June 14, 2025 – More Information Available at www,wpca.com
2025 Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede – Medicine Hat, Alberta
Defending Medicine Hat Champion Chanse Vigen, driving the Volker Stevin Canada outfit, qualified for championship final in first place overall with a three-day combined time of 3:10.13. 2019 Medicine Hat Champion Kurt Bensmiller held onto second place overall, 1.19 seconds behind the overall leader Chanse Vigen, with Rae Croteau Jr. making a huge jump grabbing the third and final qualifying spot in Sunday’s final after starting the day in eleventh place overall. Last week’s Bonnyville Champion Jamie Laboucane was in the crying hole, placing fourth overall and missed the Championship Final Heat by just 26 one-hundredths of a second, with injured driver Troy Dorchester’s wagon, which has been driven the entire meet by Roger Moore, rounding out the top five overall after three runs after starting the day way back in thirteenth place overall.
As far as day results are concerned, for the second time in three runs, Chanse Vigen grabbed the Alberta AG Centre Fast Time of the Night from barrel number three in the third heat. Vigen’s Volker Steven Canada outfit won top money for the night by a small 11 one-hundredths of a second margin over Troy Dorchester’s Roger Moore driven wagon. Rae Croteau Jr. was third, while Jamie Laboucane and Darcy Flad placed fourth and fifth respectively on the night.
The final day of the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede is scheduled to go on Sunday afternoon, June 15, 2025 and can be heard live starting at 4:00pm Eastern, 3:00pm Central, and 2:00pm Mountain time 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
| Sunday’s $10,000.00 Championship Final Heat (By Qualification Order) | |||
| 1 | Chanse Vigen | Volker Stevin Canada | |
| 2 | Kurt Bensmiller | Grey Eagle Resort & Casino | |
| 3 | Rae Croteau Jr. | Tornado Projects Ltd. | |
| Day 3 Results | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | Total Time |
| 1 | Chanse Vigen | Volker Stevin Canada | 1:01.25 |
| 2 | Troy Dorchester* | PureChem Services | 1:01.36 |
| 3 | Rae Croteau Jr. | Tornado Projects Ltd. | 1:01.37 |
| 4 | Jamie Laboucane | Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd. | 1:01.85 |
| 5 | Darcy Flad | Dynamic Industrial Solutions | 1:01.90 |
| 6 | Layne Flad | Hranco Industries Ltd. | 1:02.01 |
| 7 | Kurt Bensmiller | Grey Eagle Resort & Casino | 1:02.12 |
| 8 | Preston Faithful | Tribal Chiefs Employment and Training Services Association | 1:02.25 |
| 8 | Cody Ridsdale | Bäre Activewear | 1:02.25 |
| 10 | Chad Fike | TOMCO Group of Companies | 1:02.28 |
| 11 | Luke Tournier | Sanatec Environmental/Sanatec Plumbing | 1:02.44 |
| 12 | Wade Salmond | De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. | 1:02.57 |
| 13 | Evan Salmond | De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. | 1:02.59 |
| 14 | Chance Flad | Aspen Crossing | 1:02.64 |
| 15 | Obrey Motowylo | The Co-operators | 1:02.66 |
| 16 | Chance Thomson | Palliser Sales Ltd. | 1:02.77 |
| 17 | Ross Knight | Komat Drilling Ltd. | 1:02.79 |
| 18 | Todd Baptiste | Starbucks Eagles Landing | 1:02.80 |
| 19 | Troy Flad | Shadow Rathole Drilling Ltd. | 1:02.84 |
| 20 | Logan Gorst | Flashpoint Electric Inc. | 1:02.97 |
| 21 | Layne MacGillivray | Cascade Energy Services | 1:02.98 |
| 22 | Chance Bensmiller | Wiser Oil Corp. | 1:03.00 |
| 23 | Evan Magee | Crush it – Hard Iced Tea – made with Provincial Vodka! | 1:03.15 |
| 24 | Cruise Bensmiller | Lockbox Storage – Medicne Hat, AB | 1:03.17 |
