Supply: DRL
Whereas stay sporting occasions throughout the globe have been hampered by the COVID pandemic, drone racing retains flying quick.
On Sunday, the Drone Racing League will current the winner-take-all championship of the 2020 FanDuel DRL SIM Racing Cup, the fantasy, digital drone racing collection, on NBCSN and DRL’s Twitter.
Right here’s the way it works:
A dozen elite drone pilots will fly digital replicas of high-speed, racing drones on the DRL SIM, a true-to-life drone racing online game, from their properties all over the world.
A DRL spokesperson notes:
“Competing to be topped the FanDuel DRL SIM Cup Champion, execs will zoom above lots of of planes within the U.S. Air Power Boneyard map, which is impressed by Davis-Monthan Air Power Base, the world’s largest army plane upkeep facility. The primary-place winner will donate their prize winnings to Direct Reduction, which supplies PPE for frontline employees.”
Up to now, the SIM Cup has given rookie’s an opportunity to shine – Amari Christian Van Sloun of Ames, Iowa, received 5 out of the final seven races Evan “Headsup” Turner, DRL’s youngest-ever pilot, crossing the end line milliseconds behind him to take second place. Turner got here in first within the remaining two ranges, with Van Sloun trailing simply behind him.
“DRL is the NBA of drone racing. The pilots who compete within the league are the very best on the earth and coming in first all through the FanDuel DRL SIM Racing Cup is a large deal,” Van Sloun mentioned.
“After this Sunday, I’m going to give attention to coaching for the real-life Allianz World Championship Season with the identical observe regiment that made me take the lead within the SIM Cup.”
The DRL made headlines earlier this yr with the hiring of former NBA SVP of International Partnerships Rachel Jacobson league president. Jacobson can be tasked with scaling DRL up, growing new alternatives to interact league companions with greater than 250 million international followers.
Earlier this yr, DRL additionally unveiled DRL Academy, an progressive STEM program that includes on-line studying alternatives for college kids learning science, engineering, and unmanned plane expertise.
