WHS STEAM Machine earns another national title

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Driver Avery Pyles, seated, and the WHS STEAM electric car team, from left, Alan Estrada, Wyatt Roney, Tori Jones, Shaun Dorch, Hannah Beumer and team sponsor Virginia Vilardi compete at the Grissom Grand Prix Nov. 9 in Huntsville.

Over the past school year, schools across America competed in Greenpower USA regional races in electric power race cars students designed and built. 

Although the race season was cut short due to COVID-19, Wetumpka High School’s STEAM Machine students who participated in building and racing electric-powered cars earned its second national title in a row.