We held our last STEM Electrathon Event of the 2024-2025 Race Season at Mulberry High School on Saturday, May 3rd.

The weather was awesome, the mosquitoes kept Trish busy chasing her around until the sun came up.

We thank Todd Thuma and his team for their help getting everything set up. Our course for the day was a quarter mile oval on the football fields track.

The teams arrived, got their pit areas set up so Mike Ralph could inspect their car(s).

Teams met with race officials for the drivers meeting. We had ten cars line up for our first race of the day. The green flag dropped and teams found their path on the course. The high school teams were competitive and did very well. Our open team, Silver Bullet Racing car 94 (Jim Robinson) lead the division most of the race until the last few minutes when Tiger Racing car 4 (Rodney Schreck) kicked it up a few notches to finish with a 2-lap lead. Our Advanced cars from Florida State College/Jacksonville cars 32 and 904 did well. Brie ran a strong race until her batteries shut down after 78 laps giving the race to FSCJ car 32.

When the checkered flag dropped it was: High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 100 laps
2nd Place Plant City car 210 with 88 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 86 laps
4th Place Lyman car 12 with 82 laps
5th Place Plant City car 83 with 81 laps
6th Place Mulberry car 100 with 62 laps

Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 100 laps
2nd Place Silver Bullet Racing car 94 with 98 laps

Advanced
1st Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 32 with 86 laps
2nd Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 904 with 78 laps

Teams made adjustments to their cars between races and had lunch.

We had ten cars line up for our second race. It was great to see all the cars back out on the track for the second race. The high school teams stepped up their game the second race, most finishing with more laps than their first race. The Lyman team did very well in both races. Once again Silver Bullet and Tiger Racing went at it. Both stepping up their pace, they were fun to watch speeding around the course until the last few minutes when Rodney passed Jim to beat him by 2 laps. Both Florida State College/Jacksonville cars did well, car 32 came around turn 4 and went up on two wheels for a moment. Brie drove strong race until the batteries shut down again after 72 laps.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:

High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 105 laps
2nd Place Plant City car 210 with 95 laps (with best lap of the day overall 28.109)
3rd Place Lyman car 12 with 93 laps
4th Place Plant City car 83 with 92 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 100 with 78 laps
6th Place Mulberry car 38 with 77 laps

Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 102 laps
2nd Place Silver Bullet Racing car 94 with 100 laps

Advanced
1st Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 32 with 105 laps
2nd Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 904 with 72 laps

To find the overall winner for the race day, we add the laps from each race together

High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 205 laps2nd Place Plant City car 210 with 183 laps3rd Place Lyman car 12 with 175 laps4th Place Plant City car 83 with 173 laps5th Place Mulberry car 38 with 163 laps6th Place Mulberry car 100 with 140 lapsOpen
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 202 laps2nd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 198 lapsAdvanced
1st Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 32 with 191 laps2nd Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 904 with 150 lapsWe thank everyone that supported Electrathon of Tampa Bay/Florida this season and hope to see everyone again next season.

See our website for the 2025-2026 schedule of events.

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We held our STEM Electrathon Event in conjunction with Energy Whiz at Florida Solar Energy Center in Cocoa Florida on April 26, 2025.

The weather was awesome, nice temperatures and a slight breeze to keep the air flowing.

We thank Florida Solar Energy Center/Susan and their great team for including us again this year.

The teams arrived and got their cars inspected by Mike Ralph. We welcome back Palm Bay Electrathon Team (2 cars) and hope they continue to join us at our STEM Electrathon Events.

We welcomed teams from Nease and Creekside HS that made to trip to race at this venue.

Teams met with race officials for the drivers meeting. We had thirteen cars line up for our first race of the day.The green flag dropped and teams found their path on the course. The Palm Bay team had their share of challenges with their car 102 but the crew did not give up, they resolved the issues and got their cars back into the race, overall, the race went well.

We did have a driver that kept sliding down in their car and had to have help getting back into driving position to see over the front of the car. We won’t mention the drivers name (Todd) but it was fun to watch.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Nease car 550 with 60 laps
2nd Place Palm Bay car 57 with 59 laps
3rd Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 55 laps
4th Place Plant City car 210 with 51 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 38 with 47 laps
6th Place Plant City car 83 with 40 laps
7th Place Creekside car 95 with 37 laps
8th Place Palm Bay car 102 with 16 laps

Open
1st Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 63 laps
2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 61 laps
3rd Place Mulberry (Todd) car 100 with 49 laps

Advanced
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 70 laps
2nd Place Florida State College Jacksonville car 904 with 61 laps

Teams made adjustments to their cars between races and had lunch.

