On April 22, 2017 Electrathon of Tampa Bay was well represented at the Five Flags Speedway Race. We had five teams with a total of nine cars that attended. The event drew a total of nineteen teams with thirty three cars. Thank you Vaughn Nichols, Five Flags Speedway, Sponsors, Volunteers and The Chiefs that made this race day outstanding. At lunch time we were served hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, cookies and drinks. Brandon High School, Middleton High School, University of South Florida, Pro EV and Tiger Racing raced and were able to secure five out of nine trophies. Go to this link to check out the race day events along with other teams represented and their Electrathon cars.
Electrathon of Tampa Bay will have High School, Open and Experimental Battery Teams attending the race in Pensacola Florida on April 22, 2017. We will be handing out flyers / brochures to those at the event to attract them to our website and possibly our races. There are 19 Electrathon Teams and approximately 34 cars attending this race.
Today we displayed one of our Electrathon cars at The 1st Kids Rock Science at MOSI. Thank You USF Team members Aditya and John for spending the day with Charlie answering questions about our organization. We handed out flyers and answered so many questions from interested guests. The US Navy, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and CW44 showed great interest in our organization. We had special appearances from The Flash that had to check out his competition, Superwoman, and Dr. Paul Bearer II.
Electrathon of Tampa Bay has one more race in their 2016 – 2017 Race Season. All of our teams have excelled this year. Electrathon of Tampa Bay Executive Board, thanks all of our Team Sponsors, Team Members, Parents, Business Partners and Sponsors for their support.
The Museum of Science & Industry is having a STEM Event (Kids Rock Science) on April 15, 2017. MOSI is located at 4801 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33617. The Event will be held between 10am and 2pm. ETO will have The University of South Florida Team car on display and flyers will be given to those attending the MOSI STEM Event to attract spectators and possibly new teams to our races.
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The last race of the ETO Season will be held on May 13, 2017 in Cocoa Florida in conjunction with The Energy Whiz Olympics. The address for The Florida Solar Energy Center is 1679 Clearlake Road Cocoa Florida 32922. We will be using the parking lot just SW of the area where the solar cooking competition is held behind Florida Solar Energy Centers main building.
After the Fairgrounds race was canceled Middleton High School stepped up to host a second race on their home turf. This time the track was much longer and more difficult.
The new layout was rougher than in the past and had some real tight turns causing more than one car to try some off road driving.
Middleton had their snack stand working and had pizza, drinks and snacks. It was much appreciated by all the racers and spectators.
It worked out well for them as they took top honors in the High School Class both times. Car 80 took the first race back in November and the 365 car took the top spot this time out.
After eight races and with only one remaining in the season Brandon and Middleton are in a dead heat. The Brandon 14 car and the Middleton 365 car are tied with 430 points each.
Brandon started the day in the lead in the point’s standings but battery problems and a busted chain beset their #14 car and it finished in 4th place. Middleton jumped in and helped with the chain or the 14 car would have had an even worse day.
Middleton took the top three spots with a steady performance by all three of their cars, with the 365 on top at the end of the day.
In the Open Class it was Tiger Racings #4 taking both races against a much improved HCC car. The #4 car was one lap behind the top Experimental Battery car that was the top car for the day.
The USF car had a rough day with a busted wheel in the first race and more wheel problems in the second race but is making steady progress.
There are several out of town races scheduled by other groups and for the last two months of the school year and we will have cars at all of them.
Our last race of the year will be at the Florida Solar Energy Center in Cocoa in May. The track will be longer than last year’s. We look forward to seeing teams from central Florida and the East Coast.
The High School Class will be decided at this race so we look for a hard fought race between the 14 and 365 cars for the top spot and bragging rights
Due to weather conditions for Monday, April 3, 2017 in Leeds, Alabama the race at Barber Motor Sports was changed to May 8, 2017 per Brian Copes. ETO is working the schedule to get our teams to the new race date.
Our Electrathon Race scheduled for The Florida State Fairgrounds in conjunction with the Gulf Coast MakerCon Event will not take place at the Fairgrounds on April 8, 2017. The Gulf Coast MakerCon Event was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We have secured Middleton High School NW parking lot for our race. The course will not be the same as our previous scheduled race. Always looking to improve our events.
Electrathon of Tampa Bay will have High School and Open Division teams represent our group at this out of state race in Alabama. Our teams have been working on their cars so that they can compete and bring home an out of state trophy. ETO will hand out flyers to others teams at this race to attract interest in our website and races. This is a great opportunity for our High School and Open Division teams to show others what Electrathon of Tampa Bay is all about.
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