Northeast chuckwagon racer brings home Top Rookie Award from Calgary Stampede
The northeast area was well represented in the chuckwagon racing portion of the Calgary Stampede after Melfort’s own Layne MacGillivray came out on top.
However, he isn’t the only one who came home with hardware, as a man quite familiar with the Porcupine area faired quite well in his first-ever Rangeland Derby.
Wade Salmond, who was born and raised in Weekes (just east of Porcupine Plain) and still resides there, won this year’s Orville Strandquist Memorial Top Rookie Driver Award.
He accomplished the feat by having the best 10-day aggregate time of 12:18.26, edging out another rookie sensation in Preston Faithful.