August 9, 2025 – More Information Available at www,wpca.com
2025 Battle of the North – Dawson Creek, British Columbia
Chanse Vigen drove his Volker Stevin Canada outfit to first place overall after posting the best 4-day aggregate time of 4:53.18, and will receive a one-year lease of a 2025 GMC Truck courtesy of Banister GM Dawson Creek. Chance Bensmiller qualified in 2nd place overall 1.88 seconds behind the Vigen wagon, with Obrey Motowylo qualifying in 3rd place overall, and Jason Glass – who overcame a three-second penalty on night 3 – and regained 4th place overall to grab the final spot in Sunday’s final. Evan Salmond slipped back into 5th place overall and narrowly missed a spot in Sunday’s championship final by 46 one-hundreds of a second. All four drivers in the Championship Final Heat are former Battle of the North Champions – Vigen in 2019, Bensmiller in 2008, Motowylo in 2021 and Glass in 1999.
On the day, and for the third consecutive day, Chanse Vigen will receive the Alberta Ag Centre Fast Time of the Night after recording a run of 1:12.78 from barrel number 1 in the 9th heat. For the second consecutive night Chance Bensmiller placed second overall on the night, exactly one-half second behind the day winner Chanse Vigen. Jason Glass, Kurt Bensmiller and Kris Molle rounded out the top five runs on the evening.
The finals of the Battle of the North can be heard live on Sunday night, August 10, 2025, on WPCA Radio starting 9:30pm Eastern, 8:30pm Central, 7:30pm Mountain time, and 6:30pm Pacific 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
| Championship Final Heat (By Qualification Order) | |||
| 1 | Chanse Vigen | Volker Stevin Canada | |
| 2 | Chance Bensmiller | LMV Energy Services | |
| 3 | Obrey Motowylo | VJV Livestock Marketing Group | |
| 4 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | |
| Day 4 Results | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | Total Time |
| 1 | Chanse Vigen | Volker Stevin Canada | 1:12.78 |
| 2 | Chance Bensmiller | LMV Energy Services | 1:13.28 |
| 3 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | 1:13.60 |
| 4 | Kurt Bensmiller | Triple Threat Diesel | 1:13.85 |
| 5 | Kris Molle | Graf Mechanical Ltd. | 1:14.01 |
| 6 | Cruise Bensmiller | Prairie Iron Rentals | 1:14.09 |
| 7 | Preston Faithful | Medallion Energy Services | 1:14.15 |
| 8 | Ross Knight | R/T Rentals Inc. | 1:14.35 |
| 9 | Evan Salmond | De Havilland Twin Otter | 1:14.36 |
| 10 | Obrey Motowylo | VJV Livestock Marketing Group | 1:14.42 |
| 10 | Lane Tournier* | KB Construction Ltd. | 1:14.42 |
| 12 | Jamie Laboucane | Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd. | 1:14.49 |
| 13 | Chad Fike | TOMCO Group of Companies | 1:14.91 |
| 14 | Troy Flad | Bannister Ford | 1:14.98 |
| 15 | Layne Flad | Keddie’s Tack and Western Wear | 1:15.45 |
| 16 | Wade Salmond | De Havilland Sherpa | 1:15.57 |
| 17 | Darcy Flad | Dawson Creek Exhibition Association | 1:15.65 |
| 18 | Doug Irvine | Swab Pro (2018) Ltd. | 1:15.74 |
| 19 | Rae Croteau Jr. | Scott Hydro-Vac Ltd. | 1:15.77 |
| 20 | Chance Flad | Control Tech | 1:15.83 |
| 21 | Troy Dorchester | PureChem Services | 1:15.94 |
| 22 | Roger Moore | BDP Traffic Management Ltd. | 1:16.03 |
| 23 | Dustin Gorst | Grande Prarie Airport | 1:16.10 |
| 24 | Chance Thomson | Thatchwood Ventures Ltd. | 1:16.30 |
| 25 | Logan Gorst | Northstar Hydrovac Inc. | 1:16.34 |
| 26 | Jordie Fike | Rafter G Land & Cattle Company | 1:16.56 |
| 27 | D.J. King | Swamp Donkey Oilfield Services Inc. | 1:16.59 |
| 28 | Mitch Sutherland | Bannister GM Dawson Creek | 1:16.61 |
| 29 | Cody Ridsdale | Kinetic Energies Inc. | 1:16.84 |
| 30 | Evan Magee | FluidPRO Oilfield Services Ltd. | 1:16.89 |
| 31 | Josh Hrynyk | RE/MAX Dawson Creek Realty | 1:17.23 |
| 32 | Dean Dreger | Northern Mat & Bridge | 1:17.41 |
| 33 | Tuff Dreger | Pomeroy Inn & Suites | 1:17.68 |
| 34 | Dayton Sutherland | Nordic Energy Canada Corp. | 1:20.57 |
| 35 | Todd Baptiste | TNT Tank & Trailer | 1:20.75 |
| 36 | Layne MacGillivray | Aurora Farms | 1:30.86 |
| * Lane Tournier drove for Luke Tournier | |||
| 4-Day Aggregate | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | 4-Day Total |
| 1 | Chanse Vigen | Volker Stevin Canada | 4:53.18 |
| 2 | Chance Bensmiller | LMV Energy Services | 4:55.06 |
| 3 | Obrey Motowylo | VJV Livestock Marketing Group | 4:56.55 |
| 4 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | 4:57.77 |
| 5 | Evan Salmond | De Havilland Twin Otter | 4:58.23 |
| 6 | Kris Molle | Graf Mechanical Ltd. | 4:58.45 |
| 7 | Ross Knight | R/T Rentals Inc. | 4:59.25 |
| 8 | Jamie Laboucane | Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd. | 4:59.84 |
| 9 | Cruise Bensmiller | Prairie Iron Rentals | 5:00.44 |
| 10 | Lane Tournier* | KB Construction Ltd. | 5:00.89 |
| 11 | Troy Flad | Bannister Ford | 5:02.16 |
| 12 | Evan Magee | FluidPRO Oilfield Services Ltd. | 5:02.81 |
| 13 | Rae Croteau Jr. | EnviroBore Directional Drilling/Scott Hydro-Vac Ltd. | 5:02.94 |
| 14 | Chad Fike | TOMCO Group of Companies | 5:03.09 |
| 15 | Chance Flad | Control Tech | 5:03.63 |
| 16 | Jordie Fike | Rafter G Land & Cattle Company | 5:03.71 |
| 17 | Layne Flad | Keddie’s Tack and Western Wear | 5:03.72 |
| 18 | Doug Irvine | Swab Pro (2018) Ltd. | 5:03.74 |
| 19 | Darcy Flad | Sniper Services/Dawson Creek Exhibition Assoc./CARBONEX Contractors | 5:03.74 |
| 20 | Troy Dorchester | PureChem Services | 5:04.18 |
| 21 | Tuff Dreger | Pomeroy Inn & Suites | 5:05.32 |
| 22 | Kurt Bensmiller | Triple Threat Diesel | 5:05.76 |
| 23 | Logan Gorst | Northstar Hydrovac Inc. | 5:05.77 |
| 24 | Dean Dreger | Northern Mat & Bridge | 5:05.82 |
| 25 | Preston Faithful | ||
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