Another of chuckwagon racing’s most stellar competitors, Evan’s third-place overall finish in the 2023 World Standings tied his career best. He posted twenty-nine top ten runs including a day money run at the Ponoka Stampede and ten runs that also cracked the top five. He placed in the top ten overall at seven stops along the WPCA Pro Tour in 2023 and qualified for the Championship Final Heat at the Ponoka Stampede and was a semi-finalist at the Battle of the Foothills. A runner-up finish at the Battle of the Rockies was his best of the season.
Evan made three consecutive qualifications into the Calgary Stampede’s semi-final round, has won three times on the WPCA Pro Tour, has had four horses named to the WPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence and wan the WPCA’s Most Improved Driver in 2012.
Evan started his career in 2008 on the Western Chuckwagon Association (WCA) circuit where he won the WCA’s Rycroft show in 2009, was runner-up for the WCA championship, and was named the WCA’s Most Improved Driver.
Prior to driving big chuckwagons, Evan started racing pony chariots when he was 14 and pony chuckwagons at 16. Evan is a 2nd generation driver whose uncle is former driver Ray Salmond and cousin is former driver Rod Salmond. He is the younger brother of fellow driver Wade Salmond. In the off season,
Evan is a harness maker and works in the forestry industry. He enjoys hockey and ski-dooing in the off season. Evan and his wife Adriane have two children – Rose and Cash – and make their home in Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan.