Final Results – 2024 Ponoka Stampede
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It was a classic lineup in the eagerly awaited $75,000.00 Tommy Dorchester Championship final heat, as Chanse Vigen, Luke Tournier, Kurt Bensmiller and Rae Croteau Jr. would run for the championship at one of chuckwagon racing’s most prestigious events on the WPCA Pro Tour – the Ponoka Stampede.
On one of the most exciting race nights of the year, and for the first time in his illustrious career, Luke Tournier – driving the K & H Developments outfit, and along with outriders Rory Gervais and Quaid Tournier captured the 2024 Ponoka Stampede Championship. It was the seventh time Luke Tournier has made the Championship Final Heat in Ponoka.
Tournier captured the Ponoka Stampede crown with a run of 1:16.25 from barrel position number 2 in the Championship Final Heat number 9. Rae Croteau Jr. was second from barrel position number 4, 23 one-hundredths of a second behind the champion Luke Tournier. Kurt Bensmiller placed third from barrel position 3, while defending Ponoka Stampede Champion Chanse Vigen knocked over a barrel and placed fourth from barrel position number 1.
On the day, Jamie Laboucane and his Pidherney’s posted a 1:15 .58 in the opening heat which held up as the best on the night, just 4 one-hundredths of a second ahead of second place finisher Wade Salmond. 2024 Ponoka Stampede Champion Luke Turnier had the third best time on the night, with Josh Hrynyk and Rae Croteau Jr. filling out the top five on the night.
