Best in class: Wheeler team heads to F1 race-car world championship

A team from Cobb County's magnet program at Wheeler High School placed second in the National F1 in Schools Technology Challenge, the world's largest secondary school technology program. Teams compete to design, manufacture, test, and analyze a CO2-powered model Formula One car. The Wheeler team will compete in the world championship in October in Austin, Texas, against teams from more than 20 countries for a full-ride scholarship to the University College London. The Wheeler team, representing the Southeast, will be one of only three U.S. teams at the world competition. The FI in Schools competition involves more than nine million students from 17,000 schools and 31 nations.