{"id":7580,"date":"2025-03-03T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T20:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/?p=7580"},"modified":"2025-03-08T18:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T22:20:15","slug":"march-1st-race-day-at-usf-engineering-expo-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/?p=7580","title":{"rendered":"March 1st Race Day at USF Engineering Expo 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, March 1st, we held our STEM Electrathon Event in conjunction with the University of South Florida Engineering Expo.<\/p>\n

We thank the University of South Florida for including us in this annual event.<\/p>\n

We thank Trish for the homemade cookies. Ken for the donuts and coffee. \"\"<\/a> We send our condolences to Mike Frederick and Donna in the loss of a family member.<\/p>\n

It was great seeing Jim and Jerry from Silver Bullet Racing, we have missed them. Jim updated the Electrathon car build information, and we will be updating the information on our websites soon.<\/p>\n

The teams arrived and got their cars inspected by Mike Ralph.<\/p>\n

Teams met with race officials for the drivers meeting\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>We had 12 cars line up for the first race of the day.\"\"<\/a>The green flag dropped and teams found their path on the course. A few teams had issues with their cars. Pro EV had electrical issues putting them out of the 1st race early. Florida State College\/Jacksonville car 32 had their wheel hub motor come loose and that stopped them from racing for the rest of the day. Kirkland Ranch and Plant City cars had some issues, their team sponsor says it was due to the students talking trash the day before with Mulberrys team (wonder if that’s true). Silver Bullet\/Jim Robinson had a good bumper car day, hitting Tiger Racing and Kirkland. One of the bumps pushed the nose of his car in a little. Overall, it was a fun and exciting race.<\/p>\n

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
\nHigh School
\n1st Place Lyman car 12 with 61 laps (race time of 1.00.10)
\n2nd Place Mulberry car 38 with 61 laps (race time of 1.00.20)
\n3rd Place Mulberry car 100 with 49 laps
\n4th Place Plant City car 210 with 42 laps (race time of 52.45.384)
\n5th Place Plant City car 83 with 42 laps (race time of (1.00.04)
\n6th Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 32 laps<\/p>\n

Open
\n1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 72 laps
\n2nd Place Florida State College\/Jacksonville car 904 with 66 laps
\n3rd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 62 laps<\/p>\n

Advanced
\n1st Place University of South Florida car 132 with 78 laps
\n2nd Place Florida State College\/Jacksonville car 32 with 29 laps
\n3rd Place Pro EV car 39 with 11 laps<\/p>\n

Thank you, Cliff, for the first race video