WPCA rides into Rocky Mountain House to determine 2026 season champion

It has all come down to this for the World Professional Chuckwagon Association.

The 2026 season is slated to conclude this week in Rocky Mountain House with the WPCA World Finals.

The top 12 drivers in the standings are locked in to compete in the playoff round during the first four days at the World Finals.

Hoadley, Alberta’s Obrey Motowylo has a lead of less than 50 points over High River’s Jason Glass in the battle for the world title.

The field for the playoff round also includes Chanse Vigen, Jamie Laboucane, Evan Salmond, Logan Gorst, Rae Croteau Jr., Dustin Gorst, Cruise Bensmiller, Mitch Sutherland, Kurt Bensmiller, and Luke Tournier.

Layne Flad, Preston Faithful, Darcy Flad and Chad Fike all narrowly missed out on finishing in the top 12.

96.5 The Ranch will have live coverage of Night 1 coming up this evening (Wednesday, August 12th) at 6:45pm. The top four drivers after four days in Rocky will compete in the championship final heat on Sunday.

Galen Hartviksen
Galen Hartviksen
Straight outta northwestern Ontario, Galen moved from his hometown of Thunder Bay to Alberta in 1998. After graduating from the broadcasting program at Mount Royal College (Class of 2003), it was off to the Town of Olds for the launch of the independent radio station (CAB-K Broadcasting). A fan of all seasons, Galen has been News Director & the voice of the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Olds Grizzlys on 96.5 CKFM/ROCK 104.5 for two decades and in 2024 he was excited to have the opportunity to join the team at Vista Radio and My Mountain View Now.

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