The Road Runner Games

This contest takes place in the desert in the southwestern United States. There is a mechanical Road Runner device which is basically a small, extremely fast R/C car that runs on pre-programmed routes through the desert and is controlled remotely by the contest officals via video feed. While it runs on a pre-planned route, officials are allowed to make slight evasive maneuvers if they detect a snare. A fake ACME Store is set up and contestants are given a certain amount of virtual money to spend at the store. The store contains such things as steel cabling, ropes, snares, rocket skates, jet packs, bird seed, etc... The object of the game is to catch the Road Runner using any means necessary in the smallest amount of time, but only using equipment available at the ACME store. Each contestant is given a map of the pre-planned routes that the Road Runner will take, and is given 4 hours to set up their snare. They are not allow to pre-test their snare and only get one shot at executing it. The Road Runner will stop at small piles of bird seed for a random number of seconds, up to 5 seconds. The Road Runner cannot be destroyed, only caught (meaning you can't just drop a boulder on it). Whoever can catch the Road Runner the fastest using the least amount of "money" wins.

All contestants will be required to sign an insurance waiver.