Students from Mount Prevost School test their gravity cars during the annual Cowichan Valley School District Gravity Car Challenge hosted by the Vancouver Island Motorsports Circuit on Feb. 2. The Gravity Car Challenge aims to help students build or enhance fundamental trades skills. For more from the event see page 25. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Ron Glass releases the gravity cars during the annual Gravity Car Challenge, an event and aims to help students build or enhance fundamental trades skills. This year’s event, held Feb. 2, featured 2,200 cars constructed by students at 15 different schools. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Speed aside, the design element was integral to winning the best-looking vehicle competition at this year’s Cowichan Valley School District Gravity Car Challenge event, held Feb. 2, featured 2,200 cars constructed by students at 15 different schools. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Speed aside, the design element was integral to winning the best-looking vehicle competition at this year’s Cowichan Valley School District Gravity Car Challenge on Feb. 2. The event featured 2,200 cars constructed by students at 15 different schools. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Maple Bay students test their gravity cars during the annual Cowichan Valley School District Gravity Car Challenge hosted by the Vancouver Island Motorsports Circuit, on Feb. 2. The Gravity Car Challenge aims to help students build or enhance fundamental trades skills. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
During the annual Cowichan Valley School District Gravity Car Challenge hosted by the Vancouver Island Motorsports Circuit on Feb. 2, students visited various stations including a coding station. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
The annual Cowichan Valley School District Gravity Car Challenge activities include a tour of the Motorsports Circuit, a look inside a high performance sports car, and, of course photos inside. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
The annual Cowichan Valley School District Gravity Car Challenge activities include a tour of the Motorsports Circuit, a look inside a high performance sports car, and, of course photos inside. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
The annual Cowichan Valley School District Gravity Car Challenge activities include a tour of the Motorsports Circuit, a look inside a high performance sports car, and, of course photos inside. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Drinkwater and Chemainus students test their gravity cars during the annual Cowichan Valley School District Gravity Car Challenge hosted by the Vancouver Island Motorsports Circuit on Feb. 2. The Gravity Car Challenge aims to help students build or enhance fundamental trades skills. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Drinkwater and Mount Prevost students test their gravity cars during the annual Cowichan Valley School District Gravity Car Challenge hosted by the Vancouver Island Motorsports Circuit on Feb. 2. The Gravity Car Challenge aims to help students build or enhance fundamental trades skills. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Chemainus, Drinkwater and Mount Prevost students test their gravity cars during the annual Cowichan Valley School District Gravity Car Challenge hosted by the Vancouver Island Motorsports Circuit on Feb. 2. The Gravity Car Challenge aims to help students build or enhance fundamental trades skills. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
Students from Lake Cowichan School attended the annual Cowichan Valley School District Gravity Car Challenge hosted by the Vancouver Island Motorsports Circuit on Feb. 2. The Gravity Car Challenge aims to help students build or enhance fundamental trades skills. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)On Thursday, Feb. 2, the Vancouver Island Motorsports Circuit hosts the annual Cowichan Valley School District Gravity Car Challenge.
More than 2,200 gravity cars were built by students at 15 different schools this year and this final event challenges students to race their speedy cars with competition from around the district.
With a chance to win a trip around the circuit in a high-performance sports car on the line, the competition is fierce.
The day’s activities include a tour of the Motorsports Circuit, a look under a high performance sports car, and photos inside. The Gravity Car Challenge is an annual event and aims to help students build or enhance fundamental trades skills.
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