There was a roadeo in Pierre yesterday afternoon (Oct. 12, 2022), but this one involved snowplow drivers, plows and orange construction zone markers rather than cowboys, cowgirls, horses and bulls.
Jason Humphrey is a Pierre Region Engineer for the South Dakota Department of Transportation. He says the State Finals Snowfighter Roadeo is a fun competition that also gets the state’s snowplow drivers thinking about the winter season ahead.
With barely inches of room for the snowplows to move between the markers, Humphrey says it’s a challenging course.
Humphrey says, in his opinion, the South Dakota’s snowfighter team is the best in the country.
This year’s SDDOT State Finals Snowfighter Roadeo champion is Nathan Loecker from the Yankton area. He scored 1700 out of a possible 2000 points. Second place came from the Watertown area and 3rd place from the Sioux Falls area.
A snowfighter eases the plow through the first curve in the South Dakota State Finals Snowfighter Roadeo Oct. 12, 2022, in Pierre.
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A snowfighter backing up through one part of the South Dakota State Finals Snowfighter Roadeo course Oct. 12, 2022, in Pierre.
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South Dakota Department of Transportation staff scramble to reset the obstacles after a big wind gust blew some of the barricades and cones out of place during the State Finals Snowfighter Roadeo course Oct. 12, 2022, in Pierre.
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South Dakota Department of Transportation staff scramble to reset the obstacles after a big wind gust blew some of the barricades and cones out of place during the State Finals Snowfighter Roadeo course Oct. 12, 2022, in Pierre.
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A judge measuring how far a snowfighter stopped his plow in front of the course finish line during the State Finals Snowfighter Roadeo Oct. 12, 2022, in Pierre.
Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Photo credit DRG Media Group.
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