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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.

Spengler wins at wet Norisring

July 3rd, 2011

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Bruno Spengler took victory in a rain-shortened DTM race at the Norisring, denying Jamie Green a fourth straight win on the German street circuit. The Canadian, who retakes the championship lead from Martin Tomczyk with his second win of the season, led the whole race aside from when he dropped down the order for each of his pitstops. Green had been mounting a challenge in the middle of the race once he was released into to second when Gary Paffett had a bizarre crash exiting the chicane on lap 16.

Rockenfeller: No crash after-effects

July 3rd, 2011

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Rockenfeller: No crash after-effects

Mike Rockenfeller insists that his back row grid position for the DTM race at the Norisring has nothing to do with the after-effects of his horrific accident at Le Mans. The Audi driver is returning to the DTM this weekend after he was forced to sit out the last race at Lausitz while he recovered from his accident on board the Audi R18 last month.

Green eyeing another Norisring win

July 2nd, 2011

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Green eyeing another Norisring win

Jamie Green is confident that his bid to win a fourth consecutive DTM race at the Norisring remains on course after he qualified third on Saturday. The British star has won on the German street circuit for the past three years, with the last two of those successes coming in an older-spec car

Spengler takes Norisring pole

July 2nd, 2011

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Spengler takes Norisring pole

Bruno Spengler led a Mercedes top three lockout as he took pole position for the DTM race at the Norisring. The Canadian overcame a small lock-up into Turn 2 on his Q4 flying lap to beat Gary Paffett, who was first of the top four to run. Jamie Green and Mattias Ekstrom ran after Spengler, but neither was able to trouble the top two as both locked up on the brakes into the first corner.

Spengler fastest in final practice

July 2nd, 2011

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Bruno Spengler set the pace in the final DTM free practice session at the Norisring on Saturday morning. The Canadian, who lost the championship lead to Martin Tomczyk last time out, went to the top of the times with eight minutes remaining in the session, just seconds after Ralf Schumacher had taken top spot.

Rockenfeller wants winning return

July 1st, 2011

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Rockenfeller wants winning return

Mike Rockenfeller has targeted a return to race-winning form in the DTM this weekend on his comeback following his huge accident in the Le Mans 24 Hours. The Audi driver, who took his maiden DTM win earlier this year at Zandvoort, was forced to sit out the last round of the German series at Lausitz as he was still recovering from his horrific crash in the R18 prototype at Le Mans. A decision on his fitness to race this weekend at the Norisring was left until the last minute, but Rockenfeller was cleared to compete and set the 11th fastest time in Friday’s free practice session after completing 45 laps.

Ekstrom heads practice at Norisring

July 1st, 2011

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Ekstrom heads practice at Norisring

Mattias Ekstrom grabbed top spot in the first DTM free practice session of the weekend at the Norisring with his final lap of the session. The Swede was set to end Friday’s practice in second place after a couple of attempts in the final minutes had fallen short of the time set by his Abt Audi team-mate Oliver Jarvis.

BMW set to unveil DTM concept car

June 21st, 2011

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BMW set to unveil DTM concept car

BMW will present a DTM concept car next month, ahead of the German manufacturer’s return to the championship in 2012. The concept car will offer the first impression of what the M3 racing machine will look like. The news was announced on Tuesday by Jens Marquardt, who is replacing Mario Theissen as motorsport boss from July 1.

Green: Sixth a major disappointment

June 20th, 2011

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Green: Sixth a major disappointment

Jamie Green said that his sixth place finish in the latest round of the DTM at Lausitz represented a major disappointment. Green, who was one of the pre-season title favourites, started the race from the front row, but was passed easily by winner Martin Tomczyk early on. He then fell back into a battle involving his HWA Mercedes team-mate Gary Paffett and the Abt Audi of Oliver Jarvis, and was on course for seventh before Miguel Molina retired ahead of him

Tomczyk: Lausitz win was easy

June 20th, 2011

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Tomczyk: Lausitz win was easy

Martin Tomczyk believes that his Lausitz DTM victory last weekend was the easiest of his career.

