Once upon a time, drone racing was an underground sport. Enthusiasts connected through message boards and met up in fields, parking lots or other open spaces to race. Now it’s a sport with its own entity, the Drone Racing League (DRL), which has drawn over 50 million viewers in its first two seasons. DRL CEO & […]
NEW YORK — The Drone Racing League may be less than two years old, but founder Nicholas Horbaczewski is already fielding questions about weaponizing the drones. Yes, like “real-life Mario Kart,” according to the former Tough Mudder executive. At the annual South by Southwest Conference last month, Horbaczewski followed up his solo presentation titled “Drone Racing: Beating the […]
Chris Ballard wants to build the Formula 1 equivalent for “live” giant drone racing. The founder of Australian startup Freedom Class Giant Drone Racing mentioned that motorsport nearly a dozen times during an interview earlier this week, stating that drone racing is “born into the digital age.” For Freedom Class, we’re not talking traditional drone sizes. We’re talking about […]
NEW YORK — At its core, the Drone Racing League is a technology company, commented Nicholas Horbaczewski about the 18-month-old sports property. The Founder and Chief Executive Officer described that when his now 19-member staff — 10 of which are full-time drone engineers and technologists who maintain the league’s 350-drone fleet — began the DRL journey, technology didn’t […]
The newest form of non-traditional sports entertainment to hit the ESPN airwaves locked in its first major partnership with Bud Light earlier this week. The Drone Racing League, which is in the midst of Season 1 as part of its current broadcast deal with the Worldwide Leader, will see Bud Light sponsor the 2017 Bud Light […]
