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  • David Phillips
    Editor and Chief
    David Phillips is a long-time contributor to print and electronic publications in the U.S. and abroad, including Racer, Autosport, AutoWeek, Motor Sport and SPEEDtv.com, oversees the daily updating of news stories and assigns, edits and contributes feature material for inRacingNews.com.
  • Chris Hall
    iRacing.com Series Writer
    Chris Hall has been writing since the nineties and moved into motorsports reporting in 2005, covering series such as ALMS, British GT, FIA GT, Le Mans and 2CV racing for Full Throttle magazine, Motorsport.com, The-Paddock.net, GTGateway.com, L' Endurance and, of course, inRacingNews. During 2008 and 2009, he worked with the RSS Performance Porsche Carrera Cup Team (and former British GT(C) champions) as a data engineer for a variety of drivers and models of 997s.
  • Jameson Spies
    Contributing Writer
    19 years old, Jameson Spies lives in Quartz Hill, California. He grew-up surrounded by racing. His mother raced late models throughout Southern California while his father built and setup the car. Not surprisingly, Jameson began racing go-karts at the age of 13, and is now racing Spec Trucks at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. He has a passion about all forms of racing and hopes to make a career out of it.
  • Jason Lofing
    iRacing.com Series Writer
    Jason is 21 years old and was born and raised in Elk Grove. California. A big time NASCAR fan, he hasn’t missed a race on Sunday in years. Lofing is also a huge San Fransisco Giants fan and tries to take in at least a couple games a year. Other than sim racing, his biggest (and far more expensive!) hobby is photography. Although he is rather new to sim racing, Lofing has already accomplished some pretty impressive results, qualifying for the 2011 iRacing Oval Pro Series in Season 1, 2011, winning the inaugural Landon Cassill Qualifying Challenge and finishing runner-up in the second one.
  • Ray Bryden
    Technical contributor
    Ray grew up in Nova Scotia, which means he’s a hockey nut, but in Nova Scotia’s two non-winter months he had to find other diversions, which meant watching F1 racing on weekends with his dad and brothers. Without the resources to get started in racing, he gravitated to computer versions of racing – first Atari games like Pole Position, followed by PC racing games like Indianapolis 500: The Simulation. Dozens of others came and went, until Grand Prix Legends came along and he decided sim-racing was his official hobby. Years were spent enjoying this both offline and online until a few years of fatherhood took priority. When free-time reappeared he heard about iRacing and signed up in 2008 and became so involved in the service that he wrote one of the first books on the subject of sim-racing, iRacing Paddock. When not writing for inRacingNews.com, his main occupation is as a research associate with Saint-Gobain working on advanced ceramic materials.
  • Patrick Atherton
    Contributing Writer
    Patrick Atherton, originally from Adelaide in the state of South Australia, currently resides just outside of Melbourne, Victoria with wife of 17 years and 3 kids. A business manager by profession, but also dabbles with blogging, cartooning and fine art, having been published both as a writer in a short-lived South Australian motorsport yearbook and later as a cartoonist in a niche trade magazine. At the age of 19 he competed in club circuit events in an Austin Healey Sprite, later indulging in sprint karts between 1994 and 2000. Following the move to the State of Victoria he raced Road Race Karts (“Superkarts” as they are known in Australia) in the popular Rotax class, competing at Phillip Island, Oran Park, Mallala, Wakefield Park, Eastern Creek, Calder Park, Sandown and Winton. It was during this time he met former Australian F2 champion and inventor of Australia’s first, and most prolific race simulator rig, Jon Crooke. This culminated in an introduction to Papyrus’ legendary NR2003 simulation, and the subsequent sim racing addiction which brought him to iRacing.
  • Tim Terry
    Contributing Writer
    Tim Terry, aka the voice of Maritime stock car racing, fell in love with sim racing in 2004 after he joined the Sim Racing Network crew as a pit reporter. From October 2004 to SRNtv’s closure in June 2007, he’s covered prestigious races and leagues such as the Online 500, FLM Fall 400, Real Racing Online and the DMP Racing League – each as the lead broadcaster for the company. At the same time the wheels started to turn in another direction as he began announcing stock car racing locally. Terry became the assistant announcer at Scotia Speedworld in May 2007 and took over full duties in May 2009 when long-time voice Mike Kaplan retired from the track. Terry also became the series voice of the Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour in ’09 and continues to hold down both posts in 2011. He has also announced races for the Pro All Stars Series, Atlantic Open Wheel and Maritime League of Legends tours and has called races at six different Atlantic Canadian tracks. Terry can be heard online at WebRacingNetwork.com, RLMtv.com and OLRtv.com covering sim races. He also makes occasional appearances on PSRtv.com. In addition to inRacingNews, his articles and columns can be read on ScotiaSpeedworld.ca, MaritimeProStockTour.com and his own website at timterryonline.com.
  • David Allen
    Contributing Writer
    North Carolina born and raised with over 15 years of computer/IT experience, I combine two of my biggest hobbies -- racing and technology -- here at inRacingNews. In my spare time I run a Nascar fan site and cure my own need for speed riding atvs. If it involves technology or racing I'll be there, but combine the two and I'll be looking a front row seat. Stop by and say hello anytime!
  • Allen Krier
    Contributing Writer
    Allen was born in West Palm Beach, Florida but grew up in Atlanta and attended Georgia College and State University where he received a BS in Information Systems. Currently a resident of Albany, GA, he started sim racing in 2008 while in college when iRacing was first released to the public. Since then, Krier has been a two time iRacing Pro Series driver (2009 and 2010), picking up one Pro Series win at Daytona in ‘09. Besides sim racing, Allen’s other hobbies include RC Car racing as well as “attending and watching any sporting event that I can including going to the local dirt track.

