High River, Alberta (July 24, 2022) – A successful Battle of the Foothills wrapped up on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in High River, Alberta. When the times were tabulated, it was Rae Croteau Jr., driving the White Owl Whiskey outfit, and along with outriders Tyson Whitehead and Tyler DeSutter, who took the championship after posting the best 4-day aggregate time of 5:10.46. It’s the first time Croteau has won the High River crown, and the first WPCA Tour show championship win for outrider Tyler DeSutter.
Croteau Jr., who has been in first place overall after nights 1 and 3, completed a near wire to wire victory with his second day money run in four runs. Croteau Jr. won the championship by 1.02 second margin over 2022 Richard Cosgrave Memorial Award Winner Layne MacGillivray. 2022 Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Kris Molle placed third, reigning World Champion Chuckwagon Driver Obrey Motowylo was fourth, and 2022 North American Chuckwagon Championship Champion Dustin Gorst rounded out the top five overall in the aggregate standings.
As far as day times went, Rae Croteau Jr.’s White Owl Whiskey outfit, had the best time on the week with a run of 1:15.65 from barrel number 3 in the 10th heat. Second place went to Layne MacGillivray in the 10th heat, followed by Kris Molle, Troy Flad and Mark Sutherland completing the top five wagons on the day.
The WPCA Pro Tour now moves into Strathmore for the Strathmore Stampede Championship starting on Friday, July 29, 2022. Day 1 of the Strathmore Stampede can be heard on WPCA Radio starting 9:00pm Eastern, 8:00pm Central, and 7:00pm Mountain time on Real Country 910.
| 2022 Battle of the Foothills Champions | |||
| White Owl Whiskey | |||
| Rae Croteau Jr.- Driver | |||
| Tyler DeSutter, Tyson Whitehead – Outriders | |||
| Day 4 Results | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | Total Time |
| 1 | Rae Croteau Jr. | White Owl Whiskey | 1:15.65 |
| 2 | Layne MacGillivray | McLean Contracting | 1:16.60 |
| 3 | Kris Molle | The Mavericks Chuckwagon Team | 1:17.11 |
| 4 | Troy Flad | Mr. Fireplace | 1:17.12 |
| 5 | Mark Sutherland | Reinhart Oilfield Services Ltd. | 1:17.52 |
| 6 | Obrey Motowylo | Co-operators – Crawford Insurance Group Ltd. | 1:17.53 |
| 7 | Dustin Gorst | Century Downs Racetrack & Casino | 1:17.69 |
| 8 | Chanse Vigen | The Mavericks Chuckwagon Team | 1:17.72 |
| 9 | Kirk Sutherland | Laycraft & Moncrieff Farms | 1:17.87 |
| 10 | Chance Flad | Aspen Crossing | 1:18.06 |
| 11 | Mitch Sutherland | Canyon Rigging | 1:18.24 |
| 12 | Wade Salmond (Wagon #2) | J. Vair Anderson Jewellers | 1:18.49 |
| 13 | Kirk Sutherland (Wagon #2) | Laycraft & Moncrieff Farms | 1:18.84 |
| 14 | Doug Irvine | Ensteel Industries Ltd. | 1:18.93 |
| 15 | Kurt Bensmiller | AIC Construction Ltd. | 1:18.95 |
| 16 | Vern Nolin | McCaw’s Drilling & Blasting Ltd. | 1:18.96 |
| 17 | Jordie Fike | Shawne Excavating & Trucking Ltd. | 1:19.20 |
| 18 | Chad Fike | Sprung Structures | 1:19.30 |
| 19 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | 1:19.49 |
| 20 | Chance Thomson | Remi’s Mechanical Services Ltd. | 1:19.84 |
| 21 | Chance Bensmiller | Calgary Landscape Supplies | 1:20.09 |
| 22 | Josh Hrynyk | Spider Electric Ltd. | 1:20.10 |
| 23 | Ross Knight | Koda Transport Ltd. | 1:20.49 |
| 24 | Kelly Morin | Vantage Housing Solutions | 1:20.72 |
| 25 | Evan Salmond | WestLand Livestock Inc | 1:20.78 |
| 26 | Cruise Bensmiller | CDM Mechanical Ltd. | 1:20.98 |
