We held our STEM “Dash” Electrathon Event at Mulberry high School on Saturday, November 15th.

The primary reason for our dash event is to educate the teams on the difference in battery consumption and gear ratios for 20-minute maximum use vs our regular 60-minute event for distance and not speed. The “Dash” Event also allows teams to test their driver’s ability, the cars performance and gives the HS team sponsors a chance to drive and compete for 20 minutes like their students.

We thank everyone for their help getting set up before the race and cleaned up after the race.

We thank Todd Thuma and Mulberry HS Administration for hosting the event so close to another one we had in September.

It was great seeing Ken Fiallos at this event; we hope to see him at more events.

We thank Thomas Williams from Right Trailers for joining us at our dash race. They have nice trailers for sale for a reasonable price.

The teams arrived, got their pit areas set up so Mike Ralph could inspect their car(s).Teams met with Race Steward Mike Frederick for the drivers meeting.We divide the teams for the dash races so that we have safe races for everyone.

Our first race of the day had only three cars representing the teams for open/advanced.The green flag dropped and teams found their path on the course.

The teams did an awesome job; Pro EV car 39 did a 24.382 second lap on the quarter mile track. Tiger Racing car 4 lasted a little over 15 minutes on the older batteries that they were testing (they are getting rid of them). Shark Family car 5 ran well with their new lithium batteries. This car is very quiet and runs well with the wheel hub motor.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:

1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 47 laps
2nd Place Shark Family car 5 with 44 laps
3rd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 25 laps

Our second race of the day, high school teams. We had 4 cars line up for the race. Mulberry car 38 entered after the green flag dropped due to chain and gear alignment issues. The drivers did really well in the 20-minute competition.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:

High School
1st Place KRAI Power car 210 with 39 laps race time 20.01.336
2nd Place KRAI Power car 555 with 39 laps race time 20.29.921
3rd Place Lyman car 12 with 32 laps
4th Place Mulberry car 100 with 26 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 38 with 5 laps (best lap, 47.001 times 5, equals approx. 3.91 minute’s, not all laps were best lap time)

In our normal 60-minute race a team must do 10 minutes to place and receive season points, this is 16.67% of the race time. In our 20-minute dash race, a team must still do 16.67% of the race time which equals 3.33 minutes.

Everyone enjoyed the cookies that Trish made.
Our high school sponsors (3) got a chance to drive their team car and compete against other high school sponsors. There were a few challenges for them, especially getting in and out of the cars. They all did well and must be recognized for getting into the team’s car. It shows how much they trust the car and their students that build/work on them.When the halfway flags were shown, Lyman HS Sponsor yelled “are you kidding, only halfway”. KRAI Power car 210 had issues with power cutting out but completed the race.

When the checkered flag dropped
1st Place KRAI Power car 555, Driver David Kocher with 38 laps (best lap 29.694)2nd Place Lyman car 12, Driver David Moye with 37 laps (best lap 31.118) 3rd Place KRAI Power car 210, Driver Jerome Mosley with 19 laps (best lap 29.303)

The next race, our high school teams. There were 5 cars line up for the race.The teams did well, KRAI car 210 had tire issues causing them to slide outwards a little while two other cars were beside them, and all drivers handled the situation very well.

When the checkered flag dropped it was
1st Place Lyman car 12 with 37 laps
2nd Place KRAI Power car 555 with 36 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 100 with 34 laps
4th Place Mulberry car 38 with 32 laps
5th Place KRAI Power car 210 with 22 laps

Our last race of the day, our open/advanced cars. We had 3 cars line up for the race. When the green flag dropped, they all took off, Pro EV car 39 had the motor lock up, ending their race day. We were hoping to see Cliff beat his first best lap of 24.382. The car decided, not today. UPDATE: Cliff reported that the motor bearings are fine, but some of the magnetics are broken. Possible debris got into the motor that caused the issue.

Tiger Racing, car 4 had a new set of batteries; they did well for the first time in a race. The Shark Family car 5 ran well, the car tires started singing in the turns so they slowed it down a little to prevent any issues.

When the checkered flag dropped it was

1st Place Shark Family car 5 with 43 laps
2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 35 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 75 laps2nd Place Lyman car 12 with 69 laps3rd Place KRAI Power car 210 with 61 laps4th Place Mulberry car 100 with 60 laps5th Place Mulberry car 38 with 37 lapsOpen/Advanced
1st Place Shark Family car 5 with 87 laps2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 60 laps3rd Place Pro EV car 39 with 47 laps
Our next STEM Event will be held at Lyman HS on December 13th. This will be our first race at Lyman. Please come out and support the teams at this new venue. Race Info is on our website and soon to be put on our Facebook pages.

