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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.

Canadian GP Date Confirmed

November 30th, 2009

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. —Montreal, one of the most popular venues on the F-1 calendar, is back on the schedule after a one-year absence

Two Americans Earn F-1 Tests

November 30th, 2009

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Two Americans Earn F-1 Tests

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Two American drivers — Alexander Rossi and J.R.

Qadbak Backs Out, Sauber Buys Team Back From BMW

November 30th, 2009

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Qadbak Backs Out, Sauber Buys Team Back From BMW

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — BMW has sold its F-1 operation back to the team’s founder Peter Sauber. After BMW pulled out of F-1 it announced that the investment company Qadbak had bought the team

Manor to run under Virgin Racing title

November 30th, 2009

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The Manor Grand Prix team will run under the Virgin Racing name in 2010, according to the latest entry list issued by the FIA today. Richard Branson’s company entered Formula 1 as a sponsor of the Brawn team this year, but has long been linked with a larger role with Manor.

Patrick fuels NASCAR rumours

November 30th, 2009

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Patrick fuels NASCAR rumours

Danica Patrick says racing in NASCAR in 2010 remains a possibility, despite the announcement of her new three-year IndyCar deal with Andretti Autosport on Monday. Although her IndyCar plans are now set in stone, speculation of Patrick making her NASCAR debut next year continued to be fueled on Monday. An image portraying her with Chevrolet and Nationwide Series logos on her race suit featured temporarily on her website danicaracing.com, before being changed mid-morning for one with IndyCar sponsors.

Interview with Johnny Herbert

November 30th, 2009

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Interview with Johnny Herbert

Former grand prix driver Johnny Herbert has never lost his enthusiasm for racing – having shown this year with a comeback in the British Touring Car Championship that he is far from ready to hang up his helmet.

Herbert: Button must build McLaren ties

November 30th, 2009

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Herbert: Button must build McLaren ties

Jenson Button can boost his chances of taking the fight to Lewis Hamilton at McLaren in 2010 if he establishes strong ties with the men he will work most closely with as soon as he can. That is the view of former grand prix driver Johnny Herbert, who thinks his own experience of going up against Michael Schumacher at Benetton in 1995 has taught him the importance of building-up good relationships with team staff. “The biggest thing I would say to Jenson is to just settle as quick you can – and make the biggest effort now to integrate with all the people, and all the personnel,” Herbert said in an interview with AUTOSPORT

Q and A with Sam Bird

November 30th, 2009

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Q and A with Sam Bird

Q. How does it feel to have signed with the champion GP2 team for your first year in the series

Andretti announces new Patrick deal

November 30th, 2009

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Andretti announces new Patrick deal

Andretti Autosport has confirmed that Danica Patrick will stay with its IndyCar team. After suggestions that she could move to Ganassi or leave the IndyCar Series for NASCAR, Patrick decided in late summer that she would remain with Michael Andretti’s squad

ART signs Bird for GP2 season

November 30th, 2009

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ART signs Bird for GP2 season

Champion GP2 team ART Grand Prix has signed Briton Sam Bird for the 2010 season. The French squad carried Williams driver Nico Hulkenberg to the 2009 title and is already running Bird in this winter’s GP2 Asia Series

Turvey to test for McLaren at Jerez

November 30th, 2009

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Turvey to test for McLaren at Jerez

Oliver Turvey is to make his Formula 1 testing debut behind the wheel of a McLaren at Jerez in Spain this week. The young Briton, who has been handed the drive as part of his prize for winning the 2006 McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award, says he cannot wait to get out on track during the young driver test days.

Webb joins British F3 with Fortec

November 30th, 2009

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Webb joins British F3 with Fortec

Formula Renault UK race winner Oli Webb will graduate to British Formula 3 next season with frontrunning squad Fortec Motorsport. Webb steps up to F3 after two seasons racing for Fortec in Formula Renault.

McLaren plans aggressive approach

November 30th, 2009

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McLaren plans aggressive approach

McLaren is taking a more aggressive approach to the design of its 2010 car that it has with recent contenders, as it eyes a return to world title glory next year. On the back an its impressive recovery this campaign, where it went from pre-season tail-enders to race winners by the middle of the year, McLaren says the lessons it took on board in 2009 are being applied to the design of its MP4-25.

Sauber ‘very confident’ of 2010 slot

November 30th, 2009

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Sauber ‘very confident’ of 2010 slot

The Sauber team is ‘very confident’ that it will be granted the final slot on next year’s grid in the wake of its sale to Peter Sauber. Following the collapse of a proposed deal with Qadbak, who had intended to buy the team after BMW’s withdrawal, Peter Sauber stepped in to buy the team back. And although there has not yet been any official confirmation of whether the team will get the slot vacated by Toyota, Peter Sauber said on Monday he was upbeat about the situation

Soucek: Williams test a dream chance

November 30th, 2009

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Soucek: Williams test a dream chance

Formula 2 champion Andy Soucek says his maiden Formula 1 test with the Williams team is a dream come true for him. The 24-year-old Spaniard will make his F1 debut at Jerez tomorrow as a prize for winning the F2 championship this year.

ORECA tests Formula Le Mans drivers

November 30th, 2009

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ORECA tests Formula Le Mans drivers

ORECA gave a prize test to the four leading Formula Le Mans drivers in its LMP1 prototype at Paul Ricard last week. Nico Verdonck, Gavin Cronje, Mathias Beche and Valle Makela, who finished first to fourth in the first season of the new LMS feeder category this year, sampled the team’s AIM-powered Courage ORECA Le Mans contender over two days at the French circuit. Formula Le Mans champion Verdonck said: “It was a very positive day

Theissen decides to stay on at BMW

November 30th, 2009

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Theissen decides to stay on at BMW

Mario Theissen has decided to remain as head of BMW motorsport despite the German car maker’s decision to quit Formula 1. Theissen had admitted he was considering his future at BMW after it was announced it would not be racing in F1 from next year, but the German will stay on following the sale of the team back to Peter Sauber.

Citroen denies Raikkonen deal

November 30th, 2009

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Citroen denies Raikkonen deal

Citroen Racing team principal Olivier Quesnel has denied any contact with Kimi Raikkonen – despite ongoing rumours that the Finn is expected to sign to drive a C4 WRC in next year’s World Rally Championship. Raikkonen and his management team have made it quite clear that they want to be in the World Rally Championship next season and speculation suggests they will do that with backing from energy drinks giant Red Bull, already a title sponsor of the Citroen WRC team. “Nothing is signed, I never had [Kimi] Raikkonen on the telephone,” Quesnel told French newspaper L’Equipe .