Rae Croteau Jr. Opens Up Hometown Bonnyville Championship With The Top Time

Rae Croteau Jr. - Hometown Boy Takes Top Time On Night One In Bonnyville
Photo By Carol Easton

After a 10 day break for the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Championship and the Colonial Days Fair in Lloydminster, the 2010 WPCA Dodge Pro Tour resumed with the running of the Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship. There was a little bit of a wind but the rains held off and a wonderful evening of chuckwagon racing was enjoyed by the Bonnyville fans. Hometown Bonnyville hero Rae Croteau Jr., driving the TOMCO Group of Companies outfit, kept the day money at home with a run of 1:16.33.

Coming off barrel number 3 in heat number 7, Croteau Jr. bettered Hugh Sinclair, who was running in the same heat, by 14 one-hundreds of a second on the day. Jerry Bremner, John Walters and Rick Fraser filled out the top five for the night.

The top 3 wagons after Saturday’s run will compete in the George Normand Memorial Sudden Death Final on Sunday, where the winner will take home $15,000.00 and the 2010 Bonnyville Championship.

The chuckwagon races from the Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship will continue Friday and Saturday starting at 7:00 PM, with the finals and the running of the $15,000.00 George Normand Memorial Sudden Death Final on Sunday at 2:00 PM. Live radio coverage can be heard Thursday – Saturday at 6:45pm, with the finals on Sunday at 1:45pm on Classic Country AM1060 out of Calgary, 890AM CJDC out of Dawson Creek and 99.7 FM The Wolf out of Bonnyville.

Billy Melville

 

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