Clyde Valley: Sponsors let team down

August 31st, 2009

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Clyde Valley Racing has cited sponsorship issues as the reason for its withdrawal from the British Touring Car Championship. Title sponsors Cartridge World last week announced that it had split with the Scottish-run outfit – which has run Adam Jones, Dan Eaves and Gordon Shedden in its biofuel SEAT Leons this year

Paddock Life: Spa edition

August 31st, 2009

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Paddock Life: Spa edition

AUTOSPORT brings you its regular column of life inside the paddock. This week: Spa After the temperatures had been in the sweaty mid-30s in Valencia, it was a case of totally repacking the wardrobe for the Belgian Grand Prix – as sometimes the mercury struggled to break into double figures.

Winning Saleen excluded in Hungary

August 31st, 2009

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The winning K plus K Motorsport Saleen of Karl Wendlinger and Ryan Sharp has been excluded from the FIA GT race at the Hungaroring on Sunday. The S7R was thrown out for failing to conform with the regulations when its engine failed to stall when the restrictors were blocked during post-race scrutineering

Briscoe cautious over title chances

August 31st, 2009

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Briscoe cautious over title chances

Ryan Briscoe remains cautious about his IndyCar championship lead, despite heading into the final two races of the year with a 25-point advantage over Dario Franchitti. The Australian extended his lead with a narrow victory over reigning champion Scott Dixon at Chicago on Sunday, but is well aware that one slip-up could let either Ganassi driver back into the fray.

West-Tec signs Maurage for Algarve

August 31st, 2009

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British Formula 3 team West-Tec has signed Frenchman Mathieu Maurage for the rounds at the new Algarve circuit in Portugal next month. The 18-year-old will join regular driver Max Snegirev for his F3 debut, having raced in the French-based Formule Academy series so far this season.

Button determined to end win drought

August 31st, 2009

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Button determined to end win drought

Jenson Button says he has no interest in limping to world championship glory with just points-scoring finishes, as he says his focus is on ending his victory drought. The Brawn GP driver has scored just 11 points in the five races since his Turkish Grand Prix triumph, and is struggling to find the form he will need if he is going to stave off his main rivals

Mallya: No Ferrari Fisichella talk yet

August 31st, 2009

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Mallya: No Ferrari Fisichella talk yet

Force India owner Vijay Mallya insists there has been no contact yet from Ferrari regarding a deal to switch Giancarlo Fisichella to the Italian outfit.

Red Bull: Button’s form will hurt soon

August 31st, 2009

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Red Bull: Button’s form will hurt soon

Red Bull Racing’s team principal Christian Horner says Jenson Button cannot afford to continue with his streak of poor results if he is to win the championship this year. The British driver won six of the first seven races of the season but has not been on the podium in the last five and retired for the first time at the Belgian Grand Prix last Sunday. Team-mate Rubens Barrichello is now 16 points behind, with Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel 19 adrift.

Force India warns Spa was no one-off

August 31st, 2009

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Force India warns Spa was no one-off

Force India has warned rivals that Giancarlo Fisichella’s stunning drive in the Belgian Grand Prix was not a one-off, as it sets its sight on a repeat performance in Italy next week. Fisichella took Force India’s maiden pole position at Spa-Francorchamps, and then battled with Kimi Raikkonen for victory – only losing out after KERS helped his Ferrari rival blast past him on a safety car restart. It is the consistent pace of the Force India during the race that has raised hopes about the potential of the car and, with Monza’s low-downforce configuration set to play to the VJM 02′s strengths once again, the team is not ruling out another front-running performance there.

Lorenzo says title is now possible

August 31st, 2009

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Lorenzo says title is now possible

Jorge Lorenzo believes the MotoGP title is now possible following his victory at the Indianapolis Grand Prix on Sunday.

Villeneuve pleased with return

August 31st, 2009

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Villeneuve pleased with return

Jacques Villeneuve declared himself pleased with a fourth place finish on his NASCAR return on Sunday in the Nationwide Series event in Montreal. The former Formula 1 world champion survived a chaotic race that saw plenty of incidents, most of them caused by the track conditions in the closing stages of the race when the damp asphalt caught out many of his rivals. Villeneuve first led the race on lap 16 when leader Marcos Ambrose pitted and the French-Canadian stayed out to try to get on a better sequence, although his gamble didn’t pay off as planned due to the timing of the caution periods.

Weekend review and result round-up

August 31st, 2009

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Weekend review and result round-up

The 2009 Formula 1 season has already packed a remarkable number of surprises into its first two thirds, but no one could have expected the bizarre change in the pecking order at Spa, as back of the grid regulars Giancarlo Fisichella and Force India burst into victory contention. But while an underdog impressed, the tribulations continued for the man who had the world at his feet in the opening rounds – with Jenson Button enduring a season-worst qualifying and a first lap exit

Edwards snatches Montreal victory

August 31st, 2009

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Edwards snatches Montreal victory

Carl Edwards snatched victory from Marcos Ambrose at the last corner of the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. The Roush Fenway driver claimed his third win of the season in dramatic fashion after pulling off a last lap pass on Ambrose, who dominated for most of the afternoon in what was a chaotic race as many drivers struggled with the changing track conditions