Thread: Electrathon - A Different Kind of "Hotrod"

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Well, I have been really lax in my reporting this season. It's mainly because I haven't been as active as past seasons. I have been beset with health issues at inopportune times that kept me away from racing dates...

On December 2nd there was a race at Mulberry High School, but I was in Miami presenting a seminar on Electrathon car assembly (Pic below. I'm the old gray beard guy in the center). I was representing Florida Power and Light and doing the presentation to three of the schools that received FPL car kits, so I consider this an excused absence. The Vice-president of Electrathon America, Steve Archer, attended this seminar and took notes. The following week he did a similar presentation to three more teams in the Pensacola area.

I had a stent put in one of the arteries on my heart on December 11th. I felt good and everything checked out OK when i went for my 2-week follow up. Unfortunately, after New Years I started feeling tired all the time and was getting weaker. I missed the race on January 20th at Middleton high School because I was in no shape to go. Finally, on January 22nd I ended up in the hospital; my medications were causing me to bleed internally. Long story short - I spent 7 days and nights in the hospital and missed the Jacksonville race on the 27th.