{"id":7839,"date":"2025-09-23T19:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T23:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/?p=7839"},"modified":"2025-09-23T19:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T23:47:10","slug":"2025-2026-race-season-kicks-off-at-mulberry-hs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/?p=7839","title":{"rendered":"2025 2026 Race Season Kicks Off at Mulberry HS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first STEM Electrathon Event of the 2025-2026 Race Season was held at Mulberry High School on Saturday, September 20th.<\/p>\n

The weather was awesome, and the mosquitoes kept Trish and Dawn busy until the sun came up.<\/p>\n

We thank everyone for their help getting set up before the race and cleaned up after the race.<\/p>\n

We thank Todd Thuma and Mulberry HS for hosting the event.<\/p>\n

Our registration and scoring area got up and running. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We thank Thomas Williams from Right Trailers for joining us at our first race. They have nice trailers for sale for a reasonable price. \"\"<\/a>
\nThe teams arrived, got their pit areas set up so Mike Ralph could inspect their car(s).<\/p>\n

OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SPONSORS, IF INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. <\/strong><\/p>\n

KIRKLAND RANCH ACADEMY OF INNOVATION HIGH SCHOOL (KRAI) TEAM POWER – WESLEY CHAPEL, FL\"\"<\/a>
\nMULBERRY HIGH SCHOOL – MULBERRY, FL\"\"<\/a>
\nLYMAN HIGH SCHOOL – LONGWOOD, FL\"\"<\/a>
\nNAVARRE HIGH SCHOOL (SHOCK AWE) NAVARRE, FL\"\"<\/a>
\nNON-HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS<\/strong>
\nTIGER RACING – HIALEAH, FL\"\"<\/a>
\nPRO EV – DAVIE, FL\"\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

Teams met with race officials for the drivers meeting. \"\"<\/a>
\nWe had eleven cars line up for our first race of the day.<\/p>\n

The green flag dropped, and teams found their path on the course.<\/p>\n

This year we require a minimum of two cars to make a class. If a class does not meet the requirement, the car will be added to a different class.<\/p>\n

The high school teams were competitive and did very well. Lyman car 12 had a tie rod weld come apart but thanks to Mike Ralph and Todd Thuma between races got it welded and ready for the second race. Driver did a great job and was not hurt.<\/p>\n

Our open\/advanced Class cars did well, Pro EV car 39 had their transmitter come loose and hang on the side of the car. Tiger Racing car 4 had to pit after being clipped by another car causing the rear frame to rub against the spindle and wheel.<\/p>\n

When the checkered flag dropped it was:<\/p>\n

High School
\n1st Place Shock Awe car 155 with 72 laps
\n2nd Place KRAI Power car 555 with 71 laps
\n3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 61 laps
\n4th Place KRAI Power car 210 with 59 laps
\n5th Place KRAI Power car 83 with 55 laps
\n6th Place Mulberry car 100 with 50 laps
\n7th Place Lyman car 12 with 30 laps<\/p>\n

Open\/Advanced
\n1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 75 laps
\n2nd Place Shock Awe car 51 with 69 laps
\n3rd Place Shock Awe car 15 with 64 laps
\n4th Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 62 laps<\/p>\n

Teams made adjustments to their cars between races and had lunch. Everyone enjoyed the cookies that Trish made. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We had eleven cars line up for our second race but only 9 started the race. When KRAI Power Team turned on their power switch for car 555, smoke came out of their controller which ended their race day. Mulberry car 38 had a power issue and had to leave the line up to track down the issue. It turned out to be a bad switch. \"\"<\/a>The high school teams stepped up their game the second race. The Lyman team did very well after their set back during the first race.<\/p>\n

Tiger Racing car 4 did well running with the advanced battery cars.<\/p>\n

When the checkered flag dropped it was:<\/p>\n

High School
\n1st Place Shock Awe car 155 with 63 laps
\n2nd Place KRAI Power car 83 with 57 laps
\n3rd Place Lyman car 12 with 56 laps
\n4th Place KRAI Power car 210 with 55 laps
\n5th Place Mulberry car 100 with 45 laps
\n6th Place Mulberry car 38 with 18 laps<\/p>\n

Open\/Advanced
\n1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 78 laps
\n2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 70 laps
\n3rd Place Shock Awe car 51 with 65 laps
\n4th Place Shock Awe car 15 with 43 laps<\/p>\n

To find the overall winner for the race day, we add the laps from each race together.<\/p>\n

High School
\n1st Place Shock Awe car 155 with 135 laps\"\"<\/a> 2nd Place KRAI Power car 210 with 114 laps\"\"<\/a> 3rd Place KRAI Power car 83 with 111 laps\"\"<\/a> 4th Place Mulberry car 100 with 95 laps\"\"<\/a> 5th Place Lyman car 12 with 86 laps\"\"<\/a> 6th Place Mulberry car 38 with 79 laps\"\"<\/a> 7th Place KRAI Power car 555 with 71 laps\"\"<\/a>
\nOpen\/Advanced
\n1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 153 laps\"\"<\/a> 2nd Place Shock Awe car 51 with 134 laps\"\"<\/a> 3rd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 132 laps\"\"<\/a> 4th Place Shock Awe car 15 with 107 laps\"\"<\/a> We thank everyone that supported Electrathon of Tampa Bay\/Florida at our first race of the season.<\/p>\n

Our next STEM Event will be lead at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation on October 11th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first STEM Electrathon Event of the 2025-2026 Race Season was held at Mulberry High School on Saturday, September 20th. The weather was awesome, and the mosquitoes kept Trish and Dawn busy until the sun came up. We thank everyone for their help getting set up before the race and cleaned up after the race. … Continue reading 2025 2026 Race Season Kicks Off at Mulberry HS<\/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\/7839"}],"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=7839"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7894,"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7839\/revisions\/7894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}