We held our first STEM Electrathon Event of 2024 (our 5th for the 2023-2024 season) at Middleton High School on Saturday, January 20th. We thank Sponsor William Knight his team and Middleton HS Administration for their support of our organization.
Thank you, Ken Fiallos (founder), for brining coffee and donuts.
Teams arrived and got signed in and their cars inspected. The pits were busy with teams making last minute adjustments. Plant City car 83 had controller issues. The team worked hard to figure it out but had no luck in getting it on the track.
We welcome back the Palm Bay Magnet Team and hope to see them at more races.
We had a surprise visit from Vic Nieves, one of our founders and longtime supporter.
We thank the parents, family and friends that came out to support the students and teams. 
Our Race Steward Ryan and Charlie met with everyone for the drivers/teams meeting. 
We had nine cars line up for the first, one hour competition. 
During the race, Middleton car 133 and Florida State College at Jacksonville car 904 met each other in one of the turns. Both drivers did well and there were no injuries. 
We had a few tires pop on the rough course and there was only one chain issue (and it wasn’t Mulberry).
When the checkered flag dropped the standings were:
High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 40 laps
2nd Place Middleton car 80 with 37 laps (race time of 1.00.57)
3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 37 laps (race time od 1.01.05)
4th Place Palm Bay car 101 with 34 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 100 with 33 laps
6th Place Middleton car 133 with 24 laps
Open
1st Place Florida State College at Jacksonville car 904 with 43 laps
Advanced
1st Place Middleton car 27 with 36 laps (best lap 62.820)
2nd Place USF car 48 with 35 laps
Between races the teams made adjustments to their cars.
We had ten cars line up for the second race of the day. 
Middleton HS car 27 had their advanced battery alarm start acting up causing them to run tests on their systems. USF Car 48 had a tire issue causing them to spend some time in the pits.
When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 49 laps (best lap of 59.11.625)
2nd Place Palm Bay car 101 with 45 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 43 laps
4th Place Middleton car 80 with 29 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 100 with 27 laps
6th Place Middleton car 133 with 24 laps
Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 51 laps
2nd Place Florida State College at Jacksonville car 904 with 38 laps
Advanced
1st Place USF car 48 with 28 laps
2nd Place Middleton car 27 with 22 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 89 laps
2nd Place Mulberry car 38 with 80 laps
3rd Place Palm Bay car 101 with 79 laps
4th Place Middleton car 80 with 66 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 100 with 60 laps
6th Place Middleton car 133 with 48 laps
Open
1st Place Florida State College at Jacksonville car 904 with 81 laps
2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 51 laps
Advanced
1st Place USF car 48 with 63 laps
2nd Place Middleton car 27 with 58 laps
Our next STEM Electrathon Event will be held on Saturday February 10th at University of South Florida in Tampa Florida.