Energy Whiz at UCF/Florida Solar Energy Center

We held our STEM Electrathon Event at the University of Central Florida in conjunction with Energy Whiz on April 20, 2024.

We thank the Florida Solar Energy Center and University of Central Florida for their support.

The teams arrived, registered and got their cars inspected by ETO volunteer Mike Ralph.

We missed our Middleton HS team and Pro EV.

We welcome new teams from University of Central Florida

Indiantown High School, Trailblazers

Lyman High School

We had teams arrive with their new second car, Palm Bay Magnet High School

University of South Florida

We had a great driver meeting with the teams informing them of track conditions and race guidelines.

We had 15 cars line up for the first race of the day.

When the green flag dropped, the teams started their one-hour competition.

The first race of the day did not go well for our new team from the University of Central Florida as their car had issues that ended their race day.

Mulberry HS car 38 had challenges with their rear wheel.

Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation had their battery come loose and slide onto the track.

When the checkered flag dropped it was:
High School
1st Place Plant City car 210 with 61 laps
2nd Place Palm Bay car 101 with 58 laps
3rd Place Lyman car 12 with 55 laps
4th Place Plant City car 83 with 46 laps
5th Place Kirkland car 555 with 45 laps
6th Place Trailblazers car 901 with 29 laps
7th Place Mulberry car 100 with 25 laps
8th Place Palm Bay car 102 with 22 laps
9th Place Mulberry car 38 with 4 laps

Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 67 laps
2nd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 64 laps
3rd Place Florida State College Jacksonville (FSCJ) car 904 with 44 laps

Advanced
1st Place University of South Florida (USF) car 132 with 59 laps
2nd Place USF car 48 with 27 laps

Between races teams worked on their cars and allowed those attending the Energy Whiz to check out the cars and ask any questions about the program or cars. We thank Florida Power and Light for providing lunch for everyone.

We had 14 cars line up for the second race.

The green flag dropped and off they went. Drivers seemed ready to step up the pace and challenge one another.

When the checkered flag dropped it was: High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 62 laps
2nd Place Lyman car 12 with 58 laps
3rd Place Trailblazers car 901 with 46 laps
4th Place Mulberry car 38 with 40 laps
5th Place Palm Bay car 101 with 31 laps
6th Place Palm Bay car 102 with 26 laps
7th Place Plant City car 83 with 21 laps
8th Place Mulberry car 100 with 9 laps
9th Place Plant City car 210 with 7 laps

Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 65 laps
2nd Place FSCJ car 904 with 55 laps
3rd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 20 laps

Advanced
1st Place USF car 48 with 31 laps
2nd Place USF car 132 with 13 laps

We add the laps from each race to get our overall race results for the day.

High School
1st Place Lyman car 12 with 113 laps