Bright, Sunny and HOT, HOT, HOT all day.\u00a0Who left the sauna door open?<\/p>\n
The first race of the new season saw a dozen cars take the green flag at 10:00 A.M.\u00a0Teams in the High School and Open Classes starting the year were Brandon H.S. with 2 cars, Tampa Bay Tech (TBT) with 1, Middleton H.S. Girls team (The boys couldn’t get their car back together in time) Simmons Career Center (Their first race) HCC, USF, Robinson Racing (with one car) and Rodney with Tiger Racing.<\/p>\n
In the experimental battery class was Cliff from ProEV in the 39 car\u00a0and the Electrocutioners with Drew in the\u00a072 car and Miss Electrocutioner Pony Gradert in the\u00a08 car.\u00a0Drew and Cliff battled hard in both races with Drew taking both races by one or two laps for a record total of 220 for both races.\u00a0All the experimental battery cars had flawless races. In past races they have had problems making the tires last the whole race.<\/p>\n
The HCC team gets kudos for\u00a0sponsoring such a excellent race and providing drinks and snacks.\u00a0They did have a problem with their motor controller, their second in two days, when the magic smoke escaped from it.\u00a0Seems there was a problem with a loose battery connection to the controller causing sparks and other unneeded problems. Not having another controller handy, they were done for the day shortly after the start of the race.<\/p>\n
There were\u00a0other problems with loose or bad connections during the day.\u00a0The gremlin bit the TBT team when one of the battery cable clamps was bad and caused battery problems during the first race causing a 5th place finish. In the second race they got it fixed and finished 1st.<\/p>\n
Middleton finished a strong second in the first race but had the connector gremlin bite them in the second race causing them to lose\u00a0a lot of battery power.<\/p>\n
Simmons Career Center in their first race ever\u00a0had a good outing in the first race with 80 laps before the batteries went down.\u00a0The electrical gremlin caused problems for the second race.\u00a0We look forward to seeing them at future races and are excited about them hosting a race in December.<\/p>\n
Brandon set a record for busted wheels and busted forks with the 9 car having one wheel go bad and then another collapsing. The 14 car had a weld break on the steering fork and had to withdraw early in the second race. Both cars had successful demonstrations of the roll cages with some paint scratches the only visible signs. We are excited to see them back on the track this year.<\/p>\n
Rodney was testing some new motors and verified that the first one was not up to the task. There was that burnt electrical wiring smell on the front straight as he went by late in the race. In the second race he used another motor and his lap count was way up without that burnt wiring smell.<\/p>\n
Hope to see Wharton, Strawberry Crest, Foundation, Middleton (boys team), Killer Watts, the\u00a03rd Electrocutioner and the 2nd Robinson cars racing at the October 17th race.\u00a0We will be making the stat sheet bigger.<\/p>\n
Check the schedule for future races. One note for the Middleton race, We will be on the 1\/4 mile running track so get your drafting gear ready.<\/p>\n
High School Class
\n1st Brandon Car 9, 146 laps
\n2nd Tampa Bay Tech Car 242, 135 laps
\n3rd Brandon Car 14, 107 laps
\n4th Middleton Car 133, 83 laps
\n5th Simmons Car 60, 80 laps<\/p>\n
Open Class
\n1st Robinson and Son Car 94, 215 laps
\n2nd Tiger Racing Car 4, 114 laps
\n3rd USF Car 132, 110 laps
\n4th HCC Car 30, 2 laps<\/p>\n
Experimental Battery Class
\n1st\u00a0 Electrocutioner Car 72, 220 laps
\n2nd\u00a0 Pro EV Car 39, 218 laps
\n3rd\u00a0 Electrocutioner Car 8, 165 laps<\/p>\n
Vic Nieves, Communications Director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bright, Sunny and HOT, HOT, HOT all day.\u00a0Who left the sauna door open? The first race of the new season saw a dozen cars take the green flag at 10:00 A.M.\u00a0Teams in the High School and Open Classes starting the year were Brandon H.S. with 2 cars, Tampa Bay Tech (TBT) with 1, Middleton H.S. … Continue reading OFF AND RUNNING FOR 2015-2016<\/span>