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.