We held our STEM Electrathon Event at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation on Saturday, March 7th.

We thank everyone for their help getting set up before the race and cleaned up after the race.

We thank David Kocher and KRAI Administration for hosting the event.

We thank Erinn Glavich for her support of all the teams, the students and assisting the organization anywhere she is needed.

We thank John, Dawn and Charlie for the donuts and Trish for the homemade cookies.We thank Mike and Trish for making sure the trophies are made and ready for our races.The teams arrived, got their pit areas set up so Mike Ralph could inspect their car(s).Teams met with Race Officials for the drivers meeting.Our first race of the day had 13 cars lineup.The green flag dropped and teams found their path on the course.The first race brought challenges to a number of teams (cars 904 & 100) really liked hitting the cones.Silver Bullet 94 takes the award for most cones hit in any race day. Jerry was just having fun. Ramtech had issues with their front tire rim, Florida State College Jacksonville (FSCJ) car 32 kept coming up on two wheels, and Lyman blew a tire.Thank you Pro EV, Cliff for the videos. When the checkered flag dropped it was:

High School
1st Place KRAI Power car 555 with 75 laps, best lap 38.385
2nd Place KRAI Power car 210 with 70 laps
3rd Place KRAI Power car 83 with 65 laps
4th Place Lyman car 12 with 63 laps
5th Place Ramtech car 59 with 57 laps
6th Place Mulberry car 100 with 39 laps
7th Place Mulberry car 38 with 22 laps

Open
1st Place Tiger car 4 with 77 laps, best lap 43.227
2nd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 71 laps

Advanced
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 86 laps
2nd Place FSCJ car 32 with 85 laps
3rd Place FSCJ car 904 with 76 laps
4th Place Silver Bullet car 13 with 49 laps

In between races teams worked on their cars and had lunch.

Once again Sponsor David Kocher and his team showed what true sportsmanship and mentoring is all about. He and his team helped the Ramtech team from Miami repair/true up their front rim(s), so they were able to be in the second race.

Our second race had 12 cars line up, Mulberry HS decided to strip the wheel from their car 100, they installed it on their car 38 to perform better, and it worked, good decision.The teams made sure to challenge each other to see who could handle the heat. Pro EV and FSCJ 32 did well against one another until Pro EV and Kirkland 555 hit each other damaging Pro EV front wheel assembly. Once again cones were a magnet for some drivers (we won’t mention Jerry’s name). Cars 38, 210, 555 all had tire issues, and yes, as stated before, KRAI 555 and Pro EV exchanged some car contact, both drivers did well and no one was hurt.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Lyman car 12 with 73 laps
2nd Place Ramtech car 59 with 71 laps
3rd Place KRAI Power car 83 with 68 laps
4th Place KRAI Power car 555 with 64 laps
5th Place KRAI Power car 210 with 63 laps
6th Place Mulberry car 38 with 55 laps

Open
1st Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 69 laps
2nd Place Tiger car 4 with 24 laps

Advanced
1st Place FSCJ car 32 with 84 laps
2nd Place FSCJ car 904 with 78 laps
3rd Place Silver Bullet car 13 with 77 laps
4th Place Pro EV car 39 with 50 laps, best lap 36.327

To find the overall winner for the race day, we add the laps from each race together.
High School
1st Place KRAI Power car 555 with 139 laps2nd Place Lyman car 12 with 136 laps3rd Place KRAI Power car 210 with 133 laps (race times 1.01.56+1.00.16=20172)4th Place car KRAI Power car 83 with 133 laps (race times 1.01.57+1.00.51=20208)5th Place Ramtech car 59 with 1286th Place Mulberry car 38 with 777th Place Mulberry car 100 with 39 lapsOpen
1st Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 140 laps2nd Place Tiger car 4 with 101 lapsAdvanced
1st Place FSCJ car 32 with 169 laps2nd Place FSCJ car 904 with 154 laps3rd Place Pro EV car 39 with 136 laps4th Place Silver Bullet car 13 with 126 lapsUPCOMING ETO EVENTS/RACES

Friday, April 10th, team displays at USF Engineering Expo.
IF YOUR TEAM IS PARTICIPATING, FRIDAY DISPLAYS, NOTIFY TRISH AT 813 763 2046

Saturday, April 11th STEM Electrathon Event/race at USF Engineering Expo

Saturday, May 9th last race of our season, Mulberry High School
END OF YEAR AWARDS AND BANQUET WILL BE HELD AFTER THE RACE @ MULBERRY HS
Contact Trish with total number of attendees for banquet by April 15th so that food can be ordered.