What amazed me at the time was how many people entered that race. It sounded too good to be true, and apparently it was. How could $5,000 possibly cover the entry fee (usually $1,000?) and also give every team a brand new 18HT to use for the race, and trailer, and rental SUV to pull the boat, and two rooms per team for all the stops of the race? It just seemed mathematically impossible.
Did anybody add up all those costs to see if it was possible?
