The World Professional Chuckwagon Association's Dodge Pro Tour 2011 Tarp Auction was held at the Drumheller Stampede Grounds last Tuesday night, with bids totalling $146,000, up $28,000 from 2010.
The highest bid was $12,000 which went to Luke Tournier, and the average bid came in at $4,055.56 with a media bid of $3,750.
Prime advertising space on the tarps carried by the best 36 chuckwagon drivers in the world were auction off for the bulk of the 2011 pro chuckwagon season.