The Battle of the Foothills was going full tilt last night under drizzly conditions in Rocky Mountain House.
The drivers are not just racing for the Battle of the Foothills Championship; they're also battling it out to be declared the overall World Professional Chuckwagon Association champion.
High River's Jason Glass is sitting in first place overall in the World Standings, but he's now only 2.5 points ahead of Calgary's Chanse Vigen after last night's heats.
Glass is coming off a big win at the Strathmore Stampede last week.
Glass has taken the title four times while Vigen has won it twice. Both the World Champion Chuckwagon Driver and Outrider will be decided after all the heats run and the totals are tallied on Sunday.
As far as the Battle of the Foothills goes, the top four drivers in the aggregate after Saturday night's heats move onto the final Championship heat on Sunday to decide the winner of the Battle of the Foothills.
Darcy Flad had the top time of the night with Glass coming in 5th, as DeWinton's Dayton Sutherland tied for 17th, and Jordie Fike from Blackie finished in 26th out of 36 wagons.
Here are the updated World Chuckwagon Standings after last night and the results from Day One on Wednesday night.
World Chuckwagon Standings after Day One:
1 - Jason Glass - 1210 points
2 - Chanse Vigen - 1207.5 points
3 - Evan Salmond - 1173.5 points
4 - Obrey Motowylo - 1163.5 points
5 - Chad Fike - 1104.5 points
6 - Jamie Laboucane - 1072 points
7 - Layne MacGillivray - 1013.5 points
8 - Cruise Bensmiller - 998 points
9 - Kurt Bensmiller - 984 points
10 - Luke Tournier - 978 points
Day 1 Results
1 - Darcy Flad - Ference Land & Cattle Corp. - 1:17.16
2 - Lane Tournier* - Pidherney's - 1:17.41
3 - Chanse Vigen - Terrafirma Resources - 1:17.75
4 - Wade Salmond - De Havilland Sherpa - 1:17.90
5 - Jason Glass - Birchcliff Energy Ltd. - 1:18.31
6 - Ross Knight - Henry's Western Wear - 1:18.39
7 - Evan Salmond - De Havilland Twin Otter - 1:18.62
8 - Rae Croteau Jr. - TeKh Group Inc. - 1:18.63
9 - Troy Dorchester - Eldorado Pressure Services Ltd. - 1:18.72
9 - Chad Fike - TOMCO Group of Companies - 1:18.72
11 - Layne MacGillivray - Rocky Mountain Hydraulic & Bearing Inc./GT Hydraulic & Bearing Inc. - 1:18.78
12 - Evan Magee - Royal Oilfield Rentals - 1:18.98
13 - Kris Molle - Hayshakers Bobcat Service Ltd. - 1:19.02
14 - Kurt Bensmiller - Versatile Energy Services Ltd. - 1:19.05
15 - Layne Flad - Sniper Services - 1:19.08
16 - Chance Bensmiller - Willowdale Equestrian Center - 1:19.13
17 - Obrey Motowylo - Topline Oilfield Hauling Ltd. - 1:19.25
17 - Dayton Sutherland - Kinsmen Consulting Ltd. - 1:19.25
19 - Dean Dreger - Northern Mat & Bridge - 1:19.30
20 - Chance Flad - Spartan Delta Corp. - 1:19.31
21 - Jamie Laboucane - Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd. - 1:19.42
22 - Troy Flad - Hellfire Suppression Services Inc. - 1:19.55
23 - Logan Gorst - Northstar Hydrovac Inc. - 1:19.71
24 - Cruise Bensmiller - Red Deer Lock & Safe Ltd. - 1:19.74
25 - Chance Thomson - Nelson Bros Oilfield Services Ltd. - 1:19.81
26 - Jordie Fike - XACT Pressure Services - 1:19.94
27 - Mitch Sutherland - Edwards Garage - Chevrolet, GMC and Buick - 1:19.95
28 - Dustin Gorst - Trono Trucking & Construction Ltd. - 1:20.21
29 - Josh Hrynyk - Mud Creek Medics Ltd. - 1:20.29
30 - Roger Moore - Optimum Equipment Solutions - 1:20.55
31 - Tuff Dreger - Hearts and Hoofprints - The Les David Foundation - 1:20.56
32 - Preston Faithful - De Havilland WaterBomber - 1:20.58
33 - Todd Baptiste - Starbucks Eagles Landing - 1:21.18
34 - Cody Ridsdale - Lone Eagle Ventures - 1:21.44
35 - Doug Irvine - Ber-Nor Trucking - 1:21.58
36 - D.J. King - AJS Indigenous Housing Solutions Inc. - 1:21.72
* Lane Tournier drove for Luke Tournier