YOUNG engineers have finished building motorised model cars as part of a project inspired by the latest world land speed record attempt.

Children at Harwood Meadows Primary School were special guests at the launch of the Bloodhound project in London last month.

Project leader Richard Noble and driver Andy Green told them they wanted to inspire the next generation of engineers as well as shatter the world land speed record with a 1,000mph rocket car.

Harwood Meadows, in Orchard Gardens, Harwood, was the only school in the country invited to attend the launch because it piloted a set of educational tools linked to the project.

The pilot has now finished, and the pupils, all members of the school’s young engineering club, are looking forward to racing their creations.

Their cars, created over the past six months in class, are powered by elastic band motors, and the children will race them against each other and the clock.

The club members, all aged nine to 11, are Leanne Crompton, Elli-Jayne Gleave, Megan Holland, Spike Hutchinson, Jennifer Lay, Ben Lloyd, Daisy Meekings, Sam Mumberson, Jack Richards, Anthony Sulley, Ryan Terry, Rhian Thompson, Jake Wadd and Nathanial Wolfendale.

At some point next year, the children will travel to Bristol, where Bloodhound is being built.

Teacher Samantha Brown said: “The children are really thrilled to be involved.

“It is such a huge thing, and it is only now starting to sink in.”