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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.

Mann cleared to return to cockpit

September 9th, 2011

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Mann cleared to return to cockpit

Pippa Mann has been given medical clearance to return to the IndyCar cockpit after suffering a fractured vertebrae in a crash last month. The 28-year-old Briton had been set for a three-race stint with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, but sustained the injury in a practice accident prior to what would have been her first start for the team at Loudon. She has now been given medical approval to drive again, and will test at Kentucky on 23 September prior to racing for Bobby Rahal’s squad in the final two rounds of the season at Kentucky and Las Vegas.

Wirth to work with Honda in IndyCar

September 9th, 2011

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Wirth to work with Honda in IndyCar

Wirth Research is to extend its alliance with Honda Performance Development to encompass an IndyCar bodywork programme from 2013. Nick Wirth’s organisation has already collaborated with Honda on the Acura/HPD LMP1 and LMP2 sportscar projects that achieved championship success in the American Le Mans Series.

IndyCar suspends safety truck driver

September 8th, 2011

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IndyCar suspends safety truck driver

IndyCar has suspended a safety truck driver for two races after a near-miss at the start of last weekend’s race in Baltimore. The truck was driving towards an escape road on the exit of Turn 1, against the flow of traffic, as the race got underway, and only just got off the track before outside front row starter Graham Rahal came through. According to the Indianapolis Star , the truck’s crew had been attending to a tyre barrier at Turn 5 that had been found during the parade laps to be out of alignment, but the driver tried to make it back to Turn 1 rather than parking further along the track.

Rice back for final IndyCar rounds

September 8th, 2011

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Rice back for final IndyCar rounds

2004 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Rice will contest the final two rounds of the 2011 IndyCar season at Kentucky and Las Vegas. Rice ended a two-year IndyCar hiatus when he joined Panther Racing for the 100th running of the Indy 500 this year, and he will join up with the team again for the final two events alongside rookie points leader JR Hildebrand. Las Vegas will also mark Rice’s 100th IndyCar start

Mutoh to make Motegi IndyCar return

September 8th, 2011

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Hideki Mutoh will return to the IndyCar fold when the series travels to Motegi, Japan, for the 16th round of the season next weekend. Mutoh will race for the Sam Schmidt Motorsport squad alongside 2011 regular Alex Tagliani, who currently lies 12th in the overall championship. Mutoh made his IndyCar debut for Super Aguri Panther Racing in 2007, and stayed in the series until 2010.

Power passes Franchitti in Rankings

September 5th, 2011

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Power passes Franchitti in Rankings

Will Power will be hoping the 2011 IndyCar title race mirrors the Castrol EDGE Rankings after getting the upper hand over chief rival Dario Franchitti this week. Power took a comprehensive victory in the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix to cut his points deficit to Franchitti to just five points. Three rounds ago, the gap had been 62

Power eyes final push

September 4th, 2011

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Power eyes final push

Will Power says winning the 2011 IndyCar title is his only goal as he heads into the final three races just five points behind rival Dario Franchitti. The Penske driver has won the last two races and taken 57 points from Franchitti in the past three, and says his chief aim is to continue that momentum in the season’s final stretch – particularly as he expects Motegi and Kentucky to suit him. “To me, second in the championship means nothing,” Power stated bluntly.

Franchitti calm amid Power resurgence

September 4th, 2011

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Franchitti calm amid Power resurgence

Dario Franchitti remained calm following a Baltimore Grand Prix which saw his chief title rival win to close to within five points of the championship. Franchitti’s lead over the Australian stood at 62 points just three rounds ago, but a DNF at New Hampshire and consecutive fourth-place finishes have seen him lose ground.

Kanaan delighted with run to third

September 4th, 2011

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Kanaan delighted with run to third

Tony Kanaan answered his frightening warm-up accident with a superb drive from the back of the field to third at Baltimore. Kanaan had been launched into a huge airborne crash after suffering brake failure in warm-up, but was able to take KV Racing team-mate EJ Viso’s spare car for the race

Power wins to close on Franchitti

September 4th, 2011

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Power wins to close on Franchitti

Will Power survived what he described as the ‘toughest race of the whole year’ to be crowned the inaugural winner of IndyCar’s Baltimore Grand Prix. In warm and humid conditions, Power triumphed on an eventful afternoon that included a pile-up involving nearly half the field to cross the line just over 10s ahead of Newman/Haas Racing’s Oriol Servia.

De Silvestro tops interrupted warm-up

September 4th, 2011

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Simona de Silvestro was fastest in an interrupted IndyCar warm-up session at the Baltimore street circuit. The HVM driver, who returns to the series this weekend after being forced to miss last week’s race at Sonoma due to a problem with US immigration, topped the times with a 1m24.0676s – although two interruptions due to accidents prevented any of the teams from being able to complete a significant amount of running

Kanaan escapes frightening crash

September 4th, 2011

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Kanaan escapes frightening crash

Tony Kanaan has escaped unhurt from a huge accident during this morning’s IndyCar warm-up session at the Baltimore street circuit. The Brazilian suffered a brake failure on the approach to the first corner and was launched over the top of Penske driver Helio Castroneves. Kanaan’s car then clipped the outside concrete wall before flying through the tyre barriers, clearing the entire run-off area before finally coming to a stop.

Power takes Baltimore pole

September 3rd, 2011

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Power takes Baltimore pole

Will Power’s hopes of taking another slice out of Dario Franchitti’s points lead were given a boost after he claimed his second IndyCar pole position in as many weekends at the Baltimore street circuit this afternoon. Power took the top spot with a 1m20.2447s effort that was around 0.6 seconds quicker than he managed in practice this morning

Power stays on top in second practice

September 3rd, 2011

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Power stays on top in second practice

Will Power went quickest in the IndyCar practice session around the streets of Baltimore. The Australian established himself at the top early on with a 1m22.1384s effort, and aside from a brief intervention by Newman/Haas man James Hinchcliffe, remained the benchmark for the rest of the morning.

Power tops first Baltimore practice

September 2nd, 2011

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Will Power got IndyCar’s first visit to the streets of Baltimore under way by topping Friday’s delayed opening practice session.

Further delays in Baltimore

September 2nd, 2011

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Further delays in Baltimore

Baltimore track organisers have issued a second revised schedule for today’s opening day of IndyCar and American Le Mans Series running, with IndyCar’s track time now cut from two practice sessions to one following delays completing work on the circuit. IndyCar will now take to the track for one 90 minute session starting at 4pm local time, which will be followed by qualifying for the ALMS race between 5:50pm and 7pm.

Baltimore IndyCar practice delayed

September 2nd, 2011

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Baltimore IndyCar practice delayed

On-track running at the IndyCar/American Le Mans Series round at Baltimore is expected to get underway four hours behind schedule on Friday, due to delays in getting the street circuit ready for its inaugural event this weekend. The first practice session for the USF2000 series was originally scheduled to start at 8:00am local time, but has now been put back to 12:00pm to allow track workers to finish installing barriers around some sections of the circuit. AUTOSPORT understands that sections of the barriers were removed in anticipation of Hurricane Irene, which passed near the area earlier this week

De Silvestro returns for Baltimore

September 2nd, 2011

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De Silvestro returns for Baltimore

Simona de Silvestro will return to action with HVM in this weekend’s Baltimore Grand Prix – having been forced to sit out the last race at Sonoma. De Silvestro, who turned 21 yesterday, encountered difficulties at customs when she attempted to return to the USA from her native Switzerland before the race, and was replaced by Frenchman Simon Pagenaud for the event.

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

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.