The fourth tractor biathlon took place on February 21 at the training ground of the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy in Gorki. This year, the organizers doubled the length of the track to one kilometer and complicated the configuration.
The competition machine is the compact BELARUS 920. The energy-intensive BELARUS 3522 and the legendary classic model BELARUS 82.1 were exhibited for demonstration runs and guest rides.
The track included two high-speed sections with technical elements: a "figure eight" and a "snake", both made with a transverse slope - the tractors were constantly skidding sideways on them. Before the firing range, participants had to reverse, get out of the cab, hit five targets and return to the track. For each miss and knocked down post - a penalty lap. According to the organizers, shooting accuracy ultimately became the decisive factor: whoever closed all five targets practically guaranteed themselves a place on the podium.
24 people participated in the competition - students of the BGSHA and the Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University, as well as mechanics from farms throughout the country.
Guests from the Surazh Industrial and Agricultural Technical School of the Bryansk region came to the competition - the educational institution operates seven tractors from the Minsk Tractor Plant and plans to bring its own participants next year.
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