NEW YORK — In an effort to weed through thousands of competitors in a hunt for the best drone pilots, the Drone Racing League released Wednesday a flight simulator program that aspiring pilots and fans can download to compete on a global scale. DRL CEO and Founder Nicholas Horbaczewski said the simulator — designed and […]
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 […]
“It has that thrill of a 100-meter dash or horse racing.” Yes, Nicholas Horbaczewski was referencing drone racing to the New York Times, a non-traditional sport that has received more public recognition and visibility on television over the last nine months than ever before. Yet, it wasn’t until last year that Horbaczewski even knew what […]
