Jamie Laboucane – Top Bid At 2024 Grande Prairie Stompede Chuckwagon Canvas Auction
Photo By Bryan Hebson
The unofficial start to the 2024 WPCA Pro Tour kicked off tonight with the start of chuckwagon canvas auctions. The Grande Prairie Stompede is a one-of-a-kind event, offering exclusive advertising opportunities on the 40 best chuckwagon drivers in the World today.
The 2024 Grande Prairie Stompede Canvas Auction was a tremendous success, nearly cracking the Half-Million Dollar Mark with a total of $496,750.00 bid on the 40 participating drivers. Compared to the previous sale in 2023, the overall total was down slightly – $17,900.00, large in part to a reduction in the number of participating wagons in this year’s Grande Prairie Stompede from 44 in 2023 to 40 in 2024.
2023 World Reserve Champion Jamie Laboucane received the high bid of $40,000.00 for the five day show from Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd., $10,000.00 above Rae Croteau Jr.’s top bid in 2023 of $30,000.00. The low bid for the sale was $5,000.00 which matched the low bid in 2023, the average bid came in at $12,418.75, up slightly from $11,696.59 in 2023, while the median bid was $10,250.00, up slightly from the median bid of 2023 which was $9,375.00.
The next chuckwagon canvas auction will be on Thursday, April 11, 2024 for the Calgary Stampede Cowboys Rangeland Derby Canvas Auction at The Big Four Roadhouse on Stampede Park in Calgary, Alberta. Check wpca.com for more details.
Billy Melville
| 2024 Grande Prairie Stompede Canvas Auction Results | ||
| Driver | Sponsor | Amount Bid |
| Jamie Laboucane | Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd. | $40,000.00 |
| Rae Croteau Jr. | Cinch Oilfield Hauling Ltd. | $27,000.00 |
| Chanse Vigen | Sundown Oilfield Services Ltd. | $23,000.00 |
| Wade Salmond | VJV Livestock Marketing Group | $19,000.00 |
| Kurt Bensmiller | Triple Threat Diesel | $17,000.00 |
| Obrey Motowylo | Dynamic Energy Group Inc. | $16,000.00 |
| Cody Ridsdale | O’Chiese Business & Investment Centre | $16,000.00 |
| Mitch Sutherland | CDN Controls Ltd. | $15,500.00 |
| Evan Salmond | De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. 236 | $15,000.00 |
| Jason Glass | Birchcliff Energy Ltd. | $15,000.00 |
| Evan Magee | FluidPRO Oilfield Services Ltd. | $15,000.00 |
| Todd McCracken | Obsidian Energy Ltd. | $15,000.00 |
| Luke Tournier | Pidherney’s | $15,000.00 |
| Tuff Dreger | Compass Access Solutions Ltd. | $14,500.00 |
| Dean Dreger | Regulator’s Oilfield Hauling Ltd. | $14,000.00 |
| Kirk Sutherland | Iron Pine Contracting Ltd. | $14,000.00 |
| Layne MacGillivray | Fraction Energy Services | $12,000.00 |
| Chad Fike | TOMCO Group of Companies | $12,000.00 |
| Todd Baptiste | Friends of Baptiste Racing | $11,000.00 |
| Dustin Gorst | Optimum Equipment Solutions | $10,500.00 |
| Kris Molle | Friends of Circle M Stables Racing | $10,000.00 |
| Chance Thomson | Thatchwood Ventures Ltd. | $10,000.00 |
| Darcy Flad | Kimbers Creations Ltd. | $10,000.00 |
| Troy Dorchester | Zedcor Energy Services Corp./PureChem Services | $10,000.00 |
| Jamie Tom | Tomtruck Enterprises Ltd. | $10,000.00 |
| Dayton Sutherland | Nordic Energy Canada Corp. | $9,500.00 |
| Chance Flad | Astro Oilfield Rentals Ltd. | $9,000.00 |
| D.J. DeSutter | Jeff & Julie DeSutter/Pioneer Offroad Rentals | $9,000.00 |
| Josh Hrynyk | Friends Of GP Stompede | $8,500.00 |
| Layne Flad | Sniper Servies | $8,250.00 |
| Jordie Fike | Full Force Ventures Ltd. | $8,000.00 |
| Cruise Bensmiller | Bonnetts Energy Corp. | $8,000.00 |
| Brett Nolin | TBH Ltd. | $7,500.00 |
| Ross Knight | R/T Rentals Inc. | $7,000.00 |
| Doug Irvine | Swab Pro (2018) Ltd. | $7,000.00 |
| Chance Bensmiller | Ken Sargent GMC Buick Ltd. | $6,500.00 |
| Preston Faithful | M&H End Dump Services Ltd. | $6,000.00 |
| Troy Flad | CIMS Corp | $5,500.00 |
| Roger Moore | Friends Of GP Stompede | $5,500.00 |
| Gage Flad | Jeff & Julie DeSutter and The Outrider Posse | $5,000.00 |
| Total Amount Bid | $496,750.00 | |
| Average Bid | $12,418.75 | |
| Median Bid | $10,250.00 | |
| High Bid | $40,000.00 | |
| Low Bid | $5,000.00 | |
| 2023 Total | $514,650.00 | |
| Difference Over 2023* | -$17,900.00 | |
| * Total number of wagons down from 44 to 40. | ||
