World Professional Standings
2012 - 20th/21st
2011 - WORLD CHAMPION
2010 - WORLD CHAMPION
2009 - 3rd
2008 - 2nd
2007 - WORLD CHAMPION
2006 - WORLD CHAMPION
2005 - 2nd
2004 - 2nd - DODGE PRO TOUR CHAMPION
2003 - 9th
Major Awards And Victories
- 1969: Big M Stampede
- 1971: Cheyenne Frontier Days
- 1972: Grande Prairie County Fair, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Outrider, Big M Stampede, Regina Buffalo Days
- 1973: Grande Prairie County Fair
- 1974: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver
- 1975: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, North American Chuckwagon Championship, Red Deer Exhibition
- 1976: Olds Chuckwagon Champion, Northwest Roundup and Exhibition; Wainwright Stampede
- 1977: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Big M Stampede
- 1978: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Handhills Stampede, Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship, Northwest Roundup and Exhibition
- 1979: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Grande Prairie Stompede, Battle Of The Giants, Meadowlake Stampede, St. Albert Chuckwagon Championship, Red Deer Exhibition, Big M Stampede
- 1980: Cheyenne Frontier Days, St. Albert Chuckwagon Championship, Patricia Chuckwagon Championship, Ponoka Stampede
- 1981: Meadowlake Stampede, Handhills Stampede, Big M Stampede
- 1982: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, North American Chuckwagon Championship, Rimby Chuckwagon Championship
- 1983: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Big M Stampede
- 1984: Ponoka Stampede
- 1985: Big M Stampede
- 1986: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Frank D. Bean Memorial Award, Grand Centre Chuckwagon Championship
- 1987: Grand Centre Chuckwagon Championship
- 1988: Strathmore Heritage Days, Stettler Stampede
- 1989: Grand Centre Chuckwagon Championship, Kamloops Rangeland Derby
- 1990: Big M Stampede, Kamloops Rangeland Derby, Frank D. Bean Memorial Award
- 1991: Ponoka Stampede, Big M Stampede , Frank D. Bean Memorial Award
- 1992: Kamloops Rangeland Derby
- 1993: Moses Lake Round-Up
- 1994: Ponoka Stampede, Big M Stampede, WPCA Chuckwagon Person Of The Year
- 1995: Ponoka Stampede
- 1996: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Strathmore Heritage Days, Battle Of The North
- 1997: Coronation Chuckwagon Championship, North American Chuckwagon Championship, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Strathmore Heritage Days, Battle Of The North
- 1998: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Trochu Chuckwagon Championship, North American Chuckwagon Championship, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Strathmore Heritage Days, Battle Of The North
- 1999: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Richard Cosgrave Memorial Award
- 2000: WPCA Dodge Pro Tour Championship
- 2001: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, North American Chuckwagon Champion
- 2002: Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Mullen Transportation Safe Drive Award
- 2003: Calgary Stampede Fan Favorite Award
- 2004: WPCA Dodge Pro Tour Championship, Calgary Stampede Fan Favorite Award
- 2005: Calgary Stampede Fan Favorite Award, Battle Of The North, WPCA Clean Drive Award
- 2006: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Ponoka Stampede, Richard Cosgrave Memorial Award
- 2007: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Red Deer Chuckwagon Championship, PCA Equine Award Of Excellence - "REGGIE" - Champion Right Leader
- 2008: Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede, Rocky Mountain Turf Club Derby, Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship, WPCA Equine Outfit Of Excellence - "SLEW" - Champion Left Wheeler
- 2009: Richard Cosgrave Memorial Award (Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion), Richard Cosgrave Badlands Dinosaur Derby, WPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence - "MONEY" - Champion Right Wheeler
- 2010: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Ponoka Stampede, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Battle of the North
- 2011: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Ponoka Stampede, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Strathmore Heritage Days Stampede, WPCA Dodge Pro Tour Championship, WPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence - "DEB" - Champion Left Leader
- 2012: North American Chuckwagon Championship, Guy Weadick Award
Personal Information
Most likely the greatest chuckwagon driver ever, Kelly is a twelve-time Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby champion, a twelve-time World Chuckwagon Champion, and a six-time Calgary Stampede Aggregate winner. In 2012, Kelly’s tarp sold for a record high, he received the Calgary Stampede’s prestigious Guy Weadick Award at the Calgary Stampede’s Centennial Celebration, and captured the North American Chuckwagon Championship as well. He posted 13 top ten runs including 2 day money runs and 4 runs that placed inside the top five. He qualified for the winner-take-all championship final at the North American Chuckwagon Championship, made the semi-final round at the Ponoka Stampede, and established a new track record at the Battle of the Rockies driving in place of his injured nephew Mith Sutherland. Kelly received the Calgary Stampede's Safe Drive Award for the Least Penalized Driver in 2002, has made a record twenty trips to the GMC Rangeland Derby's winner–take–all championship final heat, and outrode for Ralph Vigen’s 1972 Calgary Stampede Championship outfit. Over his celebrated career Kelly has won multiple titles in nearly every major chuckwagon event including an incredible eight Ponoka Stampedes, six North American Chuckwagon Championships, five Battle of the North championships, nine Big M Stampedes, and twice won the Cheyenne Frontier Days among many many others. He has had four horses named to the WPCA's Equine Outfit of Excellence, was named the WPCA's Chuckwagon Person of the Year in 1994. Kelly hosted the royal couple during their visit to the 2011 Calgary Stampede, and was the first torchbearer of day 8 of the Olympic Torch Relay for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver when the Olympic Torch entered Alberta. Kelly and his wife Debbie have three children - Tara, Mark, and Mandi and 6 grandchildren.
Sutherland Racing Website: http://www.sutherlandracing.ca/
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