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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.

Hunter-Reay earns New Hampshire win

August 14th, 2011

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Ryan Hunter-Reay earned his first win of the season following a farcical close to a chaotic and frequently interrupted race at New Hampshire. The race swung on two of six restarts, with the first major incident coming when race leader Dario Franchitti – who had been utterly dominant in the opening third of the race – clashed with Takuma Sato, the Scot spearing into the pit wall and out of the race

IndyCar delays aero kits until 2013

August 14th, 2011

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The IndyCar Series will delay the introduction of alternative aero kits for its next-generation IZOD Dallara chassis until the start of the 2013 season, CEO Randy Bernard announced on Sunday. The concept of new chassis, which was given its maiden test run at Mid-Ohio one week ago, included the provision to use different aero kits during the season.

Mann withdrawn from New Hampshire

August 14th, 2011

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Mann withdrawn from New Hampshire

Pippa Mann has been withdrawn from the New Hampshire IndyCar race by the Rahal Letterman Lanigan team after a heavy crash during practice.

Franchitti to maintain aggression

August 13th, 2011

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Franchitti to maintain aggression

Dario Franchitti has vowed to maintain his aggressive approach over the rest of the season, after blazing to his second pole of the season at New Hampshire.

Franchitti storms to Hampshire pole

August 13th, 2011

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Franchitti storms to Hampshire pole

Dario Franchitti stormed to his second pole position of the season with an emphatic performance in qualifying at New Hampshire.

Hinchcliffe leads final practice

August 13th, 2011

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Hinchcliffe leads final practice

James Hinchcliffe was a surprise pace-setter in the final IndyCar practice session at New Hampshire as the Newman/Haas team served notice of its intent to cause an upset. The Canadian had been solidly inside the top 10 in both of Thursday’s first two sessions, but improved his relative pace considerably to lap the oval in 21.649s – 0.144s faster than Chip Ganassi driver Graham Rahal. Maintaining his own strong form throughout the weekend so far, KV Racing’s Tony Kanaan was third fastest while Oriol Servia made sure both Newman/Haas cars were at the sharp end with the fourth best time

Scheckter and SH enter Baltimore

August 12th, 2011

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Scheckter and SH enter Baltimore

Tomas Scheckter will enter the inaugural IndyCar Series race at Baltimore next month with SH Racing. The South African finished eighth at this year’s Indianapolis 500 driving an SH car, and will now compete on the street circuit with James Sullivan’s squad. “Our original plan after forming SH Racing was to concentrate on and run the Indianapolis 500,” Sullivan said.

Franchitti stays on top in practice

August 11th, 2011

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Franchitti stays on top in practice

Dario Franchitti led a clean sweep of the top three positions for Chip Ganassi Racing in the second IndyCar practice session at New Hampshire.

Franchitti on top in first practice

August 11th, 2011

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Franchitti on top in first practice

Dario Franchitti was fastest in the opening practice session for this weekend’s IndyCar Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The defending series champion completed just 21 laps of the oval in his Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara, but wasted little time in knocking Marco Andretti from the top of the timesheets with a lap in 21.742s. Andretti, who had sat at the head of the standings since the early stages of the session in his Andretti Autosport car, was knocked down to fourth place, but improved his pace late on and pulled himself back up to second in a time 0.190s slower than Franchitti’s best.

ABC extends Indy 500 deal

August 10th, 2011

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ABC extends Indy 500 deal

The Indianapolis 500 will continue to be broadcast on ABC at least until 2018 after extending its deal with the network for a further six years.

Wilson set to miss rest of season

August 9th, 2011

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Wilson set to miss rest of season

Justin Wilson is likely to miss the rest of the IndyCar Series season after suffering a stable burst fracture of the fifth thoracic vertebra during an off-track incident during free practice at Mid-Ohio last Saturday. The Briton will be replaced in the #22 Dreyer & Reinbold car by Tomas Scheckter in this weekend’s Indy 225 at New Hampshire. Wilson sustained the back injury after running wide on the exit of Turn 1 and crashing over an access road which caused his car to bottom out.

