Rather than a dev sponsored race, all we'd need is 2 or 3 players who wish to "sponsor" a race.

There would also have to be a means to adertise the time and place of the race.

1: 2 classes of racers in the same race. The a) Bus class and the b) Open (anything goes) class. Entry fee for bus class could 1000c; entry fee for open 10000c. Winner of each class take all.

2: Race starts in say, Dau and goes to Edras. One player monitors the start; one player tallies the finish and names the winner and makes the payout.

Start line is near a base; Finish line is measured by whomever enters the finishing sector first.

3: The purpose of the bus class is that anyone regardless of level can participate. The anything goes, open class is just that: no rules, set traps, use weapons, any ship, pay an assassin to lie in wait along the way...anything goes.

The Death Race 4000!

seems like it would be fun, but ultimately inter-system races come down to who has the fastest load times.