{"id":7103,"date":"2024-04-23T16:02:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T20:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/?p=7103"},"modified":"2024-04-23T18:09:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T22:09:41","slug":"energy-whiz-at-ucf-florida-solar-energy-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/?p=7103","title":{"rendered":"Energy Whiz at UCF\/Florida Solar Energy Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

We held our STEM Electrathon Event at the University of Central Florida in conjunction with Energy Whiz on April 20, 2024.<\/p>\n

We thank the Florida Solar Energy Center and University of Central Florida for their support.<\/p>\n

The teams arrived, registered and got their cars inspected by ETO volunteer Mike Ralph. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We missed our Middleton HS team and Pro EV.<\/p>\n

We welcome new teams from University of Central Florida\"\"<\/a> Indiantown High School, Trailblazers\"\"<\/a> Lyman High School\"\"<\/a> We had teams arrive with their new second car, Palm Bay Magnet High School\"\"<\/a> University of South Florida\"\"<\/a> We had a great driver meeting with the teams informing them of track conditions and race guidelines.<\/p>\n

We had 15 cars line up for the first race of the day. \"\"<\/a> When the green flag dropped, the teams started their one-hour competition.<\/p>\n

The first race of the day did not go well for our new team from the University of Central Florida as their car had issues that ended their race day.<\/p>\n

Mulberry HS car 38 had challenges with their rear wheel.<\/p>\n

Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation had their battery come loose and slide onto the track.<\/p>\n

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
\nHigh School
\n1st Place Plant City car 210 with 61 laps
\n2nd Place Palm Bay car 101 with 58 laps
\n3rd Place Lyman car 12 with 55 laps
\n4th Place Plant City car 83 with 46 laps
\n5th Place Kirkland car 555 with 45 laps
\n6th Place Trailblazers car 901 with 29 laps
\n7th Place Mulberry car 100 with 25 laps
\n8th Place Palm Bay car 102 with 22 laps
\n9th Place Mulberry car 38 with 4 laps<\/p>\n

Open
\n1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 67 laps
\n2nd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 64 laps
\n3rd Place Florida State College Jacksonville (FSCJ) car 904 with 44 laps<\/p>\n

Advanced
\n1st Place University of South Florida (USF) car 132 with 59 laps
\n2nd Place USF car 48 with 27 laps<\/p>\n

Between races teams worked on their cars and allowed those attending the Energy Whiz to check out the cars and ask any questions about the program or cars. We thank Florida Power and Light for providing lunch for everyone.<\/p>\n

We had 14 cars line up for the second race. \"\"<\/a> The green flag dropped and off they went. Drivers seemed ready to step up the pace and challenge one another.<\/p>\n

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
\nHigh School
\n1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 62 laps
\n2nd Place Lyman car 12 with 58 laps
\n3rd Place Trailblazers car 901 with 46 laps
\n4th Place Mulberry car 38 with 40 laps
\n5th Place Palm Bay car 101 with 31 laps
\n6th Place Palm Bay car 102 with 26 laps
\n7th Place Plant City car 83 with 21 laps
\n8th Place Mulberry car 100 with 9 laps
\n9th Place Plant City car 210 with 7 laps<\/p>\n

Open
\n1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 65 laps
\n2nd Place FSCJ car 904 with 55 laps
\n3rd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 20 laps<\/p>\n

Advanced
\n1st Place USF car 48 with 31 laps
\n2nd Place USF car 132 with 13 laps<\/p>\n

We add the laps from each race to get our overall race results for the day.<\/p>\n

High School
\n1st Place Lyman car 12 with 113 laps\"\"<\/a> 2nd Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 107 laps\"\"<\/a> 3rd Palm Bay car 101 with 89 laps\"\"<\/a> 4th Place Trailblazers car 901 with 75 laps\"\"<\/a> 5th Place Plant City car 210 with 68 laps\"\"<\/a> 6th Place Plant City car 83 with 67 laps\"\"<\/a> 7th Place Palm Bay car 102 with 48 laps\"\"<\/a> 8th Place Mulberry car 38 with 44 laps\"\"<\/a> 9th Place Mulberry car 100 with 34 laps\"\"<\/a> Open
\n1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 132 laps\"\"<\/a> 2nd Place Florida State College at Jacksonville car 904 with 99 laps\"\"<\/a> 3rd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 84 laps\"\"<\/a> Advanced
\n1st Place USF car 132 with 72 laps\"\"<\/a> 2nd Place USF car 48 with 52 laps\"\"<\/a> Our next STEM Electrathon Event will be held on Saturday, May 11th at Mulberry High School followed, by our annual banquet at American Legion Post 4.
\nALSO
\nApril 27, 2024, Florida State College Jacksonville Race, be sure to sign up, see our website or Facebook for detail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We held our STEM Electrathon Event at the University of Central Florida in conjunction with Energy Whiz on April 20, 2024. We thank the Florida Solar Energy Center and University of Central Florida for their support. The teams arrived, registered and got their cars inspected by ETO volunteer Mike Ralph. We missed our Middleton HS … Continue reading Energy Whiz at UCF\/Florida Solar Energy Center<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7103"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7140,"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103\/revisions\/7140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}