Chris Molle receives top bid for second annual Calgary Stampede chuckwagon canvas auction – Calgary

The annual Calgary Stampede Canvas Auction was held at Stampede Park Thursday night and for the second year in a row chuckwagon driver Chris Molle took home the top bid.

The World Professional Chuckwagon Association announced in a press release that Graf Mechanical Ltd. has successfully bid $210,000 for the 2022 Cowboys Rangeland Derby Champion Wagon canvas. said that he will sponsor.

“The 2024 sale was a resounding success with the highest average bid ever in the event's 44-year history,” the WPCA said, adding that the average bid for each of the 27 drivers in the event was $115,370.37. , surpassing the previous record set in 2012.

“The sale was also the seventh-highest total in history, bringing in $3.15 million, with 18 drivers topping $100,000.”

Full final results from Thursday night's auction are available on the WPCA website.

This year's Calgary Stampede starts on July 5th and ends on July 14th.

2:00 a.mAs the expansion of the BMO Center nears completion, the Calgary Stampede will take over

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