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Illinois Competes in 2008 Quarter Scale Tractor Competition

Published Jun 3, 2008

We can once again be proud of the Illini Pullers representing ABE and the University of Illinois with a high quality effort at the 11^th Anniversary of the ASABE International ¼ Scale Tractor Student Design competition that took place May 29-June 1, 2008 at the Expo Gardens, Peoria, IL. The A-team and their tractor, "Spirit of the Chief", competed against 25 other schools.  "Legendary Chief" competed in the X-team pulls against 11 other teams. The A-Team did not place in the top five teams overall, but they still made a big impact as did the X-team.

The team placed as follows:

3^rd Web site design competition (to check out the Illini Puller's website click here)

2^nd Written design report

2^nd Oral presentation

1^st Overall X-team competition

Other results:

Overall tractor pull winners: 1^st Kansas State, 2^nd Nichols State, 3^rd Kentucky

Overall Competition champions: 1^st Kansas State, 2^nd University of Laval, 3^rd Iowa State, 4^th Kentucky, 5^th Saskatchewan... 11^th University of Illinois

Once again it was a very rewarding and impressive event.  Apart from Illinois, the only other 6-engine tractor was Purdue’s.  All 25 tractors competing had unique designs and configurations.  The camaraderie amongst teams is always impressive and uplifting.

Spirit of the Chief

Spirit of the Chief Competes

To find out more about the competition and the rules consult the ASABE website:

http://www.asabe.org/students/tractor/asaecomp.html

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