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World Professional Standings
2012 - 5th
2011 - 23rd
2010 - 35th
2009 - CPCA MEMBER – Rookie Season
Major Awards And Victories
- 2011: Herman Flad Memorial Award (Most Improved Driver)
- 2013: Saskatoon World Chuckwagon Races
Personal Information
One of the fastest up and coming stars in professional chuckwagon racing today, John qualified for his first winner-take-all final at the Ponoka Stampede, had a career best runner-up finish at the Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship, and placed a career best fifth in the World Standings. He posted 21 top ten runs, including hius first career day money run at the Ponoka Stampede, and 8 runs that placed inside the top five. He placed inside the top ten overall at 5 WPCA show championships in 2012 as well. John placed a very impressive tenth overall in his first Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby in 2012, and won the Herman Flad Memorial Award for the WPCA Most Improved Driver in 2011. John started his chuckwagon career in 2009 on the CPCA circuit before making the move to the WPCA in 2010. Prior to driving chuckwagons, John competed for over 20 years in Saddle Bronc Riding and Steer Wrestling, winning overall Saddle Bronc Championships in the Manitoba Rodeo Cowboys Association, the Lakeland Rodeo Association, and the Canadian Cowboys Association, and a year end All Around Championship in the Canadian Cowboys Association as well. Originally from Czar, Alberta, John's father Wordon Walters raced thoroughbred chuckwagons, chariots and pony wagons for many years starting in the late 1940's, and his brother Ken Walters is a current driver on the CPCA circuit. John is a rancher and is the owner of John Walters Fencing - a custom fencing business in the off season - and enjoys hockey, hunting and being with horses. John and his wife Bonnie have six children, nine grandchildren and make their home in Delburne, Alberta.
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