As the only SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge 2000 sled to make it to the top of the steepest ski run at Snow King Resort in Wyoming, Michigan Tech won Best Performance honors in the Challenge 2000 plus an award from the World Championship Hill Climb.
The Jackson Hole Snow Devils, organizers of the World Championship Hill Climb, created a special class at their event for SAE Clean Snowmobile 2000 participants. For winning the event, MTU received $2,000 in prize money from Teton County and the prestigious belt buckle the Snow Devils reserve for hill-climb champions. Competitors from all over the US come to the World Championship Hill Climb to vie for the titles of King/Queen of the Hill.
Michigan Tech's was the only Clean Snowmobile Challenge sled to make it to the top of the hill (it took just over a minute) and also had the most points overall in the challenge's three performance events: handling, acceleration, and the hill climb. The State University of New York at Buffalo won first place overall in the Clean Snowmobile Challenge, placing first in categories such as fuel economy and emissions.
Teams from seven colleges and universities competed in the event, which was held March 29-31 in Jackson, Wyoming. MTU placed fourth overall.
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