World Professional Chuckwagon Association

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World Professional Chuckwagon Association

Type	Association
Genre	Sport
Founded	Calgary, Canada (1900)
Founder	Unknown
Headquarters	Calgary, Alberta, CanadaCalgary, Alberta
No. of locations	Grand Prairie, Alberta, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Lethbridge, Alberta, High River, Alberta, Ponoka, Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Bonnyville, Alberta, Drumheller, Alberta, Strathmore, Alberta, Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Red Deer, Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Area served	Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan
Website	WPCA.com

The World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) is an association, based in the Canadian west, that supports and promotes the sport of chuckwagon racing. The WPCA is made up of are drivers, volunteers, supporters and business people. The officers of the WPCA are volunteers^[1]. Based in Calgary, Alberta, each summer the WPCA organizes the Dodge Pro Tour^[2] which includes races in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Lethbridge, Alberta, High River, Alberta, Ponoka, Alberta, Bonnyville, Alberta, Drumheller, Alberta, Strathmore, Alberta, Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Red Deer, Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Also, outside of the Pro Tour, is the ten day races at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta and three days of racing in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan.

1 History
2 Media
3 Controversy
4 References

[edit] History

The first chuckwagon races were in Calgary, Alberta in 1923^[3] at the Calgary Stampede. While the origin of chuckwagon racing is debated^[4], Guy Weadick, the founder of the Rangeland Derby Stampede (now the Calgary Stampede), brought chuckwagon racing to the attention of the public.

Dick Cosgrave, 10-time winner of the Calgary Stampede, remembers the birth of chuckwagon as an accident that occurred in 1919 after a cookout and the cooks raced to pack-up the wagon and get out of the grounds^[5].