K-State Powercat Tractors Win 7th International Competition

For the seventh time in the 11-year history of the event, a team from Kansas State University has won the International Quarter-Scale Tractor Design Competition.

The K-State Powercat Tractors Quarter-Scale Design Team placed first overall out of 24 team from schools across the U.S. and Canada by accumulating the most points in the competition categories of performance, written report, oral report, design judging and maneuverability. K-State was first in the 1,050-pound performance pull and tied for first in the 1,300-pound performance pull.

Members of the team are K-State agricultural technology management majors from the College of Agriculture and biological and agricultural engineering majors from the College of Engineering.