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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.

Four Champs Crowned At Dual Banquet

November 23rd, 2010

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Four Champs Crowned At Dual Banquet

The trophies for NASCAR Nationwide Series champion and team owner is paired with the trophy for NASCAR Camping World Series team owner and champion were on display at the media luncheon at Loews in Miami Beach. (Chris Trotman/Getty Images Photo) MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — For the first time in NASCAR national series history, four championships in two different series were awarded simultaneously.

Wilson Staying With Dreyer & Reinbold

November 11th, 2010

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Wilson Staying With Dreyer & Reinbold

Justin Wilson has re-signed with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. (Ron McQueeney/IndyCar Photo) INDIANAPOLIS — Justin Wilson has signed a contract extension to remain with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing through the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season

Gateway Bids Adieu

November 3rd, 2010

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Gateway Bids Adieu

Fans write goodbye messages on the walls at Gateway Int'l Raceway prior to the tracks last NASCAR Nationwide Series race Oct. 23. (Don Figler Photo) DOVER, Del.

Perley King Again At Thompson

October 18th, 2010

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Perley King Again At Thompson

Chris Perley picked up his eighth victory in the ISMA portion of the World Series of Speedway Racing at Thompson (Conn.) Int'l Speedway Sunday.

Santos Is Champ As Christopher Wins

October 18th, 2010

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Santos Is Champ As Christopher Wins

Ted Christopher enjoys victory lane Sunday afternoon at Thompson (Conn.) Int'l Speedway. (NASCAR photo). THOMPSON, Conn.

Cotman Leading 2012 Development Program

August 17th, 2010

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INDIANAPOLIS — The IZOD IndyCar Series has hired Tony Cotman to serve as project manager for the development of its 2012 technical program.

Allmendinger Staying With RPM

August 6th, 2010

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Allmendinger Staying With RPM

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — A.J. Allmendinger has signed a multi-year contract extension to remain with Richard Petty Motorsports.

Ranger Roves At Infineon

June 20th, 2010

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Ranger Roves At Infineon

SONOMA, Calif. — With a puff of smoke from underneath his Waste Management Chevy and no fuel in his tank, former open-wheel prodigy Andrew Ranger proved Saturday he can finesse a NASCAR K&N Pro Series West stock car and an unfamiliar road course.

Zaugg signs up for Auto GP

April 21st, 2010

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Adrian Zaugg has become the latest driver to sign up for the fledgling Auto GP championship. The 23-year-old Singapore-born South African will partner Julian Leal in the Trident Racing team for the season opener at Brno this weekend. Zaugg has previously raced for the team in the 2009/10 GP2 Asia series, scoring a point in the first race of the Bahrain round in February.

Parente: Mistake cost me Superleague pole

April 3rd, 2010

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Alvaro Parente will start only his second-ever Superleague Formula race weekend from the front row at Silverstone on Sunday for Porto, but he was left to rue a driver error on his final ‘shootout’ lap which he believes gifted pole position to FC Basel’s Max Wissel. In damp conditions and on wet tyres, Parente was a tenth of a second ahead at the first timing sector on the Hangar Straight.

Peugeots Flawless In Sebring Sweep

March 21st, 2010

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Peugeots Flawless In Sebring Sweep

SEBRING, Fla. — Without the Sebring-conquering Audi powerhouse in this year’s edition of the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, the two-car Team Peugeot Total outfit asserted itself as the new kings of the road in Saturday’s American Le Mans Series season opener at Sebring Int’l Raceway. After sweeping the front row during qualifying on Friday, Alexander Wurz, Marc Gene and Anthony Davidson powered their No.

Zampieri seals Pons FR3.5 deal

March 11th, 2010

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Zampieri seals Pons FR3.5 deal

Reigning Italian Formula 3 champion and Ferrari Driver Academy protege Daniel Zampieri will contest the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 season with Pons Racing. Double world motorcycle champion Sito Pons’s eponymous team claimed four victories in 2009 with Marcos Martinez, and previously carried Lotus Formula 1 driver Heikki Kovalainen to the World Series by Nissan title in 2004. “I am very pleased to sign with such a leading team in World Series as Pons Racing,” said Zampieri

Vergne to contest FR3.5 alongside F3

March 5th, 2010

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Vergne to contest FR3.5 alongside F3

Jean-Eric Vergne has confirmed that he will stage a Formula Renault 3.5 campaign with SG Formula in 2010 alongside his British Formula 3 assault with Carlin, as predicted by AUTOSPORT. The French driver was quickest in F3 testing with Carlin earlier this week before heading for the first FR3.5 test of the year at Barcelona, where he was teamed with 2009 title contender Marcos Martinez at SG.

Ratel: GT1 will thrive in new format

February 5th, 2010

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Ratel: GT1 will thrive in new format

GT1 promoter Stephane Ratel is confident that the format of the new World Championship guarantees a healthy future for GT racing. The new GT1 series supersedes the FIA GT Championship this year, and features shorter races and a single-class field – with GT2 now racing in a separate European championship

Leo stays with Pons for 2010

January 13th, 2010

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Leo stays with Pons for 2010

Federico Leo will remain with Formula Renault 3.5 team Pons Racing for a second season in 2010. The 21-year-old Italian struggled during his debut season in 2009 but scored his first points in the Aragon finale. “I’m very pleased that I’m continuing with such a high-calibre team in World Series,” he said.” I expect my improvement to continue and hope that by growing as a driver I will be able to obtain some good results

Prema quits Formula Renault 3.5

December 21st, 2009

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Prema Powerteam will withdraw from Formula Renault 3.5 next year. Its entry slot and equipment has been taken by Fortec Motosport.

Q and A with Brendon Hartley

December 3rd, 2009

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Q and A with Brendon Hartley

Conducted and provided by Toro Rosso’s press office. Scuderia Toro Rosso’s former third driver Brendon Hartley was eager to prove himself in this week’s Jerez test, after a disjointed season in Formula Renault 3.5 and the F3 Euro Series while fellow Red Bull Junior Jaime Alguersuari was promoted to a race seat with the team

Berthon joins Draco for 2010

December 1st, 2009

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Berthon joins Draco for 2010

Draco Racing has confirmed that French Formula Renault 2.0 graduate Nathanael Berthon will lead the defence of its Formula 3.5 drivers’ and teams’ championships in 2010.

Ricciardo ends Barcelona test on top

November 5th, 2009

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Ricciardo ends Barcelona test on top

Daniel Ricciardo celebrated signing for Tech 1 late last week by topping the final day of Formula Renault 3.5 testing at Barcelona. The 20-year-old Australian recorded the best time of the two days in 1m33.574s during the morning session at the Spanish circuit – fresh tyres helping him to improve his time by half a second on what he had managed on worn rubber. He was on a flyer late in the afternoon session as well, but spins for Carlin’s Sergey Afanasiev and Prema’s Sten Pentus brought out the red flags and forced an early end to the day’s proceedings.

Vergne tops first day at Barcelona

November 3rd, 2009

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Jean-Eric Vergne continued where he left off at Motorland Aragon last week by topping the first day of Formula Renault 3.5 testing at Barcelona. The Frenchman did not take part in the morning running, as his SG Formula car was being driven by fellow rookie Miki Monras.