It was a good news, bad news weekend for Red Lake’s Pete McLeod at the most recent Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Japan.
McLeod flew a lightening fast time but got hit with two penalties that ruined his day.
He ended up finishing 12th.
However, McLeod belives he and his team have solved plauging engine difficulties that has held him back this season.
The race was the first ever in Japan and a record-breaking 120,000 were sold for the two days of racing.
McLeod is back in the air on May 30th in Croatia.