A big thank you to Executive Board Interns Brady Weber and Nicodemus Brothers for representing ETO at this STEM event. Our team met with guests at this event, answered questions and displayed the Titan car 242. Brady and Nicodemus met with Pinellas County Schools K-12 STEM Specialist Laura Spence and folks from Duke Energy. We will be forwarding information about our organization to them so we may bring our neighboring county on board with Electrathon racing.
The USF race is just days away, everyone should be finishing up last minute prep on their cars. This is our longest running race, this year celebrating 10 years; we will have our largest field for the race with 21 cars pre-registered.
A few reminders and special interest items:
Pit space will be tight so get there early There should be one vehicle OR trailer per team in the pits Overflow vehicles will be parked off course Don’t wait till race day to put your car together. It really slows down the inspections. There will be a meeting of teams that have not raced with ETO at USF prior to the race New teams should plan to get in practice laps prior to the actual race
ETO will be doing course set up Friday at 5 P.M. and finishing up the small details on Saturday morning starting at 6 A.M.
Weather looks good for Saturday and we look forward to our best race day ever…
Electrathon of Tampa Bay will have two cars on display on “Thunder Alley” and in the STEM Pavilion at this upcoming event at Amalie Arena in Tampa Florida. We will display on March 28, 2018. Need teams to contact Charlie to volunteer.
Please check out the link below for more information:
Electrathon of Tampa Bay is excepting donations of old yellow and red top batteries at the USF Race on February 17, 2018. Please bring those old, dusty batteries to the race and turn them in to us as a donation. We are using these items to acquire gift cards at our races for our first place teams in each class.
Electrathon teams should be preparing for the out of area races. Electrathon of Tampa Bay will use the organizations trailer to transport teams on a first come RSVP bases to the following races:
Saturday – April 28, 2018 Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola Florida. Last Year we had high school, college, open class and advanced battery class cars attend the race and we brought home five of the nine trophies.
Monday – April 30, 2018 Barber Motor Sports in Alabama. Last year we had high school, college, open and advanced battery class cars attend the race and we brought home four trophies.
Please text or email Charlie to reserve your trailer space for these races.
Pensacola Florida, Five Flags Speedway 2017
Leeds Alabama, Barber Motor Sports 2017
Electrathon of Tampa Bay will display and demo one of our electric cars at Tyrone Middle School, located at 6421 22nd Avenue N., St Petersburg Florida. We want to thank Susan Schleith (Florida Solar Energy Center) for inviting us to this event. We will be meeting Pinellas County School Districts K-12 STEM Specialist Laura Spence to promote our organization in Pinellas County Schools. Our Team (Brady Weber and Nicodemus Brothers, Executive Board Interns) will represent us at this event. Our team will have the 242 car on display and welcomes any and all questions about the car and our organization. Good Luck Team, lets get Pinellas County Schools a part of the ETO Family, which includes Hillsborough County Schools and Polk County Schools.
We will have a display at this event on Saturday to promote our organization. Please visit HCC link for more details on this event
https://www.hccfl.edu/br/science-olympiad.aspx
We had a great turnout of students at the HCC Olympiad, answered many questions and promoted ETO to numerous teachers from various counties. Thank You USF and HCC Teams for making this a success.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELECTRATHON OF TAMPA BAY
It was 10 years ago (2008) ETO held their first Electrathon Race at the University of South Florida. Here is a clip from our past.
Once again teams from Electrathon of Tampa Bay will display their Electrathon Cars on Friday, February 16, 2018, at the University of South Florida Engineering Expo. The University of South Florida is located at 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa Florida 33620.
The Engineering Expo has a large number of displays. This event attracts individuals from all over the Tampa Bay Area. Visit their website at:
On Saturday, February 17, 2018 Electrathon of Tampa Bay will hold two Electrathon races. Our schedule for the day:
The set up for our race day will begin on Friday afternoon, cones will be delivered and safety barriers will be placed around the event.
Come out for a free, fun filled, family day of racing to support our high school students, college students, and enthusiasts that race.
We welcome a new high school team to the Electrathon Family. On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 Electrathon of Tampa Bay delivered a loaner car to our second high school in Polk County Florida. Team Sponsor James Heuslein and his students were excited to receive their loaner car. The team will be attending the USF Race to become familiar with our organization, race day schedule and meet with other teams. Their first race with their loaner car will be March 24, 2018 at St Pete College/Seminole Campus.
We received notice from Jesse in Ft Myers (I Will Mentorship Foundation) that the race they were planning for April 21, 2018 in Ft Myers has been cancelled due to the effects that the area received from Irma and the sponsor participation. They are planning to attend our USF Race and will be planning a race in 2019 in their area.
We received notice from the folks in Alabama that the race in the City of Jasper has been cancelled this year as they are working on many of the Jasper City streets. We will plan on going to the race in 2019 as the streets in the City of Jasper should be a fun race.