Unfortunately for Team Chambliss, it’s been a weekend of woes. One flying session short due to weather and a disqualification of the team’s fastest run in qualifying made it a tough week heading into race day. The seventh-place qualifying result put Kirby head to head against Great Britain’s Ben Murphy in the Round of 14. […]

Wiener Neustadt is home to the first standing start of the 2018 season. Adding to this difficulty, practice sessions were decreased due to weather conditions. Heading into qualifying with just four runs through the course, the team was ecstatic to see a time of 58.305s after the first run. However, it was deemed a disqualification […]

The very first Red Bull Air Race took place in Zeltweg, Austria in 2003, and as it happens, that is the only race Kirby has missed in the 15 years since. But he did get an opportunity to race in Zeltweg in 2005, as well as at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria – where in […]

Celebrating a 3rd place finish at the Red Bull Air Race in Kazan, Russia! Photo by Predrag Vuckovic      

American pilot Kirby Chambliss finds himself back on the podium for the first time this season with a third place finish in Kazan, Russia. After a bumpy qualifying round, the result is exactly what Team Chambliss needed to turn their momentum around for the second half of 2018. 2017 saw Kirby Chambliss on top of […]