Muroya wins second round of Air Race World Championship
By Reuters
17 April 2017 |
12:03 pm
Yoshihide Muroya of Japan wins the second round of the 2017 Air Race World Championship series held in San Diego following a mistake by champion Matthias Dolderer.
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