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The World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) is an association made up of professional cowboys and business people with an interest in preserving western heritage and providing family entertainment. The WPCA promotes and presents chuckwagon racing as a professional sport throughout North America and the world. The WPCA is a close-knit ...
Chuckwagon racing is an equestrian rodeo sport in which drivers in a chuckwagon led by a team of Thoroughbred horses race around a track. The sport is most popular in the Prairie Provinces of Canada , where the World Professional Chuckwagon Association and the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association are the two major racing circuits.
Troy Dorchester (born August 21, 1970) is a Canadian professional chuckwagon racer. He is the only chuckwagon driver to have won chuckwagon racing's "Triple Crown" consisting of the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby, the Calgary Stampede Aggregate Title and the Ponoka Stampede in a single year. He accomplished the feat in 2012.
In 2006 he received the World Professional Chuckwagon Association's highest annual honor - the WPCA Chuckwagon Person of the Year. 2009 would be Harden's most successful year when he captured chuckwagon racing's two richest events when he won the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby [2] and Edmonton's Chuckwagon Derby, becoming just the third ...
Kelly Sutherland, nicknamed "The King", [1] (born October 29, 1951) is a professional rodeo competitor in chuckwagon racing. He is a 12-time world champion of the World Professional Chuckwagon Association and 12-time winner at the Calgary Stampede. [2]
“The chuckwagon, you could say, was a huge part of the origin of Cheyenne,” Jim Patrick told the WTE. “There were cattle drives coming through and taking those cattle from Texas up the trails.
He started his chuckwagon racing career as an outrider when he was 16 in 1976, and began driving when he was 22 in 1982 on the World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) circuit. Driving his step-father's outfit, Rick became the first rookie to win a show on the WPCA Pro Tour when he captured the Strathmore Heritage Days in 1982.
In 1990, Jerry captured the Trochu Chuckwagon Championship for the third time, and although it was a no-points show, Jerry was the top point earner on the World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) circuit by years end and was named the 1990 World Champion Chuckwagon Driver.