Ray Croteau Jr. dominates Saturday night at Rangeland Derby but falls short in bid to land in Sunday championship heat

Ray Croteau Jr. won Day 10 at the 2025 Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Saturday night, edging out defending champion Jason Glass.

Ray Croteau Jr. won the night Saturday at the Rangeland Derby but he lost the aggregate.

Croteau Jr. turned in a sterling time of 1:11.84 Saturday to take the day money in the chuckwagon races, defeating defending champ Jason Glass by six one-hundredths of a second.

Logan Gorst finished third, followed by Laboucane and Chanse Vigen, who tied Evan Salmond for fifth.

However, when all was said and done, Glass claimed third place in the aggregate, landing a spot in Sunday’s championship final heat.

There, he will compete against Laboucane and Vigen for the title of Rangeland Derby champ, along with $50,000 and a GMC truck.

Vigen and Laboucane both built significant leads throughout the week as they dominated the top two spots. Vigen’s nine-day aggregate time was 10:54.33. Laboucane finished with an aggregate time of 10:55.81, while Glass finished 10:59.07.

Croteau Jr. won $6,000 for finishing with the top time Saturday night, landing him in fourth place in the aggregate, 2.16 seconds behind Glass. Obrey Molowylo finished fifth overall, 2.46 seconds back.

The finals start at 7:15 p.m. Sunday night.