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- Nearly 30 schools took part in the final
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- The children had to build the rocket cars themselves
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- One team took out spokes from the wheels to reduce weight
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- The cars were cut from blocks of foam
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- The challenge was to make them as aerodynamic as possible
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- Every car also had to carry a BBC micro:bit
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- The micro:bit would measure the speed of the car
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- SOme teams had many members , while others just had one
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- The BBC micro:bit is a small, programmable computer
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- The cars line up on the starting line
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- Small rockets were inserted into the cars
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- The rockets would send the cars speeding along at nearly 50mph
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- WHen the track was clear, the button was pressed to launch the cars
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- Santa Pod Raceway is Europe’s first permanent drag racing venue
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- The winning team – Slim Jim, with Army, Bloodhound and Microsoft representatives
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- A replica of the 1,000mph Bloodhound car
