On Saturday, December 11th, we held our STEM Electrathon Rally at Middleton High School in Tampa. We thank Middleton HS Electrathon Sponsor William Knight, his Team and Administration for hosting our event. It has been quite a few years since we held a race at Middleton. They have an awesome parking lot that has turns and some changes in track evaluation. Mulberry Sponsor Todd Thuma brought out his distance measuring wheel and found the track to be 2,075 feet or .393 tenths of a mile.

We had two new cars on the track for this race. Middleton HS brought out their new car that they finished the week of the race.Jim Robinson (Silver Bullet Racing) brought out his new car that was built in the past month to run in the Advanced Battery Class.

We had 11 cars line up for the first race.

Race Steward Mike Frederick waived the green flag, and they were off for the first hour of competition. The first race proved to be challenging for our teams. The Kinetic Industries car 99 had chain and tire issues along with new batteries that developed dead cells. Plant City HS car 208 had the weld on their mirrors let go, dropping them onto the track. Tiger Racing, car 4 experienced more of a draw on one battery. Silver Bullets new car had its fill of chain issue’s. Mulberry car 38 had chain and tire issues. Plant City car 210 had issues with the rear wheel axle.

At the end of the first race:
High School
1st Place Plant City car 210 with 44 laps
2nd Place Middleton car 80 with 42 laps
3rd Place Plant City car 208 with 26 laps
4th Place Plant City car 83 with 24 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 38 with 15 laps
Open Class
1st Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 51 laps (faster race time)
2nd Tiger Racing car 4 with 51 laps
3rd Place Kinetic Ind. car 19 with 41 laps
4th Place Kinetic Ind. car 99 (919) with 13 laps
Advanced Class
1st Place Fortuna car 444 with 52 laps
2nd Place Silver Bullet car 13 with 11 laps

After the first race, teams worked on their cars making adjustments so that they were ready for the second race.

When the teams lined up for the second race, 11 cars were ready to give it another go on this track. The green flag dropped, and the teams took off for another hour of racing. The Fortuna car 444 had their floor pan come loose causing them to head for the pits. Mulberry car 38 continued with issues carried over from the first race, chain and tire issues. The Kinetic Ind. 99 car continued to have battery issues. The new Silver Bullet car 13 once again had issues that sent them to the pits.

At the end of the second race:
High School Class
1st Place Plant City car 210 with 50 laps
2nd Place Middleton car 80 with 39 laps
3rd Place Plant City car 83 with 28 laps
4th Place Plant City car 208 with 26 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 38 with 18 laps
Open Class
1st Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 51 laps
2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 50 laps
3rd Place Kinetic Ind. car 19 with 41 laps
4th Place Kinetic Ind. car 99 with 7 laps
Advanced Battery Class
1st Place Fortuna car 444 with 42 laps
2nd Place Silver Bullet car 13 with 10 laps

The total laps from both races were combined to determine the final results for the day.
High School Class
1st Place Plant City car 210 with 94 laps
2nd Place Middleton car 80 with 81 laps
3rd Place Plant City car 208 with 52 laps
4th Place Plant City car 83 with 52 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 38 with 33 laps
Open Class
1st Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 102 laps
2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 101 laps
3rd Place Kinetic Ind. car 19 with 82 laps
4th Place Kinetic Ind. car 99 with 20 laps
Advanced Battery Class
1st Place Fortuna car 444 with 94 laps
2nd Place Silver Bullet car 13 with 21 laps

Our next race will be held at Plant City High School on Saturday, January 8, 2022