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2023 Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede – Medicine Hat, Alberta
It was a perfect night of racing on night 2 of the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede. The races ran under mainly sunny skies and 26°C. Racetrack conditions were excellent and some outstanding chuckwagon races were witnessed by a near capacity crowd. When the night wrapped up, and for the second consecutive night, it was Chanse Vigen who had the fast time of the night with a penalty free run of 1:01.32.
Coming off barrel number 2 in heat number 13, Vigen, driving the Volker Stevin Canada outfit won the day money by a large 1.13 second over reigning World Champion Layne MacGillivray and Mark Sutherland who split second and third on the night. Last week’s Dewberry Champion Chad Fike was fourth and former Medicine Hat Champion Evan Salmond rounded out the top 5 fastest times for the night.
Two first place runs in two days gives Chanse Vigen a commanding lead atop the overall aggregate standings with a two-day total time of 2:03.46. That puts him 1.42 seconds better than Evan Salmond. Layne MacGillivray sits in the very valuable third place overall with just one run left to try and earn a spot in Sunday’s Championship Final Heat. Mark Sutherland sits just 41 one-hundredths of a second outside the top three in fourth place overall with Obrey Motowylo in fifth place overall after two days, but 1.22 second out of a possible birth in Sunday’s Championship Final Heat.
Day 3 of the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede can be heard live on Saturday,
June 24, 2023 on Real Country 910 starting at 7:00pm Mountain Time.
Billy Melville
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Day 2 Results |
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Rank |
Driver |
Sponsor |
Total Time |
|
1 |
Chanse Vigen |
Volker Stevin Canada |
1:01.32 |
|
2 |
Layne MacGillivray |
Cascade Energy Services |
1:02.45 |
|
2 |
Mark Sutherland |
Mark Sutherland |
1:02.45 |
|
4 |
Chad Fike |
Lost River Ranch |
1:02.47 |
|
5 |
Evan Salmond |
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. |
1:02.51 |
|
6 |
Chance Thomson |
Palliser Sales |
1:02.69 |
|
7 |
Kurt Bensmiller |
Versatile Energy Services Ltd. |
1:02.98 |
|
8 |
Jason Glass |
Birchcliff Energy Ltd. |
1:03.09 |
|
9 |
Ross Knight |
Koda Trucking |
1:03.18 |
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10 |
Cody Ridsdale |
O’Chiese Business & Investment Centre |
1:03.25 |
|
11 |
Layne Flad |
Hranco Industries Ltd. |
1:03.35 |
|
12 |
Codey McCurrach |
TOMCO Group of Companies |
1:03.43 |
|
13 |
Dustin Gorst |
Century Downs Racetrack and Casino |
1:03.73 |
|
14 |
Darcy Flad |
Dynamic Industrial Solutions |
1:03.78 |
|
15 |
Obrey Motowylo |
Co-operators Insurance |
1:03.87 |
|
16 |
Dean Dreger |
Northern Mat and Bridge |
1:03.92 |
|
17 |
Chance Flad |
Aspen Crossing |
1:03.93 |
|
18 |
Rae Croteau Jr. |
Tornado Projects Ltd. |
1:03.99 |
|
19 |
Mitch Sutherland |
Davis GMC Buick |
1:04.08 |
|
20 |
Jamie Laboucane |
Davco Industrial Construction Services |
1:04.10 |
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21 |
Troy Flad |
Mr. Fireplace |
1:04.58 |
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22 |
Dayton Sutherland |
Manitoulin Transport |
1:04.63 |
|
23 |
Tuff Dreger |
Pomeroy Inn & Suites |
1:04.64 |
|
24 |
Wade Salmond |
Pidherney’s |
1:04.72 |
|
25 |
Jordie Fike |
Tackit Contracting |
1:04.75 |
|
26 |
Josh Hrynyk |
Spider Electric Ltd. |
