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2015 Saskatoon World Chuckwagon Races – Saskatoon, SK
It was a successful opening night at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for the third running of the Saskatoon World Chuckwagon Races. The event is dedicated to the memory of Ashley Richards, who was accidentally killed while working with a road crew in 2012. It was a warm Thursday night under a variably cloudy skies with excellent racetrack conditions. When opening night wrapped up, it was Mark Sutherland who established a new track record of 1:16.55.
From barrel number one in the second heat, Sutherland, driving the Mark Sutherland Invitational Charity Poker Tournament outfit, was the day money winner by 31 one-hundredths of a second faster over Layne MacGillivray who settled for second place on the night. Defending Saskatoon champion Kirk Sutherland was third, followed by Chanse Vigen and “the Hound,” Codey MCCurrach. Sutherland’s track record time beat the previous track record of 1:16.81 set by John Walters back in 2013 by 26 one-hundredths of a second.
The driver posting the best 4-day aggregate time after Sunday’s run will be declared the champion of the 2015 Saskatoon World Chuckwagon Races in Memory of Ashley Richards.
Night 2 of the Saskatoon World Chuckwagon Races can be heard live on Friday, June 5, 2015 at 9:00pm Eastern,8:00pm Central, and 7:000pm Mountain time on Rural Radio on SiriusXM Channel 80 or on Country 99 at 99.7 FM out of Bonnyville.
Billy Melville
| Day 1 Results | |||
| Rank | Driver | Sponsor | Total Time |
| 1 | Mark Sutherland | Mark Sutherland Invitational Poker Tournament | 1:16.55 |
| 2 | Layne MacGillivray | Western Redi Mix | 1:16.86 |
| 3 | Kirk Sutherland | EMCO Corporation | 1:17.24 |
| 4 | Chanse Vigen | Troyer Ventures | 1:17.64 |
| 5 | Codey McCurrach | Sirius Instrumentation and Controls Inc. | 1:17.67 |
| 6 | Rick Fraser | Direct Horizontal Drilling | 1:17.69 |
| 7 | Cody Ridsdale | Swartzy Welding Services Ltd. | 1:17.82 |
| 8 | Kurt Bensmiller | Tsuu T’ina Nation | 1:17.87 |
| 9 | Troy Flad | Ironwood Building Systems | 1:18.12 |
| 10/11 | Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | 1:18.19 |
| 10/11 | John Walters | Border Insulators | 1:18.19 |
| 12 | Mitch Sutherland | Wheaton GMC Buick Cadillac | 1:18.31 |
| 13 | Gary Gorst | HJR Asphalt | 1:18.34 |
| 14/15 | Jordie Fike | Shawne Excavating & Trucking Ltd. | 1:18.43 |
| 14/15 | Rae Croteau Jr. | TOMCO Group of Companies | 1:18.43 |
| 16 | Logan Gorst | BCDR Fleet Truck & Trailer Mechanical | 1:18.77 |
| 17 | Luke Tournier | Discovery Ford Sales Ltd./Kirsch Construction (2008) Ltd. | 1:18.84 |
| 18 | Obrey Motowylo | H & E Oilfield Services Ltd. | 1:18.97 |
| 19 | Tyson Graham | Maximum Tank Truck Svc Ltd | 1:18.99 |
| 20 | Troy Dorchester | LaFarge Canada Ltd. | 1:19.03 |
| 21 | Cliff Cunningham | Moonias Lodges | 1:19.20 |
| 22 | Jerry Bremner | Spence Heavy Equipment Sales & Rentals | 1:19.22 |
| 23 | Colt Cosgrave | Calamity Gean Horseshoeing Service | 1:19.24 |
| 24 | Dustin Gorst | Ashley Richards Memorial | 1:19.56 |
| 25 | Kelly Sutherland | Hydro Mobile & AGF Access | 1:19.60 |
| 26 | Chad Fike | Jimbob Rentals 2000 Ltd. | 1:19.65 |
| 27 | Chad Harden | Image Distributors | 1:20.00 |
| 28 | Mike Vigen | Zedcor Oilfield Rentals | 1:20.38 |
| 29 | Doug Irvine | B & R Eckel’s Transport Ltd. | 1:20.42 |
| 30 | Ross Knight | Winacott Equipment Group | 1:20.65 |
| 31 | Barry Hodgson | Roadtrek | 1:21.07 |
| 32 | Jim Knight | Ultimate Bit Service | 1:21.17 |
| 33 | Jess Willard | Doug Dale Ag Co. | 1:24.07 |
| 34 | Darcy Flad | Strad Energy Services | 1:24.25 |
| 35 | Evan Salmond | Redhead Equipment Ltd. | 1:25.39 |
| 36 | Roger Moore | Rusway Construction Ltd. | 1:33.29 |