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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.

Venturini wins hard-fought race two

July 31st, 2011

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Venturini wins hard-fought race two

Giovanni Venturini withstood heavy and race-long pressure to win in a rain-affected second Auto GP race at Oschersleben. The Italian started from pole under the reverse grid rules, but did not have to worry about the run down to the first corner as the first three laps of the race were held behind the safety car.

McLaren pair say title hopes rising

July 31st, 2011

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McLaren pair say title hopes rising

McLaren duo Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton say that recent successes for their team and Ferrari have lifted hopes that Sebastian Vettel can be beaten to the world championship this year. Although Vettel still has a comfortable lead in the title standings, he has won only one out of the last four races as both McLaren and Ferrari have closed the performance gap to Red Bull Racing.

Dahlgren aims for podium upset

July 31st, 2011

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Dahlgren aims for podium upset

Robert Dahlgren hopes he can crash the Chevrolet party and put his Volvo C30 in podium contention in today’s World Touring Car Championship races at Oschersleben. Dahlgren has led the fight against Chevrolet so far this weekend, culminating in an outstanding qualifying which saw him line up alongside Yvan Muller on the front row of the grid.

Alonso: McLaren favourite to win

July 31st, 2011

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Alonso: McLaren favourite to win

Fernando Alonso has tipped the McLarens as his favourites for victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix – although which of its two drivers succeeds will depend on the run to the first corner, he feels. Despite Sebastian Vettel maintaining Red Bull Racing’s lock-out of pole positions this season at the Hungaroring, McLaren has looked to be a serious threat for victory, with Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button qualifying second and third. And Alonso, who will start from fifth on the grid, thinks it is McLaren that is looking stronger overall than Red Bull Racing.

Kahne keen on Vegas Indy run

July 31st, 2011

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Kahne keen on Vegas Indy run

Kasey Kahne says it would be a ‘dream’ for him to race in IndyCar as he ponders the possibility of running for the US $5 million prize up for grabs for guest drivers in the IndyCar Series season finale at Las Vegas. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race winner is in the shortlist of drivers who could potentially take on the challenge of beating the IndyCar regulars in October at the 1.5-mile track. The 31-year-old, one of NASCAR’s most popular drivers, says there are still plenty of issues to iron out in order for him to go ahead with his wish of entering the event

Perez expects even better race

July 31st, 2011

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Perez expects even better race

Sergio Perez expects Sauber to continue its trend of being more competitive in race trim after earning the best starting position of his career in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The 21-year-old Mexican made Q3 for the second time since arriving in Formula 1 and will line up 10th on the grid alongside Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher.

Di Resta aims to beat Mercedes

July 31st, 2011

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Di Resta aims to beat Mercedes

Paul di Resta has set his sights on beating Mercedes drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg in the Hungarian Grand Prix. Di Resta qualified 11th, two places behind Schumacher and four behind Rosberg. But the Scot believes that he and Force India team-mate Adrian Sutil have the potential to make one less pitstop than the Mercedes pairing

Haryanto takes last-gasp GP3 win

July 31st, 2011

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Rio Haryanto capitalised on a late race safety car to steal victory from Nigel Melker in the second GP3 race of the weekend at the Hungaroring. Manor driver Haryanto had charged from ninth on the grid to second by lap eight in the wet conditions, by which time pole-sitter Melker was a long way down the road. The RSC Mucke man had his lead up to 7.9 seconds when the safety car came out on lap 12, after Thomas Hylkema crashed coming out of Turn 2

Ragan takes Brickyard pole

July 30th, 2011

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Ragan takes Brickyard pole

Roush Fenway Racing’s David Ragan claimed pole position for the Brickyard 400 as the team continued its dominance of the Indianapolis weekend. Ragan, who claimed his maiden Sprint Cup win earlier this month at Daytona, beat the early benchmark set by three-time Brickyard 400 winner Jimmie Johnson with a lap of 49.182 seconds at an average speed of 182.994 mph. Red Bull Racing’s Kasey Kahne would later get to within 0.018s of Ragan’s lap, bumping Johnson from the front row of the grid and securing his best start at Indy.

