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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.

Whitmarsh: Driver rivalry good for team

November 29th, 2009

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Whitmarsh: Driver rivalry good for team

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh is confident that the competitive rivalry between his 2010 drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton will spur the team on rather than becoming destructive. The Woking squad has pulled off a major coup by signing new world champion Button to partner last year’s title-winner Hamilton

Massa takes third in karting return

November 28th, 2009

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Felipe Massa finished third in the opening leg of his charity karting event in Brazil today, as he made his first competitive appearance since sustaining serious head injuries in his Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying crash.

Aspar to hold Aprilia Moto2 talks

November 28th, 2009

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Aspar team boss Jorge Martinez ‘Aspar’ is to hold talks with Aprilia following the Italian company’s decision to abandon its Moto2 plans. The Piaggio Group had supplied the majority of the field in Moto2′s predecessor 250cc via its Aprilia and Gilera brands – but this week announced that it was calling a halt to its Moto2 project. Its statement claimed it would be “unnecessary and damaging” to participate in the series as the whole field would run Honda engines.

Canadian GP secures new deal

November 27th, 2009

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Canadian GP secures new deal

The Canadian Grand Prix’s return to the Formula 1 calendar in 2010 is now official, after the government stepped in to help secure a five-year deal for the race. Following months of uncertainty about the fate of the event, which was dropped for this season after a deal could not be reached with Bernie Ecclestone, the Montreal race’s return was confirmed at a press conference in the Canadian city on Friday afternoon.

Stefan GP still seeking 2010 grid slot

November 27th, 2009

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Stefan Grand Prix, the Serbian team that is seeking a move into Formula 1, says it is still looking at opportunities to make it onto the grid next year – despite dismissing talk that it is about to buy Toyota’s F1 entry. The fate of Toyota’s slot on the grid remains uncertain, with the FIA having sought clarification from the Japanese manufacturer about its legal position in relation to the entry it committed itself to until 2012. AUTOSPORT understands that the matter is due to be discussed at the next Formula 1 Commission meeting in Monaco in early December, with the final 2010 F1 entry list due to be published after next month’s FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting.

Works teams to scale back for 2010

November 27th, 2009

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Works teams to scale back for 2010

The World Touring Car Championship will have a reduced grid of factory cars in 2011 with BMW and SEAT set to announce downsized programmes next week. BMW is expected to cut its works effort from five cars to two. Roberto Ravaglia’s ROAL Motorsport team expected to quit the series following Alex Zanardi’s announcement that he is to leave the WTCC.

Montreal set to confirm GP deal

November 27th, 2009

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The Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal is set to be confirmed on the 2010 Formula 1 calendar on Friday. Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay and provincial cabinet ministers will hold a news conference later today and are expected to announce the official return of the race, absent from the calendar this season

Webber: Motivation as high as ever

November 27th, 2009

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Webber: Motivation as high as ever

Mark Webber says his motivation remain as high as ever as he targets an even stronger championship challenge in the 2010 season.

Rally Scotland to improve in 2010

November 27th, 2009

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Rally of Scotland clerk of the course Iain Campbell is confident that he can make next year’s event even better – despite unanimous praise for the final round of this season’s Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

Renault announces Jerez test line-up

November 27th, 2009

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The Renault team will test Bertrand Baguette, Lucas di Grassi and Ho-Pin Tung in the upcoming testing session at the Jerez circuit in Spain. Baguette, the current Formula Renault 3.5 champion, will be joined by Renault’s reserve di Grassi an Chinese prospect Tung, who had already driven F1 machinery during a test with Williams. Belgian Baguette will be on track on Tuesday, December 1 as his prize for winning the World Series title this year

Force India retains Sutil and Liuzzi

November 27th, 2009

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Force India retains Sutil and Liuzzi

The Force India team has confirmed it will retain both Adrian Sutil and Tonio Liuzzi as its racing drivers for the 2010 season. It will be the fourth consecutive season that German Sutil drives for the Silverstone-based squad, while Liuzzi secures a full-time drive for the first time since 2007. “We are very pleased to retain the services of both Adrian and Tonio for another season,” said team boss Vijay Mallya.