| 27 | Cody Ridsdale * | O’Chiese First Nation | 1:21.12 |
| 28 | Wade Salmond | Omega 2000 Cribbing Inc. | 1:21.19 |
| 29 | Todd McCracken | Logistic Solutions Energy | 1:21.66 |
| 30 | Chad Harden | Sandy Hill Simmentals/First Class Cattle Marketing Ltd. | 1:21.75 |
| 31 | Layne Flad | Absolute Landscapes | 1:21.80 |
| 32 | Derek Aebly | Jag Flocomponents LLP | 1:22.18 |
| 33 | Darcy Flad | John Barlow MP-Foothills | 1:22.37 |
| 34 | Roy Romanow | Ward Tirecraft (High River) | 1:23.01 |
| 35 | Troy Dorchester | Cam Clark Ford | 1:23.58 |
| 36 | Gage Flad | Remax Darcy Powlik Realty | 1:23.70 |
| 37 | Evan Magee | Western RV Country | 1:24.33 |
| 38 | Tuff Dreger | KLS Earthworks & Environmental | 1:24.36 |
| 39 | Dayton Sutherland | Brandell Diesel Inc. | 1:26.49 |
| 40 | Dean Dreger | Northern Mat & Bridge | 1:28.23 |
| * Wagon driven by Doug Irvine | |||
| 4 Day Aggregate Standings | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | 4 Day Total |
| 1 | Rae Croteau Jr. | White Owl Whiskey | 5:10.46 |
| 2 | Layne MacGillivray | McLean Contracting | 5:11.48 |
| 3 | Kris Molle | The Mavericks & Spolumbo’s Deli & Fine Foods. | 5:12.14 |
| 4 | Obrey Motowylo | Co-operators – Crawford Insurance Group Ltd. | 5:12.74 |
| 5 | Dustin Gorst | Century Downs Racetrack & Casino | 5:13.06 |
| 6 | Chad Fike | Sprung Structures | 5:14.25 |
| 7 | Kurt Bensmiller | AIC Construction Ltd. | 5:15.10 |
| 8 | Jordie Fike | Shawne Excavating & Trucking Ltd. | 5:16.69 |
| 9 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | 5:17.16 |
| 10 | Mark Sutherland | Reinhart Oilfield Services Ltd. | 5:17.75 |
| 11 | Vern Nolin | McCaw’s Drilling & Blasting Ltd. | 5:18.74 |
| 12 | Ross Knight | Koda Transport Ltd. | 5:19.32 |
| 13 | Chance Thomson | Blackjack Livestock Co./Remi’s Mechanical Services Ltd. | 5:19.42 |
| 14 | Troy Flad | Mr. Fireplace | 5:19.47 |
| 15 | Kirk Sutherland (Wagon #2) | Laycraft & Moncrieff Farms | 5:19.78 |
| 16 | Kirk Sutherland | Laycraft & Moncrieff Farms | 5:20.02 |
| 17 | Evan Salmond | WestLand Livestock Inc | 5:21.31 |
| 18 | Doug Irvine | Ensteel Industries Ltd. | 5:21.52 |
| 19 | Chanse Vigen | The Mavericks & White Whale | 5:22.78 |
| 20 | Layne Flad | Absolute Landscapes | 5:22.82 |
| 21 | Chance Flad | Aspen Crossing | 5:24.16 |
| 22 | Wade Salmond | Omega 2000 Cribbing Inc. | 5:24.86 |
| 23 | Todd McCracken | Logistic Solutions Energy | 5:25.54 |
| 24 | Troy Dorchester | PureChem Services/Cam Clark Ford | 5:27.05 |
| 25 | Cody Ridsdale | O’Chiese First Nation | 5:28.29 |
| 26 | Kelly Morin | Vantage Housing Solutions | 5:29.76 |
| 27 | Mitch Sutherland | Canyon Rigging | 5:31.52 |
| 28 | Derek Aebly | Jag Flocomponents LLP | 5:32.04 |
| 29 | Gage Flad | Remax Darcy Powlik Realty | 5:33.12 |
| 30 | Wade Salmond (Wagon #2) | J. Vair Anderson Jewellers | 5:34.89 |
| 31 | Chad Harden | Sandy Hill Simmentals/First Class Cattle Marketing Ltd. | 5:36.50 |
| 32 | Darcy Flad | John Barlow MP-Foothills | 5:37.56 |
| 33 | Dayton Sutherland | Brandell Diesel Inc. | 5:39.64 |
| 34 | Evan Magee | Western RV Country | 5:40.52 |
| 35 | Tuff Dreger | KLS Earthworks & Environmental | 5:41.11 |
| 36 | Josh Hrynyk | Spider Electric Ltd. | 5:41.55 |
| 37 | Chance Bensmiller | Calgary Landscape Supplies | 5:45.83 |
| 38 | Dean Dreger | Northern Mat & Bridge | 5:46.90 |
| 39 | Roy Romanow | Ward Tirecraft (High River) | 5:54.10 |
| 40 | Cruise Bensmiller | CDM Mechanical Ltd. |
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