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CTV News
06-07-2025
- Sport
- CTV News
Obrey Motowylo wins a squeaker Saturday night at Stampede Rangeland Derby
Obrey Motowylo won the second night of the Rangeland in a squeaker Saturday night at the Calgary Stampede. Obrey Motowylo won Saturday night at the chucks by about as long as it takes to blink. In front of a packed grandstand on a mild Saturday night in Calgary, Motowylo nipped both Chanse Vigen and Jamie Laboucane by one one-hundredth of a second Saturday to claim the day money, with a time of 1:12.30 in the ninth heat. Defending Rangeland Derby champion Jason Glass finished fourth, with Rae Croteau Jr. rounding out the top five. The top four finishers were separated by seven one-hundredths of a second. Overall, Chanse Vigen, with a pair of second-place finishes, leads the aggregate standings with 2:24.56, which puts him 67 hundredths of a second in front of Jamie Laboucane, who has been in the top three both nights. Defending champ Jason Glass is third. The top three aggregate finishers after next Saturday's races advance to the championship final heat next Sunday. Motowylo, who's a farmer and rancher in Hoadley, Alberta, in the off-season, had 22 Top 10 finishes in 2024. including the Ponoka -- which he won in 2009-- and Strathmore Stampedes. The 2025 Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby continues Sunday night at 7:30 p.m.
CTV News
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Chad Fike takes lead on opening night of 2025 Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby
Chad Fike of Cremona had the best time on opening night of the 2025 Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby. For the second straight year at the Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races, Chad Fike was a frontrunner. Fike, from Cremona, Alberta, had the top time of the night, 1:11.73, besting Chanse Vigen by 52 one-hundredths of a second. Jamie Laboucaine was third, Preston Faithful fourth and defending champ Jason Glass rounded out the top five. Fike also took the top time on opening night of the 2024 event. The grandstand was full for opening night, and possibly included Canadian prime minister Mark Carney, who was spotted on the grounds earlier in the evening saying hello to Stampede goers, eating fudge, crawling into a tank and posing for selfies with opening night Stampede patrons. 'We gotta see some chuckwagons, huh,' Carney said as he strolled down the Midway with an entourage of security and cameras, sampling mini doughnuts and pretzels as he made his way to the grandstand stadium for the chuckwagon races. Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, samples mini doughnuts as he walks through the Calgary Stampede grounds in Calgary, Alta., Friday, July 4, CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, samples mini doughnuts as he walks through the Calgary Stampede grounds in Calgary, Alta., Friday, July 4, CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh It was Carney's first visit to Stampede as the Canadian prime minister. Chuckwagon racing continues nightly throughout the Stampede, with the cumulative Top 3 after next Saturday's races advancing to the championship final of the 2025 Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby. Fike took home a winner's payout of $6,000 for having the best time, while Vigen won $5,200 and Laboucane $4,600. The Rangeland Derby is on nightly at 7:30 p.m. It airs on Sportsnet. With files from The Canadian Press
