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Georgia Gravity Games Draw Racers, Fans to Douglasville

Gravity-powered cars steal the show in second annual event. See photos from the event.

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Google, Georgia Tech and the City of Douglasville welcomed more than 30 teams and hundreds of spectators for the second annual Georgia Gravity Games Saturday.

Gravity Games is a real-world experience for students and adults from across the state to use STEM ​(science, technology, engineering and math)​ education and ​skills ​to build and race their own gravity-powered cars, which are propelled downhill by gravity alone to get them across the finish line.

The event included two divisions: kit cars and engineered cars.

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Kit Car Division Results

  • First Place: Mason Creek Elementary
  • Second Place: Lithia Springs High School
  • Third Place: Russom Middle School

Engineered Car Division Results

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  • First Place: Alexander High School
  • Second Place: Lithia Springs High School Robotics Team

There were also “grudge matches” between local city and county public service officers:

  • First Place: Douglas County Sheriff’s’ Office
  • Second Place: Douglasville Police Department
  • Third Place: Douglas County Fire Department

Article, photos from Google Georgia Gravity Games

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