HI AGAIN EVERYONE:  THIS IS ARNIE JACKSON WITH YOUR RANGELAND DERBY CHUCKWAGON REPORT. 

SUNDAY NIGHT IS EASILY WAGON RACING’S RICHEST HOUR. WITH FOUR OUTFITS HOOKED TO RUN IN ONE
SINGLE HEAT, WHERE THE WINNER TAKES HOME A CHEQUE FOR $100.000

IT’S NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE LIST OF COMPETITORS SOUNDS LIKE A BOOK OF WHO’S WHO IN CHUCKWAGON RACING. GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALBERTA 
IS EASILY THE HOTBED OF CHUCKWAGON GROOMING, BECAUSE THREE OF THE FOUR FINALIST LIST THEIR HOME ADDRESS AS GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALBERTA.

THE ONLY OTHER DRIVER IN THE FINAL FOUR THIS YEAR, WAS JASON GLASS OF HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA WHO CLAIMED THE AGGREGATE TITLE ON SATURDAY NIGHT (JULY 12th, 2008)  AND THE BEAUTIFUL NEW GMC PICKUP TRUCK.

RUNNING ALONG SIDE GLASS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL WAS THREE TIMES CALGARY STAMPEDE CHAMPION, HUGH SINCLAIR OF GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALBERTA, 10 TIMES CALGARY STAMPEDE CHAMPION, KELLY SUTHERLAND
ALSO FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY WAS HIS YOUNGER BROTHER KIRK SUTHERLAND, WHO ALSO HAILS FROM THE GRANDE PRAIRIE REGION.

IT’S A BARREL DRAWING CONTEST AND WHEN HUGH SINCLAIR PULLED BARREL NUMBER ONE, YOU HAD TO LEAN THAT WAY, AS THE QUIET SPOKEN VETERAN REIGNSMAN CERTAINLY HAD A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF
WINNING IT ALL.

ON THE TRACK, SINCLAIR DIDN’T LET ANY OF HIS SUPPORTERS DOWN, TAKING THE 5/8^TH OF A MILE COURSE IN THE BEST TIME ON THE NIGHT, A PENALTY FREE AT 1:14:56.

SO YOU’RE YOUR 2008 RANGELAND DERBY CHAMPION, FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN HIS RACING CAREER, IS HUGH SINCLAIR OF GRANDE PRAIRIE, DRIVING THE NCI
CONSTRUCTION WAGON. FOR THE WPCA OUTFITS IT’S OFF TO BONNYVILLE WHERE THEY OPEN A FOUR DAY COMPETITION ON THURSDAY NIGHT (JULY 17th, 2008)

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