Tomczyk wins again at Lausitz

June 19th, 2011

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Tomczyk wins again at Lausitz

Martin Tomczyk leapt to the head of the DTM standings by taking his second victory in a row at Lausitz. The German driver, who ended an 11-year winless streak for Phoenix Racing at Spielberg two weeks ago, produced a fabulous drive in his older-spec Audi to take the lead in the championship from Bruno Spengler

Scheider tops Lausitz warm-up

June 19th, 2011

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Scheider tops Lausitz warm-up

Timo Scheider gave himself hope of a strong race performance by topping DTM warm-up at Lausitz. The Abt Audi driver will start Sunday’s race from back in ninth place, but was quickest during the morning session with a time of 1m20.302s set five minutes from the end. Gary Paffett was second fastest – 0.091s slower than Scheider – in his HWA Mercedes, while Oliver Jarvis (Abt) continued his strong recent form with the third best time.

Kristensen wanted more in qualifying

June 18th, 2011

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Kristensen wanted more in qualifying

Tom Kristensen believes that he was capable of qualifying higher than seventh for his DTM return at Laustiz this weekend. The eight-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner is substituting on a one-off basis for Mike Rockenfeller at the Abt Audi squad following the German’s high-speed accident at Le Mans

Q and A: Kristensen on his DTM return

June 18th, 2011

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Q and A: Kristensen on his DTM return

Tom Kristensen is making a one-off return to the DTM at Lausitz this weekend while regular Abt Audi driver Mike Rockenfeller rests after his horrifying Le Mans 24 Hours accident last week. The veteran Dane impressed everyone by breaking a two-year lay-off from the series to go quickest in Friday practice at the German circuit. After qualifying seventh on the grid, AUTOSPORT caught up with the eight-time Le Mans winner for a chat.

Spengler on Lausitz pole

June 18th, 2011

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Spengler on Lausitz pole

Bruno Spengler took his third DTM pole position from four races this year with a near perfect lap in qualifying at Lausitz. Having made it into the one-lap shoot-out for pole that is Q4, Spengler was set a tough task by Mattias Ekstrom to knock the Abt Audi driver off the top spot. But the HWA Mercedes driver made his opponent look ordinary, lapping the circuit in 1m19.119s – almost half a second quicker than the Swede – to seize the initiative.

Tomczyk tops second practice

June 18th, 2011

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Tomczyk tops second practice

Martin Tomczyk continued Audi’s domination of the Lausitz DTM weekend by setting the pace in second practice at the German circuit.

Kristensen tops first Lausitz practice

June 17th, 2011

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Kristensen tops first Lausitz practice

Tom Kristensen caused a mini sensation on his DTM return by going fastest in the opening free practice session at Lausitz.

Hayden to try DTM Mercedes

June 17th, 2011

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Hayden to try DTM Mercedes

Ducati Moto GP rider Nicky Hayden will try out DTM machinery for the first time at Lausitz this weekend. The 2006 world champion will perform a series of demonstration runs at the German circuit on Saturday in a Mercedes C-class as part of a tie-in between Ducati and Mercedes’ high-performance arm AMG. Mercedes driver David Coulthard will give Hayden some driving tips before the American takes to the track.

Kristensen rejoins DTM for Lausitz

June 16th, 2011

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Kristensen rejoins DTM for Lausitz

Tom Kristensen will return to the DTM this weekend at the Lausitzring to replace Mike Rockenfeller at the wheel of an Audi A4 from Team Abt Sportsline. Rockenfeller, who scored his maiden DTM win earlier this year, is still recovering from his big accident during the Le Mans 24 Hours. Audi said the 27-year-old wants to be completely sure that he has sufficient time to fully recuperate following his accident.

Paffett extends Mercedes DTM deal

June 15th, 2011

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Paffett extends Mercedes DTM deal

Gary Paffett has committed his DTM future to Mercedes by signing a long-term contract extension with the manufacturer. The 2005 DTM champion’ s new multi-year deal also means that he becomes the first Mercedes driver confirmed for 2012, when the series introduces its next generation of car and BMW makes its return. “I am delighted to continue my relationship with Mercedes-Benz for the long term,” said Paffett.