1:04.88 |
|
27 |
Doug Irvine |
Stringam LLP |
1:04.99 |
|
28 |
Chance Bensmiller |
Pinnacle Picker Services Ltd. |
1:05.00 |
|
29 |
Kelly Morin |
Lone Star Tack and Feed Inc. |
1:05.23 |
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30 |
Kris Molle |
Benoit Oilfield Construction |
1:05.66 |
|
31 |
Jamie Tom |
Hydraco Industries Ltd. |
1:06.32 |
|
34 |
Todd McCracken |
Silvertip Oilfield Services Inc. |
1:07.59 |
|
32 |
Kirk Sutherland |
Hodge Pressure Service/Daler Pressure Service |
1:06.62 |
|
33 |
Evan Magee |
T Bar Cattle Co. |
1:06.96 |
|
35 |
Derek Aebly |
Jag Flocomponents LLP |
1:07.98 |
|
36 |
Brad McMann |
Optimum Equipment Solutions |
1:08.28 |
|
37 |
Cruise Bensmiller |
Alberta Massage & Spa |
1:08.65 |
|
38 |
Troy Dorchester |
PureChem Services |
1:09.09 |
|
39 |
Vern Nolin |
JK Cattle Company |
1:09.29 |
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2 Day Aggregate |
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Rank |
Driver |
Sponsor |
2 Day Total |
|
1 |
Chanse Vigen |
Volker Stevin Canada |
2:03.46 |
|
2 |
Evan Salmond |
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. |
2:04.88 |
|
3 |
Layne MacGillivray |
Cascade Energy Services |
2:05.03 |
|
4 |
Mark Sutherland |
Mark Sutherland |
2:05.44 |
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5 |
Obrey Motowylo |
Co-operators Insurance |
2:06.25 |
|
6 |
Jason Glass |
Birchcliff Energy Ltd. |
2:06.64 |
|
7 |
Jamie Laboucane |
Davco Industrial Construction Services |
2:06.65 |
|
8 |
Codey McCurrach |
TOMCO Group of Companies |
2:06.78 |
|
9 |
Ross Knight |
Koda Trucking |
2:07.35 |
|
10 |
Layne Flad |
Hranco Industries Ltd. |
2:07.52 |
|
11 |
Rae Croteau Jr. |
Tornado Projects Ltd. |
2:07.55 |
|
12 |
Cody Ridsdale |
O’Chiese Business & Investment Centre |
2:07.64 |
|
13 |
Tuff Dreger |
Pomeroy Inn & Suites |
2:07.85 |
|
14 |
Chance Bensmiller |
Pinnacle Picker Services Ltd. |
2:08.15 |
|
15 |
Kris Molle |
Benoit Oilfield Construction |
2:08.28 |
|
16 |
Mitch Sutherland |
Davis GMC Buick |
2:08.31 |
|
17 |
Kelly Morin |
Lone Star Tack and Feed Inc. |
2:08.54 |
|
18 |
Darcy Flad |
Dynamic Industrial Solutions |
2:08.85 |
|
19 |
Jordie Fike |
Tackit Contracting |
2:09.21 |
|
20 |
Chance Flad |
Aspen Crossing |
2:09.47 |
|
21 |
Evan Magee |
T Bar Cattle Co. |
2:09.87 |
|
22 |
Troy Flad |
Mr. Fireplace |
2:10.19 |
|
23 |
Josh Hrynyk |
Spider Electric Ltd. |
2:10.42 |
|
24 |
Kirk Sutherland |
Hodge Pressure Service/Daler Pressure Service |
2:10.72 |
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25 |
Kurt Bensmiller |
Versatile Energy Services Ltd. |
2:11.25 |
|
26 |
Dustin Gorst |
Century Downs Racetrack and Casino |
2:11.59 |
|
27 |
Chance Thomson |
Palliser Sales |
2:11.60 |
|
28 |
Jamie Tom |
Hydraco Industries Ltd. |
2:12.78 |
|
29 |
Todd McCracken |
Silvertip Oilfield Services Inc. |
2:12.96 |
|
30 |
Derek Aebly |
Jag Flocomponents LLP |
2:12.98 |
|
31 |
Troy Dorchester |
PureChem Services |
2:13.51 |
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32 |
Wade Salmond |
Pidherney’s |
2:13.54 |
|
33 |
Vern Nolin |
JK Cattle Company |
2:14.16 |
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34 |
Cruise Bensmiller |
Alberta Massage & Spa |
2:14.47 |
|
35 |
Doug Irvine |
Stringam LLP |
2:17.27 |
|
36 |
Dayton Sutherland |
Manitoulin Transport |
2:17.48 |
|
37 |
Brad McMann |
Optimum Equipment Solutions |
2:17.69 |
|
38 |
Chad Fike |
Lost River Ranch |
2:20.46 |
|
39 |
Dean Dreger |
Northern Mat and Bridge |
2:20.77 |
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