We held our STEM Electrathon Event at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation on December 14, 2024.

It started out as a cool morning then the winds arrived and created a challenge for teams and canopies. The sun was hot and felt good for a little while then it was too much. Towards the end of the day we were hoping that the rain clouds didn’t open up before we were done.

We thank Kirkland Ranch Sponsor David Kocher and his Administration for hosting our event.

We thank everyone that arrived early to help with set up.

The teams arrived and got their cars inspected.

We missed our Florida State College/Jacksonville, Middleton HS, Shark Family and Silver Bullet Teams. Hope to see them at our next race.

We welcome Navarre Shock and Awe Electrathon Team (3 cars) to our Electrathon Family and hope they continue to join us at our STEM Electrathon Events. The team has an awesome trailer with roof top viewing, great students and devoted Team Sponsors.

Teams met with race officials for the drivers meeting. We had twelve cars line up for our 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 but overall, the race went well.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Navarre Shock & Awe car 15 with 69 laps
2nd Place Lyman car 12 with 63 laps
3rd Place Navarre Shock & Awe car 155 with 62 laps
4th Place Plant City car 83 with 60 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 38 with 57 laps
6th Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 54 laps
7th Place Mulberry car 100 with 51 laps
8th Place Plant City car 210 with 38 laps

Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 74 laps

Advanced
1st Place University of South Florida car 132 with 73 laps
2nd Place Navarre Shock & Awe car 51 with 69 laps
3rd Place Pro EV car 39 with 47 laps

Teams made some adjustments to their cars between races and had lunch.

We had twelve 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 teams did very well; we did have a few tire issues and even a sagging/scrapping floor pan that was fixed quickly.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Navarre Shock & Awe car 15 with 69 laps (same number of laps as 1st race, consistent performance of car and drivers)
2nd Place Lyman car 12 with 62 laps (only 1 lap difference from first race, consistent performance of car and drivers)
3rd Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 61 laps (with a race time of 1.00.08)
4th Place Mulberry car 38 with 61 laps (with a race time of 1.00.43)
5th Place Navarre Shock & Awe car 155 with 54 laps
6th Place Plant City car 83 with 53 laps
7th Place Plant City car 210 with 36 laps
8th Place Mulberry car 100 with 29 laps

Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 73 laps (only 1 lap difference from first race, consistent performance of car and driver)

Advanced
1st Place University of South Florida car 132 with 76 laps
2nd Place Navarre Shock & Awe car 51 with 60 laps
3rd Place Pro EV car 39 with 33 laps

To find the overall winner for the race day, we add the laps from each race together.
High School
1st Place Navarre Shock & Awe car 15 with 138 laps 2nd Place Lyman car 12 with 125 laps 3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 118 laps 4th Place Navarre Shock & Awe car 155 with 116 laps 5th Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 115 laps 6th Place Plant City car 83 with 113 laps 7th Place Mulberry car 100 with 80 laps 8th Place Plant City car 210 with 74 laps Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 147 laps Advanced
1st Place University of South Florida car 132 with 149 laps 2nd Place Navarre Shock & Awe car 51 with 129 laps 3rd Place Pro EV car 39 with 80 laps Our next STEM Electrathon Event location was changed, it will be held at Mulberry High School on January 25, 2025.