The Proposal: Virtual $2017 Challenge

bigben said:

David S. Wallens said:

It's a  neat idea--totally neat. It's the logistics that would need to be figured out. 

And it would be a lot more dependant on the integrity of the competitors.

I'm not sure that is the case. Depends on how it is set up. 

The Challenge is very dependent on the integrity of the competitors already. But the "real" Challenge is also tempered by the fact that no one at the event wants to look like "That Guy", so no one issues protests. We all know when we are looking at a fraud- so far none of them have placed high, so it has been a mute point. 

I think a virtual Challenge should have a component where the participants in the "real" Challenge have input- because they are the ones that witnessed the actual event (and can therefore offer comparisons). I think it would be the "Concours" part- it essentially becomes a "Competitor's Choice" voting process, or some such thing. 

If that's the case, the virtual competitor would have to convince the "real" competitors- and if they sniff a fraud, the virtual competitor will essentially be voted off the island. 

It would be a different kind of integrity check, but still somewhat effective (and perhaps a little better)

Alright, bringing this back up to the top. Who's on board? 

If there's enough interest let's iron out the details and get people posting the cars.

I'm in, especially since the Saab didn't get to run in the real challenge, but I might be nearly out of events here in the Chicago area. What timeline are you thinking?

In reply to Robbie :

My original suggestion was the end of November, but I know most events are all but over at this point, especially in the North. There's basically one open drag night left and one autocross left in my area. . .

Maybe the first one would be a little less formal just to figure it out and get the ball rolling.