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Chuckwagon Advertising Opportunities
Chuckwagon Advertising Opportunites
Choose your Champion at the 2021 Rangeland Derby and don’t miss the opportunity to experience a one-of-a-kind event offering exclusive advertising and hosting in the ten days of action. As a chuckwagon advertiser you will be able to offer clients, employees and friends and amazing behind the scenes experience while also gaining extensive exposure for your company or group. You can also build your program to include up to nine other companies and share the costs and exposure.
We are committed to hosting the best and safest possible Stampede, July 9 to 18. Stampede 2021 planning includes the iconic experiences our guests expect and also the flexibility to adapt our operations. The exclusive opportunity of being a chuckwagon advertiser is very much a part of those plans, and includes the unique behind-the-scenes barn experience you can’t get anywhere else. We look forward to sharing more information with you, whether you are looking to get your logo on a canvas for just one night, or all ten!
To become an advertiser, contact the Calgary Stampede at Chuckwagons@CalgaryStampede.com for more information or to be connected to the driver of your choice.
Todd Baptiste
Cando, Saskatchewan
Off season: Commercial Driver, Big Game Outfitter
Memorable moment: Outriding for my father Edger when he won the 1996 Calgary Stampede Championship.
Skills: Mentor and role model for youth to live a healthy lifestyle.
Inspiration: My family and being able to work with the horses.
Community Involvement: Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association board member, support local charities, community events and functions.
Chance Bensmiller
Dewberry, Alberta
Off Season: Plow Truck Driver
Memorable moment: Winning the Dewberry race. It’s my home town and the buckle is in memory of my late Grandfather Allan.
Skills: I’m a farrier and shoe all my own horses. I also build wagons and many of them run today in both associations.
Inspiration: 3rd generation driver – racing is in my blood and family is a big part of that inspiration.
Community Involvement: A member of the Dewberry Chuckwagon committee and youth hockey coach.
Kurt Bensmiller
Dewberry, Alberta
Off season: Plow Truck Driver.
Memorable moment: Riding to the tarmac with my dad the first year I won the Rangeland Derby.
Skills: I have my horse trainer license.
Inspiration: Family, fans. Being able to do what I love.
Community Involvement: Many different charity events all around the province.
BJ Carey
Lloydminster, Alberta
Off season: Sales manager.
Memorable moment: The first time I raced at the Calgary Stampede in 2012.
Skills: Farrier, mentor to my cousin Kris Flanagan.
Inspiration: My family and the adrenaline I get from the horses.
Community Involvement: I donate time at the Lloydminster soup kitchen and coach kid’s hockey.
Troy Dorchester
Westerose, Alberta
Off season: Sales for a pressure testing company.
Memorable moment: Winning the Richard Cosgrave memorial trophy at the Calgary Stampede in 2012.
Inspiration: The whole Dorchester family.
Community Involvement: Minor hockey coach, 4-H, various events promoting the sport.
Chad Fike
Cremona, Alberta
Off season: Manage the local hockey arena in Cremona.
Memorable moment: 2015 Orville Strandquist Memorial Award for Top Rookie Driver.
Skills: Training horses
Inspiration: Working with the horses and my family every day.
Community Involvement: WPCA Board member, volunteer with a local Ag society and minor hockey board and other special events.
Jordie Fike
High River, Alberta
Off season: Manage the Blackie Alberta hockey arena.
Memorable moment: Qualifying for the Calgary Stampede in my rookie year with the WPCA.
Skills: Farrier.
Inspiration: My grandpa Ron David and the horses with their will to win.
Community Involvement: Cowboy Christmas, which raises and donates money and gifts for local families.
Jason Glass
High River, Alberta
Off season: Major motion picture stuntman.
Memorable moment: Winning the 2013 Rangeland Derby.
Skills: Horse training, movie stunts that involve horses.
Inspiration: My grandmother, Iris Glass, and my father, Tom Glass.
Community Involvement: I support youth programs that my kids participate in.
Dustin Gorst
Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
Off season: Works for Flying Dust Housing.
Memorable moment: Winning the Calgary Stampede Orville Strandquist Rookie award.
Skills: Farrier, outrider.
Inspiration: To someday win the Rangeland Derby.
Community Involvement: President of the Meadow Lake Grandstand committee.
Logan Gorst
Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
Off season: Work at an oilfield SAGD plant.
Memorable moment: Qualifying for my first Rangeland Derby in 2009.
Skills: Journeyman electrical and instrumentation tickets.
Inspiration: Keeping the western heritage alive, fans inspire me to compete.
Community Involvement: Volunteer at the Calgary Food Bank. Committee member for Half Mile of Hell Heritage Foundation.
Doug Irvine
LaCorey, Alberta
Off season: Truck driver.
Memorable moment: Racing in the final dash in Calgary in 2012.
Skills: Former outrider, mentored several outriders and some drivers.
Inspiration: My family inspires me to be better each and every day.
Community Involvement: I coach minor hockey and work to raise awareness for organ donation and Downs Syndrome.
Ross Knight
St. Walburg, Saskatchewan
Off season: Manages a trucking company.
Memorable moment: Winning Dawson Creek in 2018 and the Aggregate championship as an outrider.
Skills: Farrier.
Inspiration: Chuckwagon racing is an important part of Canada’s western heritage.
Community Involvement: Volunteer with the local EMS and support minor hockey.
Jamie Laboucane
St. Walburg, Saskatchewan
Off season: Cattle rancher and heavy-duty mechanic.