On December 13, 2025, Lyman High School will host their first Electrathon of Tampa Bay STEM Event.

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Red – Track
Orange – Cones
Black – Scoring Tower/Start/Finish
Light Blue – Registration
Dark Blue – Pits
Green – Metal Rails
White X – Overflow/Visitor Parking

Our next Electrathon Race will be held on November 15th at Mulberry High School located at 1 Panther Pl, Mulberry, FL 33860.

This is our annual “Dash” Event. Drivers will test the performance of their car for 20 minutes. The car with the most laps wins.

Our “Dash” Event also allows for a 20 minute competition between our high school sponsors and ETO Board Members, no advanced batteries permitted.

The schedule for this event is different from our regular schedule. Please print out for your team on race day.
Race Schedule DASH Race Only

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.

Our second STEM Electrathon Event of the 2025 2026 Season will be held on October 11, 2025.

Location: Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation
32555 Innovation Drive
Wesley Chapel, Florida 33545.

Red – Course
Blue – Pits
Black – Tower
Pink – Registration

Race Day Schedule

The first STEM Electrathon Event of the 2025-2026 Race Season was held at Mulberry High School on Saturday, September 20th.

The weather was awesome, and the mosquitoes kept Trish and Dawn busy until the sun came up.

We thank everyone for their help getting set up before the race and cleaned up after the race.

We thank Todd Thuma and Mulberry HS for hosting the event.

Our registration and scoring area got up and running.

We thank Thomas Williams from Right Trailers for joining us at our first race. They have nice trailers for sale for a reasonable price.
The teams arrived, got their pit areas set up so Mike Ralph could inspect their car(s).

OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SPONSORS, IF INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.

KIRKLAND RANCH ACADEMY OF INNOVATION HIGH SCHOOL (KRAI) TEAM POWER – WESLEY CHAPEL, FL
MULBERRY HIGH SCHOOL – MULBERRY, FL
LYMAN HIGH SCHOOL – LONGWOOD, FL
NAVARRE HIGH SCHOOL (SHOCK AWE) NAVARRE, FL
NON-HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS
TIGER RACING – HIALEAH, FL
PRO EV – DAVIE, FL

Teams met with race officials for the drivers meeting.
We had eleven cars line up for our first race of the day.

The green flag dropped, and teams found their path on the course.

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.

The high school teams were competitive and did very well. Lyman car 12 had a tie rod weld come apart but thanks to Mike Ralph and Todd Thuma between races got it welded and ready for the second race. Driver did a great job and was not hurt.

Our open/advanced Class cars did well, Pro EV car 39 had their transmitter come loose and hang on the side of the car. Tiger Racing car 4 had to pit after being clipped by another car causing the rear frame to rub against the spindle and wheel.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:

High School
1st Place Shock Awe car 155 with 72 laps
2nd Place KRAI Power car 555 with 71 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 61 laps
4th Place KRAI Power car 210 with 59 laps
5th Place KRAI Power car 83 with 55 laps
6th Place Mulberry car 100 with 50 laps
7th Place Lyman car 12 with 30 laps

Open/Advanced
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 75 laps
2nd Place Shock Awe car 51 with 69 laps
3rd Place Shock Awe car 15 with 64 laps
4th Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 62 laps

Teams made adjustments to their cars between races and had lunch. Everyone enjoyed the cookies that Trish made.

We had eleven cars line up for our second race but only 9 started the race. When KRAI Power Team turned on their power switch for car 555, smoke came out of their controller which ended their race day. Mulberry car 38 had a power issue and had to leave the line up to track down the issue. It turned out to be a bad switch. The high school teams stepped up their game the second race. The Lyman team did very well after their set back during the first race.

Tiger Racing car 4 did well running with the advanced battery cars.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:

High School
1st Place Shock Awe car 155 with 63 laps
2nd Place KRAI Power car 83 with 57 laps
3rd Place Lyman car 12 with 56 laps
4th Place KRAI Power car 210 with 55 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 100 with 45 laps
6th Place Mulberry car 38 with 18 laps

Open/Advanced
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 78 laps
2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 70 laps
3rd Place Shock Awe car 51 with 65 laps
4th Place Shock Awe car 15 with 43 laps

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

High School
1st Place Shock Awe car 155 with 135 laps 2nd Place KRAI Power car 210 with 114 laps 3rd Place KRAI Power car 83 with 111 laps 4th Place Mulberry car 100 with 95 laps 5th Place Lyman car 12 with 86 laps 6th Place Mulberry car 38 with 79 laps 7th Place KRAI Power car 555 with 71 laps
Open/Advanced
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 153 laps 2nd Place Shock Awe car 51 with 134 laps 3rd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 132 laps 4th Place Shock Awe car 15 with 107 laps We thank everyone that supported Electrathon of Tampa Bay/Florida at our first race of the season.

