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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.

Lewandowski Edges Alfalla at the Monster Mile

by Jason Lofing on August 31st, 2011

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Lewandowski scored on overdue first NiSWC win over Alfalla and Gorlinsky at the Monster Mile.

Everyone who drives in the NASCAR iRacing Series World Championship (NiSWC) will tell you Thomas Lewandowski knows how to find his way to victory lane. In fact, the New Yorker had visited the winner’s circle 167 times on the iRacing ovals before Tuesday night’s online race at Dover International Speedway.   Still, while Lewandowski has run well in NiSWC and even finished third in the 2010 points race, none of those 167 wins had ever come in NiSWC competition. But win number 168 proved to be a classic.  Lewandowski held-off both championship leader Ray Alfalla and John Gorlinsky over the final 54 laps of a rough and tumble race, to take the checkered flag by just 0.135 of a second. In a race filled with 11 cautions and constantly changing pit [...]

John Joins Season 3 Winners at Lanier

by Tim Terry on August 29th, 2011

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Week 3 saw the Tour Mods take to Lanier National Speedway.

NASCAR iRacing.com Tour Modified Series veteran Jerold John sent a powerful message to his online racing competitors on track during Week Three of the season by scoring the overall win at Lanier National Speedway. John, who has racked up multiple checkered flags a week in the past got the most important one of the week during a 3184 strength of field race on Saturday, which brought the Connecticut sim racer 199 points when he crossed the stripe first. The event featured just two yellow flags over 120 laps and saw 11 cars answer the call to the green flag. Troy Talman finished second with Paul Wisniewski coming home with the final podium spot. Brandon Salvatore led the most laps of the race (102) but had to settle for fourth, just [...]

Keselowski wins again at Bristol

August 28th, 2011

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Keselowski wins again at Bristol

Brad Keselowski took his recent impressive streak a step further by claiming his third victory of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season on Saturday night at Bristol. The 27-year-old was a top-five contender all night long and led the race at seven different times, initially thanks to staying out while the leaders pitted under the first caution. He would remain a threat from then on but never looked quite as dominant as both Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth did, the Hendrick driver leading the most laps while his Roush rival was up front for 110 of the 550 laps scheduled.

Busch sets Nationwide win record

August 27th, 2011

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Busch sets Nationwide win record

Kyle Busch reached another milestone by setting a record for NASCAR Nationwide Series career wins with his 50th at Bristol on Friday night. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver beat his team-mate Joey Logano in a close finish at the half-mile venue, breaking Mark Martin’s record of wins in the second-tier series, which the veteran held since 1997. Busch’s maiden Nationwide win came in 2004 at Richmond at the age of 19, while driving for Hendrick Motorsports

Newman takes pole at Bristol

August 26th, 2011

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Newman takes pole at Bristol

Ryan Newman claimed pole position for Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol.

Gordon: Patrick has it all to prove

August 26th, 2011

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Gordon: Patrick has it all to prove

Jeff Gordon believes Danica Patrick has plenty to prove in NASCAR while living up to the expectations being set on her.

Thompson Tops Bristol’s Best

by Tim Terry on August 26th, 2011

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More than 1300 iRacers competed at Thunder Valley in Week 3 of the NiCCS.

Though the record books will show former NASCAR iRacing.com Class C (NiCCS) champion Tyler Hudson as the winner of the week at the Bristol Motor Speedway, it was Georgia sim racer Justin Thompson who stole the show with an impressive eight wins in eleven races at the half-mile. Thompson scored two wins higher than the 208 point total put-up by Hudson, but due to the point structure for the series (with the best finishes being averaged to determine a point total), Thompson finished the week with 187 points. The top split of the week saw Hudson obtain his 208 point total for the week. The race featured six cautions and saw Thompson lead 70 laps from the fourth place starting position en route to victory. Starting from pole, Hudson finished [...]

NASCAR welcomes Patrick’s switch

August 25th, 2011

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NASCAR welcomes Patrick’s switch

NASCAR officials have embraced the news of Danica Patrick’s full switch to NASCAR, following her announcement on Thursday. The IndyCar star revealed she is set to enter the 2012 Nationwide Series season full-time with JR Motorsports, while attempting a partial schedule in the Sprint Cup Series with Stewart-Haas Racing.

Patrick confirms NASCAR switch

August 25th, 2011

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Patrick confirms NASCAR switch

Danica Patrick has ended months of speculation by confirming her full-time switch to NASCAR competition with JR Motorsports next year.

High Banks + High Speeds + Davies = High Points

by Jameson Spies on August 25th, 2011

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The high banks and high speeds of MIS produced great racing - as usual.

Once again the high banks and high speeds of Michigan International Speedway provided some of the closest online racing of the season in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series. Speeds topped the 200mph mark as drivers sailed-off into the eighteen degree banking in the turns. Utilizing the high side of the track gave drivers a head of steam down the straightaways, and made passing very difficult. NASCAR iRacing World Championship driver Brad Davies once again led the way for the week, scoring a huge 335 points. Davies dominated the 5357 SoF, leading 38 laps en route to the 6.414 second victory over Kevin King. Fellow NiSWC competitors Josh Berry and Patrick Fogel came home third and fourth, while the top Class A driver on the week, Nick Ottinger, put in [...]

