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The creators of this new sport are envisioning airplanes traveling over 300 miles per hour (480 kilometers per hour) at altitudes up to one mile (1.6 kilometers).
Large projection screens will display three-dimensional videos of the race to the grandstand audience, and spectators will have personal display devices that show views of the cockpit, “on-track,” “side-by-side,” and wing-angle.
Each airplane competes against the clock but will also fly in pairs so each will have to maneuver in relationship to its competitor. Much of the action will be based on NASCAR competitions.
So far, six teams have signed up for the Rocket Racing League: Rocket Star Racing, Team Extreme Rocket Racing, Canada-based Beyond Gravity Rocket Racing, Bridenstine Rocket Racing, Santa Fe Racing, and Thunderhawk Rocket Racing.
The races are envisioned to take about fifteen minutes, with four heats. The league is set to begin in 2009. Peter Diamandis is the co-founder of the league. Diamandis has served as chairperson of the X Prize Foundation, and founder of the Ansari X-Prize.
The Rocket Racing League was founded on October 3, 2005, by Whitelaw, Diamandis, and the Reno Air Races. According to Diamandis, the purpose of the league is to "inspire people of all ages to once again look up into the sky and find inspiration and excitement."
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