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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.

Di Resta boosts title hopes with pole

September 18th, 2010

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Di Resta boosts title hopes with pole

Paul di Resta took his second DTM pole position in a row in qualifying at Oschersleben, leading Bruno Spengler for a Mercedes front row.

Scheider stays on top in practice two

September 18th, 2010

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Timo Scheider topped the final DTM free practice session at Oschersleben on Saturday morning.

Scheider leads Audi top four sweep

September 17th, 2010

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Scheider leads Audi top four sweep

Timo Scheider headed an Audi lockout of the top four places in the first DTM practice session of the weekend at Oschersleben. The reigning champion, who has won at the German track for the past two years, led the way ahead of his fellow 2009-spec Audi team-mates Mattias Ekstrom and Oliver Jarvis. Series rookie Miguel Molina was next up in his 2008-spec Audi, which is also run by the Abt Sportsline team

Ekstrom To Race At Richmond

September 8th, 2010

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Ekstrom To Race At Richmond

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Mattias Ekstrom will drive the No

Di Resta earns first ’10 win at Brands

September 5th, 2010

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Di Resta earns first ’10 win at Brands

Paul di Resta took his first DTM victory of the season in dominant fashion at Brands Hatch. The Scot blasted out of the blocks into a commanding lead in the early laps, pulling away at half a second a lap for a while. He got the lead up to 13 seconds by half distance, before backing off and bringing his Mercedes home in the closing stages

Di Resta surprised by pole margin

September 4th, 2010

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Di Resta surprised by pole margin

Paul di Resta has admitted that he was surprised by his advantage in DTM qualifying at Brands Hatch, where he stormed to pole position on Saturday. The Scot topped all four segments of qualifying, and his advantage was so great in the pole position deciding Q4 session that he was able to take pole despite running wide onto the grass coming out of the last corner.

Di Resta takes commanding pole

September 4th, 2010

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Di Resta takes commanding pole

Paul di Resta dominated DTM qualifying at Brands Hatch, topping all four segments of the session on his way to pole position.

Di Resta tops practice at Brands

September 4th, 2010

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Di Resta tops practice at Brands

Paul di Resta put in a late charge to top the second DTM free practice session at Brands Hatch.

Audi dominates Friday practice

September 3rd, 2010

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Audi dominates Friday practice

Mattias Ekstrom led an Audi lockout of the top five places in the first DTM free practice session of the weekend at Brands Hatch.

Audi insists title hopes still alive

September 3rd, 2010

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Audi insists title hopes still alive

Audi insists that it is not out of the running for the DTM title, despite suffering a torrid season in comparison to Mercedes so far in 2010.

Nissan eyeing DTM entry

September 2nd, 2010

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Nissan eyeing DTM entry

Nissan has admitted that it is in discussions that could take it into the DTM, this week’s AUTOSPORT magazine reveals. Company vice-president Carlos Tavares, whose remit includes motorsport, revealed that Nissan had “some interesting ideas for the future” and that it had entered into a dialogue with DTM organiser the ITR.

Hockenheim shortened for October round

August 31st, 2010

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Hockenheim shortened for October round

The DTM will run on a shortened Hockenheim lay-out when the series visits the German Grand Prix venue for the second time this season, on October 16/17.

Paffett takes Zandvoort victory

August 22nd, 2010

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Paffett takes Zandvoort victory

Gary Paffett led home Paul di Resta to take a dominant Mercedes 1-2 in the DTM race at Zandvoort, after pole-sitter Timo Scheider stalled at the start. Scheider’s slow getaway handed the British Mercedes pair an advantage they would hold throughout the race, as they coasted away from the rest of the field.

First 2010 pole for Scheider

August 21st, 2010

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First 2010 pole for Scheider

Timo Scheider took his first DTM pole position of the season in commanding fashion at Zandvoort on Saturday. The reigning champion’s lap in the Q4 pole shootout was nearly seven tenths of a second clear of Gary Paffett, who will join Scheider on the front row. Paffett lost time when he locked up at the first corner on his hot lap and last year’s winner was unable to claw it back over the rest of the lap

Ekstrom tops Zandvoort practice

August 21st, 2010

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Ekstrom tops Zandvoort practice

Mattias Ekstrom topped the second DTM free practice session at Zandvoort after a blistering lap in the closing stages on Saturday morning. The Swede had been quiet for most of the session, but he emerged for a flying lap with five minutes remaining, and eclipsed Audi team-mate Timo Scheider’s best effort by four tenths of a second. Scheider and Miguel Molina completed an Audi top three, continuing the manufacturer’s strong performance from Friday

Premat fastest in Friday practice

August 20th, 2010

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Premat fastest in Friday practice

Alexandre Premat finished the first DTM free practice session of the weekend at Zandvoort half a second clear of the field on Friday. The Audi driver led a 1-2-3 for the Ingolstadt marque with Mike Rockenfeller and Mattias Ekstrom next up. Premat has shown blistering form at the Dutch circuit before

Audi to analyse Nurburgring struggle

August 10th, 2010

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Audi to analyse Nurburgring struggle

Audi has promised a thorough investigation into its DTM programme following a heavy defeat to Mercedes at the Nurburgring last weekend. Mercedes locked out the podium positions at a track where Audi had been expected to shine.

Spengler wins and stretches lead

August 8th, 2010

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Bruno Spengler extended his DTM championship lead with a lights-to-flag victory at the Nurburgring. The Canadian led home Paul di Resta and Gary Paffett for a Mercedes 1-2-3, as Audi had a day to forget. Spengler took the lead from polesitter Mattias Ekstrom at the start, and the Swede slipped all the way to seventh as he was forced wide at the first corner.

Tomczyk gets grid penalty

August 7th, 2010

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Tomczyk gets grid penalty

Martin Tomczyk has been moved back three places on the grid for Sunday’s DTM race at the Nurburgring.

Ekstrom flies to Nurburgring pole

August 7th, 2010

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Mattias Ekstrom spared Audi’s blushes in DTM qualifying at the Nurburgring by taking a commanding pole position.