Troy Dorchester
Troy Dorchester 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 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. He started his chuckwagon racing career driving pony chuckwagons, and began driving thoroughbred wagons in 1993 on the World Professional Chuckwagon Association 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 as well. Although he had been close and was runner-up for the World Championship in 2011, Troy did not win another event until 2012 when he captured the Ponoka Stampede. 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 Grande Prairie Stompede, Strathmore Heritage Days, WPCA GMC Tour Championship
- 2012 Ponoka Stampede, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Richard Cosgrave Memorial Award
Awards
- WPCA Top Rookie Driver
- Orville Strandquist Award
- WPCA Clean Drive Award
- Calgary Stampede Safety Award