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