MnDOT’s Name a Snowplow contest returns!
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is excited to announce that the agency’s Name a Snowplow contest returned for a second year! After 22,000 name ideas and 60,000 votes, it’s finally official: Plowy McPlowFace has eight new friends! One new name will be assigned to each of MnDOT’s eight districts later this month. The newly named trucks will join last years’ favorites in the fleet.
Top 50 finalists and top 8 winners
The top 8 winners
- Betty Whiteout – District 8
- Ctrl Salt Delete – District 7
- The Big Leplowski – District 4
- Plowasaurus Rex – Metro District
- Scoop Dogg – District 3
- Blizzard of Oz – District 2
- No More Mr. Ice Guy – District 1
- Edward Blizzardhands – District 6
Finalists
| Snowplow name | Number of votes |
|---|---|
| Betty Whiteout | 40,024 |
| Ctrl Salt Delete | 21,372 |
| The Big Leplowski | 17,478 |
| Plowasaurus Rex | 13,209 |
| Scoop Dogg | 13,144 |
| Blizzard of Oz | 12,742 |
| No More Mr. Ice Guy | 11,198 |
| Edward Blizzardhands | 10,664 |
| Sir Plows-a-Lot | 10,606 |
| Catch My Drift | 10,385 |
| Sled Zeppelin | 10,354 |
| Lord Coldemort | 9,894 |
| C-3PSnow | 9,844 |
| Giiwedin (Ojibwe word for ‘north wind’) | 9,344 |
| Minnesnowta | 9,272 |
| Uff Da | 8,366 |
| Ičamna (Dakota word for ‘blizzard’) | 8,303 |
| Dontcha Snow | 8,081 |
| L’Plow du Nord | 7,561 |
| Mr. Plow | 7,339 |
| Everyday I’m Shovelin’ | 7,142 |
| William Scrape-speare | 6,941 |
| Blade of Glory | 6,221 |
| How Now Orange Plow? | 6,188 |
| Oh Fer Snow | 6,045 |
| Flake Superior | 5,899 |
| Snowzilla | 5,284 |
| Snow Big Deal | 5,226 |
| Below Zero Hero | 5,097 |
| Say it Ain’t Snow | 5,024 |
| Coldy Gopher | 4,979 |
| Not Snow Fast | 4,769 |
| Thawnos | 4,578 |
| Plowin’ in the Wind | 4,344 |
| Scoopy Doo & Scraper Too | 4,250 |
| Winter Warrior | 4,053 |
| Skol Plow | 3,989 |
| Orange You Glad To See Me? | 3,883 |
| No Business Like Snow Business | 3,775 |
| Ski-U-Plow | 3,538 |
| The Iron Ranger | 3,385 |
| A Snowplow Named De-icer | 3,350 |
| Timbrrrwolf | 3,083 |
| Sweet Child O’ Brine | 2,859 |
| Orange Thunder | 2,812 |
| Frosty’s Demise | 2,703 |
| Northern Express | 2,438 |
| Halloween Blizzard Avenger | 1,916 |
| Sweet Carol-brine | 1,705 |
| All About That Snow | 1,401 |
Note: Individuals were able to vote for up to eight choices, so the final tallies will differ from the overall number of votes. There were a total of 59,655 unique voters in this year’s contest.
Previous contest winners
Below were all 50 finalists and the top 8 in MnDOT’s 2020-21 Name a Snowplow contest with the number of votes each name received.
The top 8 winners
- Plowy McPlowFace – Metro District
- Ope, Just Gonna Plow Right Past Ya – District 4
- Duck Duck Orange Truck – District 1
- Plow Bunyan – District 2
- Snowbi Wan Kenobi – District 6
- F. Salt Fitzgerald – District 7
- Darth Blader – District 3
- The Truck Formerly Known As Plow – District 8
Finalists
| Snowplow name | Number of votes |
|---|---|
| Ain’t Snow Stopping Us Now | 7,969 |
| Babe the Orange Plow | 7,266 |
| Blizzard Blaster | 6,273 |
| Blizzard of Oz | 12,665 |
| Blizzard Wizard | 8,364 |
| Buzz Iceclear | 11,079 |
| C-3PSnow | 13,124 |
| Cold Enough for Ya? | 4,719 |
| Darth Blader | 20,344 |
| Dontcha Snow | 13,736 |
| Duck Duck Orange Truck | 25,824 |
| Edward Blizzardhands | 13,381 |
| F. Salt Fitzgerald | 20,699 |
| Fast and the Flurry Less | 6,284 |
| Flake Superior | 7,671 |
| For Your Ice Only | 7,837 |
| Frostbite | 4,045 |
| Frosty the Snowplow | 9,108 |
| Giiwedin (Ojibwe word for ‘north wind’) | 16,041 |
| Goldy Snow-pher | 5,645 |
| Ičamna (Dakota word for ‘blizzard’) | 14,264 |
| Joe Plow-er | 5,958 |
| Justin Moresnow | 6,676 |
| Kent Brrr-bek | 5,955 |
| King of the North | 8,099 |
| Lake SnowBeGone | 8,061 |
| Live, Laugh, Plow | 8,378 |
| L'Plow du Nord | 12,237 |
| Luke Snowalker | 8,098 |
| Mary Tyler More Snow | 6,306 |
| Minnesota nICE | 9,003 |
| No Business Like Snow Business | 4,990 |
| Oh Snow You Didn't! | 9,518 |
| Ope, Just Gonna Plow Right Past Ya | 29,457 |
| Plow Bunyan | 22,016 |
| Plowabunga! | 11,226 |
| Plowin' in the Wind | 4,803 |
| Plowy McPlowFace | 65,292 |
| Princess Kay of the Snowy Way | 5,075 |
| Purple Snow | 8,829 |
| Raspberry Brrr-et | 11,465 |
| Road Carew | 6,621 |
| Sir Plows A Lot | 16,212 |
| Snow Place like Home | 4,346 |
| Snowbi Wan Kenobi | 21,568 |
| Spirit of ‘91 | 9,338 |
| Tator Tot Hotdish | 10,554 |
| The Truck Formerly Known as Plow | 17,549 |
| The Winterstate | 4,135 |
Note: Individuals were able to vote for up to eight choices, so the final tallies will differ from the overall number of votes. There were a total of 122,435 unique voters.