{"id":799172,"date":"2026-07-13T13:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799172\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:45:20","slug":"jason-glass-finishes-second-in-calgary-stampede-rangeland-derby-final-okotoksonline-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799172\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Glass finishes second in Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby final &#8211; OkotoksOnline.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>High River&#8217;s Jason Glass capped off another strong Calgary Stampede with a second-place finish in the championship final of the 2026 Rangeland Derby on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Glass stopped the clock in 1:12.21 in the winner-take-all championship heat, finishing behind Jamie Laboucane, whose 1:10.12 run secured the Calgary Stampede title. Defending champion Chanse Vigen crossed the finish line ahead of Glass but was assessed a penalty after knocking over a barrel, dropping him to third.<\/p>\n<p>The championship final featured a rematch of last year&#8217;s showdown, marking the first time in Rangeland Derby history that the same three drivers qualified for the championship heat in consecutive years.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jason Glass of High River competes in the championship final of the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby on Sunday at Stampede Park. OkotoksOnline\/Jayden Steidl\" data-caption=\"Jason Glass of High River competes in the championship final of the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby on Sunday at Stampede Park. OkotoksOnline\/Jayden Steidl\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"c187d28d-3cd6-41b4-9a89-40876a1e0148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Stampede_glassCloseup.JPG\"\/>Jason Glass of High River competes in the championship final of the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby on Sunday at Stampede Park. OkotoksOnline\/Jayden Steidl<\/p>\n<p>Glass earned his place in the final after finishing third in the nine-day aggregate standings with an aggregate time of 10:52.11. Laboucane entered Championship Sunday as the top qualifier, while Vigen qualified second.<\/p>\n<p>A fourth-generation chuckwagon driver from the Glass family, he entered this year&#8217;s Stampede as a two-time Calgary Stampede champion and four-time World Champion. He also finished as the WPCA Reserve World Champion in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s championship final came just weeks after the death of Glass&#8217;s father, legendary chuckwagon driver Tom Glass.<\/p>\n<p>The High River native died at age 77 after suffering a stroke in late June. Tom Glass was one of the sport&#8217;s most accomplished drivers and a longtime fixture in chuckwagon racing.<\/p>\n<p>Although he fell short of claiming a third Calgary Stampede championship, Jason Glass continued the Glass family&#8217;s chuckwagon legacy, racing in the championship final for a second straight year behind the family&#8217;s signature checkerboard wagon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"High River's Jason Glass, right, rides with his son Bodie before the championship final of the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby on Sunday. Glass, a fourth-generation chuckwagon driver, finished third overall. OkotoksOnline\/Jayden Steidl\" data-caption=\"High River's Jason Glass, right, rides with his son Bodie before the championship final of the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby on Sunday. Glass, a fourth-generation chuckwagon driver, finished third overall. &lt;em&gt;OkotoksOnline\/Jayden Steidl&lt;\/em&gt;\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"3c03b87c-382c-470a-967f-b26f4f6742d7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Stampede_glassandson.JPG\"\/>High River&#8217;s Jason Glass, right, rides with his son Bodie before the championship final of the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby on Sunday. Glass, a fourth-generation chuckwagon driver, finished third overall. OkotoksOnline\/Jayden Steidl<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"High River&#8217;s Jason Glass capped off another strong Calgary Stampede with a second-place finish in the championship final&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-799172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}