World Professional Standings
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Major Awards And Victories
- 2021: WCA Champion
Personal Information
After spending the past two seasons on a permit, 2023 will see Derek with full member status on the WPCA Pro Tour. Derek was the Western Chuckwagon Association (WCA) champion in 2021, and made his debut with the WPCA at the 2021 Battle of the Foothills in High River. Derek began his career on the WCA circuit and was the WCA Top Rookie Driver in 2011 and received the WCA's Masters Award in 2019. He has won 3 show championships on the WCA circuit, and was the Aggregate Champion at the Grande Prairie Stompede in 2017.
Derek began his career racing pony chuckwagons starting in 2001, and through the help and encouragement of former drivers Kelly Sutherland, Rick Fraser, Neal Walgenbach and Nathan Sales, he made the move to thoroughbred chuckwagons in 2011. Derek enjoys hockey, golfing, baseball and travelling in his spare time, and works as a production foreman for ARC Resources in the off season. Derek and his wife Dale have a son Fraser and make their home in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
