One year after he thought he had won the championship until a late penalty took it away from him, Chanse Vigen, driving KUDO Energy Services outfit, and along with outriders Rory Armstrong and Ryan “Mad Dog” McNeill, got some redemption and won the Victor Ringuette Memorial Championship Final heat and the 2022 Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship.
Coming off barrel number 3 in heat number 10, Vigen won the championship final by 56 one-hundreds of a second over rookie driver Cruise Bensmiller who came from barrel number 1. Chance Flad, finished in third place overall in the championship final from barrel number two, with Wade Salmond, who crossed the finish line in third place, received a two-second penalty for creating a false start and was pushed back into fourth place overall. It was the first appearance in a championship final for drivers Cruise Bensmiller, Chance Flad and Wade Salmond.
On the day, permit driver Brad McMann, driving the Optimum Equipment Solutions outfit, posted the fast run of the afternoon and won his first day money on the WPCA Pro Tour with a 1:18.00. That put him 21 one-hundreds of a second faster than 2022 Bonnyville Champion Chanse Vigen who placed second for the day. Kris Molle was third, Cruise Bensmiller fourth, with Cody Ridsdale filling out the top fives times on the final day of competition.
The WPCA Pro Tour will now take a one week break before embarking on Medicine Hat, Alberta for the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede starting Thursday June 16, 2022 and running through to Sunday, June 19, 2022.
Billy Melville
| 2022 Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship Champions | |||
| KUDO Energy Services | |||
| Chanse Vigen – Driver | |||
| Rory Armstrong, Ryan McNeill – Outriders | |||
| Victor Ringuette Memorial Championship Final Heat (By Barrel Selection) | Total Time | ||
| 1 | Cruise Bensmiller | ENT Oilfield Inc. | 1:18.77 |
| 2 | Chance Flad | Gen4 Transport Inc. | 1:20.96 |
| 3 | Chanse Vigen | KUDO Energy Services | 1:18.21 |
| 4 | Wade Salmond | Mac’s Oilfield Services Ltd. | 1:22.28 |
| Day 4 Results | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | Total Time |
| 1 | Brad McMann | Optimum Equipment Solutions | 1:18.00 |
| 2 | Chanse Vigen | KUDO Energy Services | 1:18.21 |
| 2 | Vern Nolin | McCaw’s Drilling & Blasting Ltd. | 1:18.21 |
| 4 | Kris Molle | Benoit Oilfield Construction (1997) Ltd. | 1:18.46 |
| 5 | Cruise Bensmiller | ENT Oilfield Inc. | 1:18.77 |
| 6 | Cody Ridsdale | Envolve Energy Services Corp. | 1:19.05 |
| 7 | Roger Moore | National Motor Coach Systems Ltd. | 1:19.22 |
| 8 | Evan Magee | Krycket Consulting | 1:19.34 |
| 9 | Kurt Bensmiller | Location (1989) Cats Ltd./Heart Lake First Nation Construction | 1:19.47 |
| 10 | Chance Bensmiller | First General Services Bonnyville Ltd. | 1:19.82 |
| 11 | Ross Knight | NorthShore Tire | 1:20.06 |
| 12 | Layne MacGillivray | Cougar Fuels Ltd. | 1:20.09 |
| 13 | Doug Irvine | B&R Eckel’s Transport Ltd. | 1:20.22 |
| 14 | Chad Fike (Wagon #2) | Al’s Contracting | 1:20.25 |
| 15 | Rae Croteau Jr. | Baker Tilly RSG LLP | 1:20.38 |
| 16 | Kirk Sutherland | Daler Pressure Services Ltd./Hodge Pressure Services Ltd. | 1:20.41 |
| 17 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | 1:20.51 |
| 18 | Evan Salmond | Dynamo Small Engine Sales & Service | 1:20.60 |
| 19 | Chad Fike | Al’s Contracting | 1:20.65 |
| 20 | Mitch Sutherland | Tercier Motors Ltd. | 1:20.87 |
| 21 | Chance Flad | Gen4 Transport Inc. | 1:20.96 |
| 22 | Obrey Motowylo | The Co-operators | 1:21.23 |
| 23 | Roger Moore (Wagon #2) | All Lives Matter | 1:21.24 |
| 23 | Dustin Gorst | Big Time Towing & Recovery Ltd. | 1:21.24 |
| 25 | Josh Hrynyk | Top Grade Construction Ltd. | 1:21.60 |
| 26 | Jordie Fike | Team JW | 1:21.75 |
| 27 | Codey McCurrach | TOMCO Group of Companies | 1:21.81 |
| 28 | Troy Dorchester | PureChem Services | 1:21.89 |
| 29 | Dean Dreger | Northern Mat & Bridge | 1:22.10 |
| 30 | Tuff Dreger | Pomeroy Lodging LP | 1:22.19 |
| 31 | Wade Salmond | Mac’s Oilfield Services Ltd. | 1:22.28 |
| 32 | Chad Harden | Xtreme Oilfield Technology | 1:22.30 |
| 33 | Darcy Flad | Boon Energy Services | 1:22.86 |
| 34 | Kirk Sutherland (Wagon #2) | Daler Pressure Services Ltd./Hodge Pressure Services Ltd. | 1:23.78 |
| 35 | Layne Flad | Rednecks With A Cause | 1:24.47 |
| 36 | Troy Flad | Bonnyville Bolt Supply Ltd. | 1:25.25 |
| 37 | Kelly Morin | Vantage Housing Solutions | 1:26.11 |
| 38 | Chance Thomson | Bonnyville Agricultural Society | 1:26.53 |
| 39 | Dayton Sutherland | Every Child Matters/Reita Creek Scoreboards | 1:27.50 |
| 40 | Mark Sutherland | FTEN Group of Companies Inc. | N.T |
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