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Rocket Racing League – May 17, 2007 – Combine NASCAR and rocket-powered aircraft and what do you get?
The Rocket Racing League and a new sport that promoters say will become the future of racing.
The RRL announced it has assembled its first of two league-owned and operated race teams. The first team, “Thunderhawk Racing,” will be piloted by Nick Mowery, of Scottsdale, Arizona.
“Our emphasis at this time is readying the Mark-1 X-Racers™ for our first year race schedule, yet we continue to take advantage of great opportunities,” Granger Whitelaw, RRL president and CEO, said in a press release. “Previously we announced the naming of our first team vehicle, 'Thunderhawk,' and now the naming of the team's pilot Nick Mowery. Nick is a very talented pilot and represents one of those great opportunities you don't want to pass up."
Mowery, a graduate of Emery-Riddle Aeronautical University, is a certified flight instructor who has migrated from single engine to twin to jet.
"After having flown the piston powered rocket trainer over 1,000 nautical miles up the east coast I have high confidence in the modified Velocity airframe as a safe, reliable high performance platform that will form the backbone of the Mark-1 X-Racer," Mowery said.
In addition, the league has and will continue to sign owner operated race teams. Three teams have already signed up.
Races should begin in 2008.
About the Rocket Racing League
• •It is an aerospace entertainment organization that combines the competition of racing with the excitement of rocketry.
• • Co-founded by Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, founder of the X PRIZE, and Granger Whitelaw, two-time Indianapolis 500 champion team partner, the league's mission is to serve as a technology accelerator in the areas of airframe, propulsion and spacecraft design, and reach for the future to inspire the next generation of spaceflight enthusiasts.
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