The next time you see snow plows on the road, you might be passing Darth Blader or Snow Big Red!
The Nebraska Department of Transportation recently announced 17 winners of its inaugural “Name a Snowplow” contest. After sorting through 300 submissions by Nebraska elementary school students, the plow names (below) will be branded with their new nickname and will be tracked. That’s right, NDOT’s website will let you follow the selected plows in real time.
NDOT has over 600 snowplows and hopes to name an additional 30 in another contest next year (before October 2023). Additional information will be shared on NDOT’s social media pages.
Congratulations to the winning schools!
Check out the winning snow plow names and school districts/elementary schools:
- Blizzard Buster, D7, Bloomfield Elementary School
- Blizzard of Oz, D2, Bloomfield Elementary School
- Darth Blader, D1, McCool Junction Public School
- Dragon Flame, D4, Our Redeemer Lutheran Staplehurst
- Drift Slayer, D6, Bloomfield Elementary School
- Flurry Force, D5, High Plains Community
- Ice breaker 2000, D3, Bloomfield Elementary School
- Peppermint, D8, Malcolm Public Schools
- Plower Power, D3, Bloomfield Elementary School
- Snow Angel, D7, Bloomfield Elementary School
- Snow Beast, D8, McCool Junction Public School
- Snow Big Red, D4, Shelby Rising City (This one is my favorite)
- Snow Blade, D4, Emmanuel-Faith Lutheran
- Snow Day Hunter, D6, McCool Junction Public School
- Snowbuster, D1, McCool Junction Public School, Bloomfield Elementary School
- Snow-tal Annihilation, D2, Bloomfield Elementary School
- Winter Warrior, D5, McCool Junction Public School