Last Race of the Season May 11, 2024, Mulberry High School

We held our last STEM Electrathon Event for the 2023-2024 race seasons at Mulberry High School on Saturday, May 11th.

We thank Mulberry HS Sponsor Todd Thuma, his team and MHS Administration for hosting our event.

We welcome back the Lyman High School Team.

The pit area was full of energy as teams got ready for the last race of the season.

We attached our normal receiver strand for scoring to the suspension tower that Ken Fiallos designed/built to test its ability during a normal race day. (It performed well)

The teams met with our Race Officials for instructions, flag identification and safety protocols.

The track opened for 30 minutes so that drivers could run practice laps.

The teams lined up for the first race, USF car 132 had a last minute issue and did not make line up. Silver Bullet car 94 had a rear wheel issue and started later. Tiger racing car 4 got in the lineup and their rear tire lost its bead sending them to the pits.

The green flag dropped and off they went.

During the race S & J Racing had a few issues come up that sent them into the pits and then back to racing they went.

When the checkered flag dropped, ending the first race, the results were:

High School
1st Place Lyman car 12 with 91 laps
2nd Place Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation car 555 with 90 laps
3rd Place Plant City car 83 with 88 laps
4th Place Plant City car 210 with 81 laps
5th Place Middleton car 133 with 79 laps
6th Place Mulberry car 38 with 71 laps
7th Place Mulberry car 100 with 65 laps
8th Place Middleton car 80 with 63 laps

Open
1st Place Florida State College (Jacksonville) car 904 with 89 laps
2nd Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 73 laps
3rd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 22 laps

Advanced
1st Place Middleton HS car 27 with 91 laps
2nd Place University of South Florida car 48 with 88 laps
3rd Place S & J Racing car 128 with 66 laps
4th Place Silver Bullet car 13 with 44 laps

Between races, the teams worked on their cars, ate some lunch and shopped the parts that were on display and for sale.

Teams lined up for the second race, all 16 cars were ready.

The green flag dropped, and the teams found their line on the track. The race went well and was fun to watch.

When the checkered flag dropped ending the second race, the results were:

High School
1st Place Kirkland Ranch car 555 with 96 laps
2nd Place Lyman car 12 with 93 laps
3rd Place Middleton car 80 with 90 laps
4th Place Plant City car 210 with 87 laps
5th Place Mulberry car 38 with 86 laps
6th Place Plant City car 83 with 84 laps
7th Place Middleton car 133 with 74 laps
8th Place Mulberry car 100 with 60 laps

Open
1st Place Tiger Racing car 4 with 99 laps
2nd Place Silver Bullet car 94 with 93 laps
3rd Place Florida State College (Jacksonville) car 904 with 87 laps

Advanced
1st Place Middleton HS car 27 with 97 laps (fastest track lap of day 29.819)
2nd Place University of South Florida car 132 with 92 laps
3rd Place University of South Florida car 48 with 52 laps
4th Place S & J Racing car 128 with 52 laps
5th Place Silver Bullet car 13 with 19 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 Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation car 555 with 186 laps