Our last STEM Electrathon Race of the 2021-2022 Season was held on May 7th. We thank Mulberry HS Electrathon Sponsor Todd Thuma, his students and Administration for hosting our event. We had a new course and fresh payment for the teams to enjoy.

We welcome back Ryno Racing (Ryan Norden) and his new all wheel steering Electrathon
As the teams prepared their cars for the last event of the season others continued to watch the sky and forecasts. We had 11 cars line up for the first race of the dayWhen the green flag dropped, Kinetic Industries car 99 had an electrical issue and had to return to the pitsTeams took it easy on the new course for a few laps before they found their line and made the race interestingRyno Racings new car hit the pits after 12 laps and did not return. Plant City car 210 had to pit for a flat tire giving the others a chance to catch up in laps. They got the tire replaced and returned to the track.

The weather alerts came in stating rain and possible lightning was on its way. After 50 minutes of racing, the race was called for safety reasons due to the lightning and the start of rain which turned into a downpour.

At the end of the first race, it was:

High School Class
1st Place Plant City car 83 with 56 laps
2nd Place Mulberry car 38 with 52 laps
3rd Place Plant City car 210 with 48 laps

Open Class
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 54 laps
2nd Place Kinetic Industries car 19 with 53 laps
3rd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 50 laps
4th Place Kinetic Industries car 99 with 32 laps

Advanced Class
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 63 laps
2nd Place Fortuna car 444 with 60 laps
3rd Place J & S Racing car 128 with 56 laps
4th Place Ryno Racing car 360 with 12 laps

The fastest lap in the first race was completed by J & S Racing car 128 with a 39.708 lap. As the lightening and rain continued, Todd took us on a tour of their new school and his classroom/lab that was impressive.

The sun came out and dried most of the course before the second race line up. We had 10 cars line up for the second race as Kinetic Industries car 99 did not return to race. Ryno Racing car 360 completed 24 laps and called it a day.

The high school teams went at it to see who would finish the day in first place; all three cars gave it their all until Mulberry car 38 started having sounds from their rear wheel and slowed down so they could finish the race.

Tiger Racing car 4, Kinetic Industries car 19 and Silver Bullet car 94 went at it and finished with 1 lap and less time deciding the race results for the Open Class.

Pro EV car 39 put on a great race against Fortuna car 444 until Pro EV had a chain issue and had to pit giving Fortuna a chance to catch up in laps.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:

High School Class
1st Place Plant City car 210 with 68 laps
2nd Place Plant City car 83 with 63 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 56 laps

Open Class
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 69 laps
2nd Place Kinetic Industries car 19 with 68 laps and a race time of 1.00.00
3rd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 68 laps and a race time of 1.00.37

Advanced Class
1st Place Fortuna car 444 with 76 laps
2nd Place J & S Racing car 128 with 62 laps and a race time of 59.33.086
3rd Place Pro EV car 39 with 62 laps and a race time of 1.00.32
4th Place Ryno Racing car 360 with 24 laps

Once again, the fastest lap in the first race was beat by J & S Racing car 128 when they did a 38.780 lap. The laps from both races are combined to establish the overall winners for the race day.

High School Class
1st Place Plant City car 83 with 119 laps2nd Place Plant City car 210 with 116 laps3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 108 laps

Open Class
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 123 laps2nd Place Kinetic Industries car 19 with 121 laps3rd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 118 laps4th Place Kinetic Industries car 99 with 32 laps

Advanced Class
1st Place Fortuna car 444 with 136 laps2nd Place Pro Ev car 39 with 125 laps3rd Place J & S Racing car 128 with 118 laps4th Place Ryno Racing car 360 with 36 laps

We had a great season; we thank everyone for their support and dedication to our students and teams. Our 2022-2023 tentative race schedule will be posted soon.

We held our STEM Electrathon Event at Plant City High School on Saturday, April 30th. We thank Plant City High School Sponsors David Kocher and Fernando Guillen along with their Administration for hosting our event. We thank the PCHS students that helped Friday afternoon with the setup of the course.

We thank the inspection teams that inspected the cars at this race. David Kocher and Kevin Dye inspected the high school cars, Ken Fiallos and Nicodemus Brothers inspected the open/advanced cars.

