Raw Bert's Pace Industries / RBPI

Our honorable founder was none other than the legendary ‘Raw’ Bert Baxter. For those who’ve never heard the tale, the champ got his name from his lifelong tendency to race hoverbikes, minijets, and any land, sea or air vehicle capable of breakneck speed, without the use of windshields. Starting from early childhood, Bert relied on nothing more than goggles and pure adrenaline to stand between him and the ferocious barrage of wind, rain, dirt and countless insects, claiming that it was the only way he could fully ‘feel the course’. Naturally by his adult years, he had developed quite the ‘raw’ visage to go along with his nickname.

Obviously his quirky tradition didn’t carry over to spaceships when he began what would become a pro career. But his passion for being the fastest did. From the Murray Cup to dangerous underground race scenes, Bert’s reputation was that of a force of nature; wild, unpredictable and definitely not to be underestimated. But of course after years of trophies, accolades and fame, it was that very wildness that likely claimed his life, one fateful race through a volatile nebula in which he never crossed the finish line. His competitors who last saw him reported that he went off course trying to shave off a few corners, a gambit that most consider suicidal when inside a vast electromagnetic storm cloud. But such was the intensity of spirit and conviction of one of racing’s greatest, and certainly most unique legends.