We held our STEM Electrathon Event in conjunction with Energy Whiz at Florida Solar Energy Center in Cocoa Florida on April 26, 2025.

The weather was awesome, nice temperatures and a slight breeze to keep the air flowing.

We thank Florida Solar Energy Center/Susan and their great team for including us again this year.

The teams arrived and got their cars inspected by Mike Ralph. We welcome back Palm Bay Electrathon Team (2 cars) and hope they continue to join us at our STEM Electrathon Events.

We welcomed teams from Nease and Creekside HS that made to trip to race at this venue.

Teams met with race officials for the drivers meeting. We had thirteen cars line up for our first race of the day.The green flag dropped and teams found their path on the course. The Palm Bay team had their share of challenges with their car 102 but the crew did not give up, they resolved the issues and got their cars back into the race, overall, the race went well.

We did have a driver that kept sliding down in their car and had to have help getting back into driving position to see over the front of the car. We won’t mention the drivers name (Todd) but it was fun to watch.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Nease car 550 with 60 laps
2nd Place Palm Bay car 57 with 59 laps
3rd Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 55 laps
4th Place Plant City car 210 with 51 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 38 with 47 laps
6th Place Plant City car 83 with 40 laps
7th Place Creekside car 95 with 37 laps
8th Place Palm Bay car 102 with 16 laps

Open
1st Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 63 laps
2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 61 laps
3rd Place Mulberry (Todd) car 100 with 49 laps

Advanced
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 70 laps
2nd Place Florida State College Jacksonville car 904 with 61 laps

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

We had thirteen cars line up for our second race. It was great to see all the cars back out on the track for the second race. Palm Bay car 102 continued to challenge the team with tire issues. Mulberry car 100 (Todd) had the front wheel collapse after 27 laps ending his race day. Pro EV car 39 and Plant City car 83 exchanged paint which caused damage to both cars, ending their race day.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 60 laps
2nd Place Plant City car 210 with 56 laps
3rd Place Nease car 550 with 54 laps
4th Place Palm Bay car 57 with 50 laps
5th Place Plant City car 83 with 43 laps
6th Place Creekside car 95 with 37 laps
7th Place Mulberry car 38 with 29 laps
8th Place Palm Bay car 102 with 9 laps

Open
1st Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 54 laps (race time of 1.00.24)
2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 54 laps (race time of 1.00.43)
3rd Place Mulberry (Todd) car 100 with 27 laps

Advanced
1st Place Florida State College Jacksonville car 904 with 64 laps
2nd Place Pro EV car 39 with 47 laps

To find the overall winner for the race day, we add the laps from each race together

High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 115 laps 2nd Place Nease car 550 with 114 laps 3rd Place Palm Bay car 57 with 109 laps 4th Place Plant City car 210 with 107 laps 5th Place Plant City car 83 with 83 laps 6th Place Mulberry car 38 with 76 laps 7th Place Creekside car 95 with 74 laps 8th Place Palm Bay car 102 with 25 laps Open
1st Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 117 laps 2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 115 laps 3rd Place Mulberry (Todd) car 100 with 76 laps Advanced
1st Place Florida State College Jacksonville car 904 with 125 laps 2nd Place Pro EV car 39 with 117 laps

Our next STEM Electrathon Event (last one of the 2024-2025 Race Season) will be held at Mulberry High School on May 3, 2025.

The last race awards and end of year awards will be given out at our banquet which will take place in the cafeteria of Mulberry High School right after the last race on May 3rd.