{"id":8138,"date":"2026-04-13T11:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/?p=8138"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:27:21","slug":"usf-engineering-expo-april-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/?p=8138","title":{"rendered":"USF Engineering Expo April 11, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

We held our STEM Electrathon Event at University of South Florida (USF) in conjunction with their Annual Engineering Expo on Saturday, April 11th.<\/p>\n

We thank everyone for their help getting set up before the race and cleaned up after the race.<\/p>\n

We thank Dawn for the donuts and Trish for the homemade cookies.\"\"<\/a>Once again, Trish and Mike did a great job making our trophies.\"\"<\/a>The teams arrived, got their pit areas set up so Mike Ralph could inspect their car(s).\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Teams met with Race Officials for the drivers meeting.\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Our first race of the day had 8 cars lineup.\"\"<\/a>The green flag dropped and teams found their path on the course.<\/p>\n

The first race went really well; a few tire issues and USF had the front wheel welds show stress cracks.<\/p>\n

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
\nHigh School
\n1st Place Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation (KRAI) Power car 555 with 68 laps
\n2nd Place Lyman car 12 with 59 laps
\n3rd Place KRAI Power car 210 with 53 laps
\n4th Place Mulberry car 38 with 34 laps<\/p>\n

Open
\n1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 69 laps
\n2nd Place Mulberry car 100 (driver Todd Thuma) with 34 laps<\/p>\n

Advanced
\n1st Place USF car 132 with 74 laps
\n2nd Place Pro EV car 39 with 73 laps<\/p>\n

In between races teams worked on their cars and had lunch. USF worked on their front wheels; they got them aligned and welded so they could get back for the second race.<\/p>\n

Our second race had 7 cars line up; USF joined the race after it started as repairs took longer than expected. \"\"<\/a>When the checkered flag dropped it was:
\nHigh School
\n1st Place KRAI Power car 555 with 68 laps
\n2nd Place KRAI Power car 210 with 63 laps
\n3rd Place Lyman car 12 with 59 laps
\n4th Place Mulberry car 38 with 45 laps<\/p>\n

Open
\n1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 66 laps
\n2nd Place Mulberry car 100 with 52 laps<\/p>\n

Advanced
\n1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 71 laps
\n2nd Place USF car 132 with 33 laps<\/p>\n

To find the overall winner for the race day, we add the laps from each race together.
\nHigh School
\n1st Place KRAI Power car 555 with 136 laps\"\"<\/a>2nd Place Lyman car 12 with 118 laps\"\"<\/a>3rd Place KRAI Power car 210 with 116 laps\"\"<\/a>4th Place car Mulberry car 38 with 79 laps\"\"<\/a>Open
\n1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 135 laps\"\"<\/a>2nd Place Mulberry car 100 with 86 laps\"\"<\/a>Advanced
\n1st Place PRO EV car 39 with 144 laps\"\"<\/a>2nd Place USF car 132 with 94 laps\"\"<\/a>
\nUPCOMING ETO EVENTS\/RACES<\/p>\n

Saturday, May 9th last race of our season, Mulberry High School
\nALSO
\nEND OF YEAR AWARDS AND BANQUET WILL BE HELD AFTER THE RACE @ MULBERRY HS
\nNOTIFY TRISH AT 813 763 2046 with total number of attendees for banquet by April 15th so that food can be ordered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We held our STEM Electrathon Event at University of South Florida (USF) in conjunction with their Annual Engineering Expo on Saturday, April 11th. We thank everyone for their help getting set up before the race and cleaned up after the race. We thank Dawn for the donuts and Trish for the homemade cookies.Once again, Trish … Continue reading USF Engineering Expo April 11, 2026<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8138"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8138"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8166,"href":"http:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8138\/revisions\/8166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}