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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.
  • 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.

iRacer Justin Wilson holding onto 2nd at the Rolex 24

January 31st, 2010

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Long time iRacer Justin Wilson is running a strong second in the Chip Ganassi BMW powered Riley Daytona Prototype. Before the start of the race Justin was very pleased with the car and it appears to still be running in top form.

#99 Gainsco Car Running Solid Fifth with Under Five Hours to Go

January 31st, 2010

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#99 Gainsco Car Running Solid Fifth with Under Five Hours to Go

The Bob Stallings Gainsco car is running strong in fifth position at 10:30 am EST. The car, which is sporting the iRacing.com logo on the wing for the first time, suffered a minor setback in the middle of the night with gearbox problems. The car was quickly repaired and is back on pace.

Ganassi #01 moves into Daytona lead

January 31st, 2010

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Ganassi #01 moves into Daytona lead

The #02 Ganassi Riley-BMW has had to retire from the Daytona 24 Hours lead with engine failure – but the squad’s #01 challenger has jumped into the lead as the race reached its halfway point.

iRacing’s Presence at Rolex 24 Expands

by David Phillips on January 29th, 2010

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iRacing’s Presence at Rolex 24 Expands

iRacing’s already formidable presence at Daytona International Speedway this weekend now includes the Rolex 24 at Daytona’s GT Class.  In addition to the GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Daytona Prototype, the iRacing colors will be carried by the Interush Racing Ferrari 430 Challenge entered by Sigalsport in the opening round of the 2010 Rolex GRAND-AM Series. The Interush Ferrari will be piloted by Indy car driver Roger Yasukawa, together with Gene Sigal, Fred Poordad and Rusty West. iRacing’s association with Interush comes as the result of a new agreement with California-based company to market iRacing.com throughout Asia. “The agreement with Interush is a significant development for iRacing,” says Tony Gardner, president of iRacing.com.  “This partnership will result in the iRacing service being translated into Japanese and Chinese, as well as a wide [...]

Caddell’s Daytona Diary – UPDATED Saturday 1.30.10

January 28th, 2010

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Caddell’s Daytona Diary – UPDATED Saturday 1.30.10

Andrew Caddell, co-driver of the #59 iRacing Mustang, is competing this weekend in the Fresh From Florida 200 at Daytona International Speedway. He will be providing updates from the track via inRacingNews.com.Andrew is an avid iRacer and an accomplished racer in the real world as well, having won the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge Series two years running. 1.30.10 Post Race Update It’s the day after race day and I still feel like we could have done better in the race. We started off very good in 3rd place and were in 4th at the end of the first lap and right on the leaders. Then we had a full course caution and that’s when some problems started to arise. On the restart I got a good start and stayed in [...]

Angelelli gives SunTrust Daytona pole

January 28th, 2010

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SunTrust Racing will start on pole position when the Daytona 24 Hours gets underway on Saturday, after a superb lap by Max Angelelli in today’s qualifying session. The Italian – who will share SunTrust’s #10 Dallara-Ford with Pedro Lamy, Ricky Taylor and team boss Wayne Taylor – set a time of 1m40.681s, nearly half a second clear of nearest rival Oswaldro Negri Jr

Drama In Daytona: Johnson Crashes In Rolex Practice

January 28th, 2010

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Drama In Daytona: Johnson Crashes In Rolex Practice

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Four-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson was uninjured in a hard crash during practice for this weekend’s Rolex 24 At Daytona Grand American sports-car race. Johnson crashed the No

iRacing and GAINSCO Partner for Rolex 24

by Steve Potter on January 26th, 2010

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iRacing and GAINSCO Partner for Rolex 24

Caddell’s Mustang Sports iRacing Colors for Continental Tire Race; Challenge Winner Derek Johnston Learns Daytona Track on iRacing 2009 Rolex Sports Car Series champions Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty begin their title defense at this weekend’s Grand-Am season-opening Rolex 24 under a one-race partnership between their GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing team and iRacing.com.  Four-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and former Indy car titlist Jimmy Vasser will share the driving responsibilities, with the red, white and blue iRacing logo integrated into the livery of the #99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Riley Mk XX Chevrolet Daytona Prototype. The announcement was made jointly by Andy Jordan, senior vice president of corporate marketing for GAINSCO Auto Insurance and Kevin Bobbitt, iRacing’s director of marketing. “Last year before our race at Virginia International Raceway, I turned a [...]

Grand Am To Recognize Pro-Am Drivers

January 13th, 2010

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Grand Am To Recognize Pro-Am Drivers

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series has expanded its awards program to provide greater recognition for the efforts and achievements of the racers who do not derive their primary income from racing cars professionally.

Taylor, Angelelli Pace Daytona

January 11th, 2010

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Taylor, Angelelli Pace Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same, which in the case of the Grand American Road Racing Ass’n’s Rolex Sports Car Series is not necessarily bad. Given the fact that the 2009 series opening Rolex 24 saw the closest competitive finish in long-distance competition, this past weekend’s tight times during testing for the 2010 Rolex were clearly a promise that the annual twice-around-the-clock affair could wind up being a repeat of what happened last January

Ganassi attracts stars for Daytona

January 10th, 2010

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Ganassi attracts stars for Daytona

Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates has announced a star-studded line up for its assault in the upcoming 24 Hours of Daytona, where the team will field two BMW-powered Riley prototypes. Ganassi, which has won three of the past four editions of the legendary endurance event, will have arguably the strongest line-up on the grid, fielding former IndyCar Series champions and Indianapolis 500 winners Juan Pablo Montoya, Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon – all former Daytona 24 Hours winners as well – in the #02 car, where NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Jamie McMurray will also take turns behind the wheel.

Grand Am Season Rewind

December 15th, 2009

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Grand Am Season Rewind

2009 Champions: Alex Gurney & Jon Fogarty For the second time in three years, the Gainsco Racing entry owned by Bob Stallings claimed the Grand American Rolex Series championship. Drivers Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty were among the fastest teams at all 12 events during the tour, which began at Daytona Int’l Speedway in January and ended at California’s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in October

Stuck dismisses VW NASCAR talk

November 22nd, 2009

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Volkswagen motorsport head Hans-Joachim Stuck visited the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season finale at Homestead this weekend, but denied press reports suggesting the German brand is considering the series as a future platform. Stuck said he is simply taking advantage of a holiday trip to visit NASCAR. He met with some series officials during the weekend, but was quick to deny any speculation in the American media suggesting that VW saw NASCAR as an option for the near future.

Fernandez confirms team set to close

October 11th, 2009

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Fernandez confirms team set to close

Fernandez Racing has confirmed that yesterday’s American Le Mans Series event at Laguna Seca was its final race. The LMP2 champion team revealed last month that it was unlikely to have sufficient funding to compete in 2010, and having been unable to secure any new deals since then, the operation is now set to close its doors.

Franchitti beats Dixon to Miami pole

October 9th, 2009

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Dario Franchitti moved one point closer to Scott Dixon in the IndyCar championship by beating his Ganassi team-mate to pole position at Homestead. Ryan Briscoe, who is third in the standings and eight points behind series leader Dixon coming into tomorrow’s deciding race, will start on the inside of row two, as the three championship contenders dominated the session