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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
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    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.

Terol takes title, Vinales wins race

November 6th, 2011

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Nico Terol became the last ever 125cc world champion in the category’s farewell race at Valencia, which was won by Maverick Vinales. Terol came into the race – the last before 125cc is replaced by the new Moto3 championship – with a 20-point lead over rival Johann Zarco, so only needed an 11th place finish to clinch the crown. Having only qualified ninth in Saturday’s changeable conditions, Aspar Aprilia rider Terol made a great start and briefly found himself dicing with Zarco’s Ajo Derbi, which qualified third.

Webb on pole for 125cc finale

November 5th, 2011

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Danny Webb took his and Mahindra’s first ever 125cc pole position in the series’ last ever qualifying session at a damp Valencia.

FTR reveals Moto3 design

November 4th, 2011

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FTR reveals Moto3 design

FTR has launched the M311 chassis that it will field in next year’s new Moto3 category. The constructor is entering the 125cc world championship’s replacement series in addition to its Moto2 programme, which has so far delivered one victory with Karel Abraham in last year’s season finale at Valencia. FTR’s Steve Bones expects to see at least half a dozen of the bikes on the grid next year

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.

Terol takes pole as Zarco struggles

October 22nd, 2011

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Nico Terol took a big step closer to the 125cc title by taking his seventh pole of the year at Sepang, as his championship rival Johann Zarco ended up a disastrous 15th on the grid. Zarco has to out-score Terol in Malaysia to keep the title fight alive until the Valencia finale, but he crashed at Turn 11 during qualifying

Cortese wins shortened race

October 16th, 2011

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Cortese wins shortened race

Sandro Cortese took his second 125cc World Championship victory with a dominant ride in a rain-shortened Australian Grand Prix. Rain on the Phillip Island grid forced a delayed start, but when things did get underway, Cortese asserted himself ahead of the other slick-shod runners while Adrian Martin – on wets – disappeared off into an eight-second lead after only two laps

Zarco on pole, despite crash

October 15th, 2011

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Zarco on pole, despite crash

Johann Zarco claimed his fourth pole position of the year, despite a heavy crash in the final minute of qualifying for the 125cc Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island.

Zarco scores breakthrough win

October 2nd, 2011

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Johann Zarco finally scored his maiden 125 win after a race-long duel with title rival Nicolas Terol at Motegi. The Ajo Derbi rider finally broke a run which had seen him finish runner-up in six of the last eight races, including at Mugello and Misano where he also started on pole

Zarco takes commanding Motegi pole

October 1st, 2011

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Johann Zarco produced an emphatic late display in qualifying to seal his third pole of the season at Motegi. The Frenchman, still chasing his first win this year, was the only rider to break the 1m48s barrier, while his final three laps would all have earned him pole.

Terol stretches lead with Aragon win

September 18th, 2011

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Nico Terol took his eighth 125cc victory of the season at Aragon and stretched his championship lead to 36 points. His polesitting Aspar team-mate Hector Faubel did his utmost to stop Terol’s title rival Johann Zarco from getting second place, only to crash at the final corner. Terol had moved ahead of Faubel to take the lead at the start and was not headed thereafter

Faubel takes Aragon 125cc pole

September 17th, 2011

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Hector Faubel upstaged the 125cc title contenders to take his first pole position of the season at Aragon. The 2007 125cc runner-up was brought back to the series by Aspar this year after three underwhelming seasons in 250cc/Moto2, and today’s pole marks the first time he has topped qualifying since the ’07 Sepang 125cc race. Faubel did not look like a pole contender going into the closing stages as his points-leading team-mate Nico Terol and Blusens rider Maverick Vinales fought it out

Terol denies Zarco at Misano

September 4th, 2011

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Nico Terol denied Johann Zarco a maiden 125cc race victory yet again as the championship leader pipped his title rival by 0.022 seconds on the line at Misano. Poleman Zarco had fallen to fifth on the opening lap after some close calls at the first corner, but soon fought back through to join Terol in a two-bike breakaway. They swapped places a few times going into the final half-dozen laps, but it was on the very last tour that the battle really erupted, as Ajo Derbi rider Zarco slipped ahead of Terol’s Aspar Aprilia into Turn 4.

Zarco wins Misano 125cc pole fight

September 3rd, 2011

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Johann Zarco took his second pole position of the season after a thrilling four-way 125cc qualifying fight at Misano. The Ajo Derbi rider had set much of the early running, but times tumbled in the final five minutes as the Aprilia trio of Nico Terol, Sandro Cortese and Hector Faubel all improved. Zarco was the first rider to dip into the 1m43s bracket however, which looked good enough for pole until Terol displaced him at the top on his final tour.

Terol dominates on way to Indy win

August 28th, 2011

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Terol dominates on way to Indy win

Nico Terol increased his lead of the 125cc World Championship to 26 points after taking a dominant victory at the Indianapolis Grand Prix. The 22-year-old Spaniard made a great getaway from pole position and pulled his Aspar Aprilia into an immediate one-second lead. He continued to edge away by almost a second a lap during the first half of the race and was able to back his pace off considerably during the closing stages as he collected his sixth win of the season by 3.633s.

Terol takes another pole at Indy

August 27th, 2011

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Terol takes another pole at Indy

Nico Terol dominated qualifying for the 125cc Indianapolis Grand Prix to take his sixth pole position of the season.

Cortese takes maiden victory

August 14th, 2011

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Cortese takes maiden victory

Sandro Cortese came out on top of a superb last lap battle with Johann Zarco to take his maiden 125cc World Championship race win in the Czech Grand Prix at Brno Having lost the lead at the start of the final lap to Zarco, Cortese retook the advantage into Turn 4 and held it as far as the penultimate corner of the race. Zarco stuck his Ajo Derbi inside the Racing Team Germany Aprilia, edging slightly ahead as the pair came within inches of colliding.

Terol storms to Brno pole

August 13th, 2011

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Nico Terol took his fifth pole position of the year with a commanding performance in qualifying for the 125cc Czech Grand Prix at Brno. The world championship leader had been embroiled in a mid-session battle with his nearest title rival Johann Zarco, but grabbed pole for good on what was his first clear lap with 12 minutes of the session remaining. The Aspar Aprilia rider then improved his mark three more times to secure the top spot – and his sixth career pole – in 2m08.118s, a sizeable 0.385s clear of Zarco’s Ajo Derbi.

Faubel given win in 125cc dead heat

July 17th, 2011

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Hector Faubel was awarded victory on a tie-break in a remarkable photo finish to the Sachsenring 125cc race. The Aspar rider, who returned to 125cc this year after three seasons in 250cc/Moto2, crossed the line in an exact dead heat with Johann Zarco (Ajo). The duo could not be separated on the timing screens or on video replays, but Faubel became the official victor by virtue of having set a faster race lap than Zarco

Vinales takes 125cc pole in Germany

July 16th, 2011

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Maverick Vinales took his third pole position of the 125cc season in qualifying at the Sachsenring. The rising Spanish star put in a 1m27.477s to come out on top of a tough battle with Aspar’s Hector Faubel, who then somehow managed to stay upright and on the bike during a wild high-speed ride through the gravel as he tried to respond

Terol snatches 125cc win from Zarco

July 3rd, 2011

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Nico Terol extended his 125cc championship lead by denying Johann Zarco a maiden win within sight of the flag at Mugello. The pair had dominated the race and run as one throughout, with Terol – who had hand surgery this week following the crash that forced him to sit out Assen – leading at first after a spectacular start from fifth on the grid.