We had thirteen cars line up for our second race. It was great to see all the cars back out on the track for the second race. Palm Bay car 102 continued to challenge the team with tire issues. Mulberry car 100 (Todd) had the front wheel collapse after 27 laps ending his race day. Pro EV car 39 and Plant City car 83 exchanged paint which caused damage to both cars, ending their race day.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 60 laps
2nd Place Plant City car 210 with 56 laps
3rd Place Nease car 550 with 54 laps
4th Place Palm Bay car 57 with 50 laps
5th Place Plant City car 83 with 43 laps
6th Place Creekside car 95 with 37 laps
7th Place Mulberry car 38 with 29 laps
8th Place Palm Bay car 102 with 9 laps

Open
1st Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 54 laps (race time of 1.00.24)
2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 54 laps (race time of 1.00.43)
3rd Place Mulberry (Todd) car 100 with 27 laps

Advanced
1st Place Florida State College Jacksonville car 904 with 64 laps
2nd Place Pro EV car 39 with 47 laps

To find the overall winner for the race day, we add the laps from each race together

High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 115 laps 2nd Place Nease car 550 with 114 laps 3rd Place Palm Bay car 57 with 109 laps 4th Place Plant City car 210 with 107 laps 5th Place Plant City car 83 with 83 laps 6th Place Mulberry car 38 with 76 laps 7th Place Creekside car 95 with 74 laps 8th Place Palm Bay car 102 with 25 laps Open
1st Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 117 laps 2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 115 laps 3rd Place Mulberry (Todd) car 100 with 76 laps Advanced
1st Place Florida State College Jacksonville car 904 with 125 laps 2nd Place Pro EV car 39 with 117 laps

Our next STEM Electrathon Event (last one of the 2024-2025 Race Season) will be held at Mulberry High School on May 3, 2025.

The last race awards and end of year awards will be given out at our banquet which will take place in the cafeteria of Mulberry High School right after the last race on May 3rd.

Our last race of the 2024 2025 season will be held at Mulberry High School on May 3rd.

We will have our end of the year banquet right after the May 3rd race in the cafeteria at Mulberry High School.

Teams must RSVP by April 22nd with how many members will be attending the awards banquet.
Send RSVP to Trish at babydeers@ymail.com so that food can be ordered.

The team will receive a meal ticket for the number of RSVP turned in. No ticket, no meal.2024 2025 Race Day Schedule

On April 26th we will hold our STEM Electrathon Event in conjunction with Energy Whiz at The Florida Solar Energy Center in Cocoa, Florida.

To pre-register, email charlesharrison715@aol.com

Red/Track
Blue/Pits
Pink/Overflow Parking
Green/Registration

2024 2025 Race Day Schedule

On Saturday, March 29th, we held our STEM Electrathon Event at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation.

We thank David Kocher, his team and Administration for hosting the event.

We thank Trish for the homemade cookies and brownies. We thank Barry from Channel 13 for coming out and spending time gathering video and interviews for an upcoming clip on our organization.

The teams arrived and got their cars inspected by Mike Ralph.

Teams met with race officials for the drivers meeting. The course for this race was new to our drivers which gave them a challenge with the gradual elevation changes. The course used more energy, causing batteries to drain before the end of the race.

We had 8 cars line up for the first race of the day. The green flag dropped and teams found their path on the course. Pro EV 39 had an issue, sending them into the pits for some minor repairs. Mulberry 100 had an issue with their steering, ending their race day after 28 laps.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Kirkland car 555 with 55 laps
2nd Place Lyman car 12 with 53 laps (race time of 1.01.04)
3rd Place Plant City car 83 with 53 laps (race time 1.01.28)
4th Place Mulberry car 38 with 49 laps
5th Place Plant City car 210 with 44 laps
6th Place Mulberry car 100 with 28 laps

Open
1st Place Silver Bullet car 94 (Jim) with 53 laps

Advancd
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 48 laps

Teams made some adjustments to their cars between races and had lunch.

