
Allan Bensmiller
CALGARY STAMPEDE GMC RANGELAND DERBY SEMI FINALISTS
Colt Cosgrave
Jason Glass
Luke Tournier
Gary Gorst
Vern Nolin
Tim Haroldson
Doug Irvine
2011 Reg Johnstone
Kelly Sutherland
Rick Fraser
Obrey Motowylo
Kurt Bensmiller
Chad Harden
Vern Nolin
Jerry Bremner
Jason Glass
Kelly Sutherland
Kirk Sutherland
Buddy Bensmiller
Brian Laboucane
Gary Gorst
Mark Sutherland
Obrey Motowylo
Jason Glass
Chad Harden
Rae Croteau Jr.
Neal Walgenbach
Tyler Helmig
Mark Sutherland
CANVAS AUCTION TOTALS
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
$4,015,000
$2,840,000
$1,966,000
$1,692,000
$2,516,000
$4,003,000
$2,860,000
$2,075,500
$1,585,500
$1,502,500
$1,549,500
$1,871,500
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
$111,528
$78,889
$54,611
$47,000
$69,889
$111,208
$79,444
$57,652
$44,042
$41,736
$43,042
$51,986
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
$1,653,500
$1,489,500
$1,869,000
$1,528,500
$1,082,500
$1,020,500
$1,028,750
$1,021,000
$779,500
$896,750
$1,120,500
$765,000
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
$45,931
$41,375
$51,916
$42,458
$30,069
$28,347
$28,576
$28,361
$21,653
$24,909
$31,125
$21,250
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Record High Bid: 2012 $300,000 for Kelly Sutherland
Record Total Sales: 2012 $4,015,000
Page 17
$427,250
$267,900
$376,500
$370,700
$185,500
$199,300
$245,400
$221,600
$171,000
$38,200
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
$11,868
$7,442
$10,458
$10,297
$5,153
$5,536
$6,816
$6,925
$5,344
$2,011
35th Annual
Canvas Auction Results
Canvas Auction Order
Driver
Advertiser
Amount Bid
Driver
Kelly Sutherland
Tervita
$300,000.00
Troy Dorchester
Advertiser
$
Amount Bid
Buddy Bensmiller *
Pidherney's
$150,000.00
Doug Irvine
$
Gary Gorst
Friends of the Calgary Food Bank
$150,000.00
Jason Glass
$
Luke Tournier
Ten Day Tarmac Babies
$140,000.00
Gary Gorst
$
Jason Glass
Shaw GMC Chevrolet Buick
$135,000.00
Kirk Sutherland
$
Chad Harden
Crow Enterprises Ltd.
$130,000.00
Colt Cosgrave
$
Obrey Motowylo
H & E Oilfield Services Ltd.
$125,000.00
Hugh Sinclair
$
Colt Costrave
Tsuu T'ina First Nation
$120,000.00
Vern Nolin
$
Hugh Sinclair
Poseidon Concepts
$120,000.00
Luke Tournier
$
Jerry Bremner
CEDA International
$120,000.00
John Walters
$
Reg Johnstone
Manteo Group of Companies
$120,000.00
Jamie Laboucane
$
Vern Nolin
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
$120,000.00
Wayne Knight
$
Kurt Bensmiller
Eco Fuel Saver
$115,000.00
Rick Fraser
$
Troy Dorchester
$115,000.00
Reg Johnstone
$
Logan Gorst *
RigSat Communications
$110,000.00
Codey McCurrach
$
Mark Sutherland
The Cowboy's Posse
$110,000.00
Tim Haroldson
$
Rick Fraser
Northwell Oilfield Hauling (2009) Inc.
$110,000.00
Chad Harden
$
Shane Nolin
Noralta Lodge
$110,000.00
Kelly Sutherland
$
Tim Haroldson
Horsepower Inc. A division of 152523 Alberta Ltd.
$110,000.00
Rae Croteau Jr.
$
Brian Laboucane
The Mavericks
$105,000.00
Jerry Bremner
$
Jamie Laboucane
Friends of the Mavericks
$105,000.00
Obrey Motowylo
$
Doug Irvine
B & R Eckel's Transport Ltd.
$100,000.00
Mark Sutherland
$
Grant Profit *
Ja-Co Welding & Consulting Ltd.
$100,000.00
BJ Carey
$
Layne MacGillivray *
BKDI Architects
$100,000.00
Ray Mitsuing
$
Rae Croteau Jr.
Dene-COR Construction Ltd.
$100,000.00
Devin Mitsuing
$
Wayne Knight
Express Employment Professionals
$100,000.00
Kurt Bensmiller
$
Kirk Sutherland
Ghostpine Environmental Services Ltd.
$95,000.00
Brian Laboucane
$
Roger Moore *
The Legends
$95,000.00
Shane Nolin
$
Cliff Cunningham *
Purolator
$90,000.00
Layne Bremner*
$
Ray Mitsuing
Sandlewood Developments/Diamond's Sports Grille
$90,000.00
Jordie Fike*
$
Codey McCurrach
ATB Financial
$80,000.00
Barry Hodgson*
$
Mike Vigen *
Dene-COR Construction Ltd./ The Legends
$80,000.00
Neal Walgenbach*
$
Troy Flad *
Rocky Mountain Equipment
$80,000.00
Chance Bensmiller**
$
Devin Mitsuing
LotToGive.com
$70,000.00
Evan Salmond**
$
BJ Carey
Olympia Trust Company
$65,000.00
Mitch Sutherland**
$
John Walters
Heninger Toyota / Chickwagon! Foundation for Women
$50,000.00
Chanse Vigen**
$
Total Amount Bid
$4,015,000.00
Average Bid
$111,527.78
Median Bid
$110,000.00
High Bid
$300,000.00
Low Bid
$50,000.00
Total Amount Bid
$
Average Bid
$
*Indicates driver who did not participate in the 2012 GMC Rangeland Derby.
**Indicates driver participating in his first career GMC Rangeland Derby.
*Indicates drivers who will not participate in the 2013 GMC Rangeland Derby.
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