Troy Dorchester (born August 21, 1970) is a Canadian professional
chuckwagon racer. He is the only chuckwagon driver to have won chuckwagon racing's "Triple Crown" consisting of the
Calgary Stampede
The Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo, exhibition, and festival held every July in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten-day event, which bills itself as "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth", attracts over one million visitors per year and featu ...
Rangeland Derby, the Calgary Stampede Aggregate Title and the Ponoka Stampede in a single year. He accomplished the feat in 2012.
Career
Dorchester grew up in
Westerose,
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
. He started his chuckwagon racing career driving pony chuckwagons, and began driving thoroughbred wagons in 1993 on the
World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) circuit and won WPCA Top Rookie Driver honors. He qualified for his first Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby as a driver in 1998 and won the Orville Strandquist Award for top rookie driver.
His first show championship win came in 1999 at the Grande Prairie Stampede. Later that same year he added the Strathmore Heritage Days Championship, and captured the WPCA Pro Tour Championship (a showcase event held at Strathmore in conjunction with the Strathmore Heritage Days) as well. Although he had been close (he qualified for a number of single run championship final heats) and was runner-up for the World Championship in 2011, Troy did not win another event until 2012 when he captured the
Ponoka Stampede Ponoka may refer to:
*Ponoka, Alberta, a town in Canada
*Ponoka County
Ponoka County is a municipal district in Alberta, Canada. It covers and it claims to "embody the essence of rural Alberta".
History
Ponoka County was founded on January ...
. He followed it up two weeks later when he captured the Calgary Stampede Aggregate Championship, and two days later won chuckwagon racing biggest event - the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby to become the first man to win chuckwagon racing's "Triple Crown" in a single year.
Professional Wins
Show Wins - Driver (6)
*1999 (3) Grande Prairie Stompede, Strathmore Heritage Days, WPCA GMC Tour Championship
*2012 (3) Ponoka Stampede, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Richard Cosgrave Memorial Award (Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion)
Awards
*WPCA Top Rookie Driver (1993)
*Orville Strandquist Award (1998)
*WPCA Clean Drive Award (2011, 2014)
*Calgary Stampede Safety Award (Least Penalized Driver) (2012)
Personal life
Troy is a third generation champion chuckwagon driver whose grandfather was hall-of-fame cowboy
Tom Dorchester - a 4-time World and 2-time Calgary Stampede champion, his father
Garry Dorchester is a former World and Calgary Stampede Champion,
and Uncle
Dallas Dorchester was a former World and 2-time Calgary Stampede Champion as well. Troy is a first cousin to 2-time World Champion Chuckwagon Driver
Rick Fraser, and 2-time World Champion Chuckwagon Outrider
Quinn Dorchester. Troy has three children - Hilary, Haley and Connor. He and his wife Jennifer make their home in Westerose, Alberta.
References
External links
Troy Dorchester's profile at www.halfmileofhell.com
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1970 births
Living people
People from the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10