We held our STEM Electrathon Event at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation on Saturday, October 11th.
The weather was awesome, cool and overcast.
We thank everyone for their help getting set up before the race and cleaned up after the race.
We thank David Kocher and Kirkland Ranch for hosting the event.
The teams arrived, got their pit areas set up so Mike Ralph could inspect their car(s).
Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation (KRAI Power) Mulberry High School
Shark Family
Pro EV
Tiger Racing
Teams met with race officials for the drivers meeting.
We had seven cars line up for our first race of the day. The green flag dropped, and teams found their path on the course.
A wheel weld broke on Mulberry HS car 100 after 4 laps, ending their race day.
Mulberry HS car 38 continued to have rear wheel issues, 5 breakdowns in 13 minutes, Race Steward Mike Frederick black flagged them until second race.
This year we require a minimum of two cars to make a class. If a class does not meet the requirement, the car will be added to a different class.
We welcome back the Shark Family car. The car and driver did well but the batteries showed their age, ending their first race after 23 laps/26 minutes.
When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place KRAI Power car 555 with 58 laps
2nd Place KRAI Power car 210 with 51 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 5 laps
Mulberry car 100 completed 4 laps (did not race for at least 10 minutes to obtain a place or season points)
Open/Advanced
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 71 laps
2nd Place Tiger car 4 with 60 laps
3rd Place Shark Family car 5 with 23 laps
Teams made adjustments to their cars between races and had lunch. Everyone enjoyed the cookies that Trish made. We had six cars line up for our second race.
The Shark car took a bite out of the back of Mulberry car 38, both cars stayed in the race.
A few laps later Mulberry car 38 hit the curb breaking the front wheel and spokes, ending their race day with just 10 laps.
The Shark car had their set of batteries go dead again ending their race day after 12 laps.
KRAI Car 210 blew a front tire, the pit crew got it changed quickly, and they were back in the race.
When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place KRAI Power car 555 with 59 laps
2nd Place KRAI Power car 210 with 51 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 10 laps
Open/Advanced
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 71 laps
2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 63 laps
3rd Place Shark Family car 5 with 12 laps
To find the overall winner for the race day, we add the laps from each race together
High School
1st Place KRAI Power car 555 with 117 laps 2nd Place KRAI Power car 210 with 102 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 15 laps
Open/Advancd
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 142 laps 2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 123 laps
3rd Place Shark Family car 5 with 35 laps
Our next STEM Event will be held at Mulberry HS on November 15th. This race will be our “Dash” Event. Drivers will test their cars performance for 20 minutes. The team sponsors and ETO Board Members also get to compete in a race.