We held our STEM Electrathon Event at Mulberry High School on Saturday, May 9th.

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

Once again, Trish and Mike did a great job making our trophies. The teams arrived, got their pit areas set up so Mike Ralph could inspect their car(s).

We welcome Palm Bay Magnet back to our STEM competitions.

We Thank Rafael Morales for coming out to our event, taking pictures and posting them on our Facebook page.

Teams met with Race Officials for the drivers meeting. Our first race of the day had 10 cars line up. Team Power car 555 from Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation had electrical issues that took some time to track down keeping them in the pits the entire first race.

The green flag dropped and teams found their path on the course.

The first race went really well; a few teams had tire issues but got them changed and their car back in the race. Lyman car 12 seemed to have an issue throttling up which sent them to the pits.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:

High School
1st Place Palm Bay car 57 with 85 laps
2nd Place KRAI Team Power car 83 with 81 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 66 laps (race time 59.48.905)
4th Place Mulberry car 100 with 66 laps (race time 1.00.02)
5th Place KRAI Team Power car 210 with 63 laps
6th Place Palm Bay car 102 with 45 laps
7th Place Lyman car 12 with 7 laps

Open/Advanced
1st Place Florida State College Jacksonville (FSCJ) car 32 with 103 laps
2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 91 laps
3rd Place FSCJ car 904 with 86 laps

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

Our second race had 11 cars line up. Once again, teams had issues with tires. Mulberry car 38 seemed to have the most challenges as the same wheel just did not want to stay inflated or popped.

We thank future Electrathon Team members Hanna and Tosia for waving the checkered flag, ending our second race. When the checkered flag dropped it was:

High School
1st Place Palm Bay car 57 with 87 laps (race time 1.00.06)
2nd Place KRAI Team Power car 555 with 87 laps (race time 1.00.10)
3rd Place KRAI Team Power car 83 with 72 laps
4th Place Palm Bay car 102 with 71 laps
5th Place Lyman car 12 with 70 laps
6th Place KRAI Team Power car 210 with 57 laps
7th Place Mulberry car 100 with 45 laps
8th Place Mulberry car 38 with 11 laps

Open/Advanced
1st Place FSCJ car 32 with 94 laps (race time 1.00.15)
2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 94 laps (race time 1.00.30)
3rd Place FSCJ car 904 with 88 laps

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

High School
1st Place Palm Bay car 57 with 172 laps2nd Place KRAI Team Power car 83 with 153 laps3rd Place KRAI Team Power car 210 with 120 laps4th Place Palm Bay car 102 with 116 laps5th Place Mulberry car 100 with 111 laps6th Place KRAI Team Power car 87 laps7th Place Lyman car 12 with 77 laps (race times 1st 9.59 plus 2nd 1.00 = approx. 69.59 minutes)8th Place Mulberry car 38 with 77 laps (race times 1st 59.48 plus 2nd 21.48 = approx 80.96 minutes)Open/Advanced
1st Place FSCJ car 32 with 197 laps2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 185 laps3rd Place FSCJ car 904 with 174 laps