Editing Chuckwagon (section)

== Chuckwagon races ==

{{Main |Chuckwagon racing}}
[[File:GMC Rangeland Derby (10) (35123108083).jpg|thumb|The Rangeland Derby race at the Calgary Stampede (2017)]]
Chuckwagon racing is an event at some [[rodeos]], such as the [[Calgary Stampede]] which started in 1923.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/chucks.htm |title=Calgary Stampede Chuckwagon Races |publisher=Roadtripamerica.com |access-date=2010-01-25 |archive-date=2010-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206145447/http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/chucks.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Chuckwagon races were held from 1952 until 1998 at [[Cheyenne Frontier Days]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000556 |title=Wagon races may return |publisher=Sharkonline.org |date=2006-10-19 |access-date=2010-01-25 |archive-date=2010-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714031915/http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000556 |url-status=live }}</ref> one of America's biggest rodeos. The National Championship Chuckwagon Race in [[Clinton, Arkansas]] draws tens of thousands each Labor Day weekend.{{r|ewbank}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chuckwagonraces.com/ |title=Chuckwagon Race |publisher=Chuckwagonraces.com |access-date=2010-01-25 |archive-date=2010-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111020207/http://www.chuckwagonraces.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

These competitions use modern stripped-down versions of chuckwagons usually pulled by a team of four horses. The driver and his outriders "break camp" by tossing a barrel (the 'stove') and some 'tent poles' into the wagon, complete a figure eight around two barrels, then circle a race track. The outriders and all equipment must finish the race course along with the chuckwagon.<ref>{{cite book | title = 2009 Calgary Stampede Evening Show Program | publisher = Calgary Stampede Board | page=11}}</ref>