Thursday night kicked off the Battle of the Foothills chuckwagon races at the High River Ag grounds.
Jamie Laboucane came through with the top time of the night, with defending champion Chanse Vigen placing in 5th, and High River's own Jason Glass coming in 6th on the night.
Other local favourites had solid times too, with Jordie Fike from Blackie coming in 11th and DeWinton's Dayton Sutherland coming in 14th.
The top four drivers in the aggregate after Saturday night's heats will qualify for the final championship heat on Sunday.
36 drivers are running in traditional heats of four wagons per heat.
Day 1 results:
1 - Jamie Laboucane - Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd. - 1:14.81
2 - Kris Molle - The Mavericks Chuckwagon Team - 1:15.45
3 - Evan Magee - Farmboy Landscaping & Maintenance - 1:15.54
4 - Preston Faithful - Ayik Energy Corp. - 1:15.59
5 - Chanse Vigen - Volker Stevin Canada / Glover International - 1:15.68
6 - Jason Glass - Birchcliff Energy Ltd. - 1:16.14
7 - Chad Fike - TOMCO Group of Companies - 1:16.30
8 - Troy Flad - Hayher Lee LLP - 1:16.55
9 - Chance Thomson - Omega 2000 Cribbing Inc. - 1:16.76
10 - Luke Tournier * - Pidherney's - 1:16.89
11 - Jordie Fike - In-Line Pigging Solutions - 1:17.24
12 - Wade Salmond - De Havilland Sherpa - 1:17.29
13 - Dustin Gorst - Century Downs Racetrack and Casino - 1:17.30
14 - Dayton Sutherland - Kinsmen Consulting Ltd. - 1:17.44
15 - Logan Gorst - Inter-Pacific Specialized Services LTD. - 1:17.45
16 - Roger Moore - AdOil Inc./Canadian Abandonment Services - 1:17.46
17 - Layne MacGillivray - McLean Railings - 1:17.68
18 - Evan Salmond - De Havilland Twin Otter - 1:17.72
19 - Obrey Motowylo - The Co-operators - 1:17.84
19 - Doug Irvine - Ensteel Industries Ltd. - 1:17.84
21 - Cruise Bensmiller - The Mavericks Chuckwagon Team - 1:18.06
22 - Ross Knight - John Barlow MP -Foothills Conservative Association - 1:18.25
23 - Chance Bensmiller - EllisDon - 1:18.45
24 - Troy Dorchester - PureChem Services - 1:18.53
25 - Layne Flad - Casa Developments Corp. - 1:19.16
26 - Dean Dreger - You Thrifty Animal by Parachutes for Pets - 1:19.72
27 - Chance Flad - Aspen Crossing - 1:19.85
28 - D.J. King - Siksika Nation Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park - 1:19.88
29 - Josh Hrynyk - Carmens Bigway Foods - 1:19.96
30 - Tuff Dreger - The Extraordinaires - 1:20.27
31 - Mitch Sutherland - Canyon Rigging - 1:20.51
32 - Kurt Bensmiller - Versatile Energy Services Ltd. - 1:20.87
33 - Rae Croteau Jr. - Bar L-5 Ranch - 1:21.09
34 - Cody Ridsdale - Bäre Activewear - 1:23.12
35 - Todd Baptiste - Minhas Micro Brewery - 1:25.66
36 - Darcy Flad - Rimrock Feeders - 1:26.70
* Lane Tournier drove for Luke Tournier