Memorable moment: Qualifying for 2015 Calgary Stampede semi-final Saturday.
Skills: Journeyman heavy truck mechanic, welder.
Inspiration: My father Brian Laboucane who taught me to drive and my godfather Dale Grey who taught me to outride.
Community Involvement: I volunteer whenever I can.
Layne MacGillivray
Halkirk, Alberta
Off season: I work for League Pipelines.
Memorable moment: Memories we have made as a family.
Inspiration: The thrill of competition, being involved in a sport with horses, the people you meet along the way and having family and friends working by your side.
Community Involvement: I volunteer whenever I can.
Codey McCurrach
Condor, Alberta
Off season: Production Foreman for Enerplus.
Memorable moment: Competing at the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede in 2012.
Skills: Mentoring kids in sports and public speaking.
Inspiration: Love of the horses and their competitiveness to compete.
Community Involvement: 4H and various fundraisers throughout the year. Involved with Hockey Heroes.
Dale Mitsuing
Loon Lake, Saskatchewan
Off season: I work for Val’s Drilling.
Memorable moment: Winning the CPCA championship in my rookie year 2018.
Skills: Farrier.
Inspiration: My father 7X CPCA Champion Ray Mitsuing.
Community Involvement: I enjoy working with kids and horses in my community giving wagon rides etc.
Kris Molle
Chauvin, Alberta
Off season: Lead operator for an Oil & Gas company.
Memorable moment: Winning my first wagon show and giving my buckle to my dad.
Skills: Farrier, equine dentistry.
Inspiration: The fans, the kids and the people we meet along the way.
Community Involvement: Environmental Day for grades five and six, community BBQs, wagon and sleigh rides for school kids.
Roger Moore
Loon Lake, Saskatchewan
Off season: Oil field consultant, rancher, farmer.
Memorable moment: Winning the Ponoka Stampede in 2013.
Skills: Training horses, animal husbandry.
Inspiration: Family, my daughter Kleyson would like to outride for me some day.
Community Involvement: I volunteer whenever I can.
Obrey Motowylo
Bluffton, Alberta
Off season: Rancher, tractor and small engine repair.
Memorable moment: Winning Ponoka on my birthday in 2009.
Skills: Farrier, 4H mentor.
Inspiration: My wife and sons. They are old enough now to compete with me.
Community Involvement: Charitable poker tournaments. I also take the wagon to local trade shows and functions to help promote the sport
Vern Nolin
Dewberry, Alberta
Off season: Manage the Dewberry hockey arena, drive a school bus.
Memorable moment: Winning the 2018 Ponoka Stampede.
Skills: Farrier, carpenter.
Inspiration: My family, friends and all the equine athletes involved.
Community Involvement: I help out with many events in my community.
Cody Ridsdale
Grimshaw, Alberta
Off season: Haul logs.
Memorable moment: Winning my first show in Medicine Hat in 2018.
Inspiration: My dad Glen; I watched him race and witnessed his love of the horses. Always wanted to follow in his footsteps.
Community Involvement: Participate in fundraisers in my community to benefit sick people.
Evan Salmond
Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan
Off season: I own a logging company.
Memorable moment: Winning the 2018 Grande Prairie dash and aggregate.
Skills: Harness maker.
Inspiration: My family all raced wagons; my great, great grandfather drove stagecoach.
Community Involvement: Local saddle club member, local community hall President and I support local kid’s hockey.
Kirk Sutherland
Grande Prairie, Alberta
Off season: Run a mare and foal program with draft horses
Memorable moment: Winning the 2016 Rangeland Derby and seeing my son a half-length behind me.
Skills: Farrier, train wagon and saddle horses.
Inspiration: Taking a new horse and watching him get better each time he’s hooked.
Community Involvement: Grande Prairie Chuckwagon Association, Mark Sutherland Charity Poker Tournament for Pace kids, sponsor a Bantam AA Hockey team.
Mark Sutherland
Okotoks, Alberta
Off season: Pipeline inspector. Keynote speaker, providing insight into the sport of racing.
Memorable moment: Final dash at Ponoka against my dad. He beat me by 1/100th of a second.
Inspiration: It’s all about the horses.
Community Involvement: I run a charity poker tournament to benefit kids and support Dreams Take Flight.
Mitch Sutherland
Grande Prairie, Alberta
Off season: Own and run an oilfield trucking company, and play and coach hockey. I own race horses.
Memorable moment: Qualifying for the 2016 Calgary Stampede Dash for Cash.
Skills: Athletics – I was drafted by the Canadian Football League.
Inspiration: The horses, competition and the excitement.
Community Involvement: Sponsor and coach Grande Prairie minor and junior hockey.
Chanse Vigen
Calgary, Alberta
Off season: Business development for two oil and gas service companies.
Memorable moment: Outriding for Kelly Sutherland when he won the 2002 Rangeland Derby.
Skills: Certified Farrier.
Inspiration: The horses; discovering each of their strengths is motivating.
Community Involvement: Various church organizations.
John Walters
Delburne, Alberta
Off season: Custom fencing, hunting, train team roping horses.
Memorable moment: I was in heat 1 on barrel 4, leading the first heat of wagons into the infield for the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede.
Skills: Mentored new rodeo cowboys in my rodeo years. Mentor children with special needs
Inspiration: Working with the horses, gaining their trust and respect. Taking a horse that has never been broken and making him an equine award winner.
Community Involvement: Maintain the racetrack for the Bashaw Ag Society for the wagon outfits and the 4H Club.
