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David Phillips
Editor and ChiefDavid 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 WriterChris 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 Writer19 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 WriterJason 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 contributorRay 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.
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Contributing WriterPatrick 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.
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Contributing WriterNorth 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!
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Contributing WriterAllen 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.
Top 20 motorsport stories of 2011
December 31st, 2011
For many, the 2011 motor racing season will forever be associated with the death of former IndyCar champion and Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon in a horrifying accident in the Las Vegas finale, and unsurprisingly Wheldon’s loss and the repurcussions dominated the most-read motorsport stories on AUTOSPORT.com this year.
The top 20 MotoGP stories of 2011
December 31st, 2011
The 2011 MotoGP season saw the end of the unloved 800cc rules package, and runaway title success for Casey Stoner and Honda. But the headlines were dominated by two Italians – one an established legend struggling for form, the other a potential future legend cut down in his prime – as the tragic death of Marco Simoncelli in Malaysia and Valentino Rossi’s tribulations at Ducati became the stories for which 2011 will be remembered. Such was the interest in Rossi and Simoncelli, big topics such as Jorge Lorenzo’s unsuccessful title defence, Suzuki’s departure from MotoGP and the threat of a rider boycott of the Japanese Grand Prix failed to make the end of year top 20 most-read MotoGP stories on AUTOSPORT.com
The top 20 F1 stories of 2011
December 31st, 2011
From the early days of Formula 1 pre-season excitement, through Sebastian Vettel’s dominant campaign, and the end of year reflections, AUTOSPORT was there at every step of the way to deliver the news as it happened. And amid the more than 8000 articles published on our website over the course of the season, there were some that stand out as defining the stories of 2011 – with notable news moments, such as F1 car launches and Robert Kubica’s horrific rally crash, attracting record-breaking audiences. Here we look back at the 20 most-read stories of the year just gone
Al Attiyah on his Dakar defence
December 31st, 2011
Nasser Al Attiyah heads in to the 2012 Dakar as the reigning champion and pre-event favourite, but with lack of works entries from Volkswagen and Mitsubishi he knows this year’s rally could be one of the closest in its history. Moreover the former works VW driver has switched machinery himself for this year’s campaign and is set to drive a Hummer developed by Robbie Gordon’s off-road team. He spoke to AUTOSPORT prior to the event, which begins in earnest on January 1 at Mar del Plata in the south of Argentina
Dakar preview: 2012 event wide open
December 31st, 2011
The 2012 Dakar rally – which starts in Argentina on January 1 – is expected to be one of the most open events in years. While the event has been dominated for a decade by Volkswagen and Mitsubishi’s factory efforts, both of those manufacturers are missing from this year’s entry list so the first privateer winner since Jean-Louis Schlesser in 2000 is on the cards.
Volkswagen praises Sainz legacy
December 31st, 2011
Volkswagen Motorsport director Kris Nissen has praised double world rally champion Carlos Sainz for raising the level of competitiveness of the team. Sainz won Dakar in a VW Race Touareg in 2010 and remains part of the VW setup as it moves into the WRC. Nissen said it was the Spaniard’s professionalism which helped establish VW as such a dominant force on the Dakar, where it took three back-to-back victories.
Newey, Mansell given New Year honours
December 31st, 2011
Red Bull Racing’s chief technical officer Adrian Newey and 1992 Formula 1 world champion Nigel Mansell have been recognised in the 2012 New Year’s Honours list. Newey has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire [OBE], in recognition of services to motorsport.
Patrick Head calls time on F1 career
December 31st, 2011
Patrick Head will tonight walk away from direct involvement in Formula 1 after 34 years active service with the Williams team, having stepped down from the outfit’s board of directors with immediate effect. Head, whose role with Williams was director of engineering, revealed his intention to back away from the sport at the Brazilian Grand Prix , following on from a technical and management restructure prompted by the teams’ worst campaign in its history during 2012.
Yamaha/Petronas partnership ends
December 30th, 2011
Yamaha’s works MotoGP squad will lose its Petronas backing from the 2012 season, bringing a ‘natural conclusion’ to a three-year partnership between the two entities. Petronas, an oil and gas corporation owned by the Malaysian government, joined forces with Yamaha at the start of the 2009 season, although FIAT remained the title sponsor. It met with success immediately, as Valentino Rossi claimed his seventh and to date last MotoGP crown, while Jorge Lorenzo helped secure Yamaha the teams’ crown
Di Resta predicts Force India progress
December 30th, 2011
Paul di Resta believes Force India’s strong end to 2011 has given the team the momentum needed to challenge for the top five in the 2012 F1 constructor standings.
LADA to make 2012 WTCC return
December 30th, 2011
LADA will return to the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2012 after parent company AVTOVAZ confirmed plans to contest two rounds with the LADA Granta Sport car. The LADA Sport Team will kick off their participation in the fourth round of the 2012 WTCC calendar, at Budapest’s Hungaroring. LADA will then miss the fifth round at the Salzburgring in Austria, but return for the following round at Estoril at the start of June.
Hayden injured in training accident
December 29th, 2011
Nicky Hayden’s participation in the first MotoGP test of 2012 is in doubt after the American was injured while training in Kentucky.
Regalia joins Campos for Auto GP
December 29th, 2011
Facu Regalia will join the Campos Racing team to compete in next year’s Auto GP championship. The Argentinean driver will race in the series while also competing in the European F3 Open. Regalia had tested for the team earlier this year during a promotional event in Magione and later at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia.
Newey: Red Bull can still improve
December 29th, 2011
Red Bull Racing’s technical chief Adrian Newey believes the team can still improve in some areas in 2012, despite a dominant showing during 2011 season.
Rapax: Young driver line-up cost us
December 29th, 2011
Former GP2 championship-winning team Rapax believes that its decision to take an inexperienced line-up in 2011 led to its fall down the grid. The Italian team won the championship in 2010 with Pastor Maldonado, who then graduated to Formula 1 with Williams.
Stewart: Title fight among best ever
December 28th, 2011
Tony Stewart believes his battle for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup with Carl Edwards was one of the best in the history of the sport. The top two in the title race finished the year equal on points, after a head-to-head fight for race victory in the season finale at Homestead
Kubica loss ‘biggest blow’ to Renault
December 28th, 2011
Renault team boss Eric Boullier believes the absence of Robert Kubica was a bigger factor in the squad’s poor 2011 season than the unsuccessful forward-facing exhaust layout. After a promising start to the year, with two podiums in the opening two grands prix, Renault’s season tailed off dramatically and by the end of 2011 it was often struggling to even get into the points, leaving its technical chiefs to admit that the radical exhaust arrangement had hampered the car
MotoGP keen to extend Jerez deal
December 28th, 2011
MotoGP is keen to keep its Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez until at least 2016 after completing a deal to secure the 2012 race at the venue.