Electrathon teams should be preparing for the out of area races. Electrathon of Tampa Bay will use the organizations trailer to transport teams on a first come RSVP bases to the following races:

Saturday – April 28, 2018 Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola Florida. Last Year we had high school, college, open class and advanced battery class cars attend the race and we brought home five of the nine trophies.

Monday – April 30, 2018 Barber Motor Sports in Alabama. Last year we had high school, college, open and advanced battery class cars attend the race and we brought home four trophies.

Please text or email Charlie to reserve your trailer space for these races.

Pensacola Florida, Five Flags Speedway 2017

Leeds Alabama, Barber Motor Sports 2017

Electrathon of Tampa Bay will display and demo one of our electric cars at Tyrone Middle School, located at 6421 22nd Avenue N., St Petersburg Florida. We want to thank Susan Schleith (Florida Solar Energy Center) for inviting us to this event. We will be meeting Pinellas County School Districts K-12 STEM Specialist Laura Spence to promote our organization in Pinellas County Schools. Our Team (Brady Weber and Nicodemus Brothers, Executive Board Interns) will represent us at this event. Our team will have the 242 car on display and welcomes any and all questions about the car and our organization. Good Luck Team, lets get Pinellas County Schools a part of the ETO Family, which includes Hillsborough County Schools and Polk County Schools.

We will have a display at this event on Saturday to promote our organization. Please visit HCC link for more details on this event

https://www.hccfl.edu/br/science-olympiad.aspx

We had a great turnout of students at the HCC Olympiad, answered many questions and promoted ETO to numerous teachers from various counties. Thank You USF and HCC Teams for making this a success.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELECTRATHON OF TAMPA BAY

It was 10 years ago (2008) ETO held their first Electrathon Race at the University of South Florida. Here is a clip from our past.

Once again teams from Electrathon of Tampa Bay will display their Electrathon Cars on Friday, February 16, 2018, at the University of South Florida Engineering Expo. The University of South Florida is located at 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa Florida 33620.

The Engineering Expo has a large number of displays. This event attracts individuals from all over the Tampa Bay Area. Visit their website at:

http://expo.eng.usf.edu

On Saturday, February 17, 2018 Electrathon of Tampa Bay will hold two Electrathon races. Our schedule for the day:

The set up for our race day will begin on Friday afternoon, cones will be delivered and safety barriers will be placed around the event.

Come out for a free, fun filled, family day of racing to support our high school students, college students, and enthusiasts that race.

We welcome a new high school team to the Electrathon Family. On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 Electrathon of Tampa Bay delivered a loaner car to our second high school in Polk County Florida. Team Sponsor James Heuslein and his students were excited to receive their loaner car. The team will be attending the USF Race to become familiar with our organization, race day schedule and meet with other teams. Their first race with their loaner car will be March 24, 2018 at St Pete College/Seminole Campus.

We received notice from Jesse in Ft Myers (I Will Mentorship Foundation) that the race they were planning for April 21, 2018 in Ft Myers has been cancelled due to the effects that the area received from Irma and the sponsor participation. They are planning to attend our USF Race and will be planning a race in 2019 in their area.

We received notice from the folks in Alabama that the race in the City of Jasper has been cancelled this year as they are working on many of the Jasper City streets. We will plan on going to the race in 2019 as the streets in the City of Jasper should be a fun race.

Electrathon of Tampa Bay will have a display and demonstration on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at this event 9 am to 4 pm.

Thank You Chris and Richard from the HCC Team and Sai and John from the USF Team for attending this event.

The race day started out cool and windy and declined as the day continued. The sun finally decided to make an appearance just before the race day was over. The teams were slow to arrive and had their challenges due to the temperatures that affected battery conditions. Our host Chris Hart and his teams are almost finished with their new Electrathon car which should make its first race next month. A big Thanks goes to Chris and his group, we were provided on site food as they held a fundraiser selling hamburgers, hotdogs, chips and drinks. We welcomed the team from Seminole State College to their first race of this season. The track seemed to be in good condition this year but due to the wind we had debris show up on the track during both races.

In our first race that started at 10am we had eight cars lined up when the green flag dropped to start the race. Three other cars joined the race shortly after the start of the race. When the checkered flag dropped ending the first race the results were: High School Division – 1st Simmons Car 35, 2nd Simmons Car 53, 3rd Lennard Car 86, 4th Brandon Car 9, 5th Brandon Car 14, 6th Middleton Car 80, 7th Middleton Car 365, and 8th Plant Car 98. Open Division – 1st Tiger Car 4, 2nd Seminole State Car 314. Advanced Battery Division – 1st Pro EV Car 39.

Our second race had the green flag drop to start the race at 1pm, Brandon and Simmons Cars clashed in the last turn causing the Brandon Car to turn over stopping the race. Both drivers and cars were able to continue and finish the race. When the checkered flag dropped ending the second race the results were: High School Division – 1st Simmons Car 35, 2nd Simmons Car 53, 3rd Middleton Car 365, 4th Brandon Car 14, 5th Brandon Car 9, 6th Middleton Car 80, 7th Lennard Car 86, and 8th Plant Car 98. Open Division – 1st Tiger Car 4, 2nd Seminole State Car 314. Advanced Battery Division – 1st Pro EV Car 39. All of our teams did well considering the cool weather and winds that just would not stop.

When the race day was over, the final race results for the day were: High School Division – 1st Simmons Car 35 with 137 laps, 2nd Simmons Car 53 with130 laps, 3rd Lennard Car 86 with 106 laps, 4th Brandon Car 9 with 101 laps, 5th Brandon Car 14 with 98 laps, 6th Middleton Car 365 with 97 laps, 7th Middleton Car 80 with 90 laps, and 8th Plant Car 98 with 35 laps. Open Division – 1st Tiger Car 4 with 145 laps, 2nd Seminole State Car 314 with 36 laps. Advanced Battery Division – 1st Pro EV Car 39 with 149 laps.

Our next race will be on January 13, 2018 at Wharton High School, located at 20150 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, Florida 33647. This race will be in conjunction with other STEM Activities. Bring the entire family to this free day of fun for all ages.

We have monitored the national and local weather forecast all week. Over the years we have found our local forecastors the most accurate. We planned to race up until the 6pm forecast was issued. With rain and thunderstorms throughout the night and then scattered showers throughout the day we cancelled our race. We took into consideration the possible effects of the rain on our teams electrical systems, motors and controllers, not to mention being wet and cold. We apologize for any inconvenince this may have caused.

Charlie