{"id":8021,"date":"2026-01-27T12:40:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/?p=8021"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:25:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:25:25","slug":"kirkland-ranch-academy-of-innovation-january-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/?p=8021","title":{"rendered":"Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation – January 24, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

We held our STEM Electrathon Event at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation on Saturday, January 24th.<\/p>\n

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

We thank David Kocher and KRAI Administration for hosting the event.<\/p>\n

The teams arrived, got their pit areas set up so Mike Ralph could inspect their car(s).<\/p>\n

We welcome back the team from Terra Environmental Research Institute (Terrawolves).<\/p>\n

Teams met with Race Officials for the drivers meeting. \"\"<\/a>
\nOur first race of the day had 11 cars lineup.\"\"<\/a>The green flag dropped and teams found their path on the course.<\/p>\n

The first race brought challenges to a number of teams, Lyman car 94 had rear tire issues, Tiger Racing car 4 had a bubble form on one of their tires, KRAI car 210 blew the back tire, Lyman car 94 spun out and Mulberry car 38 rear ended Tiger Racing car 4 causing him to spin out.<\/p>\n

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
\nHigh School
\n1st Place KRAI Power car 555 with 75 laps
\n2nd Place Terrawolves car 70 with 73 laps
\n3rd Place Lyman car 12 with 62 laps
\n4th Place Mulberry car 38 with 49 laps
\n5th Place KRAI Power car 83 with 41 laps
\n6th Place Mulberry car 100 with 30 laps
\n7th Place KRAI Power car 210 with 24 laps
\n8th Place Lyman car 94 with 11 laps (best lap of the day for HS 36.591)<\/p>\n

Open\/Advanced
\n1st Place Florida State College Jacksonville (FSCJ) car 904 with 73 laps
\n2nd Place FSCJ car 32 with 58 laps
\n3rd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 47 laps<\/p>\n

In between races teams worked on their cars and had lunch.<\/p>\n

Our second race had 11 cars line up\"\"<\/a>The teams made sure to challenge each other to see who could handle the heat.<\/p>\n

Terrawolves car 70 had chain issue’s, KRAI car 210 blew a tire, FSCJ car 32 almost rolled in the turn before heading to finish line, the driver did well to keep it from going over, Mulberry car 38 had chain issue’s, Terrawolves had the rear wheel come apart, ending their race day early.<\/p>\n

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
\nHigh School
\n1st Place KRAI Power car 555 with 76 laps
\n2nd Place Lyman car 12 with 61 laps
\n3rd Place KRAI Power car 210 with 59 laps
\n4th Place KRAI Power car 83 with 57 laps
\n5th Place Lyman car 94 with 54 laps
\n6th Place Terrawolves car 70 with 46 laps
\n7th Place Mulberry car 100 with 45 laps
\n8th Place Mulberry car 38 with 19 laps<\/p>\n

Open\/Advanced
\n1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 78 laps (best lap of day for open\/advanced 41.078)
\n2nd Place FSCJ car 32 with 73 laps
\n3rd Place FSCJ car 904 with 63 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 KRAI Power car 555 with 151 laps\"\"<\/a> 2nd Place Lyman car 12 with 123 laps\"\"<\/a>3rd Place Terrawolves car 70 with 119 laps\"\"<\/a>4th Place KRAI Power car 83 with 98 laps\"\"<\/a>5th Place KRAI Power car 210 with 83 laps\"\"<\/a>6th Place Mulberry car 100 with 75 laps\"\"<\/a>7th Place Mulberry car 38 with 68 laps\"\"<\/a>8th Place Lyman car 94 with 65 laps\"\"<\/a>Open\/Advanced
\n1st Place FSCJ car 904 with 136 laps\"\"<\/a>2nd Place FSCJ car 32 with 131 laps\"\"<\/a>3rd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 125 laps\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We will not have a race in February of 2026.<\/p>\n

UPCOMING ETO EVENTS\/RACES
\nKirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation on Saturday, March 7th.<\/p>\n

Friday, April 10th, team displays at USF Engineering Expo.
\nIF YOUR TEAM IS PARTICIPATING, FRIDAY DISPLAYS, NOTIFY TRISH AT 813 763 2046<\/p>\n

Saturday, April 11th STEM Electrathon Event\/race at USF Engineering Expo<\/p>\n

Saturday, May 9th last race of our season, Mulberry High School
\nEND OF YEAR AWARDS AND BANQUET WILL BE HELD AFTER THE RACE @ MULBERRY HS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We held our STEM Electrathon Event at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation on Saturday, January 24th. We thank everyone for their help getting set up before the race and cleaned up after the race. We thank David Kocher and KRAI Administration for hosting the event. The teams arrived, got their pit areas set up so … Continue reading Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation – January 24, 2026<\/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\/8021"}],"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=8021"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8058,"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8021\/revisions\/8058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}