Irvine wins first chuckwagon race of season in Grande Prairie

By Medicine Hat News on June 1, 2022.

Driver Doug Irvine won a photo-finish championship heat run on Sunday to start the 2022 chuckwagon season with a show title at the Grande Prairie Stampede.

He next heads to his home-town race in Bonnyville this weekend before the World Professional Chuckwagon Tour visits Medicine Hat from June 16-19.

Night four of the Grande Prairie event concluded with three-of-four wagons in the championship dash crossing the finish line within a half-second of each other. Irvine’s time of 1:18.33 nosed out second-place finisher Kirk Sutherland, just five-hundreths of a second back.

Chad Fike also crossed in under 1:19 to place third in the $35,000 dash.

Driver Kris Molle posted an event-fastest time in Grande Prairie on Sunday night (1:17.49).

Bensmiller won the four-date aggregate title with a combined time of 5:11.59.

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