Rocket Racing League Blog

It’s been a while since there has been any news worth reporting on the Rocket Racing League but we feel as though there is a need to get back into the swing of things because the Rocket Racing League has recently announced (gotta love these) that it will announce the 2008 schedule of events on April 14, 2008.

That’s right, the Rocket Racing League will finally announce the date of a confirmed exhibition race on tax day eve. There has been a lot of talk about the league that was suppossed to challenge Nascar, and give crush the Red Bull race circuit but there hasn’t been a lot of action on the part of the race organizers.

Although their website posts a new news article every few months they still claim to be ready for a full race schedule this year, 2008. Whether that’s the truth or not remains to be seen but we have our fingrs crossed that come April 14th we’ll see a lot more action from the X-Racer.

Is the Rocket Racing League no more?

We haven’t heard any updates since they made it a few air shows this summer. A google news search for rocket racing league turns up nothing new, the company’s own press room hasn’t had anything spicy since March. What’s going on?

Three teams, two teams, one team. No one knows any more.

While the Red Bull Racing is taking off, with big time commercial spots, while the RRL isn’t seeing any action.

If anyone has any information please let us know.

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.

Welcome to the unofficial Rocket Racing League Blog!

We are pleased to bring you the number one source (of course aside from the Rocket Racing League website) for all your rocket racing league information.

We dig the RRL because it’s new and exciting and really brings a futuristic feel to the world of racing. Why should flight be restricted to a few air shows a year, or whenever you need to go on vacation more than 500 miles away?

Although only in it’s infancy, the Rocket Racing League is garnering lots of attention from around the business, science, and sports worlds. With key articles in Popular Science, Wired, and Business 2.0, the Rocket Racing League hopes to be the next big thing for racing.

Think Indy Car on steroids!