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Continuing with a year of firsts, the winning teams of the Clean Snowmobile Challenge 2015 showcase rookies, first-time champions and a new category.
Tech Today reports that after years of tough competition, the University of Wisconsin-Madison took home the MacLean-Fogg traveling cup for their internal combustion sled in the challenge’s most competitive category.
Within the new diesel utility category, North Dakota State placed first.
Having traveled over 27 hours to Houghton, Michigan, the Finnish team of students from the Lapland University of Applied Sciences celebrated their first year as the top zero emissions team.
The challenge was exceptional this year, with the most participants and successful sleds competing in events this year. As a student competition, the Clean Snowmobile Challenge pushes teams to design, build and test cleaner, quieter snowmobiles. Michigan Technological University has hosted the competition for 13 years at the Keweenaw Research Center.