| 25 | Mitch Sutherland** | Grey Eagle Resort & Casino | 1:03.30 |
| 26 | Jordie Fike | Abacus & Field LLP – Chartered Professional Accountants | 1:03.78 |
| 27 | Dustin Gorst | Century Downs Racetrack and Casino | 1:03.83 |
| 28 | Dayton Sutherland | Kinsmen Consulting | 1:03.97 |
| 29 | Roger Moore | AdOil Inc./Canadian Abandonment Services | 1:04.00 |
| 30 | Dean Dreger | Regulator’s Oilfield Hauling Ltd. | 1:04.03 |
| 31 | Tuff Dreger | Hearts and Hoofprints – The Les David Foundation | 1:04.21 |
| 32 | Doug Irvine | Recon Metals | 1:05.24 |
| 33 | Josh Hrynyk | Spider Electric Ltd. | 1:05.29 |
| 34 | Kris Molle | Benoit Oilfield Construction (1997) Ltd. | 1:08.34 |
| 35 | D.J. King | AJS Indigenous Housing Solutions Inc. | 1:09.25 |
| 36 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | 1:12.06 |
| * Roger Moore drove for Troy Dorchester | |||
| ** Kurt Bensmiller drove for Mitch Sutherland | |||
| 3-Day Aggregate | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | 3-Day Total |
| 1 | Chanse Vigen | Volker Stevin Canada | 3:10.13 |
| 2 | Kurt Bensmiller | Grey Eagle Resort & Casino | 3:11.32 |
| 3 | Rae Croteau Jr. | Tornado Projects Ltd. | 3:12.79 |
| 4 | Jamie Laboucane | Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd. | 3:13.05 |
| 5 | Troy Dorchester | PureChem Services | 3:13.41 |
| 6 | Troy Flad | Shadow Rathole Drilling Ltd. | 3:13.57 |
| 7 | Logan Gorst | One Arrow First Nation/Flashpoint Electric Inc. | 3:13.79 |
| 8 | Ross Knight | Komat Drilling Ltd./Ryker Oilfield Hauling Ltd. | 3:13.87 |
| 9 | Evan Salmond | De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. | 3:13.89 |
| 10 | Wade Salmond | De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. | 3:13.92 |
| 11 | Layne MacGillivray | Cascade Energy Services | 3:14.54 |
| 12 | Chad Fike | TOMCO Group of Companies | 3:14.63 |
| 13 | Layne Flad | Hranco Industries Ltd. | 3:14.77 |
| 14 | Tuff Dreger | Hearts and Hoofprints – The Les David Foundation | 3:14.86 |
| 15 | Preston Faithful | Tribal Chiefs Employment and Training Services Association | 3:14.89 |
| 16 | Todd Baptiste | Starbucks Eagles Landing | 3:16.15 |
| 17 | Cruise Bensmiller | Lockbox Storage – Medicne Hat, AB | 3:16.66 |
| 18 | Luke Tournier | Sanatec Environmental/Sanatec Plumbing | 3:16.70 |
| 19 | Evan Magee | Crush it – Hard Iced Tea – made with Provincial Vodka! | 3:17.26 |
| 20 | Jordie Fike | Abacus & Field LLP – Chartered Professional Accountants | 3:17.99 |
| 21 | Chance Thomson | Palliser Sales Ltd. | 3:18.32 |
| 22 | Dayton Sutherland | Kinsmen Consulting | 3:18.47 |
| 23 | Chance Flad | Aspen Crossing | 3:18.57 |
| 24 | Obrey Motowylo | The Co-operators | 3:18.71 |
| 25 | Kris Molle | Benoit Oilfield Construction (1997) Ltd. | 3:19.47 |
| 26 | Chance Bensmiller | Wiser Oil Corp. | 3:20.72 |
| 27 | Darcy Flad | Dynamic Industrial Solutions | 3:21.75 |
| 28 | Cody Ridsdale | Bäre Activewear | 3:23.13 |
| 29 | D.J. King | AJS Indigenous Housing Solutions Inc. | 3:23.87 |
| 30 | Dustin Gorst | Century Downs Racetrack and Casino | 3:24.34 |
| 31 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | 3:24.71 |
| 32 | Josh Hrynyk | Spider Electric Ltd. | 3:25.19 |
| 33 | Mitch Sutherland | Grey Eagle Resort & Casino | 3:27.16 |
| 34 | Dean Dreger | Regulator’s Oilfield Hauling Ltd. | 3:28.55 |
| 35 | Doug Irvine | Super Slings Inc./Tytin Rentals Inc./Recon Metals/Redline Athletics | 3:49.83 |
| 36 | Roger Moore | AdOil Inc./Canadian Abandonment Services | 3:50.79 |
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