On April 21, 2023, the Century Downs Racetrack and Casino will be hosting a WPCA Tarp Auction for the first time. Century Downs is home to the WPCA World Finals and the 2nd largest on the WPCA Pro Tour when it comes to prize money.
One thing that makes the Century Downs event special is they have only hosted the WPCA twice (2019 & 2022) and they are already ranked number 2 in prize money paid out. Along with day monies paid out, as is the case with every event, the Century Downs World Finals rewards the World Champion with $10,000.00, the show aggregate winner receives $5,000.00, the Winners’ Zone Series Final is a $75,000.00 Dash and over $60,000.00 is paid out in bonus money in heats one through eight on the final day of the season.
Expanding on their commitment to the sport of chuckwagon racing and the WPCA, Century Downs will now be hosting a Tarp Auction to offer companies the opportunity to bid on a driver, win the rights to advertise on a chuckwagon and get in the race during the WPCA World Finals in August.
34 drivers will be up for bid along with 2 Wild Card spots. The Wild Card spots are awarded to the 2 Permit Drivers with the most points among the permit drivers after the Medicine Hat show. In 2022, the Ponoka Stampede was the first show to auction off 2 Wild Card spots. Those 2 spots would eventually go to Ross Knight and Rae Croteau Jr. who were the top 2 drivers among the permit drivers prior to the Ponoka Stampede races. Ross Knight would capitalize on the opportunity by winning the Ponoka Stampede.
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CENTURY DOWNS AUCTION ORDER
- Layne MacGillivray
- Obrey Motowylo
- Kurt Bensmiller
- Kris Molle
- Rae Croteau Jr.
- Chad Fike
- Kirk Sutherland
- Jason Glass
- Doug Irvine
- Chanse Vigen
- Ross Knight
- Jordie Fike
- Mitch Sutherland
- Wade Salmond
- Chance Bensmiller
- Chance Flad
- Codey McCurrach
- Dustin Gorst
- Evan Salmond
- Troy Dorchester
- Darcy Flad
- Chance Thomson
- Layne Flad
- Cody Ridsdale
- Troy Flad
- Mark Sutherland
- Dayton Sutherland
- Roger Moore
- Dean Dreger
- Cruise Bensmiller
- Kelly Morin
- Josh Hrynyk
- Evan Magee
- Derek Aebly
- Wild Card #1
- Wild Card #2