The Rocket Racing League or RRL was launched back on October 5, 2005. The founder, Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, who also brought the world the X-Prize, jumped full force into his next venture which promised to bring efficient, low-cost rocket racers, to the world of sports and entertainment!

For those of you who don’t remember, the original X-Prize was the $10 million contest to see who could build the first aircraft with the potential to commercialize space flight! A revolutionary contest that fostered the development and innovation of many great entrants to build a craft that could fly out of the earth’s atmosphere multiple times.

The winner of the original X-Prize was a company called Mojave Aerospace Ventures who won with the flight of SpaceShipOne, a small rocket that made 100 kilometer trip away from earth twice in two weeks!

Now that same spirit that fostered the Ansari X-Prize has been brought to the world of competitive racing. Sweet!

The Rocket Racing League hopes to travel around the nation hosting and running rocket racing events where multiple teams will compete for the Rocket Racing Cup amongst other prizes.

The RRL hopes to have many technological advances to allow viewers at the race tracks as well as viewers at home great views and interactivity with the race and pilots. A great vision from an already innovation leading man.