Congratulations to the 2008 UW-Madison SAE Clean Snowmobile Team on a First and Fifth Place Finish at the 2008 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge!

The team pictured wtih the first place finishing Silent Buck-EV at the Copper Country Mall in Houghton, Michigan.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison SAE Clean Snowmobile team has a mission to create environmentally friendly snowmobiles while keeping the consumer in mind. SAE, which is the Society of Automotive Engineers, has worked with both industry and academia to create a snowmobile competition for universities held in March. The competition itself consists of many categories ranging from sound level to acceleration of the sleds.

For the 2008 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge (CSC), UW-Madison headed to the Michigan Tech Keweenaw Research Center in Houghton, Michigan. As in previous years, the university took a flex fuel capable sled, known as the Bucky 750 FX, along with the addition of a completely electric sled, the Silent Buck-EV. This was the first year for UW-Madison to participate in the electric snowmobile category.

UW has given strong performances in past years with top five finishes in competitions from the past five years, including a first place in 2004 and 2006. The team is proud to say that this year they earned both a first place finish in the electric snowmobile category and a fifth place finish in the IC sled category!

Go under the competition link to see this years tech papers, video, and pictures of the competition.

The team pictured above with the IC sled, the Bucky 750 FX, which earned a fifth place finish at the 2008 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge.

This year the IC sled gives a special thanks to its top sponsor, United Wisconsin Grain Producers, LLC. Donations such as yours make our efforts possible!

Read the official UW-Madison Press Release Here.