Kris Molle Takes Home His First Calgary Stampede Championship!
2022 Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby – Calgary, Alberta
It was a highly emotional night as the finals of the 2022 Calgary Stampede Cowboys Rangeland Derby were run on Sunday night. In an exciting and historic championship final, Kris Molle, driving the visitlethbridge.com Outfit, and along with outriders Kaeden Molle, Brendan Nolin and Ethan Motowylo, won the championship final from barrel number 2 in heat number 9, by a mere 8 one-hundredths of a second over Layne MacGillivray who placed 2nd from barrel number 1, while four-time Cowboys Rangeland Derby Champion Kurt Bensmiller placed third from barrel position number 3. It’s the first time that Kris Molle has won the Cowboys Rangeland Derby Championship, and a first for outriders Ethan Motowylo and rookie outrider Kaeden Molle.
The Richard Cosgrave Memorial Safe Drive Award was won by Layne MacGillivray for being the least penalized drivers over 10 nights of the Cowboys Rangeland Derby and for having the best time in the overall Aggregate Standings. MacGillivray was penalty free for all ten days and had the best aggregate time of all 27 competing drivers with a total time of 12:17.18. A total of 15 drivers shared in a prize pot of over $130,000.00 for running penalty free.
On the night, injured driver Cody Ridsdale’s LaPrairie Group of Companies outfit, driven by Chanse Vigen posted the fastest time on the night with a 1:13.16, 32 one-hundredths of a second better than 2022 champion Kris Molle. Darcy Flad placed third, followed by Layne MacGillivray and Obrey Motowylo filling out the top five on the final night of competition. Rory Gervais was named the Calgary Stampede’s Outstanding Outrider for the sixth consecutive year,
The WPCA Pro Tour resumes in High River for the Battle of the Foothills starting Thursday, July 21, 2022. Live action can be heard starting on Friday at 9:00pm ET, 8:00pm CT and 7:00pm MT on Real Country 910am.
Billy Melville
| 2022 CALGARY STAMPEDE GMC RANGELAND DERBY CHAMPIONS | |||
| Century Downs Racetrack & Casino | visitlethbridge.com | ||
| Kris Mo;lle – Driver | |||
| Brendan Nolin, Kaeden Molle, Ethan Motowylo – Outriders | |||
| 2022 CALGARY STAMPEDE SAFE DRIVE AWARD (Least Penalized Driver) | |||
| Layne MacGillivray | |||
| 2022 OUTSTANDING OUTRIDER AWARD | |||
| Rory Gervais | |||
| CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL HEAT (By Barrel Selection) | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | Total Time |
| 1 | Layne MacGillivray | Spray Lake Sawmills | 1:13.56 |
| 2 | Kris Molle | visitlethbridge.com | 1:13.48 |
| 3 | Kurt Bensmiller | Versatile Energy Services Ltd. | 1:14.44 |
| Day 10 Results | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | Total Time |
| 1 | Cody Ridsdale* | LaPrairie Group of Companies | 1:13.16 |
| 2 | Kris Molle | visitlethbridge.com | 1:13.48 |
| 3 | Darcy Flad | EquiPride® | 1:13.52 |
| 4 | Layne MacGillivray | Spray Lake Sawmills | 1:13.56 |
| 5 | Obrey Motowylo | Buckle Premium Vodka | 1:14.02 |
| 6 | Dallas Dyck | Friends Of The Balance Foundation – Vintage Chophouse and Tavern | 1:14.03 |
| 7 | Vern Nolin | McCaw’s Drilling & Blasting Ltd. | 1:14.29 |
| 8 | Mark Sutherland | Cowboys Music Festival | 1:14.34 |
| 8 | Jordie Fike | Summit Fleet | 1:14.39 |
| 10 | Kurt Bensmiller | Versatile Energy Services Ltd. | 1:14.44 |
| 11 | Troy Dorchester | Cam Clark Auto Group/Smithbilt Hats | 1:14.53 |
| 12 | Chad Harden | MNP LLP | 1:14.82 |
| 13 | Kirk Sutherland | Silverhill Acura | 1:14.93 |
| 14 | Chance Bensmiller | PCL Construction Services, Inc. & Partners | 1:15.38 |
| 15 | Chad Fike | Shaw GMC Chevrolet Buick | 1:15.40 |
| 15 | Evan Salmond | MobSquad | 1:15.45 |
| 17 | Doug Irvine | Gilligan’s Boat Sales and Service Ltd. | 1:15.45 |
| 18 | Danny Ringuette | Crowfoot Dodge | 1:15.47 |
| 19 | Mitch Sutherland | Aureus | 1:15.54 |
| 20 | Ross Knight | In Memory of Ted Valentine | 1:15.82 |
| 21 | Roger Moore | National Motor Coach | 1:16.09 |
| 22 | Troy Flad | Remax Darcy Powlik Realty | 1:16.88 |
| 23 | Codey McCurrach | Western RV Country/SIMCO Management | 1:17.28 |
| 24 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | 1:17.52 |
| 25 | Todd Baptiste | S.O.R.E. Oilfield Services Inc. | 1:18.84 |
| 26 | Kris Flanagan | KV Capital | 1:21.44 |
| 27 | Chanse Vigen | Corus Entertainment | 1:33.83 |
| * Wagon Driven by Chanse Vigen | |||
| 10 Day Aggregate Standings | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | 10 Day Total |
| 1 | Layne MacGillivray | Spray Lake Sawmills | 12:17.18 |
| 2 | Kurt Bensmiller | Versatile Energy Solutions Ltd. | 12:18.47 |
| 3 | Kris Molle | visitlethbridge.com | 12:23.46 |
| 4 | Obrey Motowylo | Buckle Premium Vodka | 12:25.34 |
| 5 | Doug Irvine | Private Sales Financing | 12:27.37 |
| 6 | Vern Nolin | McCaw’s Drilling & Blasting Ltd. | 12:27.52 |
| 7 | Chad Fike | Shaw GMC Chevrolet Buick | 12:31.17 |
| 8 | Cody Ridsdale | O’Chiese First Nation | 12:32.54 |
| 9 | Evan Salmond | MobSquad | 12:32.60 |
| 10 | Troy Dorchester | Cam Clark Auto Group/Smithbilt Hats | 12:33.27 |
| 11 | Kirk Sutherland | Silverhill Acura | 12:33.67 |
| 12 | Dallas Dyck | The Balance Foundation | 12:34.31 |
| 13 | Mark Sutherland | Cowboys Casino | 12:35.34 |
| 14 | Ross Knight | The Kidz Wagon | 12:35.35 |
| 15 | Jordie Fike | Summit Fleet | 12:35.81 |
| 16 | Codey McCurrach | Western RV Country | 12:36.15 |
| 17 | Danny Ringuette | The Brakeman Foundation | 12:37.06 |
| 18 | Chance Bensmiller | PCL Construction Services, Inc. | 12:37.47 |
| 19 | Roger Moore | National Motor Coach | 12:43.20 |
| 20 | Todd Baptiste | S.O.R.E. Oilfield Services Inc. | 12:46.59 |
| 21 | Chanse Vigen | Cowboys Casino | 12:50.73 |
| 22 | Chad Harden | CC Contract Sales | 12:52.47 |
| 23 | Mitch Sutherland | The CanWagon | 12:56.98 |
| 24 | Kris Flanagan | KV Capital | 12:59.28 |
| 25 | Troy Flad | Friends of Troy Flad | 13:02.66 |
| 26/27 | Darcy Flad | EquiPride® | N.T |
| 26/27 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | N.T |
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