One of the hottest drivers in professional chuckwagon racing the past two years, 2023 saw Ross qualify for his first COWBOYS Rangeland Derby Championship Final Heat, have his second horse named to the Calgary Stampede’s Equine Athlete of Excellence, and captured his third show championship on the WPCA Pro Tour at the Strathmore Stampede. He also qualified for the championship final heat at Grande Prairie Stompede and was a semi-finalist at the Ponoka Stampede as well.
The 2022 season saw Ross experience a career defining moment when he captured one of chuckwagon racing’s premiere events at the Ponoka Stampede, and in 2018 he won his first WPCA Pro Tour show at the Battle of the North. Three-times Ross been a semi-finalist at the Ponoka Stampede, and three-times Ross has made the playoff round for the Century Downs “WINNERS ZONE” Championship at the WPCA World Chuckwagon Finals.
Prior to running on the WPCA Pro Tour, Ross competed for many years on the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association (CPCA) circuit where he has won three career CPCA show championships, received the CPCA’s Most Sportsmanlike Driver Award in 1994, and was a finalist for the championship final heat for the CPCA Championship in 2005.
As an outrider Ross outrode for three Calgary Stampede Aggregate winners and is a three–time CPCA Champion Outrider. Ross is the father of World Champion Outrider Casey Knight, younger brother to former driver Jim Knight and cousin to driver Wayne Knight. Ross and his wife Gail have two children – Carlee and Casey, two grandchildren, and make their home in St. Walburg, Saskatchewan.