Like Father, Like Son

by Jeremy Hughes on August 25th, 2011

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Week 3 of 2011 Season 3 found the Late Models racing at Irwindale Speedway.

This week the NASCAR iRacing Late Model Series made the long trip out west to Toyota Speedway in Irwindale, CA. The half mile asphalt track seats 15,000 fans and features a Bose sound system that was broadcasting the name Hubbell all week. When you hear the name Hubbell, you think of a telescope. In this case it’s the father-son duo of Jeff and Chad Hubbell.  Jeff, the “Old Man” as Chad calls him, took the top spot in the online racing competition for the series this week with 161 points. Chad, who is a police officer in the US Navy and stationed in the Washington D.C.  area captured the second spot with 159. “It’s nice to jump on here and work on setups with the old man, it almost feels [...]

Patrick set to announce NASCAR move

August 25th, 2011

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Patrick set to announce NASCAR move

Danica Patrick is set to announce her full-time switch to NASCAR in 2012 during a news conference on Thursday. Patrick’s sponsor GoDaddy.com has scheduled a media announcement at noon US Eastern Time, where her ‘racing future’ will be revealed

Speed set for Bristol Cup return

August 23rd, 2011

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Speed set for Bristol Cup return

Scott Speed is set to return to the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Bristol this weekend after signing a deal to drive for Whitney Motorsports for the rest of the year. The ex-Formula 1 racer has competed only three times in the Cup this year driving for Larry Gunselman, but he now plans to attempt to qualify Dusty Whitney’s #46 Ford Fusion in the 13 races remaining. The team has run a partial schedule through the year with JJ Yeley behind the wheel at the majority of events

Kyle Busch grabs Chase spot with win

August 21st, 2011

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Kyle Busch grabs Chase spot with win

Kyle Busch held off reigning champion Jimmie Johnson in a green-white-chequered finish at Michigan to clinch a spot in this year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver claimed the lead from his Hendrick Motorsports rival, who had been up front since the penultimate restart with 13 laps remaining, thanks to a timely final pitstop right before the last caution that placed him ahead once the frontrunners pitted for the last time. Johnson initially took advantage of the battle for second place following the penultimate restart but as Busch was able to get the better of Hendrick’s Jeff Gordon and Roush Fenway’s Matt Kenseth in the battle for second place, he quickly started eating into Johnson’s lead.

Keselowski tipped as title threat

August 21st, 2011

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Keselowski tipped as title threat

The established NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title favourites believe Brad Keselowski is a potential threat in the Chase, following his impressive runs of late which have made him the leading wildcard entry set to join the play-off. Keselowski ranks 14th in the points with just four races left to set the Chase field heading into Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Michigan, having moved up from 23rd in the standings in the last three weeks by finishing ninth, first and second at Indianapolis, Pocono, and Watkins Glen respectively. He is one of only two drivers to finish in the top 10 in all three events along with points leader Kyle Busch.

Ambrose wins again in Montreal

August 20th, 2011

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Ambrose wins again in Montreal

Australian Marcos Ambrose claimed his fifth career NASCAR win following a charging drive from the back of the field in the Montreal Nationwide Series round. Just five days after achieving his maiden Sprint Cup victory at Watkins Glen, the former Australian V8 Supercar champion won his fourth Nationwide event on a road course, despite not taking part in either practice or qualifying as he was on Cup duty at Michigan on Friday.

Villeneuve takes first Montreal pole

August 20th, 2011

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Villeneuve takes first Montreal pole

Jacques Villeneuve claimed his first ever pole position for a major race at his home track in qualifying for Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race in Montreal, Canada. The 1997 Formula 1 world champion had already been on the front row at the track named after his father three times, twice in F1 on his first two outings there with Williams, then last year in NASCAR’s second-tier series.

Biffle ends pole drought at Michigan

August 19th, 2011

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Biffle ends pole drought at Michigan

Greg Biffle claimed his first pole position in more than three years as Roush Fenway Racing dominated qualifying for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan. Biffle had been third fastest earlier in practice but was able to pick up nearly half a second on his qualifying lap to beat the previous benchmark set by Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin

Hamlin in early TRD engine move

August 19th, 2011

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Hamlin in early TRD engine move

Denny Hamlin is running a Toyota Racing Development engine this weekend at Michigan, having made an early switch from the Joe Gibbs Racing units.

Johnson wants Cup race in Canada

August 19th, 2011

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Johnson wants Cup race in Canada

Jimmie Johnson would like to see more road courses added to the Sprint Cup schedule and believes a race in Canada is something NASCAR should explore. The reigning Cup champion, only once a winner on a road course in NASCAR, would favour the addition of a race in Canada to the top-level series’ schedule in the future, as he sees major interest from fans in the neighbour country who often make the trip south of the border to attend Cup events. NASCAR currently races at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal with its second-tier series, although there are fears for the future of the event as government support for next year’s race is said to be under review.