How will an electric air race extend the boundaries of General Aviation ? Many of the... [rant, rant, whine, complain] ...would not common sense suggest that the General Aviation community wait... [declaim, pontificate, grizzle, we'll all be rooned]
I imagine if this august forum had been available to like minded technophobes in 1916, (and they didn't have anything better to do in a trench somewhere), there would have been any number of posts like this wombat's following the announcement of a race to Australia when a flight across the Channel was still a complete adventure.
Magnificent idea Dick, it is an undertaking that seems almost possible, and one that would a genuine triumph to the winner.
Sadly, I think you could only get the current government interested if it could be linked to a coal mining promotion...