The three North American pilots of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship – Kirby Chambliss and Michael Goulian of the USA and Pete McLeod of Canada – get a panoramic view of San Diego Bay including the USS Midway ahead of the second stop of the 2017 season, a long-awaited return to “America’s Finest City.” The racing begins with Qualifying on Saturday, 15 April, and culminates in the dramatic action of Race Day on Sunday, 16 April 2017.
Red Bull Air Race 2017 Calendar:
April 15-16: San Diego, USA; June 3-4: Chiba, Japan;July 1-2: Budapest, Hungary;July 22-23: Kazan, Russia;September 2-3: Porto, Portugal; September 16-17: Lausitz, Germany; October 14-15: Indianapolis, USA.
About Red Bull Air Race:
Created in 2003, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship celebrated its landmark 75th race at the 2017 season opener in Abu Dhabi. The Red Bull Air Race World Championship features the world’s best race pilots in a pure motorsport competition that combines speed, precision and skill. Using the fastest, most agile, lightweight racing planes, pilots hit speeds of 370kmh while enduring forces of up to 10G as they navigate a low-level slalom track marked by 25-meter-high, air-filled pylons. In 2014, the Challenger Cup was conceived to help the next generation of pilots develop the skills needed for potential advancement to the Master Class that vies for the World Championship.
