{"id":8072,"date":"2026-03-08T19:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/?p=8072"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:55:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:55:46","slug":"challenging-road-course-kirkland-ranch-academy-of-innovation-march-7-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electrathonoftampabay.org\/www\/?p=8072","title":{"rendered":"Challenging Road Course Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation March 7, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

We held our STEM Electrathon Event at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation on Saturday, March 7th.<\/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

We thank Erinn Glavich for her support of all the teams, the students and assisting the organization anywhere she is needed.<\/p>\n

We thank John, Dawn and Charlie for the donuts and Trish for the homemade cookies.\"\"<\/a>We thank Mike and Trish for making sure the trophies are made and ready for our races.\"\"<\/a>The teams arrived, got their pit areas set up so Mike Ralph could inspect their car(s).\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Teams met with Race Officials for the drivers meeting.\"\"<\/a>Our first race of the day had 13 cars lineup.\"\"<\/a>The green flag dropped and teams found their path on the course.\"\"<\/a>The first race brought challenges to a number of teams (cars 904 & 100) really liked hitting the cones.\"\"<\/a>Silver Bullet 94 takes the award for most cones hit in any race day. Jerry was just having fun. \"\"<\/a>Ramtech had issues with their front tire rim, Florida State College Jacksonville (FSCJ) car 32 kept coming up on two wheels, and Lyman blew a tire.\"\"<\/a>Thank you Pro EV, Cliff for the videos.