2025 Strathmore Stampede Champions
Birchcliff Energy Ltd. Outfit
(L-R): Miss Rodeo Canada Codi Wilson Presenting, Outrider Trey MacGillivray, Brienne Glass, Steele Glass, Bodie Glass, Driver Jason Glass, Outrider Tyson Whitehead, Strathmore Stampede’s Sandra Green and Miss Strathmore Stampede Ali Chernoff Presenting
Photo By Billy Melville
It was an outstanding long weekend as the Strathmore Stampede wrapped up on a hot and sunny Monday afternoon. Racetrack conditions were exceptional on three out of the four days, capacity crowds and great chuckwagon racing was the order for the entire event. When everything finally wrapped up, Jason Glass, driving Birchcliff Energy Ltd. Outfit, and along with outriders Tyson Whitehead and Trey MacGillivray, who captured the 2025 Strathmore Stampede Championship.
In a penalty free championship final heat, Jason Glass won the Strathmore Stampede with penalty free run of 1:13.94 from barrel position number 2. Defending Strathmore Stampede Champion Chanse Vigen placed second from barrel number 3, 91 one-hundredths of a second behind the champion Jason Glass. Evan Salmond placed third from barrel position number 3, while Lane Tournier, who has been driving for his injured father Luke Tournier since the Ponoka Stampede and was making his first appearance in a Championship Final Heat on the WPCA Pro Tour, placed fourth from barrel position number 1.
As per usual, Jason Glass credits his horses for the win. ”My horses have been amazing,” explains Glass. “I’ve been driving quite a few new ones the last few shows. I’m very proud of them.”
It’s the third time that Jason Glass has won the Strathmore Stampede, but the first time under the Championship Final Heat format. ”Just beautiful horses. We shuffle them around a lot and try to keep them fresh,” Said Glass. “To outrun some of these other drivers you need to be on top of your game and those horses need to love what they do.”
On the day, and for the second consecutive year, the Championship Final Heat produced the top four times on the afternoon. Jason Glass was first with the Alberta Ag Centre Fast Time Of The Night and was also the fastest time of the race meet with a 1:13.94, followed by Chanse Vigen, Evan Salmond and Lane Tournier. Jamie Laboucane rounded out the afternoon with the fifth best time.
The WPCA Pro Tour will now have a quick one-day turnaround prior to embarking at the Battle of the North in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Racing starts on Wednesday August 6, 2025, and runs through to Sunday, August 10, 2025. Catch all the live action every night on WPCA Radio starting 9:30pm Eastern, 8:30pm Central, 7:30pm Mountain time, and 6:30pm local 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.
Billy Melville
