Florida State College January 27, 2024 (Jacksonville)

On Saturday, January 27th we assisted Florida State College at Jacksonville with their first electrathon race. We thank FSCJ Electrathon Team Sponsor Robert Wechsler, his team, volunteers and FSCJ Administration for inviting us to their event. We arrived early on Saturday to finish with the event set up. As teams arrived and got situated in the pits, the inspection team started the car inspections.

We welcome new team Augusta Prep car 1324 from Georgia.

We welcome new team Fairhope HS car 1 from Alabama.

We welcome new team Electrathon Parts car 654 from Milton Florida

Our drivers meeting went well with the teams, they were informed of track conditions, broke down car procedures and instructed on the race flags.

We had 10 cars line up for our first 1-hour competition.

Dr. Doug Brauer Dean of Industry and Engineering at FSCJ dropped the green flag, starting the race.

As the teams went into turn one, Fairhope car 1 had a steering issue that caused them to leave the track and into the grass sidelines (driver did well and there were no injuries). The teams worked out little car issues during the race.

When the checkered flag dropped

The results were:
High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation car 555 with 50 laps
2nd Place Mulberry car 38 with 38 laps
3rd Place Fairhope car 1 with 33 laps
4th Place Augusta Prep car 1324 with 29 laps
5th Place Plant City car 83 with 21 laps
Open
1st Place Electrathon Parts car 654 with 59 laps
2nd Place Florida State College at Jacksonville car 904 with 48 laps
3rd Place RYNO car 360 with 46 laps
4th Place Mulberry car 100 with 35 laps
Advanced
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 44 laps (best lap of 54.903)

The pits were opened between races for guests/visitors to check out the cars and ask questions.

We had 9 cars line up for our second 1-hour competition.

RYNO car 360 was driven in the second race by a student from Nease HS as their car could not make the race.

When the green flag dropped, the teams were driving with more skill and higher speeds as they made adjustments on their cars between races.

Kirkland Ranch car 555 did a 52.248 lap beating all others the entire day. Pro EV car 39 (advanced batteries) and Electrathon Parts car 654 (lead acid batteries), stayed neck and neck with each of them taking the lead at times during the race. Both cars performed extremely well and put on a good show for everyone.

When the checkered flag dropped it was
High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 49 laps
2nd Place Fairhope car 1 with 41 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 39 laps
4th Place Plant City car 83 with 28 laps
Open
1st Place Electrathon Parts car 654 with 60 laps
2nd Place FL State College car 904 with 45 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 100 with 38 laps
4th Place RYNO car 360 with 16 laps
Advanced
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 47 laps

We add the laps from each race to get our overall race results for the day.
High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 99 laps