The final red bull Air Race of 2015 was the second on U.S. soil and the American race pilots-Michael Goulian and Kirby Chambliss-might not have made it to the podium, but they provided heart-stopping entertainment nonetheless. Goulian-who seemed to be an underdog in the Training Master Class (the 14 Master pilots fly the race course in trials on the first day of the two-day race)-ended up as the "fastest loser," which might sound like a bad thing but is actually a good thing. Racers vie for the fastest time on the course in two laps of 3.7 miles each, horizontally through three air gates (82-foot-high pylons), and straight and level through the Chicane-a series of single pylons positioned in a line. They race head to head based on their times, which meant that Goulian's losing time in his head-to-head with Austria's Hannes Arch was the fastest of those who lost their heat. In the round of 8, Goulian was pitted against Japan's Yoshihide Muroya.
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