Fiction:GravRacing

"Grav-Racing" is a high-action sport involving the competitive racing of small, thin craft capable of hovering through anti-gravity technology, enabling the vehicles to travel at incredible speeds due to the lack of surface friction. Grav-Racing is a very popular sport across the Eagula Region, where several amateur and professional circuits exist. Grav-Racing is televised through the DomNet in the Eagula Region and has up to 13 billion region-wide viewers.

History
Grav-Racing first began on Leron around 2260, where Lerin engineer Mase Bacto made the discovery of repulse drive technology, incorporating early designs into small pod vehicles, with small ion thrusters attached on the sides. This became the first Gravcar, and soon after, Leron Motors was founded with the goal of mass-producing these new vehicles.

Grav-Racing itself started in the early 24th century, when crime lord Cestus Fel started a 4 track circuit on his home planet of Revus, and soon it gained popularity, spurring the construction of public tracks across several worlds including the origin of repulse vehicles, Leron. Cestus controlled the sport, and turned a hefty profit for himself during his grip on the franchise.

Grav-Racing was popularized across the Eagula Region by the late 24th century.