We had 7 cars line up for the second race. When the green flag dropped everyone watched closely as teams that had car issues were determined to come back strong to catch up on lost laps.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Kirkland car 555 with 52 laps
2nd Place Plant City car 83 with 47 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 44 laps
4th Place Plant City car 210 with 36 laps
5th Place Lyman car 12 with 34 laps

Open
1st Place Silver Bullet car 94 (Jerry) with 45 laps

Advanced
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 58 laps

To find the overall winner for the race day, we add the laps from each race together

High School
1st Place Kirkland car 555 with 107 laps2nd Place Plant City car 83 with 100 laps3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 93 laps4th Place Lyman car 12 with 87 laps5th Place Plant City car 210 with 80 laps6th Place Mulberry car 100 with 28 laps
Open
1st Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 98 laps
Advanced
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 106 lapsThe next STEM Electrathon Event will be held at Eastern Florida State College in conjunction with Energy Whiz at Florida Solar Energy Center in Cocoa Florida on April 26th.

For full detail go to:

April 5, 2025, Florida State College Jacksonville Event

New road course at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation on March 29th. Kirkland Ranch is located at 32555 Innovation Drive, Wesley Chapel, FL.
2024 2025 Race Day Schedule
Red – Course
Blue – Pits
Orange – Cones
Pink – Registration/Scoring
Black – Start/Finish Line
Green- Overflow/Guest Parking

On Saturday, March 1st, we held our STEM Electrathon Event in conjunction with the University of South Florida Engineering Expo.

We thank the University of South Florida for including us in this annual event.

We thank Trish for the homemade cookies. Ken for the donuts and coffee. We send our condolences to Mike Frederick and Donna in the loss of a family member.

It was great seeing Jim and Jerry from Silver Bullet Racing, we have missed them. Jim updated the Electrathon car build information, and we will be updating the information on our websites soon.

The teams arrived and got their cars inspected by Mike Ralph.

Teams met with race officials for the drivers meetingWe had 12 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. Pro EV had electrical issues putting them out of the 1st race early. Florida State College/Jacksonville car 32 had their wheel hub motor come loose and that stopped them from racing for the rest of the day. Kirkland Ranch and Plant City cars had some issues, their team sponsor says it was due to the students talking trash the day before with Mulberrys team (wonder if that’s true). Silver Bullet/Jim Robinson had a good bumper car day, hitting Tiger Racing and Kirkland. One of the bumps pushed the nose of his car in a little. Overall, it was a fun and exciting race.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Lyman car 12 with 61 laps (race time of 1.00.10)
2nd Place Mulberry car 38 with 61 laps (race time of 1.00.20)
3rd Place Mulberry car 100 with 49 laps
4th Place Plant City car 210 with 42 laps (race time of 52.45.384)
5th Place Plant City car 83 with 42 laps (race time of (1.00.04)
6th Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 32 laps

Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 72 laps
2nd Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 904 with 66 laps
3rd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 62 laps

Advanced
1st Place University of South Florida car 132 with 78 laps
2nd Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 32 with 29 laps
3rd Place Pro EV car 39 with 11 laps

Thank you, Cliff, for the first race video
Teams made some adjustments to their cars between races and had lunch.

We had 11 cars line up for the second raceWhen the green flag dropped everyone watched closely as teams that had car issues were determined to come back strong to catch up on lost laps.

University of South Florida hit a curb causing their floor pan to bend down and tap the pavement until they got out their trusty hammer. Lyman was running a strong race until their rear wheel bracket had issues that affected the rear wheel, sending them to the pits. Silver Bullet/Jerry Bristow ran a strong race but had two tires go flat sending him into the pits for quick tire changes.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Mulberry car 38 with 64 laps
2nd Place Plant City car 83 with 63 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 100 with 50 laps
4th Place Plant City car 210 with 48 laps
5th Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 38 laps
6th Place Lyman car 12 with 28 laps

Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 69 laps
2nd Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 904 with 66 laps, great driving Bry, same number of laps as first race
3rd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 40 laps

Advanced
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 80 laps
2nd Place University of South Florida car 132 with 30 laps

Thank you, Cliff, for the second race video
To find the overall winner for the race day, we add the laps from each race together

High School
1st Place Mulberry car 38 with 125 laps2nd Place Plant City car 83 with 105 laps3rd Place Mulberry car 100 with 99 laps4th Place Plant City car 210 with 90 laps5th Place Lyman car 12 with 89 laps6th Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 70 lapsOpen
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 141 laps2nd Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 904 with 132 laps3rd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 102 lapsAdvanced
1st Place University of South Florida car 132 with 108 laps2nd Place Pro EV car 39 with 91 laps3rd Place Florida State College/Jacksonville car 32 with 29 lapsThe next STEM Electrathon Event will be held at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation on March 29th.

On Friday, February 28th, our high school Electrathon teams from Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation, Plant City and Mulberry displayed their Electrathon cars and answered questions at the University of South Florida Engineering Expo.

We thank the University of South Florida for including us in this annual event.