Our race Steward Mike Frederick met with teams/drivers for the drivers meeting

As the teams lined up for the first race, 10 cars got into position
Kinetic Industries car 19 Mulberry car 38 ProEv car 39 Middleton car 80 Plant City HS car 83 Middleton HS car 133 Fortuna car 444 Plant City HS car 210 Kinetic Industries car 99 Plant City HS car 208

As the green flag dropped starting the first race drivers established their line on the track and kept a steady pace. Plant City car 208 had a thumping sound due to their new rims and tires. During the race, teams started having issues with their cars. Kinetic Industries car 99 had their chain issue’s return; after the chain came off the third time they decided to pit and call it a day. Plant City 83 went too fast into turn three and came up on two wheels. Kinetic Industries 19 said they also came up onto two wheels. Fortuna 444 went fast into turn three and wound up turned around and on their side. The driver was not injured but the car had rear wheel issues and front brake/wheel assembly damage, into the pits they were carried.

At the end of the first race, it was:
High School Class
1st Place Middleton 80 with 88 laps
2nd Place Plant City 210 with 84 laps
3rd Place Mulberry 38 with 73 laps
4th Place Middleton 133 with 68 laps
5th Place Plant City 208 with 40 laps
6th Place Plant City 83 with 37 laps
Open Class
1st Place Kinetic Industries 19 with 82 laps
2nd Place Kinetic Industries 99 with 20 laps
Advanced Class
1st Place Pro EV 39 with 107 laps
2nd Place Fortuna 444 with 91 laps.

Teams worked on their cars between races and celebrated Trish’s birthday with a piece of cake

As the teams lined up for the second race, our open class cars called it a day and headed home.

When the green flag dropped starting the second race, teams were determined to go for the overall win. The Fortuna car had a sound coming from their front wheel that sounded like a frog as it went along the track at a much slower pace than their first race, pitting after 11.27 minutes. Pro EV experienced a chain issue and took longer than normal to get back into the race Plant City 210 was quiet and ran exceptionally well until Charlie said something about it and a few laps later they headed to the pits for the day with a rear wheel axle issue (David said thanks Charlie).

When the checkered flag dropped it was a close race in our high school class
1st Place Plant City 83 with 89 laps
2nd Place Middleton 133 with 88 laps
3rd Place Middleton 80 with 85 laps
4th Place Mulberry 38 with 79 laps
5th Place Plant City 210 with 60 laps
6th Place Plant City 208 with 57 laps
Advanced Class
1st Place Pro EV 39 with 91 laps
2nd Place Fortuna 444 with 7 laps

The laps from both races were combined to determine the overall winners for the day of racing.
At each race before giving out the awards for the day we ask if everyone is ok and get input on the course, multiple students said it was not challenging enough and they found it to be boring.
High School Class
1st Place Middleton car 80 with 173 laps
2nd Place Middleton car 133 with 156 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 152 laps
4th Place Plant City car 210 with 144 laps
5th Place Plant City car 83 with 126 laps
6th Place Plant City car 208 with 97 laps

Open Class
1st Place Kinetic Industries car 19 with 82 laps
2nd Place Kinetic Industries car 99 with 20 laps

Advanced Class
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 198 laps
2nd Place Fortuna car 444 with 109 laps

Our last race of the season will be held at Mulberry High School on May 7th followed by our awards and end of year banquet.

Our last STEM Electrathon Event of the 2021-2022 Season will be held on May 7, 2022 at Mulberry High School located at 1 Panther Place, Mulberry, Florida 33860. We will be using the parking lot on the North side of the campus. Bring the entire family for this free fun filled day of STEM Racing.

The awards for this race and the end of year awards will be held at the American Legion Post 4 located at 1375 Ariana Street, Lakeland, Florida 33803. Team members/family must have an RSVP with Trish to attend.

Red – Course
Green – Scoring Area
Blue by scoring area – Pits
Purple – not to be raced on

Our next STEM Electrathon Event will be held at Plant City High School located at 1 Raider Place on Saturday, April 30th. Bring the entire family for this free fun filled day of STEM Racing.

We had a great day of STEM Electrathon Racing at Brandon High School. We want to thank Brandon Electrathon Sponsor Tim Ruman and the BHS Administration for hosting our event. There were 14 cars that attended this event.

We thank those that mentored and inspected the cars at this race. Mulberry HS (Todd Thuma) and Titans (Brady Weber) inspected the high school cars. Pro EV (Cliff Rassweiler) and Fortuna (Mike Ralph) inspected the open/advanced cars. Jim Truitt and Charles Harrison inspected the three new build cars. John and Stephen Astfanous returned to our organization with their two new cars. Team Fortuna built a new car since our last race and had it ready to race. We all decided to call it the banana car.

