One of the most consistent drivers in the game, 2022 saw Mitch post thirteen top ten runs including three runs that cracked the top five, with two fifth place overall finishes at the Ponoka Stampede, where he was also a semi-finalist, and the Century Downs Racetrack and Casino World Finals being his best of the year.
Mitch is a two time winner on the WPCA Pro Tour at the 2011 Richard Cosgrave Badlands Dinosaur Derby and 2015 Guy Weadick Days, was the 2011 WPCA Top Rookie Driver and in 2016 he qualified for Calgary Stampede championship final heat and had a horse named to the Calgary Stampede Equine Athlete of Excellence the same year.
A second generation chuckwagon driver, Mitch is the son of fellow driver Kirk Sutherland, nephew to the legendary Kelly Sutherland, and cousin to fellow driver Mark Sutherland. Mitch started his career on the Western Chuckwagon Association (WCA) circuit in 2004 and was the overall WCA champion in back to back years in 2008 and 2009, and won twelve WCA show championships during his tenure with the WCA.
Prior to driving chuckwagons Mitch played football for the University of Alberta Golden Bears where he received All Canadian Honors. He was drafted in 2002 by the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League and went on to attend training camp with the Alouettes later that year.
Mitch is an owner/operator of Hitch’Em Oilfield Hauling, and enjoys watching hockey. Mitch and his wife Heather have two children – Emerson and Weston – and make their home in Grande Prairie, Alberta.