All kinds of records fell at the Calgary Stampede tarp auction Thursday night.
12 time Stampede Champ Kelly Sutherland got the high bid of the night at $300,000.
That beats his old record of $210,000 back in 2008.
Sutherland says he knows with that kind of money he'll be under all kinds of pressure.
"I think this year, the centennial in the Calgary Stampede's going to be fantastic. There's going to be so much pressure, and a lot of pressure is going to be on me. You can only do what you do. You just hope you get a little bit of lady luck and a lot of management."
Stampede Chuckwagon Committee Chair Mark Damm says he couldn't be happier with how the sale went.
"This shattered all our expectations. You know I'd been saying top five or top three if we're lucky. And here we are number one on both the auction overall and the top bids."
Overall $4,015,000 was bid which is a record.
High River's Jason Glass had the fifth highest bid of the night as he pulled in $135,000 from Shaw GMC.
Okotoks Mark Sutherland went to the Cowboys Posse for $110,000.
The Drivers will line up and do it all again Tuesday, April 3rd at the WPCA GMC Tour auction.
The overall total for the sale was a record $4,015,000.00 beating the 2007 record total of $4,003,500.00 by $11,500.00.
$2,895,000.00 of the total was bid on the 25 drivers that will represent the World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) at this year’s Calgary Stampede, for an average bid of $115,800.00/driver.
In comparison, $1,120,000.00 was bid on the 11 drivers representing the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association, for an average bid of $101,818.18/driver.
The average bid on all 36 wagons was $111,527.78 up $32,638.89 from $78,888.89 in 2011, with the median bid being $110,000.00 up $35,000.00 from $75,000.00 in 2011.
It was the highest average and median bids of all time as well.
Unsuccessful bidders will still be able to by a wagon at the 2012 WPCA GMC Tour chuckwagon canvas auction to be held on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Check www.halfmileofhell.com for further details.
Driver | Sponsor | Amount Bid | WPCA Drivers |
Kelly Sutherland | Tervita | $300,000.00 | x |
Buddy Bensmiller | Pidherney's | $150,000.00 | x |
Gary Gorst | Friends of the Calgary Food Bank | $150,000.00 | |
Luke Tournier | Ten Day Tarmac Babies | $140,000.00 | x |
Jason Glass | Shaw GMC Chevrolet Buick | $135,000.00 | x |
Chad Harden | Crow Enterprises Ltd. | $130,000.00 | x |
Obrey Motowylo | H & E Oilfield Services Ltd. | $125,000.00 | x |
Reg Johnstone | Manteo Group of Companies | $120,000.00 | x |
Jerry Bremner | CEDA International | $120,000.00 | x |
Colt Costrave | Tsuu T'ina First Nation | $120,000.00 | x |
Hugh Sinclair | Poseidon Concepts | $120,000.00 | x |
Vern Nolin | Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP | $120,000.00 | |
Kurt Bensmiller | Eco Fuel Saver | $115,000.00 | x |
Troy Dorchester | Fireside of Cochrane | $115,000.00 | x |
Rick Fraser | Northwell Oilfield Hauling (2009) Inc. | $110,000.00 | x |
Mark Sutherland | The Cowboy's Posse | $110,000.00 | x |
Tim Haroldson | Darcy Simoneau | $110,000.00 | x |
Shane Nolin | Noralta Lodge | $110,000.00 | |
Logan Gorst | RigSat Communications | $110,000.00 | |
Brian Laboucane | The Mavericks Chuckwagon Team | $105,000.00 | |
Jamie Laboucane | Friends of the Mavericks | $105,000.00 | |
Grant Profit | Ja-Co Welding & Consulting Ltd. | $100,000.00 | x |
Rae Croteau Jr. | Dene-COR Construction Ltd. | $100,000.00 | x |
Doug Irvine | B & R Eckel's Transport Ltd. | $100,000.00 | x |
Layne MacGillivray | BKDI Architects | $100,000.00 | x |
Wayne Knight | Express Employment Professionals | $100,000.00 | |
Kirk Sutherland | Ghostpine Environmental Services Ltd. | $95,000.00 | x |
Roger Moore | The Legends | $95,000.00 | |
Cliff Cunningham | Purolator | $90,000.00 | x |
Ray Mitsuing | Sandlewood Developments Ltd. | $90,000.00 | |
Troy Flad | Rocky Mountain Equipment | $80,000.00 | x |
Mike Vigen | Dene-COR Construction Ltd./ The Legends | $80,000.00 | x |
Codey McCurrach | ATB Financial | $80,000.00 | x |
Devin Mitsuing | looktogive.com | $70,000.00 | |
BJ Carey | Olympia Trust Company | $65,000.00 | |
John Walters | Heninger Toyota / Chickwagon! Foundation for Women | $50,000.00 | x |