Our next STEM Event will be lead at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation on October 11th.

The first race of the 2025-2026 season will be held at Mulberry High School, located at 1 Panther Place, Mulberry FL 33860

For race packet email: charlesharrison715@aol.com

*All Teams with participants under 18 years of age will need parent/minor waiver forms completed and turned in (form covers entire season) before minor can participate. (turn in at registration booth on race day) (emailed to all teams)

*Team Sponsors are responsible for getting their minors press releases for social media. Sponsor will sign the registration book at each race for ETO verification that they have media releases for the minors attending event. If a minor cannot have their picture and/or name on social media, the sponsor must let us know in advance.

*Team cars should be race ready prior to race day so that an inspection can be done in an orderly/timely fashion. The race day should not be the only time that the car is worked on. No car/driver will be permitted on the track until their car has passed inspection.

Red – Track, Blue – Pits, Green – Registration, Black – Scoring Tower, Purple – Overflow/Gueat Parking

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2025 2026 Season Points Guide

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On Saturday, August 16, 2025, we held our all teams meeting and workday at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation.

We thank David Kocher and his Administration for hosting our event. We thank Trish for donating the cookies, plates, cups and napkins. Thank you for also doing the online ordering for our workday lunch.

We thank Michael for the use of his card to secure our lunch order since it was over $50, and they would not do online ordering over $50 on a cash order.

We thank Charlie for donating the donuts, coffee, condiments, and pizza for lunch. We thank Dawn for donating the drinks, picking up the pizza and taking care of our selling of donated items fundraiser.

We thank Lyman (Dave Moye), Kirkland (David Kocher), University of South Florida (Elijah Korostishevski), Mulberry (Todd Thuma) for coming out to the workday.

A special thank you to Kirkland’s parent Jerome Mosley for coming out to support the team and students, and for the 2-sided tape that we needed.

Thank you, Mike Ralph, for working on our scoring tower to make sure that the connections all slide together without a lot of work, makes race day set up so much easier when the tower goes up quickly. Teams worked on their cars and checked out each other’s cars to see what their competitors were using.

Kirkland Ranch has all the pieces for a new car; they just need to find the time to get the existing cars finished and assemble their new one.

Lyman has one car ready to go, one in design and build stage and they got the USF frame that was donated to ETO. They will see what they can do to get more cars out on the track soon.

ETO fundraiser (sale of donated items) made $200. Charlie will seek out more donations. ETO does not have any tires or tubes for this race season.

Board Meeting (all teams)

Discussed:
* No changes to season points
* New seat belt rule from Electrathon America
*Team must have enough ballast for lightest driver to meet 180 lb. rule, checked during inspection of car(s)
* Seat belt secure on driver and car brakes will be checked again at line up
* Clearance check of car will be done with batteries and heaviest driver for the race day in the car during inspections
* ETO will keep emergency contact info for each team leader/sponsor
* Team leader/sponsor should have emergency contact for each person in their pit area on race days
* Parent/student waivers emailed to all teams
* Media releases for social media are responsibly of Team leader/sponsor. Must advise ETO if minor picture cannot be posted on social media
* Members present voted to have lineup done on first come basis at all races. Car must be ready, or team will be moved to back of lineup
* Member’s present at meeting agreed to try two types of lineups at the first race. The first race will be 2 lines with a lane in between them. The second race will be a staggered line up. Teams will decide at awards ceremony which is better for races

Our first race is September 20, 2025, at Mulberry High School.

Kirkland Rance Academy of Innovation (32555 Innovation Drive, Wesley Chapel, FL 33545) will host our all-teams meeting, workday and ETO sale of donated items on August 16th.

Teams should bring their cars out to the workday to get them ready for the race season that starts on September 20th at Mulberry HS. Teams that attend always gain knowledge about their competitors and work together to get all cars ready.

The day will start at 8am, working/testing cars, and selling donated items. Around noon we will have lunch (provided by ETO) and have our all-teams meeting. After lunch/meeting we will continue to get cars ready.

The day will end no later than 3pm.

Teams that attend with their car(s), seen working on them and seen testing them will receive one cars race fee waived ($40) at the first race on September 20th.

Testing cars will require proper driver attire.

See everyone on the 16th at Kirkland Ranch.