The roar of the 2022 Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby came to an end Sunday night.

The final win of the night came from Kris Molle from Chauvin, Alberta on the number 2 barrel. Riding his VisitLethbridge.com outfit thundering across the finish line with an official time of 1:13.48.

Molle took home the 2022 championship along with outriders Kaeden Molle, Brendan Nolin and Ethan Motowylo.

A victory won by a mere 8 one-hundredths of a second over Layne MacGillivray who placed 2nd from barrel number 1. Four-time Cowboys Rangeland Derby Champion Kurt Bensmiller placed third from barrel position number 3. Bensmiller crossed the finish Sunday night at 1:14.44.

This is the first time Kris Molle has won the Cowboys Rangeland Derby Championship, and a first for outriders Ethan Motowylo and rookie outrider Kaeden Molle.

Layne MacGillivray was penalty-free for all ten days winning himself The Richard Cosgrave Memorial Safe Drive Award. He also took home the best aggregate time of all 27 competing drivers with a total time of 12:17.18. A total of 15 drivers shared in a prize pot of over $130,000.00 for running penalty-free.

Chanse Vigen snatched the fastest time on the night with a 1:13.16, 32 one-hundredths of a second better than this year's champion Kris Molle. Darcy Flad took third, followed by Layne MacGillivray and Obrey Motowylo filling out the top five on the final night of competition. Rory Gervais was named the Calgary Stampede’s Outstanding Outrider for the sixth consecutive year.

The wagons move south to High River for the Battle of the Foothills starting Thursday, July 21. 

10 Day Total

1 Layne MacGillivray - 12:17.18

2 Kurt Bensmiller - 12:18.47

3 Kris Molle - 12:23.46

4 Obrey Motowylo - 12:25.34

5 Doug Irvine - 12:27.37

6 Vern Nolin - 12:27.52

7 Chad Fike - 12:31.17

8 Cody Ridsdale - 12:32.54

9 Evan Salmond - 12:32.60

10Troy Dorchester - 12:33.27

11 Kirk Sutherland - 12:33.67

12 Dallas Dyck - 12:34.31

13 Mark Sutherland - 12:35.34

14 Ross Knight - 12:35.35

15 Jordie Fike - 12:35.81

16 Codey McCurrach - 12:36.15

17 Danny Ringuette - 12:37.06

18 Chance Bensmiller - 12:37.47

19 Roger Moore - 12:43.20

20 Todd Baptiste - 12:46.59

21 Chanse Vigen - 12:50.73

22 Chad Harden - 12:52.47

23 Mitch Sutherland - 12:56.98

24 Kris Flanagan - 12:59.28

25 Troy Flad - 13:02.66

26/27 Darcy Flad - N.T

26/27 Jason Glass - N.T