From the famous Sutherland chuckwagon racing family, Dayton will make his Calgary Stampede debut as a chuckwagon driver at the 2024 COWBOYS Rangeland Derby, after having his best career finish in the World Standings in 2023. He outrode for Kurt Bensmiller’s Richard Cosgrave Memorial Trophy winning outfit at the 2023 Calgary Stampede, is a two-time champion of the Battle of the Rockies on the WPCA Pro Tour, and won the Western Chuckwagon Association’s Dawson Creek Exhibition in 2019.
The 2023 season saw Dayton post five top ten runs, with one run cracking the top five. Top ten overall finishes at the Dewberry World Chuckwagon Races and the Strathmore Stampede were his best of the year. In 2022 Dayton was the Chuckwagon 101 Driver at the COWBOYS Rangeland Derby, and a co-winner of the 2022 WPCA Media Award for his work on the “After the Ninth” Podcast. Dayton was a late addition to the 2016 WPCA Pro Tour and made his debut as a professional chuckwagon driver at the Battle of the North in Dawson Creek, giving the Sutherland family a rare and unique distinction of having three generations of drivers competing in the same race meet.
Dayton was named the WPCA’s Top Rookie Driver in 2017, and was the recipient of the Rod Glass Memorial Award for Most Improved Outrider in 2016.
A third-generation chuckwagon competitor, Dayton is the grandson of chuckwagon legend Kelly Sutherland and the son of former driver Mark Sutherland. He enjoys playing hockey, loves music, and anything with wheels such as quads and dirt bikes. Dayton is single and makes his home in DeWinton, Alberta.
