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September 2009

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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.

Patrick still working on NASCAR deal

September 30th, 2009

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Patrick still working on NASCAR deal

Danica Patrick is still working on a possible transition to NASCAR despite reportedly reaching an agreement with Andretti Green Racing to continue her IndyCar career.

Retiring de Ferran to be honoured

September 30th, 2009

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Retiring de Ferran to be honoured

Gil de Ferran will serve as Grand Marshal for the American Le Mans Series season finale at Laguna Seca next weekend to mark his retirement from the cockpit.

Alonso had expected 2011 Ferrari move

September 30th, 2009

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Alonso had expected 2011 Ferrari move

Fernando Alonso has revealed that he already had a 2011 Ferrari deal in place before arranging to join the team a year earlier than originally intended. It had long been thought that Alonso was destined to eventually join Ferrari, but when the Italian team extended Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen’s contracts through 2010, it appeared that 2011 would be the soonest he could arrive – and Alonso confirmed that this was the initial plan. But Ferrari recently began negotiating to end Raikkonen’s deal a year early to make room for Alonso, and today the team announced that the Spaniard would join its line-up for three years from 2010

Less than 50 entries for Rally GB

September 30th, 2009

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As entries draw to a close for this year’s Rally Great Britain, less than 50 crews have committed to Britain’s round of the World Rally Championship. Forty-nine crews were listed as accepted entries last night, with the closing date for priority drivers already gone and the amateurs’ entry ending this afternoon.

McLaren: No decision on second driver

September 30th, 2009

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McLaren says it is yet to decide the identity of Lewis Hamilton’s 2010 team-mate. Today’s confirmation that Fernando Alonso would make his long-anticipated move to Ferrari in 2010 has led to suggestions that McLaren will soon announce that Kimi Raikkonen will be returning to the Woking squad after a three-year absence to partner Hamilton next season

Kallio retains Pramac ride for 2010

September 30th, 2009

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Kallio retains Pramac ride for 2010

Mika Kallio is to stay with the Pramac Ducati team for the 2010 season. The 26-year-old rookie will return to Pramac at Estoril this weekend after a three-race stint with the factory Ducati squad in place of the unwell Casey Stoner

Ferrari confirms three-year Alonso deal

September 30th, 2009

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Ferrari confirms three-year Alonso deal

Ferrari has officially confirmed that Fernando Alonso will replace Kimi Raikkonen in its line-up from 2010, having completed a three-year deal. The double world champion’s move from Renault has been anticipated for many months, and will see him paired with Felipe Massa in the Italian squad’s race team

Franchitti admits he missed IndyCar

September 30th, 2009

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Franchitti admits he missed IndyCar

Dario Franchitti says his brief switch to NASCAR last year made him realise how much he loved racing IndyCar racing. The 2007 IndyCar Series champion returned with Ganassi this season, and goes into the Homestead finale in the middle of a tight three-way title battle with Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe

Q and A with Jacques Villeneuve

September 30th, 2009

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Q and A with Jacques Villeneuve

After three years away, 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve is deadly serious about making another Formula 1 return in 2010 – and attended last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix to continue his negotiations with teams. AUTOSPORT heard from Villeneuve on how things were progressing, and what he thinks about F1 2009

Villeneuve: F1 needs more characters

September 30th, 2009

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Villeneuve: F1 needs more characters

Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve thinks the only thing wrong with modern Formula 1 is that the current drivers are too boring. The Canadian is still pushing hard to make a return to action next year, with talks with several teams ongoing, and he thinks current grand prix racing is lacking the characters that it enjoyed even a few years ago

Japan preview quotes: Brawn

September 30th, 2009

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Ross Brawn, Team Principal: “Suzuka is a fantastic racing circuit and a classic drivers’ track so we are delighted to be returning there this weekend.

Japan preview quotes: Bridgestone

September 30th, 2009

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Hiroshi Yasukawa – Director of Bridgestone Motorsport: Bridgestone is a Japanese company so our home grand prix has special importance for us.

GP2 Asia scales back to two venues

September 30th, 2009

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GP2 Asia scales back to two venues

GP2 organisers have confirmed that this winter’s Asia Series will take place entirely in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain. Although an additional event in Qatar had been considered, GP2 bosses have decided that given the current economic conditions it makes more sense to limit transportation costs and race at just two circuits

Rahal: Servia was boost to NHLR

September 30th, 2009

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Rahal: Servia was boost to NHLR

Graham Rahal says Oriol Servia made a massive contribution to Newman/Haas/Lanigan during his four races with the IndyCar Series team. The Spaniard returned to NHLR – where he had previously substituted for Bruno Junqueira for part of the 2005 Champ Car season while the Brazilian was injured – when Robert Doornbos left the team for HVM after Edmonton.

Recovering Massa drives kart in Brazil

September 30th, 2009

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Felipe Massa took another step forward in his bid to return to the Formula 1 cockpit when he drove a kart for the first time since his crash in Brazil on Tuesday.

Japan preview quotes: Force India

September 30th, 2009

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Dr Vijay Mallya, chairman and team principal Q. How would you review the Singapore race – was it as expected?

Mallya says team’s slump was a one-off

September 30th, 2009

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Mallya says team’s slump was a one-off

Force India is confident that its downturn in Singapore will prove to be a one-off and that it will be in more competitive shape at Suzuka this weekend. After fighting for podiums and victories in Belgium and Italy, Vijay Mallya’s squad tumbled back to its former position at the tail of the field in Singapore – with Adrian Sutil and Tonio Liuzzi both failing to get beyond Q1. Mallya admitted that Force India was currently uncompetitive in high downforce trim, but expects all the remaining circuits to suit it better

Fry: Brawn still wary of Red Bull

September 30th, 2009

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Fry: Brawn still wary of Red Bull

Brawn GP believes Red Bull Racing is too strong and too well-financed to be totally ruled out of the world championship fight yet.

Mosley has regrets over China, India

September 30th, 2009

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Mosley has regrets over China, India

Max Mosley says his main regret when his term as FIA president ends later this year will be that the governing body was unable to develop motorsport further in emerging nations such as China and India. India is set to join the Formula 1 calendar in 2011, and has had some representation in the world championship via former Jordan driver Narain Karthikeyan and Vijay Mallya’s Force India team, while China has hosted a grand prix since 2004 but has yet to attract significant spectator figures or produce an F1 driver

Mosley praises Renault’s response

September 30th, 2009

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Mosley praises Renault’s response

FIA president Max Mosley says he has nothing but praise for the way Renault responded to the Singapore race-fixing scandal. The team was given a suspended ban by the World Motor Sport Council, while its former bosses Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds were banned from involvement in international motorsport for an indefinite period and five years respectively.