BMW sells F1 team back to Peter Sauber

November 27th, 2009

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BMW sells F1 team back to Peter Sauber

BMW has agreed to sell its Formula 1 team back to Peter Sauber, on condition that the team receives an entry for 2010, after announcing it’s original sale to Qadbak Investment Ltd. will not be completed

Wilson: More to come from Hirvonen

November 27th, 2009

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Wilson: More to come from Hirvonen

Ford team director Malcolm Wilson says he is confident that Mikko Hirvonen will find more speed in time for next year’s World Rally Championship. Hirvonen missed out on this year’s title by just one point, the Finn taking six-time champion Sebastien Loeb closer than anybody has managed previously

Volkswagen considering F1 engine supply

November 27th, 2009

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Volkswagen is seriously evaluating a move into Formula 1 as an engine supplier from 2012, when new power unit regulations due to be introduced could make the sport attractive enough for the German car maker to get involved. Although F1 has been rocked by the withdrawal of three manufacturers in the last 12 months – with Honda, BMW and Toyota all quitting the sport – the Volkswagen Group believes that the sport is actually becoming more attractive with the way rules are heading.

Skoda pleased to pick up Scotland win

November 26th, 2009

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The exclusion of Kris Meeke’s Peugeot 207 S2000 from the Rally of Scotland has left Skoda UK delighted to celebrate – belatedly – its maiden Intercontinental Rally Challenge win. Skoda UK driver Guy Wilks has been promoted from second to first following the stewards’ decision today, with the exclusion also meaning a first win at this level for the double British Rally xhampion. Skoda’s Catherine Sleigh said: “It’s strange to find out this far after the event that we’ve won but we’re really pleased the record will show how Guy won the inaugural Rally of Scotland on his first drive in a Fabia

Circuit bosses join Business Forum

November 26th, 2009

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Formula 1 circuit chiefs are the latest additions to the 2009 Motor Sport Business Forum, which takes place in Monaco on December 9 and 10. Richard Cregan, the CEO of the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi; Walter Kafitz, the CEO of the Nurburgring, and Razlan Razali, CEO of Malaysia’s Sepang, will all join a debate about the business of running circuits – and what motor sport promoters and sponsors can do to make the sport more appealing. The Motor Sport Business Forum is in its fifth year, and has established itself as a must-attend winter event for leading figures from the worldwide motor sport industry

Meeke loses Scotland win

November 26th, 2009

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Meeke loses Scotland win

Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Kris Meeke has lost his Rally of Scotland victory after the front subframe of his Kronos Racing Peugeot 207 S2000 was found to be underweight. Meeke’s victory had been declared provisional following post-event scrutineering last weekend, but a final decision was delayed until Thursday as initial re-weighing of the component in question proved inconclusive

Alonso continues work at Ferrari

November 26th, 2009

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Fernando Alonso has completed his second semi-official visit to new team Ferrari’s headquarters – and completed more laps of its Fiorano test track.

Lotus, Manor get FOTA membership

November 26th, 2009

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Lotus, Manor get FOTA membership

The Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) has approved the membership applications of the Lotus and Manor teams, AUTOSPORT can reveal, meaning the organisation now features every team on the grid.

Piquet joins Massa’s kart event

November 26th, 2009

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Piquet joins Massa’s kart event

Nelson Piquet has been invited by Felipe Massa to take part in the Ferrari driver’s annual charity kart race in Brazil this weekend. Piquet’s participation in the event will mark the first time he has raced against, or even met, some of his former F1 rivals since the controversy about his involvement in the Singapore Grand Prix race fix saga erupted earlier this year. Piquet has set his sights on victory in the International Challenge of the Stars kart race in Florianapolis, having finished eighth overall – and right behind Michael Schumacher – in the SKUSA Supernats kart event in Las Vegas last weekend