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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.

Le Mans avoids F1 clash in 2012

August 29th, 2011

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Le Mans avoids F1 clash in 2012

The Le Mans 24 Hours will avoid a clash with Formula 1 in 2012, and will move its test day to a fortnight before the main event. Organiser the Automobile Club de L’Ouest has announced that next year’s running of the endurance classic will take place on 16-17 June, with the test day on 3 June, rather than the April date used this season. The traditional test had been dropped for 2009 and 2010 on cost grounds before its return this year.

Triple 8 heads to Middle East

August 29th, 2011

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Triple 8 heads to Middle East

Legendary British Touring Car squad Triple 8 Engineering is to expand into the Middle East later this year by competing in the UAE Touring Car Championship. Ian Harrison’s multi championship-winning squad will bring its pair of Super 2000-spec Vauxhall Vectras, each powered by an NGTC-spec TOCA engine, to the championship, which is due to run between October and next April. “We have seen the UAE touring car series grow dramatically over the past couple of years and it’s clearly a series with a bright future,” said Harrison

FIA Institute expands academy

August 29th, 2011

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The FIA Institute has boosted its Young Driver Excellence programme for 2012, offering 18 places on its global training scheme. Twelve drivers were selected for this year’s pilot programme, but such has been the success of the current drivers, the Institute has elected to add a further six spaces to the 2012 intake.

McLaren: 2011 not a lost cause yet

August 29th, 2011

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McLaren is not ready to write off the 2011 campaign as a lost cause, despite Sebastian Vettel’s Belgian Grand Prix victory having appeared to all but kill off the world title battle. Vettel’s latest triumph has left him 92 points ahead of his team-mate Mark Webber in the championship standings, with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso 102 points adrift and Jenson Button 110 off. But despite that situation making it highly unlikely that Vettel can be beaten, McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says fans will expect Red Bull Racing’s rivals to keep up the charge

Ferrari to focus on tyre compatibility

August 29th, 2011

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Ferrari to focus on tyre compatibility

Ferrari says its priority in the future must be to ensure its car can use its tyres better – after again seeing its form slump on harder compound rubber during the Belgian Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso had been a close match for Red Bull Racing duo Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber on the soft tyre at Spa, but he fell away dramatically in the closing stages after his switch to the medium tyre. Ferrari had experienced similar issues earlier in the campaign but appeared to have overcome them

Power wins again at Sonoma

August 28th, 2011

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Power wins again at Sonoma

Will Power survived a late restart to lead a Penske clean sweep of the top three places in Sunday’s IndyCar race at Sears Point. Power led virtually the entire race, only relinquishing the top spot briefly during the pitstops

Ducati must improve, says team boss

August 28th, 2011

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Ducati must improve, says team boss

Ducati team manager Vittoriano Guareschi is adamant that his team must improve after enduring a disastrous Indianapolis Grand Prix. The team’s best finish in the USA was a 10th place for Valentino Rossi, who dropped to the back of the field after his bike jumped out of gear and into neutral, leaving him without drive momentarily during the race’s early stages

Alonso: Safety car helped Vettel

August 28th, 2011

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Alonso: Safety car helped Vettel

Fernando Alonso believes that the four laps spent behind the safety car during the Belgian Grand Prix turned the race in favour of Sebastian Vettel. The Red Bull driver had already made two pitstops by the time the safety car was deployed following the accident between Lewis Hamilton and Kamui Kobayashi, whereas the then leader Alonso had made only one stop and was forced to give away some of his advantage by running at slow speeds. Ferrari driver Alonso still thinks, however, that his team’s decision not to call him in for a stop at the time was the right one – even if he did fall to fourth place by the finish

Bautista: Result will inspire team

August 28th, 2011

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Bautista: Result will inspire team

Alvaro Bautista believes that Suzuki can take a step forward over the remaining races of the year after putting in his best performance of 2011 to finish sixth at the Indianapolis Grand Prix. The Spaniard had been on course for similar results in the past two races at Laguna Seca and Brno, but crashed out of both while running competitively

Pirelli guidelines to be more cautious

August 28th, 2011

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Pirelli guidelines to be more cautious

Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery insists his company will be more cautious with its recommended camber guidelines for future races following the Belgian Grand Prix tyre controversy.

Pirelli: Red Bull to blame for blisters

August 28th, 2011

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Pirelli: Red Bull to blame for blisters

Pirelli has accused Red Bull Racing of putting it in an ‘unfair’ position over the Belgian Grand Prix tyre situation, because of the way the team’s set-up choices were the cause of the controversial blistering to the option tyres it begun the race with.

Spies: Start did not ruin race

August 28th, 2011

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Spies: Start did not ruin race

Ben Spies does not believe he would have finished much higher than third at the Indianapolis Grand Prix, even if he had made a clean start. The Yamaha rider started second, but made a poor getaway and was then shuffled back to ninth after being pushed wide by Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso at Turn 4 on the opening lap

Pedrosa: Second place unexpected

August 28th, 2011

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Pedrosa: Second place unexpected

Dani Pedrosa said that his runner-up spot at the Indianapolis Grand Prix was an unexpected bonus after he struggled in qualifying.

Stoner: I could have gone quicker

August 28th, 2011

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Stoner: I could have gone quicker

Casey Stoner said that he could have gone even quicker on his way to victory at the Indianapolis Grand Prix had conditions allowed. The Australian passed his Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa for the lead and pulled away to a comfortable win that helped increase his championship lead over Jorge Lorenzo to 44 points with only six races remaining

Stoner heads Honda 1-2 at Indy

August 28th, 2011

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Stoner heads Honda 1-2 at Indy

Casey Stoner made it three MotoGP wins in a row as he headed a Honda one-two at the Indianapolis Grand Prix and further increased his stranglehold on the world championship lead. The Australian was beaten off the line by his team-mate Dani Pedrosa and dropped behind Lorenzo after running wide at Turn 2 on the opening lap.

Kubica operation a success

August 28th, 2011

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Robert Kubica can now begin the next phase of his rehabilitation from his injuries after a final operation on his damaged right elbow was successfully completed on Sunday.

Power heads Sears Point warm-up

August 28th, 2011

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Will Power topped the timesheets in a delayed warm-up session ahead of Sunday’s IndyCar race at Sears Point. Heavy fog forced the session to be postponed by more than an hour, and when the cars took to the track it was KV Racing’s Ernesto Viso who led the initial phase.

IndyCar close to confirming China

August 28th, 2011

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IndyCar is close to confirming the addition of a race in China to its 2012 schedule. The series has been in talks about a Chinese event for some time, and president of IndyCar’s commercial division Terry Angstadt said that a deal for a race in the eastern port city of Qingdao, which hosted the sailing events for the 2008 Olympics, was on the verge of being finalised.

Schumacher: Tyre choice critical

August 28th, 2011

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Schumacher: Tyre choice critical

Michael Schumacher said his decision to begin the race on hard tyres was a contributing factor to his fight back through the field from the back of the grid to an eventual fifth position in the Belgian Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver came out top of a close duel with his team-mate Nico Rosberg late in the race at Spa, taking advantage of soft new tyres as opposed to his rival’s harder rubber

Sunday’s press conference – Belgium

August 28th, 2011

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TV UNILATERAL Q. Sebastian, congratulations on your first Belgian Grand Prix victory. A comfortable victory, but how comfortable was it given the concern before and in the early stages of the race as to how long you could make the soft tyre last?