LIVONIA, Mich.–Zeal Credit Union said it will sponsor a second attempt at breaking the U.S. record and the Guinness World Record for a chain reaction event that will involve some 250,000 dominoes.
The credit union is sponsoring the attempt by a team led by Steve Price as part of an event known as the Science Machine World Edition to be held at the Westland Shopping Center in July. Price, a recent graduate of Michigan State University and its Honors College, earned his degree in mechanical engineering.
If successful, it would break a U.S. record set in July of 2015 when the team built a chain reaction that toppled 197,598 dominoes at the Michigan Science Center
This year’s theme will focus on world cultures and incorporate all seven continents. It is expected to include designs of Chinese scrolls to represent Asia, soccer balls for South America and possibly a tribute to Route 66 for the United States, among other segments.
The 18-member team will complement its 250,000 dominoes with everything from Hot Wheels tracks to ping pong balls to string. Price said the chain reaction will have a 70,000-domino “circle field” — a large circle of dominoes that topples from the center and outward — that could break the Guinness World Record for circle fields.
With sponsorship from Zeal in 2015, the attempt to set the Guinness World Record for a chain-reaction machine fell short.