Sumitomo Rubber Industries is proud to sponsor, through our FALKEN brand, Yoshihide Muroya, the only race pilot from Asia competing in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. And now, we are pleased to announce that Mr. Muroya, flying for Team FALKEN, has placed third in the seventh race of the tournament, which was held this past September 25-26 weekend at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. This marks Mr. Muroya's second third-place finish this season.
Yoshihide Muroya is an outstanding pilot whose hard-won skills have taken him to competitions around the world while earning him wide recognition on the global stage. Meanwhile, FALKEN is a brand that is well known in Europe, North America and throughout the world for high-performance tires developed using the latest cutting-edge technologies. Recognizing the strong compatibility between this remarkable pilot and FALKEN's own brand image, Sumitomo Rubber Industries was pleased to sign a sponsorship agreement with Mr. Muroya, through which we have supported his racing activities since the second race of this year's Red Bull Air Race World Championship, which was held this may in Chiba, Japan.
At the Texas Motor Speedway, having placed second among fourteen pilots in the preliminaries on the 26th, Mr. Muroya made it through the first two rounds of the main event with flying colors on the 27th, earning himself a spot in the Final 4 for the final round. And then, he finished the final round in third place among the Final 4 pilots to stand on the trophy podium for the second time this season. We are looking forward to seeing even greater success from Mr. Muroya in the near future.
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| Team FALKEN's Yoshihide Muroya | Trophy Podium (Right: Yoshihide Muroya) |
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