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Bonhomme Holds Red Bull Lead In Fort Worth

By Russ Niles

The U.K.'s Paul Bonhomme raced to his fourth Red Bull Air Race victory of the season with a narrow victory over Australia's Matt Hall in the first North American stop of the year. Japan's Yoshi Muroya took third place in the blistering heat at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. “It was really hard work today and we put a lot of hard work into winning this,” said Bonhomme. Bonhomme is this year's points leader going into the eighth and final race in Las Vegas next month. Hall has a mathematical chance of knocking Bonhomme out of top spot in the last race. With his victory in Fort Worth, Bonhomme earned 12 points and is at 67 points on the season. Hall, who has a win and four second-place finishes, is eight points behind and is looking at the Vegas race to take his first championship. “We’ve been consistent all year so we’ll keep pushing him,” said Hall. There's also a potential five-way race for third place overall at the Vegas race.