We held our 2024-2025 Race Season awards banquet at Mulberry High School on Saturday, May 3rd.

We thank Todd Thuma and his Administration for allowing us the use of their facilities.

We thank everyone that assisted in getting the cafeteria ready for the banquet, especially Trish and Torie. The table arrangements, serving approach and awards area were awesome. The last race trophies and end of year awards turned out very nice.During the second race, Trish and Torie picked up our meal from the Publix on Shepherd Rd. We had fried chicken, potato wedges, baked beans, Cole slaw, Hawaiian dinner rolls, drinks and a huge cake. We introduced the Electrathon of Tampa Bay/Florida Executive Board.
Executive Director Charles Harrison
President currently vacant due to Ryan Norden resigning as his family expands, Finn turns one on June 12th and they have another one on the way. We asked for a volunteer for this position, but no one jumped up to volunteer.
Vice President/Co-Founder Jim Truitt
Treasurer Fredi Beck
Executive Secretary/go to person Patricia Ralph (Trish)
Director of Events/Co-Founder Mike Frederick
Director of Technology Nicodemus Brothers
Registration Director Dawn Swanson
Community Outreach Director Todd Thuma
Community Outreach Director David Kocher
Community Outreach Director Victoria Hobbs (Torie)
Founder of our Organization Mr. Kennith Fiallos, it’s great seeing Ken at any of our events.We thanked everyone for their support over the years and hope that they continue to support/attend our events. As Electrathon grows in the State of Florida we talked about different regions and the expansion that Florida Power and Light is doing in their service area.

If you are a high school in the FPL service area and wish to see if you qualify for their assistance, contact Isabella Burkhardt at: Isabella.Burckhardt@fpl.com

If you are not in the FPL service area and wish to find out about starting a team (high school, open or advanced) email
David Kocher at dkocher@pasco.k12.fl.us
Todd Thuma at todd.thuma@polk-fl.net
Torie Hobbs at victoriahobbs444@gmail.com
And one of them will get back in touch with you.

We recognized all the parents and friends that support us by attending the events.

We recognized our high school seniors that are graduation this year, we wished them success in their future and an opportunity to continue to be a part of our organization by volunteering or starting a team at the school they will be attending.

High school teams that have participated at 50% or more ETO season events are asked (sponsor) to select a student of the Year for their team. This year we had four high school teams with outstanding students.
Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation
Sponsor David Kocher/John Mitchell
Santiago Zapata
Santiago is our Student of the Year for his all-around support of the team – he is selfless and dedicated to the success of our program. Lyman High School
Sponsor David Moye
Allie Hess
Last year our team started out with nothing and got a vehicle going by the end of the year. Unfortunately, the members were all seniors so that left the cupboards bare for this school year when it came to experience and leadership. We started this year with juniors and sophomores; we almost had a totally clean slate. At the beginning of year, I spoke with Allie and explained to her what a Team Principal with a Formula One team did. She accepted the role. Not only does she organize the meetings and practices in general, she also is a primary driver and most importantly keeps me organized and sane.
The team definitely would have been struggling this year without her. Allie has built a solid foundation from which we have worked on and had set us on the path to having a successful year in 2025-2026. Thank you, Allie, for all the work you are doing. Mulberry High School
Sponsor Todd Thuma
Angel Diaz
Angel Diaz is one of those students that surprise you as you get to know them. Angel is smart and intelligent, and he demonstrates this in his academic work. However, smart and intelligent students do not necessarily make the best race car drivers. Angel proved me wrong. He was dependable, followed the strategy that we used, and I learned to rely on him as a driver that could keep the car in the race and finish. He is an outstanding student and an excellent Electrathon Race Car Driver, and for that reason, he is MHS’s Electrathon Student of the Year. Plant City High School
Sponsors David Kocker/John Mitchell
Dylan Mitchell
Dylan is his enthusiasm for Electrathon and the support of his family. Despite being the only remaining student from Plant City still participating he fit into our team well.Mulberry High School Sponsor Todd Thuma recognized his graduating seniors and gave them a token to remember their time at Mulberry High School.
Parker McCarrickAngel DiazAidan JohnsonWe recognized Dawn Swanson as our Supporter of the Year for always being there to assist on race day. Whether it’s setting up before the race, doing registration, verifying that all the waivers are turned in to cleaning up after the race to name a few. Thank You DawnWe recognized Mike Ralph as our Volunteer of the Year. Mike does anything and everything. He helps Trish with getting the trophies made up, sets up at every race, does inspections, serves as race steward and makes sure that all the equipment is back in the ETO trailer and secured for transporting to name a few. Thank You MikeWe recognized Patricia Ralph (Trish) as Mom/Go to Person. Trish builds the trophies for each race, makes cookies and brownies for everyone, helps with set up, registration, line up safety check, scoring, clean up and plans additional activities such as our end of year awards banquet to name a few. Thank You TrishWe recognized Charles Harrison for all he does to make the race season a success. Since 2010 he has dedicated his time to keep the organization going each year with a workday and nine races and a few race assists elsewhere. We gave Charlie a hat with two battery/solar fans to keep him cool at the races. If you notice, he put it on backwards; fans go in the front to blow onto the face. Thank You CharlieOur special award (bag of lighted balloons goes to Miss Charlotte HobbsEach year we monitor the teams to see who has had a rough season. We gave the I Broke Mine Award to Cliff Rassweiler (Pro EV car 39). Cliff has had motor issues, steering component separation, tire issues, and been involved in a few love taps with curbs and other cars. Hope to see you back on the track for a fun 2025-2026 season. Triash accepted award for Cliff. For four years, John Mitchell was low key and behind the scenes helping the Plant City and Kirkland Ranch teams. John stayed under our radar; we saw him at every race helping to keep the teams motivated and on the track. On race day, John can be seen in the pits, at the scoring area, or somewhere on the track with his whiteboard communicating with the drivers. If a car breaks down, he is right there to find out what they need to get it back in the race. We believe he is one of those folks that do not need recognition because he is there out of dedication to the students and his son. It is our honor to award John Mitchell the 2024-2025 Sponsor of the Year Award for his dedication and support over the years. We hope to see John continue to be a part of the Electrathon of Tampa Bay/Florida Family.Our season points are awarded to a team for each race they participate in. Each race day a team could receive up to 40 points for two first place race finishes. Points are reduced the lower the rank in place for a race. Since Electrathon is focused on educating students using science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), we award the top three season points winners in the High School Divison a trophy.
1st Place with a total of 283 season points Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation car 5552nd Place with a total of 249 season points Plant City car 833rd Place with a total of 244 season points Plant City car 2104th Place with 241 season points Mulberry car 385th Place with a total of 186 season points Lyman car 126th Place with a total of 173 season points Mulberry car 100In our open and advanced divisions we award only the highest season points winner.
Open Division
Tiger Racing car 4 with a total of 274 season pointsAdvanced Division
Pro EV car 39 with a total of 216 season points/Trish accepted award for CliffWe hope to see everyone at our races in 2025 2026. Check our websites for schedule of events.

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.

https://www.fox13news.com/news/bay-area-students-build-race-electric-cars-using-stem-skills-getting-practical-experience.amp

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.