2025 Battle of the Foothills – High River, Alberta
Coming off barrel number 3 in heat number 5, Tournier was the fast man on the night by 66 one-hundredths of a second over Dustin Gorst. Todd Baptiste grabbed third place on the night, with Chanse Vigen and Chad Fike completing the top five on night number two.
Two top five runs were good enough to lift Chanse Vigen into first place in the overall aggregate standings with a two-day combined time of 2:31.40. Kris Molle sits second overall, just 17 one-hundredths of a second behind overall leader Chanse Vigen. Alberta AG Centre Fast Time of the Night winner Lane Tournier moved from tenth place at the start of the day into third place overall, with Chad Fike filling out the top four overall. Dustin Gorst is in fifth place overall, 77 one-hundreds of a second out of the fourth and final qualifying spot for Sunday’s Championship Final Heat.
The top 4 drivers after the first 3 nights of racing will qualify for Sunday’s Battle of the Foothills Championship Final Heat. The winner of Sunday’s Championship Final will be crowned the Battle of the Foothills Champion.
Day 3 of the Battle of the Foothills can be heard live on Saturday night at 9:00pm ET, 8:00pm CT and 7:00pm MT on 96.5 The Ranch, or streaming options are available through the WPCA Website at wpca.com, iHeart Radio website/app or the Radioplayer Canada website/app.
Billy Melville
| Day 2 Results | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | Total Time |
| 1 | Lane Tournier * | Pidherney’s | 1:14.84 |
| 2 | Dustin Gorst | Century Downs Racetrack and Casino | 1:15.50 |
| 3 | Todd Baptiste | Minhas Micro Brewery | 1:15.63 |
| 4 | Chanse Vigen | Volker Stevin Canada / Glover International | 1:15.72 |
| 5 | Chad Fike | TOMCO Group of Companies | 1:15.73 |
| 6 | Layne MacGillivray | McLean Railings | 1:15.79 |
| 7 | Cruise Bensmiller | The Mavericks & Spolumbo’s Fine Foods & Deli | 1:16.04 |
| 8 | Kris Molle | William Blake Homes | 1:16.12 |
| 9 | Chance Flad | Aspen Crossing | 1:16.54 |
| 10 | Layne Flad | Casa Developments Corp. | 1:16.65 |
| 11 | Rae Croteau Jr. | Bar L-5 Ranch | 1:16.66 |
| 12 | Kurt Bensmiller | Versatile Energy Services Ltd. | 1:16.68 |
| 13 | Darcy Flad | Rimrock Feeders | 1:16.70 |
| 14 | Logan Gorst | Inter-Pacific Specialized Services LTD. | 1:16.77 |
| 15 | Troy Dorchester | PureChem Services | 1:16.79 |
| 16 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | 1:16.92 |
| 17 | Wade Salmond | De Havilland Sherpa | 1:16.98 |
| 17 | Troy Flad | Hayher Lee LLP | 1:16.98 |
| 19 | Doug Irvine | Ensteel Industries Ltd. | 1:17.18 |
| 20 | Obrey Motowylo | The Co-operators | 1:17.24 |
| 21 | Preston Faithful | Ayik Energy Corp. | 1:17.47 |
| 22 | Evan Salmond | De Havilland Twin Otter | 1:17.48 |
| 23 | Tuff Dreger | The Extraordinaires | 1:17.51 |
| 24 | Chance Bensmiller | EllisDon | 1:17.75 |
| 25 | Dayton Sutherland | Rocky Point Custom Homes | 1:17.90 |
| 26 | Chance Thomson | Omega 2000 Cribbing Inc. | 1:18.14 |
| 27 | Jordie Fike | Shawne Excavating & Trucking Ltd. | 1:18.28 |
| 28 | Jamie Laboucane | Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd. | 1:18.50 |
| 29 | Evan Magee | Farmboy Landscaping & Maintenance | 1:18.66 |
| 30 | Josh Hrynyk | Carmens Bigway Foods | 1:18.86 |
| 31 | Ross Knight | John Barlow MP -Foothills Conservative Association | 1:18.89 |
| 32 | Roger Moore | AdOil Inc./Canadian Abandonment Services | 1:19.87 |
| 33 | D.J. King | Siksika Nation Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park | 1:20.49 |
| 34 | Mitch Sutherland | Canyon Rigging | 1:20.63 |
| 35 | Cody Ridsdale | Bäre Activewear | 1:22.66 |
| 36 | Dean Dreger | You Thrifty Animal by Parachutes for Pets | 1:27.46 |
| * Lane Tournier drove for Luke Tournier | |||
| 2-Day Aggregate | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | 2-Day Total |
| 1 | Chanse Vigen | Volker Stevin Canada / Glover International | 2:31.40 |
| 2 | Kris Molle | The Mavericks/Vertex Building Systems/William Blake Homes | 2:31.57 |
| 3 | Lane Tournier * | Pidherney’s | 2:31.73 |
| 4 | Chad Fike | TOMCO Group of Companies | 2:32.03 |
| 5 | Dustin Gorst | Century Downs Racetrack and Casino | 2:32.80 |
| 6 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | 2:33.06 |
| 6 | Preston Faithful | Ayik Energy Corp. | 2:33.06 |
| 8 | Jamie Laboucane | Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd. | 2:33.31 |
| 9 | Layne MacGillivray | McLean Railings | 2:33.47 |
| 10 | Troy Flad | Hayher Lee LLP | 2:33.53 |
| 11 | Cruise Bensmiller | The Mavericks & Spolumbo’s Fine Foods & Deli | 2:34.10 |
| 12 | Evan Magee | Farmboy Landscaping & Maintenance | 2:34.20 |
| 13 | Logan Gorst | Inter-Pacific Specialized Services LTD. | 2:34.22 |
| 14 | Wade Salmond | De Havilland Sherpa | 2:34.27 |
| 15 | Chance Thomson | Omega 2000 Cribbing Inc. | 2:34.90 |
| 16 | Doug Irvine | Bow River Roadwork Contracting Ltd./Ensteel Industries Ltd. | 2:35.02 |
| 17 | Obrey Motowylo | The Co-operators | 2:35.08 |
| 18 | Evan Salmond | De Havilland Twin Otter | 2:35.20 |
| 19 | Troy Dorchester | PureChem Services | 2:35.32 |
| 20 | Dayton Sutherland | Kinsmen Consulting Ltd./Rocky Point Custom Homes | 2:35.34 |
| 21 | Jordie Fike | Shawne Excavating & Trucking Ltd./In-Line Pigging Solutions | 2:35.52 |
| 22 | Layne Flad | Signature Smiles/Casa Developments Corp. | 2:35.81 |
| 23 | Chance Bensmiller | EllisDon | 2:36.20 |
| 24 | Chance Flad | Aspen Crossing | 2:36.39 |
| 25 | Ross Knight | John Barlow MP -Foothills Conservative Association | 2:37.14 |
| 26 | Roger Moore | AdOil Inc./Canadian Abandonment Services | 2:37.33 |
| 27 | Kurt Bensmiller | Versatile Energy Services Ltd. | 2:37.55 |
| 28 | Rae Croteau Jr. | Bar L-5 Ranch | 2:37.75 |
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