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17th March 2016
05:22pm GMT

"Luke was always a threat. He’s so fast, and doesn’t have the fear or the nerves that the older pilots can have. That was a great race. It felt like we were really pushing the limit of what each other could do, and the crowd were responding, too. They were loving it. I was loving it."[caption id="attachment_47643" align="alignnone" width="1024"]
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Back in January, a new venture-backed startup called the Drone Racing League (or DRL for short) was established to capitalise on the burgeoning craze, which is fast becoming a full-blown sport.
Likewise, Airgonay, a French quadcopter racing association, holds an annual drone race in Europe, where groups of men wearing goggle-mounted monitors test their radio-controlled machines at speeds of up to 70mph.
Drone racing looks set to be the future of both gaming and gambling, so pick a team.
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