Chanse Vigen Breaks Through With The Top Time On Night 4 At the 2025 Rangeland Derby

Chanse Vigen (L) – Tops In All Categories On Night 4 In Calgary
Photo By Shellie Scott

It was a hot Monday night in Calgary for night 4 of the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby presented by Play Alberta. Under partly cloudy skies, temperatures were 24°C, and racetrack conditions were fast. Another capacity crowd was on hand to watch some terrific chuckwagon races, and when things finished up it was Chanse Vigen, driving the visitlethbridge.com outfit, who posted the fast run of the race meet so far with a run of 1:11.39.

Coming off barrel number 3 in the 9th heat, Vigen, who had been second on the day the three previous days, won his first day money of Rangeland Derby 2025 by just 4 one-hundredths of a second over 2022 Rangeland Derby Champion Kris Molle who had to settle for second place on the night.  Darcy Flad placed third, Jamie Laboucane was fourth, with Cody Ridsdale rounding out the top five on the night.

Chanse Vigen continues to sit on top of the leaderboard in the overall aggregate standings with a four-day total of 4:50.18, now 73 one-hundredths of a second ahead of Jamie Laboucane who continues to hold down second place overall. Kris Molle has now moved up into the coveted third spot overall and has his own 73 one-hundredths of a second cushion over Rae Croteau Jr. who dropped out of the top three into fourth, with Darcy Flad now in fifth place overall.

The top 3 in the aggregate after Saturday, July 12, 2025, will go into the championship final heat. The winner of the championship final heat will be declared the 2025 Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby presented by Play Alberta Champion.

Live coverage of day 5 of the 2025 Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby presented by Play Alberta can be heard Tuesday night, July 8, 2025 on WPCA Radio starting 7:15pm Mountain time on 96.5 The Ranch, or streaming options are available through the WPCA Website at wpca.com, iHeart Radio website/app or the Radioplayer Canada website/app. Television coverage and can be seen on Sportsnet One starting at 8:30pm local time. Check your local listings.

Billy Melville