![]() ![]() Strandquist says it isn’t the same as it used to be-in competition, safety and especially not in money. “So I’m runnin’ with the young ‘uns now.” “The ones I used to run with all quit,” Strandquist said. ![]() He competed against the grandfathers of some of his current rivals. He also worked as an outrider for other wagon drivers until five years ago, and not many years ago drove wagons in two races a night and was an outrider in the seven others. “I like rodeo,” Strandquist said as several of his grandchildren played around his motorhome. He’s been racing wagons since 1941 and has no plans to retire. Strandquist, from Stettler, Alberta, is a wiry 69. ![]() Most are middle-aged products of the western Canadian plains of Alberta and Saskatchewan. They take what comes and go on to the next go-round.Īnd among modern-day athletes, chuckwagon racers would never be described as overpaid or over-pampered. They don’t waste time and energy cursing their bad luck. This year, when he wasn’t running as well, he said, “If things don’t pick up, the truck is gone.” He had won six of his previous nine heats, and ran well enough in others to collect another $25,000 in “day money.” I don’t hold it against him.”Īnd nobody called Lewis’ victory a fluke. “We pulled in (to the starting line), the crowd just roared and he jumped. ![]()
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