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Major Awards And Victories
- 2001: WPCA Top Rookie Outrider
- 2002: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Outrider, Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion Outrider, Rod Glass Memorial Award
- 2004: WORLD CHAMPION OUTRIDER
- 2006: WORLD CHAMPION OUTRIDER, Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion Outrider, Ponoka Stampede Champion Outrider
- 2007: WORLD CHAMPION OUTRIDER
- 2008: Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion Outrider
- 2009: WORLD CHAMPION OUTRIDER, Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion Outrider
- 2010: WORLD CHAMPION OUTRIDER, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Outrider, Ponoka Stampede Champion Outrider
- 2011: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Outrider, Calgary Stampede Outstanding Outrider Award, Ponoka Stampede Champion Outrider
- 2012: WPCA Top Rookie Driver, WPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence - "MARKET" - Champion Right Leader
- 2013: Orville Strandquist Memorial Award (Calgary Stampede Top Rookie Driver), Calgary Stampede Equine Outfit of Excellence - "CANDY" - Champion Right Wheeler
- 2015: Ponoka Stampede Champion Outrider
- 2016: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Outrider, Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion Outrider
- 2017: Calgary Stampede Equine Outfit of Excellence - "SLICK" - Champion Left Wheeler, WPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence - "SLICK" - Champion Left Wheeler
- 2019: Saskatoon World Chuckwagon Races, Battle of the North, WPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence - "TEX" - Champion Right Wheeler
- 2021: Teepee Creek Stampede, Battle of the Foothills
- 2022: Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship, Calgary Stampede Equine Athlete of Excellence - "POWER" - Champion Champion Outriding Horse, WPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence - "COCO" - Champion Outriding Horse
Personal Information
One of the most talented, exciting and charismatic drivers in professional chuckwagon racing today, Chanse just completed his tenth season on the WPCA Pro Tour. the 2022 season saw Chanse win the Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship, the aggregate at the Battle of the North as a substitute driver for Cody Ridsdale, he established a new track record at the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby, and had one horse named to the Calgary Stampede Equine Athlete of Excellence and one horse named to the WPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence. He posted thirty-five top ten runs, including ten first place runs, and eighteen runs that placed inside the top five. He qualified for two championship final heats at the Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship and the Battle of the North (with Ridsdale wagon) was a semi-finalist at the Ponoka Stampede, and made the playoff round at the Century Downs Racetrack and Casino World Finals.
Chanse was the WPCA Top Rookie Driver in 2012, won the Calgary Stampede's Orville Strandquist Memorial Award for Top Rookie Driver in 2013 and has had 4 horses named to the WPCA and Calgary Stampede Equine Outfit of Excellence. Chanse is a record five-time World Champion outrider, was the WPCA’s Top Rookie Outrider in 2001, and received the Rod Glass Memorial Award for the WPCA’s Most Improved Outrider in 2002. He has outrode for four Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby Championship outfits, five Calgary Stampede Aggregate winners, and four Ponoka Stampede winners.
Chanse is a third generation World Champion whose father is former driver Mike Vigen, and his grandfather was chuckwagon legend Ralph Vigen. He is a cousin to fellow driver Rae Croteau Jr., works as an oilfield salesman and enjoys hockey, basketball, and golf in the off season. Chance and his wife Brie make their home in Calgary, Alberta.
