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From press release
The Race Of Champions is set to feature its fastest ever competitor as ‘Space Dive' record-breaker Felix Baumgartner has signed up to race in ROC 2013 at Bangkok's Rajamangala Stadium on December 14-15.
A live YouTube audience of eight million people held its breath as Baumgartner jumped to Earth from 39km up in the highest ever manned balloon flight. Along the way he set a record for the fastest ever freefall and became the first man to accelerate through the sound barrier without a vehicle.
The achievement marked the end of a five-year planning process with the Red Bull Stratos team, not to mention a 25-year skydiving career for Baumgartner in which he completed over 2,500 parachute jumps. The Austrian also set a world record for the lowest BASE jump from Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue in 1999 and he has a string of other firsts to his name.
Now he's safely back on solid ground, Baumgartner has officially quit the daredevil business but his need for speed hasn't quite evaporated. Armed with a vehicle for a change, he recently raced in a VW Scirocco Cup event supporting Germany's DTM series.
He now looks forward to racing the world class field of motor sport greats assembling in Bangkok for ROC 2013.
The Race Of Champions is set to feature its fastest ever competitor as ‘Space Dive' record-breaker Felix Baumgartner has signed up to race in ROC 2013 at Bangkok's Rajamangala Stadium on December 14-15.
A live YouTube audience of eight million people held its breath as Baumgartner jumped to Earth from 39km up in the highest ever manned balloon flight. Along the way he set a record for the fastest ever freefall and became the first man to accelerate through the sound barrier without a vehicle.
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| Felix Baugmartner (Photo: felixbaumgartner.com) |
The achievement marked the end of a five-year planning process with the Red Bull Stratos team, not to mention a 25-year skydiving career for Baumgartner in which he completed over 2,500 parachute jumps. The Austrian also set a world record for the lowest BASE jump from Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue in 1999 and he has a string of other firsts to his name.
Now he's safely back on solid ground, Baumgartner has officially quit the daredevil business but his need for speed hasn't quite evaporated. Armed with a vehicle for a change, he recently raced in a VW Scirocco Cup event supporting Germany's DTM series.
He now looks forward to racing the world class field of motor sport greats assembling in Bangkok for ROC 2013.