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Last year they were sold out in 6 days. While that is pretty quick it is quite different when 160 people apply in the first 4 hours. :) So I can imagine they didn't expect it to be thàt popular.
And they run a pretty basic organisation so I think they don't want to set up extra systems for automation.
MisterTomTom-
My point is, if you have a basic organisation, it is a lot easier to outsource the entries. If you have more resources you can manage it in house, TCR-style.
They now have a fair admin job to do, sorting through all those entries. Even writing 60 rejection emails will take time.
Interesting that it took a few days last year, I didn't know the details, just when I went to look at it not long after it had opened it was sold out. I guess in that case they could watch it and turn the tap off. This time they probably didn't look for a couple of hours and it had gone crazy!
frank9755
Given they sold out pretty quick last year its surprising they say they didn't expect it!
It's not hard to get a proper entry system set up rather than relying on Google forms. It's charming that their setup is really basic but it would save them a bunch of work sorting through 160 applications and managing it all manually. Something like RiderHQ will do the payments and manage waiting lists, and doesn't cost that much.