Sims excluded, Bottas leads series

July 30th, 2011

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Sims excluded, Bottas leads series

Alexander Sims has been excluded from the first GP3 race at the Hungaroring, handing the championship lead to race winner Valtteri Bottas. Bottas initially moved up to second in the points with his victory, while Sims retained the lead in the standings by coming home fourth. However, the Briton’s Status Grand Prix car was excluded from the race following scrutineering on Saturday evening, where it failed the rear floor height check.

Massa fearing bad start

July 30th, 2011

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Massa fearing bad start

Felipe Massa fears that starting on the right-hand side of the grid could cost him positions at the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix, despite putting in his best qualifying performance of the year relative to his Ferrari team-mate Fernando Alonso. The Brazilian qualified ahead of the Spaniard for the first time since last August’s Belgian GP, but with the Hungaroring notoriously dusty off-line he is concerned that a bad start could drop him behind the double world champion

Teams want rethink on revised calendar

July 30th, 2011

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Teams want rethink on revised calendar

Formula 1 teams are set to ask Bernie Ecclestone to rethink his plans for the 2012 calendar amid fears that the end of season run of races will prove a logistical nightmare. As AUTOSPORT exclusively revealed earlier this weekend, Ecclestone has undertaken a major reshuffle of the original schedule that was published by the FIA in June. As well as Bahrain moving to the tail end of the season and Turkey being dropped, the United States Grand Prix in Austin is set to become the penultimate round of the season as part of a back-to-back with Brazil

Webber blames DRS, tyres for sixth

July 30th, 2011

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Webber blames DRS, tyres for sixth

Mark Webber blamed having no DRS and cold tyres for his disappointing qualifying performance ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Australian will start from sixth position, his worst qualifying since the Chinese Grand Prix, after finishing over six tenths off the pace in the final shootout. Webber explained after qualifying that he had done the main straight of his final Q3 run without DRS enabled because of an error when activating it.

Loeb secures Finland victory

July 30th, 2011

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Loeb secures Finland victory

Sebastien Loeb has clinched the second Rally Finland victory of his career and stretched his points lead with a superb drive on the 2011 event. The world champion spent the whole weekend battling with his Citroen team-mate Sebastien Ogier and Ford’s Jari-Matti Latvala, but made a crucial break on the final morning. All three used various tactics to try and ensure that they were not running first on the road on Saturday, with Loeb seeming to luck out and end up leading overnight.

Bottas takes narrow victory

July 30th, 2011

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Bottas takes narrow victory

Valtteri Bottas sustained race-long pressure from Michael Christensen to take a lights-to-flag victory in the first GP3 race of the weekend at the Hungaroring.

Alonso says fifth place is no surprise

July 30th, 2011

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Alonso says fifth place is no surprise

Fernando Alonso says he is not disappointed with his performance in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, despite failing to reach the first two rows of the grid.

Grosjean wins at Hungaroring

July 30th, 2011

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Grosjean wins at Hungaroring

Romain Grosjean took his fifth GP2 win of the season at the Hungaroring after race-long leader Marcus Ericsson was given a drive-through penalty in the closing stages. Ericsson had led the race from the first lap after jumping front row starters Luiz Razia and Luca Filippi in the race to Turn 1. From there the iSport driver controlled the race while AirAsia driver Razia kept third-placed Grosjean at bay in the opening stint.

Hungary Saturday quotes: Pirelli

July 30th, 2011

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Paul Hembery: “This qualifying session was one of the most tense of the season, with the final outcome hanging in the balance until the closing seconds. It’s interesting to note that Lewis Hamilton has saved himself a set of supersoft tyres, so we’ll see if he is trying a slightly different strategy tomorrow

Superleague loses New Zealand race

July 30th, 2011

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Superleague loses New Zealand race

Superleague Formula’s proposed season finale at Taupo has been cancelled because potential event sponsors have withdrawn their backing. The championship had been due to visit New Zealand on December 10-11, although at an unspecified circuit

Sutil delighted with eighth-place start

July 30th, 2011

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Sutil delighted with eighth-place start

Adrian Sutil was a delighted man after securing eighth place on the grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix, the second time in succession the German has qualified there. “I’m very pleased with my qualifying and it feels great to be starting from eighth for the second race in a row,” said the Force India driver, who scored his best result of the season in last weekend’s German Grand Prix with a sixth place finish. “This morning in final practice things did not look so good because I was struggling with a general lack of grip.