Fri, May 26, 2017
Red Bull Air Races Returns To East Asia June 3-4
Japanese hometown hero Yoshihide Muroya returns to Chiba on June 3-4 at a career high in the overall Red Bull Air Race World Championship standings. Muroya is the defending race winner in the vibrant seaport city, and he’s also hot off a win in the U.S.; but so far this season, no pilot has managed to stand on the podium more than once. Can Muroya buck the trend? And if not, who will?
The World Championship returns to Chiba for the third year in a row. The only stop in Eastern Asia became an instant favorite in 2015, when 120,000 spectators sold out the viewing area at Makuhari Beach; and last year, Japanese pilot Yoshihide “Yoshi” Muroya clinched a landmark win at home. In a 2017 season where no one has emerged as the overall favorite after two hotly contested stops, the racing world will be focused on Chiba this June 3-4.
With the season’s longest racetrack reconfigured to pose new challenges, plus Tokyo Bay winds that defy prediction, the race in Chiba demands power, precision and performance. Of course the cheers will be most ecstatic for Muroya, who flies number 31 for Team Falken. His 2016 victory – the first race win of his career – rocketed the Fukushima-based pilot to rockstar status. His second triumph came just weeks ago at the second stop of 2017, when he outflew a Final Four lineup including reigning World Champion Matthias Dolderer (GER) to claim top honors in San Diego, CA.
(Source: Red Bull Air Races news release. Image from file)
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