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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.

Gresini to withdraw from Valencia

October 25th, 2011

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Gresini to withdraw from Valencia

Gresini Racing will withdraw both its MotoGP and Moto2 teams from the season finale at Valencia in the wake of Marco Simoncelli’s fatal accident at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Team boss Fausto Gresini also said his organisation would miss the end of season tests which follow as they struggle to come to terms with Simoncelli’s death.

Agostini suggests changes to tyres

October 24th, 2011

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Agostini suggests changes to tyres

Motorcycle racing legend Giacomo Agostini believes changes to the behaviour of MotoGP tyres could help avoid crashes such as the one that took the life of Marco Simoncelli in yesterday’s Malaysian Grand Prix. Simoncelli died after being struck by Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi when he lost control of his Gresini Honda on lap two at Sepang

Gardner feels for Edwards and Rossi

October 24th, 2011

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Gardner feels for Edwards and Rossi

Wayne Gardner says it is vital that Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi do not blame themselves in any way for the accident that killed Marco Simoncelli in MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix. Edwards and Rossi struck Simoncelli as he crashed in their path on lap two at Sepang yesterday, in an accident that left the Italian with fatal injuries

Simoncelli crash was ‘unpreventable’

October 24th, 2011

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Simoncelli crash was ‘unpreventable’

MotoGP riders’ safety representative Franco Uncini does not feel there are any safety changes that can be made to prevent accidents such as the one that killed Marco Simoncelli in the Malaysian Grand Prix. Simoncelli suffered fatal head, neck and chest injuries when he crashed on lap two at Sepang and slid into the path of Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi

Rossi retirement talk played down

October 24th, 2011

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Rossi retirement talk played down

Davide Brivio has dismissed rumours that Valentino Rossi could retire from MotoGP in the wake of the accident that killed his close friend Marco Simoncelli at Sepang on Sunday. Former Yamaha team manager Brivio followed Rossi to Ducati this year to continue working with the seven-time MotoGP champion

Simoncelli died of multiple injuries

October 23rd, 2011

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Simoncelli died of multiple injuries

Marco Simoncelli died as a result of massive trauma to his head, neck and chest, MotoGP’s medical director has confirmed. Michele Macchiagodena said the Gresini Honda rider was unconscious when the medical crew reached him on the circuit. They performed CPR in both the ambulance and for 45 minutes in the medical centre, but were unable to save his life.

Tributes paid to Marco Simoncelli

October 23rd, 2011

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Tributes paid to Marco Simoncelli

Leading figures from the worlds of both motorcycle and car racing have been paying tribute to Marco Simoncelli, who was killed today in MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Italian, who had been the sensation of the 2011 season, fell on lap two of the Sepang race and was struck by following riders. He was pronounced dead at the circuit’s medical centre shortly afterwards.

Simoncelli dies from injuries

October 23rd, 2011

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Simoncelli dies from injuries

Marco Simoncelli has died from the injuries he sustained in a crash on the second lap of the Malaysian Grand Prix. He was 24

Malaysian GP cancelled after crash

October 23rd, 2011

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The Malaysian Grand Prix has been cancelled after an accident involving Gresini Honda’s Marco Simoncelli. There has been no official news on Simoncelli’s condition, but organisers took the decision to cancel the race following a crash on lap two.

Malaysian GP halted by crash

October 23rd, 2011

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The Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang has been red flagged after an accident involving Gresini Honda’s Marco Simoncelli. The crash came on the second lap, as Simoncelli lost the front of his bike and slid across the track, into the path of Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi, both of whom appeared to hit the Honda. Edwards was able to walk away from the crash and Rossi able to continue, but concern centres on Simoncelli, who lay stricken on the track, his helmet having come off during the incident

Luthi postpones Bradl’s celebrations

October 23rd, 2011

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Thomas Luthi denied Stefan Bradl a chance to wrap up the Moto2 world championship by winning at Sepang, as Bradl’s title rival Marc Marquez had to miss the race. Injuries from his violent crash in Friday practice forced Marquez to sit out the Malaysian round. Since the crash on an unflagged wet patch right at the start of opening practice, Marquez had only completed two qualifying laps, and this morning it was finally confirmed that he was not fit enough to start

Vinales wins, title fight rolls on

October 23rd, 2011

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Maverick Vinales took his third 125cc victory at Sepang, as Nico Terol’s championship celebrations were postponed in a dramatic last lap.

Hayden and Rossi confident of gains

October 22nd, 2011

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Hayden and Rossi confident of gains

Nicky Hayden said his qualifying result was not necessarily the maximum he could have achieved, a view echoed by Ducati team-mate Valentino Rossi. Hayden matches his best qualifying performance of the year by sealing sixth on the grid for the Malaysian Grand Prix, ending within two tenths of Tech 3 Yamaha’s Colin Edwards in fourth

Spies withdraws from Malaysia

October 22nd, 2011

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Spies withdraws from Malaysia

Ben Spies will not participate in tomorrow’s Malaysian Grand Prix, Yamaha has confirmed.

Edwards ecstatic with qualifying pace

October 22nd, 2011

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Edwards ecstatic with qualifying pace

Tech 3 Yamaha’s Colin Edwards was left ecstatic after taking a season’s best fourth in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix. With the works Yamaha squad ravaged by injury, Edwards flew the flag for the manufacturer as he beat Gresini Honda’s Marco Simoncelli and Ducati’s Nicky Hayden to the front of the second row – his best qualifying result since Valencia 2008.

Spies hoping to salvage result

October 22nd, 2011

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Spies hoping to salvage result

Ben Spies says hanging on to fifth in the championship is his main target after an injury-ravaged start to the Malaysian Grand Prix. The American came into the weekend still badly bruised from his crash at Phillip Island, and compounded his woes when he crashed at Turn 10 late on in qualifying. That left him sharing the back row of the grid with works Yamaha team-mate Katsuyuki Nakasuga, himself a replacement for the injured Jorge Lorenzo

Pedrosa says traffic slowed him

October 22nd, 2011

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Pedrosa says traffic slowed him

Malaysian Grand Prix polesitter Dani Pedrosa says his margin over the field would have been greater but for traffic delays on his best lap. Pedrosa dominated practice and went on to take pole – but only by 0.029 seconds over his Honda team-mate Casey Stoner.

Luthi on pole, Marquez at back

October 22nd, 2011

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Thomas Luthi claimed his maiden Moto2 pole position at Sepang, but the big story of the session was that Stefan Bradl qualified 34 places ahead of his title rival Marc Marquez. Marquez, who goes into the penultimate race of the year three points behind Bradl, has been in pain since a heavy crash on an unflagged wet area right at the start of Friday practice. The Spaniard sat out the rest of practice before returning to the track for qualifying, where he did the required two laps to qualify and took 36th on the 37-bike grid

Stoner confident about race pace

October 22nd, 2011

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Stoner confident about race pace

MotoGP champion Casey Stoner is optimistic about his chances in the Malaysian Grand Prix, despite his Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa having had an edge all weekend. Pedrosa topped all three practice sessions and took pole, but by qualifying Stoner was only 0.029 seconds off the Spaniard’s pace. Stoner said he had been working on some minor issues through the weekend and was now pleased with his bike.

Dovizioso surprised with strong pace

October 22nd, 2011

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Dovizioso surprised with strong pace

Andrea Dovizioso reckons he goes into the Malaysian Grand Prix in great shape having been pleasantly surprised with his speed in qualifying. Although the Italian ended up third on the grid behind his Honda team-mates Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner, his long-run pace in the session was impressive and he held provisional pole for long periods.