World Professional Standings
2009 - 3rd
2008 - 2nd
2007 - WORLD CHAMPION
2006 - WORLD CHAMPION
2005 - 2nd
2004 - 2nd - DODGE PRO TOUR CHAMPION
2003 - 9th
Personal Information
Kelly Sutherland is perhaps the greatest chuckwagon driver who ever lived if performance in major events is the ultimate criteria. Kelly is a 10-time Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion and a 10-time World Champion Chuckwagon Driver. Kelly has twice won the WPCA Dodge Pro Tour Championship, was named the WPCA's Chuckwagon Person of the Year in 1994, and won the 2005 WPCA Clean Drive Award. In 2009 Kelly posted 29 top ten runs including 3 first place runs and 17 runs that cracked the top five. He won the Calgary Stampede Aggregate title for a record 6th time, won the Badlands Dinosaur Derby, and for the 3rd consecutive year had a horse named to the WPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence. He placed in the top ten overall at 8 show championships with all but 1 of these placings being inside the top 5, made his record setting 18th trip to the Calgary Stampede's sudden death championship final heat, and qualified for the sudden death final at the WPCA Dodge Pro Tour Championship. He received the Calgary Stampede's Mullen Group Safe Drive Award for the Least Penalized Driver in 2002, and outrode for one Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Championship outfit in 1972. Kelly has over 100 major awards and victories in a career spanning forty years, and has captured practically every major event in chuckwagon racing history. Mentored by chuckwagon legends Dave Lewis and Ralph Vigen, Kelly himself is a living legend with his signature eagle feather and thumbs up wave to the crowd upon completion of every race. Kelly was the first torchbearer of day 8 of the Olympic Torch Relay for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver when the Olympic Torch entered Alberta. Kelly and his wife Debbie have three children - Tara, Mark, and Mandi and 5 grandchildren.
Major Awards And Victories
- 1969: Big M Stampede
- 1971: Cheyenne Frontier Days
- 1972: Grande Prairie County Fair, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Outrider, Big M Stampede, Regina Buffalo Days
- 1973: Grande Prairie County Fair
- 1974: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver
- 1975: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, North American Chuckwagon Championship, Red Deer Exhibition
- 1976: Olds Chuckwagon Champion, Northwest Roundup and Exhibition; Wainwright Stampede
- 1977: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Big M Stampede
- 1978: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Handhills Stampede, Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship, Northwest Roundup and Exhibition
- 1979: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Grande Prairie Stompede, Battle Of The Giants, Meadowlake Stampede, St. Albert Chuckwagon Championship, Red Deer Exhibition, Big M Stampede
- 1980: Cheyenne Frontier Days, St. Albert Chuckwagon Championship, Patricia Chuckwagon Championship, Ponoka Stampede
- 1981: Meadowlake Stampede, Handhills Stampede, Big M Stampede
- 1982: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, North American Chuckwagon Championship, Rimby Chuckwagon Championship
- 1983: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Big M Stampede
- 1984: Ponoka Stampede
- 1985: Big M Stampede
- 1986: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Frank D. Bean Memorial Award, Grand Centre Chuckwagon Championship
- 1987: Grand Centre Chuckwagon Championship
- 1988: Strathmore Heritage Days, Stettler Stampede
- 1989: Grand Centre Chuckwagon Championship, Kamloops Rangeland Derby
- 1990: Big M Stampede, Kamloops Rangeland Derby, Frank D. Bean Memorial Award
- 1991: Ponoka Stampede, Big M Stampede , Frank D. Bean Memorial Award
- 1992: Kamloops Rangeland Derby
- 1993: Moses Lake Round-Up
- 1994: Ponoka Stampede, Big M Stampede, WPCA Chuckwagon Person Of The Year
- 1995: Ponoka Stampede
- 1996: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Strathmore Heritage Days, Battle Of The North
- 1997: Coronation Chuckwagon Championship, North American Chuckwagon Championship, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Strathmore Heritage Days, Battle Of The North
- 1998: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Trochu Chuckwagon Championship, North American Chuckwagon Championship, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Strathmore Heritage Days, Battle Of The North
- 1999: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Richard Cosgrave Memorial Award
- 2000: WPCA DODGE PRO TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
- 2001: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, North American Chuckwagon Champion
- 2002: Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Mullen Transportation Safe Drive Award
- 2003: Calgary Stampede Fan Favorite Award
- 2004: WPCA DODGE PRO TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP, Calgary Stampede Fan Favorite Award
- 2005: Calgary Stampede Fan Favorite Award, Battle Of The North, WPCA Clean Drive Award
- 2006: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Ponoka Stampede, Richard Cosgrave Memorial Award
- 2007: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Red Deer Chuckwagon Championship, PCA Equine Award Of Excellence - "REGGIE" - Champion Right Leader
- 2008: Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede, Rocky Mountain Turf Club Derby, Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship, WPCA Equine Outfit Of Excellence - "SLEW" - Champion Left Wheeler
- 2009: Richard Cosgrave Memorial Award (Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion), Richard Cosgrave Badlands Dinosaur Derby, WPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence - "MONEY" - Champion Right Wheeler
- 2010: WORLD CHAMPION CHUCKWAGON DRIVER, Ponoka Stampede, Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Battle of the North
Sutherland Racing Website: http://www.sutherlandracing.ca/
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