Popularity of WPCA Chuckwagon Racing
According to John Down, Alberta Sports Hall of Fame sportswriter for the Calgary Herald, "Chuckwagon racing is the 3rd biggest spectators sport in Alberta behind hockey and pro football." Live attendance is nearly three-quarters of a million people annually, and live radio coverage of the entire WPCA GMC Pro Tour as well as the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby is broadcast to an estimated audience of 100,000 per night in the local listening area which covers parts of Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan, with several thousands more outside the listening area tuning in over the internet via the official WPCA website at halfmileofhell.com or wpca.com . The popularity of WPCA chuckwagon racing inspired a web-based video reality series on chuckwagon racing called "Half Mile of Hell". Prior to being a web-video series, "Half Mile of Hell" was a reality based television program on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN).
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