Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby – Day 3
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There was a little sun shower just prior to the start of the first race, but track conditions were reasonably good nonetheless. Night 3 saw Rick Fraser, driving the Heninger Toyota / Chickwagon! Foundation for Women outfit, posted the top time of the night with a 1:16.25.
Coming off barrel number 2 in heat number 4, Fraser won the day money by 36 one-hundreds of a second over Gary Gorst who placed second for the night. Buddy Bensmiller, Neal Walgenbach and Devin Mitsuing rounded out the top 5 for the night.
10-time Calgary Stampede champion Kelly Sutherland continues to lead the overall aggregate with a 3 day total of 3:50.59. He is followed closely by 10-time Calgary Stampede champion Buddy Bensmiller with Devin Mitsuing, Neal Walgenbach and Kurt Bensmiller filling out the top five after three runs.
The aggregate winner will be declared after 8 nights on Friday, July 16, and the top 8 in the aggregate on that day will go into “Semi Final Saturday.” The top 4 times from heats 8 and 9 on semi final Saturday on July 17 will go into the sudden death championship final heat. The winner of the final heat will be declared the 2010 Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion.
The chuckwagon races from the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby which will run at 8:00pm every night.
Billy Melville
| Day 3 Results | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | Total Time |
| 1 | Rick Fraser | Heninger Toyota / Chickwagon! Foundation for Women | 1:16.25 |
| 2 | Gary Gorst | RE/ MAX Realtors of Calgary & Area | 1:16.61 |
| 3 | Buddy Bensmiller | Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park | 1:16.77 |
| 4 | Neal Walgenbach | Team YYC Calgary International Airport | 1:16.83 |
| 5 | Devin Mitsuing | Noralta Lodge | 1:17.01 |
| 6 | Kelly Sutherland | Lucid/Lux Chuckwagon Team | 1:17.06 |
| 7 | Vern Nolin | BKDI Architects | 1:17.25 |
| 8 | Luke Tournier | The Cowboys Posse & Royal Liquor Merchants | 1:17.42 |
| 9 | Grant Preece | MaXfield Inc. | 1:17.45 |
| 10 | Mark Sutherland | VisitCalgary.com | 1:17.62 |
| 11 | Mike Vigen | Cell Bridge Communications Corp | 1:17.70 |
| 12 | Tyler Helmig | Pidherney\’s From Start To Finish | 1:17.78 |
| 13 | Kirk Sutherland | Calgary Archives Inc. | 1:17.91 |
| 14 | Layne MacGillivray | Impact 2000 Inc. | 1:17.99 |
| 15 | Léo Tournier | Friends of the Mavericks | 1:18.02 |
| 16 | Obrey Motowylo | H & E Oilfield Services Ltd. | 1:18.09 |
| 17 | Shane Nolin | Bell | 1:18.26 |
| 18 | Jim Knight | Talisman Energy | 1:18.41 |
| 19 | Wayne Knight | Express Employment Professionals | 1:18.59 |
| 20 | Roger Moore | Stephen\’s Fine Homes Ltd. | 1:18.62 |
| 21 | Chad Harden | ATB Financial | 1:18.80 |
| 22 | Kurt Bensmiller | WestJet | 1:18.96 |
| 23 | Brian Laboucane | The Mavericks | 1:19.32 |
| 24 | Reg Johnstone | Matco Financial Inc & MFI Group of Funds | 1:19.39 |
| 25 | Troy Dorchester | The Roadhouse Nightclub and Continential Imaging Products | 1:19.50 |
