KIRKLAND RANCH ACADEMY OF INNOVATION | Electrathon of Florida

We held our STEM Electrathon Event at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation in Pasco County on Saturday, December 10, 2022.

We thank KRAI Sponsor David Kocher and the Administration for hosting our event.

This was our first race in Pasco County, and we had an amazing course to make our debut.

We want to thank John and Jaime at Acme Barricades located at 2611 South 82nd Street in Tampa for their donation of cones for our course layout and becoming one of our supporters.

As the teams lined up their cars for the first race, 11 cars were ready to compete

As the green flag dropped and the cars started their one-hour race Kinetic Industries car 99 steering wheel came apart ending their day of racing.

Plant City HS car 208 returned to the track and had chain issues.

During the first race Middleton car 133 and Tiger Racing car 4 tapped front wheels and kept on racing.

Thank You Cliff, Pro EV car 39 for the view of the driver during the first race.

When the checkered flag dropped, ending the first race, the results were:
High School Class
1st Place Middleton 133 with 63 laps

2nd Place Kirkland car 555 with 55 laps

3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 48 laps

4th Place Mulberry car 100 with 33 laps

5th Place Middleton car 80 with 29 laps

Plant City car 208 completed 7 laps but did not race for a minimum of ten cumulative minutes. They will not receive laps or season points for this race.
Open Class
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 67 laps

2nd Place Jane Deere car 942 with 61 laps

3rd Place Kinetic Industries car 19 with 50 laps

Advanced Class
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 75 laps

Between races the teams made adjustments to their cars, changed tires and got some lunch.
The 10 cars lined up for the second race, the green flag dropped, and the teams started the second race. Teams had a few issues during the race but worked through them. Plant City car 208 got back out on the track after a few stops in the pit area and made an awesome run with a best lap time of 47.320 for their car.
Second race video provided by Cliff, Pro EV car 39.

When the checkered flag dropped, ending the second race, the results were:
High School Class
1st Place Middleton car 133 with 51 laps
2nd Place Middleton car 80 with 50 laps
3rd Place Mulberry car 38 with 46 laps
4th Place Mulberry car 100 with 42 laps
5th Place Kirkland car 555 with 38 laps
6th Place Plant City car 208 with 25 laps
Open Class
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 66 laps
2nd Place Kinetic Industries car 19 with 48 laps
3rd Place Jane Deere car 942 with 47 laps
Advanced Class
1st Place Pro EV car 39 with 74 laps

To find our overall race results for the day we add the two race lap totals. Final results for the race day:
High School
1st Place Middleton car 133 with 114 laps