Ou Rules at Mid-Ohio

by David Phillips on August 8th, 2011

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IndyCar Dallaras both real and virtual took to the challenging Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course last weekend.

Yang Ou consolidated his lead in the 2011 iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Premier Series -Road with a convincing victory at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Sunday’s top strength of field (3064) race.  The Club Scandinavia member grabbed his tenth pole position of the campaign with a lap of 1:08.382 ahead of championship rival Aleksi Elomaa (Club Finland) and Andre Boettcher (Club DE-AT-CH).  Despite a less than perfect getaway, Ou grabbed the lead at the start and was never headed throughout the 52 lap race. Boettcher got the jump on Elomaa to grab second place on the opening lap, and kept Ou in sight in the early going despite a minor “off” on Lap Eight.  In fact, when Ou suffered a temporary issue with his Dallara’s brakes, Boettcher closed to within [...]

2012 IndyCar makes test debut

August 8th, 2011

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2012 IndyCar makes test debut

IndyCar’s new 2012 machine has been given its maiden test run at Mid-Ohio by Dan Wheldon.

Button displaces Power in Rankings

August 8th, 2011

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Button displaces Power in Rankings

Will Power dropped behind Jenson Button in the Castrol EDGE Rankings and lost ground in the 2011 IndyCar championship after falling foul of a late safety car period at Mid-Ohio. With Button claiming a superb win in changeable weather at the Hungaroring last weekend, both Power and his title rival Dario Franchitti had to place well in IndyCar’s visit to Mid-Ohio to avoid dropping behind the Briton in the Rankings

The Ugly, the Bad and the Good

by David Phillips on August 8th, 2011

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The Ugly, the Bad and the Good

Last weekend was a case of the Ugly, the Bad and the Good for iRacers at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Iowa Speedway and Pocono Raceway. First the ugly . . . Long-time iRacer Justin Wilson sustained an anterior compression fracture of the fifth thoracic vertebra on Friday in an incident during practice for the IZOD IndyCar Series race at Mid-Ohio.  Justin, who suffered a fractured wrist earlier in the season, was taken to the circuit medical center before being transferred to the local hospital, Mansfield MedCentral, where the diagnosis was made.  He is expected to meet with IndyCar’s medical consultant Dr. Terry Trammell in Indianapolis today for further evaluation. Needless to say, iRacers the world over wish Justin a full and speedy recovery. The bad?  iRacer Will Power had [...]

Dixon hails ‘perfect weekend’

August 7th, 2011

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Scott Dixon has hailed a ‘perfect’ weekend after claiming pole position and a commanding victory at Mid-Ohio.

Power/Franchitti tension simmers on

August 7th, 2011

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Tension between IndyCar Series championship rivals Dario Franchitti and Will Power continued to simmer in Mid-Ohio after the pair made contact again on the opening lap of the race. Relations between the two had already turned sour in July after Power suggested that Franchitti should have received a penalty for tipping him in to a spin at Toronto – the Scot going on to win the race. Franchitti then accused Power of trying to do the same thing on the first lap of the race at Mid-Ohio on Sunday as the pair fought over third position.

Hinchcliffe rues lost chance to shine

August 7th, 2011

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Hinchcliffe rues lost chance to shine

James Hinchcliffe admitted he was devastated to have missed out on a potential podium finish at Mid-Ohio having led the race for more than 20 laps.

Dixon storms to Mid-Ohio win

August 7th, 2011

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Dixon storms to Mid-Ohio win

Scott Dixon took his first win of 2011 with a commanding performance at Mid-Ohio, while his Ganassi team-mate Dario Franchitti extended his championship lead over Will Power by finishing second. Starting from pole, Dixon assumed control of the race from the outset, with his pace suggesting only bad luck with safety cars could upset his hopes of victory

Briscoe hoping to match 2008 win

August 6th, 2011

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Ryan Briscoe is aiming to repeat his Mid-Ohio success of 2008 by converting his front-row starting berth into victory. Having just made it through into the final six shoot-out, Briscoe proved Scott Dixon’s main challenger for pole position – at least until the Kiwi “blew us away.” Briscoe therefore was forced to settle for second, the same position he won from in 2008