| 26 | Doug Irvine | B & R Eckel\’s Transport | 1:19.69 |
| 27 | Rae Croteau Jr. | Stony Nakoda Resort & Casino | 1:19.78 |
| 28 | Jason Glass | Shaw GMC Chevrolet Buick | 1:19.88 |
| 29 | Ray Mitsuing | Friends of Heritage Park | 1:20.09 |
| 30 | Grant Profit | Pride of Cochrane | 1:20.25 |
| 31 | Troy Flad | Spool Transport Ltd. | 1:21.10 |
| 32 | Jerry Bremner | Oak Environment Inc/Foothills Creamery | 1:21.68 |
| 33 | Tim Haroldson | Aluminum Fence Depot.com | 1:21.75 |
| 34 | Barry Hodgson | Friends of the Calgary Food Bank – Heinz | 1:22.07 |
| 35 | Brian Mayan | Bernie Brown\’s Boot Hill Gallery | 1:23.04 |
| 36 | Hugh Sinclair | Airstream Heating & Air Conditioning | 1:29.78 |
| 3 Day Aggregate Standings | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | 3 Day Total |
| 1 | Kelly Sutherland | Lucid/Lux Chuckwagon Team | 3:50.59 |
| 2 | Buddy Bensmiller | Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park | 3:51.73 |
| 3 | Devin Mitsuing | 1-800-Drywall | 3:52.43 |
| 4 | Neal Walgenbach | Team YYC Calgary International Airport | 3:52.95 |
| 5 | Kurt Bensmiller | WestJet | 3:53.39 |
| 6/7 | Mike Vigen | Cell Bridge Communications Corp | 3:54.00 |
| 6/7 | Rick Fraser | Heninger Toyota / Chickwagon! Foundation for Women | 3:54.00 |
| 8 | Grant Profit | Thru Tubing Solutions | 3:54.41 |
| 9 | Gary Gorst | RE/ MAX Realtors of Calgary & Area | 3:54.50 |
| 10 | Jason Glass | Shaw GMC Chevrolet Buick | 3:54.58 |
| 11 | Grant Preece | MaXfield Inc. | 3:54.71 |
| 12 | Troy Dorchester | The Roadhouse Nightclub and Continential Imaging Products | 3:54.78 |
| 13 | Vern Nolin | BKDI Architects | 3:55.01 |
| 14 | Layne MacGillivray | Impact 2000 Inc. | 3:55.03 |
| 15 | Roger Moore | Lynx Brand Fence/Stephen\’s Fine Homes | 3:55.37 |
| 16 | Kirk Sutherland | Cam Clark Ford & Ranchman\’s Cookhouse & Dancehall Inc. | 3:55.44 |
| 17 | Chad Harden | ATB Financial | 3:55.64 |
| 18 | Mark Sutherland | VisitCalgary.com | 3:55.66 |
| 19 | Wayne Knight | Express Employment Professionals | 3:55.72 |
| 20 | Léo Tournier | Friends of the Mavericks | 3:55.96 |
| 21 | Shane Nolin | Bell | 3:56.44 |
| 22 | Ray Mitsuing | Diamond\’s Sports Grill – Mesa/Heritage Park | 3:56.73 |
| 23 | Luke Tournier | The Cowboys Posse | 3:56.75 |
| 24 | Brian Laboucane | The Mavericks | 3:56.78 |
| 25 | Doug Irvine | B & R Eckel\’s Transport | 3:57.00 |
| 26 | Jim Knight | Border City Oilmen | 3:57.01 |
| 27 | Rae Croteau Jr. | Stony Nakoda Resort & Casino | 3:57.75 |
| 28 | Obrey Motowylo | H & E Oilfield Services Ltd. | 3:58.38 |
| 29 | Brian Mayan | Bernie Brown\’s Boot Hill Gallery | 3:59.72 |
| 30 | Tyler Helmig | Pidherney\’s From Start To Finish | 4:00.15 |
| 31 | Barry Hodgson | Friends of the Calgary Food Bank | 4:00.45 |
| 32 | Jerry Bremner | Oak Environment Inc/Foothills Creamery | 4:02.50 |
| 33 | Troy Flad | BNL (1997) Ltd. | 4:03.50 |
| 34 | Tim Haroldson | 1525423 Alberta Ltd. | 4:03.95 |
| 35 | Reg Johnstone | Matco Financial Inc. | 4:04.22 |
| 36 | Hugh Sinclair | Airstream Heating & Air Conditioning | 4:13.20 |
