The Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race (GNCTR) is the largest student-run engineering competition in Canada. GNCTR 2019 was the 45th annual competition and brought together more than 450 engineering students from universities and technical institutions across North America.
Ten members of Concordia's team travelled all the way to Edmonton for this year's event, which took place from January 30 to February 3.
Race day was on February 2 and included three major events: the drag race, which requires passing through three sets of gates oriented in a straight line in the fastest time possible; the slalom, which requires passing through three sets of gates staggered laterally; and King of the Hill, which entails two teams racing down the hill in separate lanes the first to cross the finish line advances to the next round.
Concordia's team completed the drag race and the slalom successfully, reaching a top speed over 45 kilometres per hour, and we made it to the top four in the King of the Hill contest.
