Can you imagine a competition that takes the fun of a cross-country trip and combines it with the thrill of auto racing? The 2010 Fireball Run Adventurally is exactly that, and more.
Today, 75 teams set off on a 3500-mile journey and will face many different challenges as they travel through 18 cities over eight days of exciting competition.
How it works
The teams kicked off at Henderson-Lake in Las Vegas, Nevada marking the starting line of the quest and will conclude with a heroes' welcome on Oct. 2nd in Galena, Illinois. Each day of the competition, each team has an idea of the general route and where they will arrive each night. What remains a mystery: some of the destinations along the journey and the tasks they will have to complete along the way.
The adventure begins as each team is presented with a mission envelope containing clues and puzzles, which they must decipher in order to navigate through the country. If one gets stuck, the answers are just a phone call away, but teams will lose points with every call made. In the end, whichever team accumulates the most points will be crowned the winner of the Fireball Run.
The point’s system works in three ways by accounting for:
1) One’s position in line when they arrive at the final checkpoint of each day,
2) Points accumulated for missions completed successfully, and
3) One’s track time on the racetrack challenges
The competitors
In order to be an entrant, a member of the team must meet the qualifications of being an economic, civil, or celebrity leader within their industry or community. This allows host cities to subsidize around two-thirds of the cost of the competition, and helps spread economic influence and vitality across the country. This year’s theme of American Heroes expands the competition and encourages the brave men and women of law enforcement, military actives and veterans, firefighters, and emergency medical services to participate.
As there are many great people participating this year, the cars among them also vary from A to Z. Going for comfort or going for speed is all up to the members of the teams competing. Some may be thinking that a supercar may be the key to thriving in the racetrack events, and they are probably right. However, they will have to limit themselves on how many drivers and the supplies they will be traveling with.
The rules state that the registered car is the one that must be used for the competition. There will no hauling of people or cars allowed.
Coppied by http://www.sportscarmonitor.com/blog/1049704_2010-fireball-run-adventurally-kicks-off-today
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