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Gravity Games Speeds Through Downtown Douglasville

Powered by gravity, the cars start racing at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Gravity will be on display Saturday in Google’s second Georgia Gravity Gamesin downtown Douglasville.

The event is a real-world experience for students and adults from across the state to use STEM ​(science, technology, engineering and math)​ ​skills ​to build and race their own gravity-powered cars.

Cars may be propelled only by gravity to get them across the finish line. ​

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More than 30 teams have registered, and more than 1,000 people are expected attend.

Racing begins around 9 a.m., followed by the awards ceremony around 1:30 p.m.

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Event partners include the City of Douglasville, Georgia Tech and Google.

(Photo: Preston Timms [closest to camera] and Ethan Ardis ready for race between Douglasville PD and DCSO in the 2014 Georgia Gravity Games soap box derby race in Douglasville. Credit: Georgia Gravity Games)

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