On Saturday, January 25th, we held our first race in 2025 at Mulberry High School.
It started out very cold for us, 34 degress at 6am. The wind wasnt horrible but it was enough to get deep into your body. When the sun came out, everyone appreciated its warm feeling.
We thank Mulberry High School Sponsor Todd Thuma, his team and his Administration for hosting our event.
We thank Trish for the homemade cookies. We thank Ken and Charlie for the donuts. 
The teams arrived and got their cars inspected by Mike. 
We welcome Allan, Peter, students, parents and friends from Palm Beach 4-H Association (Tech Garage) that brought three cars to our event. Very impressive and organized team, we hope to see them at future events.
Teams met with race officials for the drivers meeting. 
We had 13 cars line up for the first race of the day.
The green flag dropped, and teams found their path on the course. A few teams had issues with their cars but overall, the race went well. Tech Garage car 228 had a wheel axle shear, ending their racing for the day.
When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation car 555 with 94 laps
2nd Place Mulberry car 38 with 92 laps
3rd Place Tech Garage car 777 with 91 laps
4th Place Plant City car 83 with 89 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 100 with 73 laps
6th Place Plant City car 210 with 70 laps
7th Place Tech Garage car 09 with 29 laps
8th Place Tech Garage car 228 with 23 laps
Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 114 laps
2nd Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 904 with 97 laps
Advanced
1st Place University of South Florida car 132 with 107 laps
2nd Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 32 with 57 laps
3rd Place Pro EV car 39 with 47 laps
Teams made some adjustments to their cars between races and had lunch.
We had 12 cars line up for the second race. 
When the green flag dropped by our race steward and a future Electrathon driver 
the teams stepped up their pace making everyone watch closely. FSCJ car 32 chased Tiger Racing, University of South Florida chased Pro EV, Tech Garage car 777, Plant City car 83 and Kirkland Ranch competed for overall winner status. The race was exciting to watch. 
When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation car 555 with 104 laps
2nd Place Tech Garage car 777 with 102 laps
3rd Place Plant City car 83 with 100 laps (race time of 1.00.14)
4th Place Mulberry car 38 with 100 laps (race time of 1.00.37)
5th Place Mulberry car 100 with 86 laps
6th Place Plant City car 210 with 84 laps
7th Place Tech Garage car 09 with 23 laps
Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 120 laps
2nd Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 904 with 103 laps
Advanced
1st Place University of South Florida car 132 with 127 laps
2nd Place Pro EV car 39 with 119 laps
3rd Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 32 with 103 laps
To find the overall winner for the race day, we add the laps from each race together
High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation car 555 with 198 laps
2nd Place Tech Garage car 777 with 193 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 192 laps
4th Place Plant City car 83 with 189 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 100 with 159 laps
6th Place Plant City car 210 with 154 laps
7th Place Tech Garage car 09 with 52 laps
8th Place Tech Garage car 228 with 23 laps
Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 234 laps
2nd Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 904 with 200 laps
Advanced
1st Place University of South Florida car 132 with 234 laps
2nd Place Pro EV car 39 with 166 laps
3rd Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 32 with 160 laps
Both Tiger Racing car 4 and University of South Florida car 132 ended the day with a total of 234 laps. We add race times to find winner.
Tiger Racing race times were 1.00.15 + 1.00.30 = 2.00.45
University of South Florida race times were 1.00.06 + 1.00.04 = 2.00.10
The next STEM Electrathon Event will be held in conjunction with the University of South Florida Engineering Expo. We will have a display booth on Friday, February 28th and Electrathon Racing on Saturday, March 1st.