The five-day Onion Lake Cree Nation stop on the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association tour schedule ended Sunday night with the dash for cash to see who would claim prize money of $25,000.
Ray Mitsuing's wagon had top spot in the four-day aggregate prior to Sunday with an overall time of 5:08.27.
With a day four running time of 1:15.93, Mitsuing took day money and was joined by Kris Molle, BJ Carey and Layne Bremner in the final dash for cash Sunday night. For that crucial race Mitsuing drew barrel No. 1, Bremner drew 2, Molle 3 and Carey 4.
When the horn sounded Bremner had the early jump before Mitsuing caught him and opened a lead. It was a tight finish, but as they hit the line it was Mitsuing who managed to hold off a late charge from Molle and Bremner to win the $25,000 at Onion Lake.
Unofficial results Sunday saw Mitsuing with a running time of 1:16:68, which was also the fastest running time of the night. Bremner wound up second at 1:17.86, Molle finished third after being hit with a two-second penalty for having a wagon ahead of the barrel and failure to stop, for a time of 1:19:53, and Carey, penalized one second for a late outrider, finished fourth at 1:19.76.
The biggest event of the season for the chuckwagon racers begins Friday nightas the Rangeland Derby at the Calgary Stampede gets underway.
