Lane Tournier Wins First Career WPCA Pro Tour Day Money On Night 2 Of The Battle Of The Foothills

Lane Tournier – First Career WPCA Pro Tour First Place Run On Night 2 In High River
Photo By Shellie Scott

Despite some uncertain weather conditions, there was a fantastic crowd on hand to witness night two of the Battle of the Foothills in High River, Alberta which was run on a warm Friday evening under partly cloudy skies. By the time the dust settled, it was replacement driver Lane Tournier, who was driving the Pidherney’s outfit for his injured father Luke Tournier, who got the Alberta AG Centre Fast Time of the Night after posting a fast run of 1:14.84. It’s the first career day money for Lane Tournier on the WPCA Pro Tour.

Coming off barrel number 3 in heat number 5, Tournier was the fast man on the night by 66 one-hundredths of a second over Dustin Gorst. Todd Baptiste grabbed third place on the night, with Chanse Vigen and Chad Fike completing the top five on night number two.

Two top five runs were good enough to lift Chanse Vigen into first place in the overall aggregate standings with a two-day combined time of 2:31.40. Kris Molle sits second overall, just 17 one-hundredths of a second behind overall leader Chanse Vigen. Alberta AG Centre Fast Time of the Night winner Lane Tournier moved from tenth place at the start of the day into third place overall, with Chad Fike filling out the top four overall. Dustin Gorst is in fifth place overall, 77 one-hundreds of a second out of the fourth and final qualifying spot for Sunday’s Championship Final Heat.

The top 4 drivers after the first 3 nights of racing will qualify for Sunday’s Battle of the Foothills Championship Final Heat. The winner of Sunday’s Championship Final will be crowned the Battle of the Foothills Champion.

Day 3 of the Battle of the Foothills can be heard live on Saturday night at 9:00pm ET, 8:00pm CT and 7:00pm MT 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