One of eight drivers that will be running on a Permit for the 2024 WPCA Pro Tour. D.J. enjoyed his most successful season on the CPCA circuit in 2023. D.J. won the CPCA Safe Driver Award and had a horse named to the CPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence. He recorded 30 top ten runs, which includes four first place runs, and twenty-one runs that also placed inside the top five. He qualified for five championship final heats at the Onion Lake Sports Day, the North American Chuckwagon Championship, The Frog Lake First Nation, the Poundmaker Cree Nation, and for the first time in his career, the CPCA Championship dash.
DJ started his career under the watchful eye of his uncle Daniel King on the Western Chuckwagon Association (WCA) circuit in 2014, before moving to the CPCA in 2015 where he was named the CPCA’s Top Rookie Driver. In 2022 he won the Roy Bremner Memorial Award, and in 2019 he received the CPCA Family of the Year award and the Bruce Bremner Memorial for most consistent barreling outfit. DJ was one of the founders of the North American Chuckwagon Championship in Lloydminster in 2021.
A former professional hockey player, DJ played six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues and the Washington Capitals. He is co-owner of Tawaw Cabins, a resort located in Waterhen Lake, Saskatchewan, and enjoys hockey, fishing, hunting and golfing in his spare time.DJ and his partner Chantal have two sons – Jacob and Drew, and make their home in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan.
