Track record broken twice on hot summer night at the Calgary Stampede
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A night after a new track record was set at the Cowboys Rangeland Derby, two more riders eclipsed it Saturday.
A night after a new track record was set at the Cowboys Rangeland Derby, two more riders eclipsed it Saturday.
Racing in front of a capacity crowd on a hot summer night in Calgary, Chanse Vigen set a new course record with a run of 1:10.57.
Vigen's run, from barrel number two in the ninth heat of the night, actually broke the record set a few minutes earlier by four-time Rangeland Derby champion Kurt Bensmiller, whose time of 1:10.66 broke the course record set by Jamie Laboucane Friday night.
Laboucane broke the existing course record, which was held by Vigen.
Kris Molle was third.
After two days, Vigen has vaulted to the top of the leaderboard by a slender margin of 67 one-hundredths of a second of Bensmiller.
Rae Croteau Jr. is third, followed by Kris Molle and Layne MacGillivray.