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Rockets To Race Over Wisconsin Skies

Posted by timothy on from the nitro-burnin'-funny-ships dept.

Iron Condor writes with a reminder that that the first race of the Rocket Racing League (last mentioned here in April, after its 2005 founding) is set to take place later this month at Oshkosh AirVenture 08. This race, says Iron Condor, "is exactly what it sounds like: NASCAR 1000m above ground in rocket-propelled airplanes. Created by X-prize founder/CEO Peter Diamandis, this is 'the next evolution of racing' (at least according to the promo video, which is definitely worth watching)..."

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  1. Doh! by genner · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just moved from Wisconsin. Who knew there was a reason to stay,

    1. Re:Doh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      your cheese is the foulest thing that anyone has ever had the gaul to pass off as food.

      You obviously haven't tried our beer.

  2. Oh yeah!!! by GameboyRMH · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rednecks racing rocket's 'round a ringed raceway! Radically refreshing!

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    "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
    1. Re:Oh yeah!!! by dotancohen · · Score: 3, Funny

      Brave man? That comment was posted by "snowgirl".

      On teh intertubes the women are men, and the girls are FBI agents.

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      It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
  3. this reminds me of something... by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Now *that's* what I call *pod-racing*!"

    Now all we need is some Sand People to shoot at the racers, and we're all set!

    1. Re:this reminds me of something... by Darth_brooks · · Score: 5, Funny

      Now all we need is some Sand People to shoot at the racers, and we're all set!

      So you're saying they need a tribe of people with language of unintelligible guttural noises that are both heavily armed and perpetually dressed in baggy, concealing clothing? Sounds like Wisconsin to me.

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      There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
  4. It was only a matter of time by EdIII · · Score: 4, Funny

    .... before Wile E Coyote (Super Genius) merged with NASCAR.

    I predict similar spectacular failures to occur, and I think I will enjoy it just as much as I used to do when I was five years old :)

  5. If it's NASCAR but 1000m off the ground... by SeekerDarksteel · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...does that include NASCAR's amazing ability to make something that should be fantastically awesome in theory and make it something incredibly boring in practice?

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    The laws of probability forbid it!
  6. Re:Fuel? by rkanodia · · Score: 4, Funny

    I look forward to the day when the US starts importing yogis from India in order to compete in Olympic Energy Conservation.

    "Radhakrishnan's got his heart down to 4 beats per minute... 3... but OH! Gupta has tapped the core of his seventh chakra, and he's coming in with 2.. 1... ZERO BEATS PER MINUTE! This is unbelivable - this is the first time ANYONE has achieved complete body stasis in a competition setting! Now, remember folks, according to IOC rules, he has two minutes to re-awaken and establish the validity of the record, or else paramedics will be deployed to the field with a defibrillator..."