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The Advanced Snowmobile team previously worked with a SI Yamaha Venture chassis and a CI Arctic Cat Bearcat chassis, but for the 2025-2026 year and forward, we will be working with an 850 switchback Polaris and a 400 Arctic Cat Blast hybrid. 

At the 2026 competition, the MTU advanced snow team received achievements  for the following: 

Spark Ignition:

  • 1st Place Overall, winning the event in back-to-back years
  • 1st Place Emissions Event
  • 1st Place Business Presentations
  • 1st Place Technical Design Paper
  • 2nd Place Technical Design Presentations
  • 1st Place Industry Impact Points
  • 2nd Place Objective Handling
  • 2nd Place Subjective Handling
  • 3rd Place Objective Noise

2026 Competition Photos

Handling Event

Acceleration Event

Emissions Testing Event

Cold Start Event

Endurance Testing Event

Tech Inspection

Other