Jai alai in the sky? Speed Racer in a plane? It will surely be the most expensive, least-watchable, and utterly dangerous sport in human history. It’s called the Rocket Racing League. It’s like plane races, except the planes are strapped with goddamn rocket boosters, and intend on pulling moves fit for Star Wars. No word on the cost of this exercise in human nature, but full-on racing is set to begin in 2011, after time trials and demos throughout this year. This is how Jeff Gordon’s great grandson will die.

An intro from the RRLs founder:

A tour around “the course”: