HIGHLIGHTS Red Bull Air Race Detroit 2008

Kirby Chambliss (USA) beat Paul Bonhomme (GBR) in a spectacular Red Bull Air Race World Championship battle in Detroit on Sunday in front of a crowd of 750,000 U.S. and Canadian spectators lined up along the banks of the Detroit River. Chambliss was clocked in a winning time of 1:12.08, just 0.15 seconds faster than Bonhomme (1:12.23) in the third race of the 10-stop 2008 World Championship. The Brit still leads the championship. But Chambliss has proven he can be beaten.

"It worked out fairly well," said Chambliss "I went crazy and went out as fast as I could fly. I know Paul's going to put down a fast time. He's got a fast airplane. I don't know whether he went just a little bit conservative or something. But I'll take the win."

Hannes Arch of Austria took third with a clean run and a time of 1:12.73 beating Mike Mangold (1:15.44) in the 3rd Place Fly-Off. Arch, who joined the World Championship just last season, is clearly no rookie now having come second in the first race in Abu Dhabi, fourth in San Diego and now has another podium position in Detroit.

Racing in Detroit was hampered by heavy winds that forced the cancellation of the Qualifying sessions on Saturday. But the 12 pilots more than made up for that with one of the most breathtaking and exciting races seen to date, with pilots bettering the previous time in almost every run.

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[mitsaras68]

what song is this???

[Redbullairrace]

The Manges / Song: My Rifle

[Duvelkes69]

what is this song called?

[Redbullairrace]

The Manges / Song: My Rifle

[skatetolive101]

i would pay to watch 2 people dogfight to the end in these planes. amazing planes. amazing pilots

[atom2009]

I like the air racing but the editing on this video sucked

[1Jakobjames]

Why isn't this cooler!!!!

Epic sport, super photogenic, average camera positioning, average angles, and terrible editing!

I want to see it look as good as those few watch again shots.

Pilot personalities: safe and sensible, head shot+grunting=enough said.

[Wardog22476]

11 pilots clip all the pylons and splash down in 2 minutes, thumbs up if you agree

[1Nekit1]

Extra 300L SUCKS!!! 340 FTW!!!

[migkid]

awesome!



[berrymist27]

Who tha Fuck Are u Fah-Dicknob? We have the Better Lookin Skyline the ur piece of Shit with one freakin Casino and a few houses..FUCK OFF!

[fahq02x]

this is held in Windsor NOT detroit but thanks for coming out ya detroit trash

[fahq02x]

this is held from windsor NOT detroit detroit sucks

[Zeddy100]

This vid sucks, all fast motion or slow motion flying. Show us the real time stuff.

[v89c]

Detriot: A stupid city with the most crime in US. Should've chosen elsewhere to host the race.

[RUBENUDV]

This year was realy amazing...the best ever! A show with Asas de Portugal, a comercial SATA plane , old planes, helis and the best... F-16 flaying realy fast in the begining...because I want to be a Portuguese Air Force pilot. No words to express the sensation.