Our first race had 9 open/advanced cars. When the green flag dropped, one of our new Astfanous cars had a slight issue and figured it out as Pro EV 39 was in the third turn. All the cars did well; the new driver in the Kinetic Industries car (Breanna Dye) did very well and appears to be a little competitive.

When the checkered flag dropped, ending the race it was:

Open Class
1st Place Kinetic Industries 19 with 95 laps
2nd Place Silver Bullet 94 with 91 laps
3rd Place Titans 242 with 84 laps
4th Place Kinetic Industries 99 with 67 laps
5th Place Tiger Racing 4 with 63 laps

Advanced Class
1st Place Pro EV 39 with 118 laps
2nd Place Fortuna 444 with 99 laps
3rd Place Astfanous car 128 with 76 laps
4th Place Astfanous car 256 with 76 laps

The High School teams lined up and when the green flag dropped there were 5 cars. Drivers did very well and when the checkered flag dropped:
1st Place Plant City 83 with 89 laps
2nd Place Middleton 80 with 88 laps
3rd Place Middleton 133 with 80 laps
4th Place Plant City 210 with 73 laps
5th Place Mulberry 38 with 67 laps

Teams made some adjustments to their cars during the lunch break and were ready to go for round two of racing.

The open/advanced teams lined up and you could feel the competition in the air. The green flag dropped starting the race. The new Astfanous car had issue with motor sprocket and car sending them to the pits for the day. Titans 242 had new tires on their car and the track ate them up after a total of 1 hour 45 minutes of racing for the day. Kinetic Industries 99 hit the green flag sitting beside the track and Pro EV had the rear tire go out and had to pit to get it changed, giving Fortuna 444 a chance to win race two.

When the checkered flag dropped ending the race:

Open Class
1st Place Kinetic Industries 19 with 98 laps
2nd Place Silver Bullet 94 with 92 laps
3rd Place Tiger Racing 4 with 78 laps
4th Place Kinetic Industries 99 with 75 laps
5th Place Titans 242 with 69 laps

Advanced Class
1st Place Fortuna 444 with 105 laps
2nd Place Pro EV 38 with 100 laps
3rd Place Astfanous car 256 with 72 laps
4th Place Astfanous car 128 with 25 laps

The high school teams lined up for their second race of the day. When the green flag dropped to start the race, Mulberry 38 hugged the first two inside lanes, Plant City 210 and Middleton 80 went at it while the Middleton 133 car kept a steady and strong pace.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
1st Place Middleton 80 with 93 laps
2nd Place Middleton 133 with 90 laps
3rd Place Plant City 83 with 87 laps
4th Place Mulberry 38 with 86 laps
5th Place Plant City 210 with 82 laps

The lap totals from both races are added together to find the overall winners for the day of STEM Electrathon Racing.

High School Class
1st Place Middleton 80 with 181 laps
2nd Place Plant City 83 with 176 laps
3rd Place Middleton 133 with 170 laps
4th Place Plant City 210 with 155 laps
5th Place Mulberry 38 with 153 laps

Open Class
1st Place Kinetic Industries 19 with 193 laps
2nd Place Silver Bullet 94 with 183 laps
3rd Place Titans 242 with 153 laps
4th Place Kinetic Industries 99 with 143 laps
5th Place Tiger Racing 4 with 141 laps

Advanced Class
1st Place Pro EV 39 with 218 laps
2nd Place Fortuna 444 with 204 laps
3rd Place Astfanous car 256 with 148 laps
4th Place Astfanous car 128 with 101 laps

our next race will be held on Saturday, April 30th at Plant City High School

Our Electrathon of Tampa Bay/Florida family hopes Jerry (Silver Bullet Team) has a speedy recovery after his motorcycle accident while in Florida. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Jerry.

This Electrathon car will be at the Brandon High School race on April 9, 2022, it is for sale, as seen in the pictures, some work is needed to bring up to Electrathon America Handbook standards. Has a motor and controller.
$750.00

This Electrathon car will be at the Brandon High School race on April 9, 2022, it is for sale, as seen in the pictures, some work is needed to bring up to Electrathon America Handbook standards. Has a wheel hub motor, controller and a set of poor condition batteries.
$750.00

Our next STEM Electrathon Race will be on Brandon High Schools track (oval course) located at 1101 Victoria Street, Brandon FL 33510. The race day will allow for a total of four, one-hour races, schedule posted below. If you did not show your Electrathon America number renewal at the February race, please show at this race when registering.
BLUE – PITS
GREEN – TOWER
RED – SCORING/REGISTRATION
PURPLE – VEHICLE PARKING

RACE DAY SCHEDULE

We held our February 19th race at University of South Florida (USF) Engineering Expo. We thank USF for including us again this year in their annual event. A special thank you goes to USF Team (Kai) for helping with Expo information this year. We also want to thank Bob’s Barricades in Tampa for their prompt delivery of the cones needed for our race.

