2024 National Driving Championship

 

Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the host tracks and dates for the 2024 National Driving Championship (NDC) and the Regional Driving Championships. The final will take place at Hippodrome 3R, in Trois-Rivières, Que., on Friday, July 5.

The National Driving Championship will determine Canada’s representative in the 2025 World Driving Championship set to be held in New Zealand. 
 

Regional Driving Championships 

  • Saturday, April 13 - Western Regional Driving Championship - Century Downs; Calgary, Alta.
  • Tuesday, April 23 - Ontario Regional Driving Championship - The Raceway at Western Fair District; London, Ont.
  • Sunday, May 19 - Quebec / Eastern Ontario Regional Driving Championship - Hippodrome 3R; Trois-Rivières, Que.
  • Saturday, May 25 - Atlantic Regional Driving Championship - Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at Charlottetown Driving Park; Charlottetown, P.E.I.

National Driving Championship

  • Friday, July 5 - Hippodrome 3R; Trois-Rivières, Que.

     

Competing NDC Drivers

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Past Winners

Past winners of the NDC title include Doug McNair (2022 2018), Brandon Campbell (2016), Jody Jamieson (2014 & 2011), Brad Forward (2009), and Gilles Barrieau (2007).

Regional events will feature up to nine drivers who will compete in a series of races. Drivers will receive points based on their finishing position and the top two point earners will advance to the National Driving Championship.

 

World Driving Championship – Canada’s Champions

Canadian drivers have won the World Driving Championship on five occasions -- Herve Filion (1970), Sylvain Filion (1999), Jody Jamieson (2001, 2011), and James MacDonald (2017). MacDonald was the first Canadian driver to win on home soil.

 

General Information

Since 2007, Standardbred Canada has been using a new format to determine Canada's representative for the World Driving Championship.

The concept behind the National Driving Championship is to bring regional representatives together to compete in a one-day championship that will determine Canada's representative to the World Driving Championship.

Traditionally determined by a formula that included earnings, wins and UDRS rating, the Canadian rep will now have to beat out some of the country's finest drivers and earn the National Driving Championship title.

This format includes one-day regional championships where the top two drivers advance to the national championship. 

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