Kris Molle captures first career Calgary Stampede Cowboys Rangeland Derby

It was a highly emotional night as the finals of the 2022 Calgary Stampede Cowboys Rangeland Derby were run on Sunday night.

In an exciting and historic championship final, Kris Molle, driving the visitlethbridge.com Outfit, and along with outriders Kaeden Molle, Brendan Nolin and Ethan Motowylo, won the championship final from barrel number 2 in heat number 9, by a mere 8 one-hundredths of a second over Layne MacGillivray who placed 2nd from barrel number 1. This, while four-time Cowboys Rangeland Derby Champion Kurt Bensmiller placed third from barrel position number 3.

It’s the first time that Kris Molle has won the Cowboys Rangeland Derby Championship, and a first for outriders Ethan Motowylo and rookie outrider Kaeden Molle.

The Richard Cosgrave Memorial Safe Drive Award was won by Layne MacGillivray for being the least penalized drivers over 10 nights of the Cowboys Rangeland Derby and for having the best time in the overall Aggregate Standings. MacGillivray was penalty free for all ten days and had the best aggregate time of all 27 competing drivers with a total time of 12:17.18.