Once again Mike, Trish and Charlie worked on Friday evening to set up cones and barriers. On Saturday morning they were at it again for a few hours before anyone arrived to complete the event set up.

We had a total of 14 cars attending this year’s event at USF (great turnout).

We started our new process for car inspections. Since our organization is a MENTORING partnership of Contractors, Educators, Engineers, Interested Citizens and Information Technologists, the inspection teams consisted of Executive Board and Team Sponsors from each class. This promotes a unity among teams no matter which class you participate in.

Our organization was formed to educate the STUDENTS in STEM and hands on applications. We thank those that mentored and inspected the cars at this race. Tiger Racing (Rodney Schreck) and Middleton Sponsor (William Knight) inspected the high school cars.Silver Bullet Racing (Jim Robinson, our State of FL representative on the Electrathon America Board) and Fortuna Racing (Mike Ralph) inspected the open and advanced cars.

Reminder, all team cars must arrive on time for inspections to be done prior to the track opening for practice laps.

Mike Frederick (Race Steward) conducted our drivers meeting.As teams lined up for the first race the spectators grew in anticipation of the race starting.When the green flag dropped to start the race, drivers worked to find their line on the track for best performance of their cars. The USF car 48, in the second lap, had their brake system come apart on one of their wheels sending them to the pits. Pro EV car 39 ran well until the motor shaft broke ending their day of racing.
At the end of the first race in the High School Class: 1st Plant City car 83, 67 laps2nd Mulberry car 38, 60 laps3rd Plant City car 210, 58 laps 4th Middleton car 133, 35 laps 5th Middleton car 80, 35 laps 6th Plant City car 208, 33 laps Open Class: 1st Tiger Racing car 4, 73 laps 2nd Silver Bullet Racing Car 94, 71 laps 3rd Kinetic Industries car 19, 64 laps 4th Kinetic Industries car 99, 60 laps Advanced Class: 1st Fortuna car 444, 71 laps 2nd Silver Bullet Racing Car 13, 67 laps3rd Pro EV car 39, 51 laps USF car 48, 1 lapTeams worked on their cars during the break between races.As teams lined up for the second race, only 13 cars lined up. When the green flag dropped, drivers had to manage the tight chicane before getting their line in the track. Plant City car 210 and Kinetic Industries car 99 kissed in the chicane sending one up on the curb. Kinetic Industries car 19 spun out causing some damage later in the race ending their racing for the day. Mulberry car 38 had their rear wheel welds crack. Middleton car 80 had the front suspension welds let go sending them to the pits for the day. Middleton car 133 kept throwing their chain, ending their race day early.

At the end of the second race: High School Class: 1st Plant City car 210, 67 laps, 2nd Plant City car 83, 53 laps, 3rd Plant City car 208, 47 laps, 4th Mulberry car 38, 45 laps, 5th Middleton car 133, 16 laps.

Open Class: 1st Tiger Racing car 4, 71 laps, 2nd Kinetic Industries car 99, 67 laps, 3rd Silver Bullet car 94, 64 laps, 4th Kinetic Industries car 19, 35 laps.

Advanced Class: 1st Silver Bullet car 13, 72 laps (1.00.20), 2nd Fortuna car 444, 72 laps (1.00.22), 3rd USF car 48, 49 laps.

To find the overall results for the race day the laps for both races are added together.

High School Class: 1st Plant City car 210, 125 laps2nd Pant City car 83, 120 laps3rd Mulberry car 38, 105 laps4th Plant City car 208, 80 laps5th Middleton car 133, 51 laps6th Middleton car 80, 35 laps

Open Class: 1st Tiger Racing car 4, 144 laps2nd Silver Bullet Racing car 94, 135 laps3rd Kinetic Industries car 99, 117 laps4th Kinetic Industries car 19, 99 laps

Advanced Class: 1st Fortuna car 444, 143 laps2nd Silver Bullet Racing car 13, 139 laps3rd Pro EV car 39, 51 laps4th USF car 48, 49 laps

Our next race will be on April 9, 2022 at Brandon High School. This is an oval course and the race schedule for the day will be different due to number of cars.