Plant City High School

We held our third STEM Electrathon Event at Plant City High School on Saturday, November 4th. We thank Sponsor David Kocher, his team and Plant City HS Administration for their support of our organization.

Teams arrived, got signed in and their cars inspected. The pits were busy with teams making last minute adjustments.

We welcome the Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) Team to our races. Robert and his team have a very interesting car that drew the attention of our teams.
We welcome Middleton High Schools new advanced battery car to the track. William and his team have a sleek looking car.
Our Race Steward Mike Frederick met with everyone for the drivers/teams meeting.
We had eleven cars line up for the first, one hour competition.
The teams/cars did very well and there were hardly any issues. The new cars from Middleton and Florida State College (FSCJ) were amazing for their first time on the track for competition in our area.

When the checkered flag dropped the standings were:
High School
1st Place Kirkland car 555 with 87 laps
2nd Place Mulberry car 38 with 72 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 100 with 69 laps
4th Place Middleton car 80 with 59 laps
5th Place Plant City car 83 with 52 laps
6th Place Middleton car 133 with 41 laps

Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 86 laps
2nd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 82 laps
3rd Place Florida State College at Jacksonville car 904 with 82 laps

Advanced
1st Place Middleton car 27 with 62 laps
2nd Place USF car 48 with 38 laps

Between races the teams made adjustments to their cars, ate lunch and checked out each other’s cars.

We had eleven cars line up for the second race of the day.
Mulberry car 38 had their chain issue return after a great first race. Plant City car 83 had some battery issues. Other teams had minor issues.

We had a scoring system issue that caused us to stop the race for a computer reboot. Our teams handled it well and wound up racing for approximately 66 minutes.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 91 laps
2nd Place Mulberry car 100 with 65 laps (66.49.507)
3rd Place Middleton car 80 with 65 laps (66.96.201)
4th Place Plant City car 83 with 53 laps
5th Place Middleton car 133 with 46 laps
6th Place Mulberry car 38 with 39 laps

Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 95 laps
2nd Place Florida State College at Jacksonville car 904 with 64 laps
3rd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 60 laps

Advanced
1st Place Middleton car 27 with 45 laps
2nd Place USF car 48 with 41 laps

We add the laps from each race to get our overall race results for the day.

High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 178 laps
2nd Place Mulberry car 100 with 134 laps
3rd Place Middleton car 80 with 124 laps
4th Place Mulberry car 38 with 111 laps
5th Place Plant City car 83 with 105 laps
6th Place Middleton car 133 with 87 laps
Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 181 laps
2nd Place Florida State College at Jacksonville car 904 with 146 laps
3rd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 142 laps
Advanced
1st Place Middleton car 27 with 107 laps
2nd Place USF car 48 with 79 laps