2025 Strathmore Stampede – Strathmore, Alberta
From barrel number 4 in heat number 9, Laboucane, driving the Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd. Outfit, posted the fast time of the night, beating second place finisher Chanse Vigen by just 14 one-hundredths of a second. Evan Salmond placed third, with Lane Tournier and Troy Flad rounding out the top five on the night.
With just one run left to try to secure a spot in Monday’s Championship Final Heat, Chanse Vigen leads the overall aggregate standings with a two-run total of 2:29.06. That puts 48 one-hundredths of a second in front of Evan Salmond, with Jason Glass and Lane Tournier completing the ever so important top four. Layne Flad is on the outside looking in, just 34 one-hundreds of a second out of a spot in Monday’s Championship Final Heat, with Troy Flad just another 23 one-hundreds of a second behind Layne Flad.
The top four drivers in the aggregate standings after Sunday night will go into the $30,000.00 Championship Final Heat on Monday afternoon. The winner of Monday’s final will be declared the champion of the 2025 Strathmore Stampede.
Day 3 the Strathmore Stampede can be heard Sunday night, August 3, 2025 on WPCA Radio starting 9:00pm Eastern, 8:00pm Central, and 7:00pm 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
| Day 2 Results | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | Total Time |
| 1 | Jamie Laboucane | Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd. | 1:14.70 |
| 2 | Chanse Vigen | Blackstone Drilling Fluids Ltd. | 1:14.84 |
| 3 | Evan Salmond | De Havilland Twin Otter | 1:15.02 |
| 4 | Lane Tournier * | Magnum Ag Spreading | 1:15.15 |
| 5 | Troy Flad | Koole Livestock Hauling Ltd. | 1:15.23 |
| 6 | Obrey Motowylo | The Co-operators | 1:15.45 |
| 7 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | 1:15.76 |
| 8 | Layne MacGillivray | Friends of Canadian Oil and Gas | 1:15.99 |
| 9 | Kris Molle | X-Treme Packaging Services Inc. | 1:16.04 |
| 10 | Dean Dreger | Quest Geomatics Inc. | 1:16.23 |
| 11 | Layne Flad | Zegil Automotive & Transmission/Pure Country Meats | 1:16.38 |
| 12 | Cruise Bensmiller | Town of Vulcan | 1:16.52 |
| 13 | Logan Gorst | Heart Lake First Nation Construction | 1:16.64 |
| 14 | Dustin Gorst | Century Downs Racetrack and Casino | 1:16.67 |
| 15 | Preston Faithful | De Havilland Waterbomber | 1:16.76 |
| 16 | Evan Magee | Irvine’s Tack and Western Wear | 1:16.79 |
| 17 | Troy Dorchester | Team Rig & Supply | 1:16.84 |
| 18 | Dayton Sutherland | Kinsmen Consulting Ltd. | 1:16.87 |
| 19 | Todd Baptiste | #notinmycity | 1:17.12 |
| 20 | Chance Bensmiller | Core Ag Inputs | 1:17.15 |
| 21 | Chance Thomson | West Land Livestock Inc. | 1:17.44 |
| 22 | D.J. King | Siksika Nation Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park | 1:17.89 |
| 23 | Wade Salmond | De Havilland Sherpa | 1:17.98 |
| 24 | Doug Irvine | Bow River Roadwork Contracting Ltd. | 1:18.28 |
| 25 | Ross Knight | Premium Ag Solutions | 1:18.40 |
| 26 | Chance Flad | The Polar Express | 1:18.68 |
| 27 | Roger Moore | AdOil Inc./Canadian Abandonment Services | 1:18.82 |
| 28 | Chad Fike | TOMCO Group of Companies | 1:19.00 |
| 29 | Darcy Flad | David Bexte, MP – Bow River | 1:19.30 |
| 30 | Jordie Fike | Karen Buckley-Sherriffs CIR Realty | 1:19.51 |
| 31 | Rae Croteau Jr. | Bar L-5 Ranch | 1:19.57 |
| 32 | Cody Ridsdale | Lone Eagle Ventures – Equine Assisted Learning | 1:19.81 |
| 33 | Josh Hrynyk | Barbeejay Supplies Ltd. | 1:20.85 |
| 34 | Kurt Bensmiller | Versatile Energy Services Ltd. | 1:21.79 |
| 35 | Mitch Sutherland | Rob Knight Truck Lines Ltd. | 1:23.22 |
| 36 | Tuff Dreger | Hearts and Hoofprints – The Les David Foundation | 1:27.02 |
| * Lane Tournier is driving for Luke Tournier | |||
| 2-Day Aggregate | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | 2-Day Total |
| 1 | Chanse Vigen | Blackstone Drilling Fluids Ltd. | 2:29.06 |
| 2 | Evan Salmond | De Havilland Waterbomber | 2:29.54 |
| 3 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | 2:30.47 |
| 4 | Lane Tournier * | Magnum Ag Spreading | 2:30.54 |
| 5 | Layne Flad | Zegil Automotive & Transmission/Pure Country Meats | 2:30.88 |
| 6 | Troy Flad | Team Auction Sales/Koole Livestock Hauling/Bruce Farms/Gray’s Limited | 2:31.11 |
| 7 | Obrey Motowylo | The Co-operators | 2:31.27 |
| 8 | Logan Gorst | Heart Lake First Nation Construction | 2:31.49 |
| 9 | Layne MacGillivray | Friends of Canadian Oil and Gas | 2:31.50 |
| 10 | Troy Dorchester | Team Rig & Supply | 2:31.55 |
| 11 | Jamie Laboucane | Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd. | 2:31.90 |
| 12 | Kris Molle | X-Treme Packaging Services Inc. | 2:32.00 |
| 13 | Evan Magee | Irvine’s Tack and Western Wear | 2:32.71 |
| 14 | Cruise Bensmiller | Town of Vulcan | 2:32.92 |
| 15 | Todd Baptiste | #notinmycity | 2:33.12 |
| 16 | Doug Irvine | Recon Metals/Bow River Roadwork Contracting/Ensteel Industries | 2:33.34 |
| 17 | Chance Thomson | West Land Livestock Inc. | 2:33.60 |
| 18 | Wade Salmond | De Havilland Sherpa | 2:33.97 |
| 19 | Chance Bensmiller | Core Ag Inputs | 2:34.13 |
| 20 | Dean Dreger | Quest Geomatics Inc. | 2:34.14 |
| 21 | Chad Fike | TOMCO Group of Companies | 2:34.54 |
| 22 | Dustin Gorst | Century Downs Racetrack and Casino | 2:34.64 |
| 23 | Dayton Sutherland | Kinsmen Consulting Ltd. | 2:34.86 |
| 24 | Rae Croteau Jr. | Bar L-5 Ranch | 2:35.12 |
| 25 | D.J. King | AJS Indigenous Housing Solutions/Siksika Nation Blackfoot Crossing | 2:35.20 |
| 26 | Darcy Flad | David Bexte, MP – Bow River | 2:35.24 |
| 27 | Ross Knight | Premium Ag Solutions | 2:35.30 |
| 28 | Chance Flad | Aspen Crossing | 2:35.47 |
| 29 | Roger Moore | ||


