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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.

Construction Of HD Screen At CMS Begins

January 14th, 2011

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Construction Of HD Screen At CMS Begins

Construction crews using dump trucks and excavators have begun preparations for the debut of the world’s largest HD video board at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 2011 May race events. (HHP/Harold Hinson Photo) CONCORD, N.C. — Construction crews using dump trucks and excavators have begun preparations for the debut of the world’s largest HD video board at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Micklewright Joins AFS Racing

January 14th, 2011

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INDIANAPOLIS — Veteran motorsports executive Neil Micklewright has joined Firestone Indy Lights team AFS Racing as general manager/vice president of operations. “I am absolutely delighted to have been given this opportunity by [team owner] Mr

Ferrari Reshuffles Engineers

January 14th, 2011

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Chris Dyer has lost his post as head of race track engineering following Ferrari’s pit strategy fiasco in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that cost Fernando Alonso the world championship. Pat Fry replaces Dyer who has been moved to another position within the Scuderia as part of a reshuffle of the engineering department

It’s All Swindell In Tulsa

January 14th, 2011

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It’s All Swindell In Tulsa

JUST REWARDS: Sammy Swindell after winning the 2009 Chili Bowl Nationals. TULSA, Okla. — Jerry Coons, Jr

Alex Job Racing Set For GTC Title Run

January 13th, 2011

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Alex Job Racing Set For GTC Title Run

Alex Job Racing will field the No. 23 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup entry for Leh Keen, Bill Sweedler and Brian Wong in 2011

Pickett Adds GT3 Cup Program For Bullitt

January 13th, 2011

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BENICIA, Calif. — Muscle Milk Team Cytosport will compliment its American Le Mans Series program with a full-time entry in the ISMA GT3 Cup Challenge for German driver Mark Bullitt. The team’s expansion comes as part of a plan to keep building its racing enterprise while staying committed to the International Motor Sports Ass’n (IMSA), which oversees both the GT3 Cup Challenge and the ALMS, as well as keeping alive a partnership with Porsche Motorsport

Martinsville Cup Quals Move To Saturday

January 13th, 2011

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MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Martinsville Speedway officials have made a schedule change to the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 weekend. Qualifying for the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 will be held Saturday, April 2.

The Racing Is The Reason

January 13th, 2011

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The Racing Is The Reason

Dustin Morgan (93), Cody Brewer (96) and Cory Mallo (9) battle for position during the first night of the Chili Bowl in Tulsa, Okla. (Hein Brothers Photo) TULSA, Okla. — Some people wonder why the Chili Bowl is held in such high regard by the racing fans that make the annual January pilgrimage to Tulsa, Okla., for five days of indoor midget racing at the Tulsa Expo Raceway.

India’s F-1 Drivers Have Different Views

January 13th, 2011

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — India’s two F-1 drivers have opposite views about when it is best to drive for Hispania Racing. Narain Karthikeyan, who will race for the team this year, turned down the opportunity to drive for HRT in its first season

Gordon Tops ARCA Testing Via Draft

January 13th, 2011

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — With under one hour remaining in the second day of ARCA Racing Series testing Wednesday at Daytona Int’l Speedway, five cars set out to draft, in turn creating the highest speeds so far during the test.

Mikkelsen wants mistake-free start

January 13th, 2011

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Mikkelsen wants mistake-free start

Skoda UK’s new signing Andreas Mikkelsen expects to be very competitive on his debut with the team in Monte Carlo next week – but warned that he cannot take as many risks as the one-off entrants will. Since becoming part of the Intercontentinal Rally Challenge in 2009, the Monte Carlo Rally has always been won by a guest entrant, with World Rally Championship stars Sebastien Ogier and Mikko Hirvonen taking the victories so far

Crawford Wins Chili Bowl Thriller

January 13th, 2011

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Crawford Wins Chili Bowl Thriller

TULSA, Okla. — Donnie Ray Crawford became the first Oklahoman to win a preliminary feature at the Chili Bowl Nationals Wednesday night and he did it by leading only the final few feet in one of the most exciting finishes in the 25-year history of the indoor midget event at Tulsa Expo Raceway at Quik Trip Center.

Franchitti Claims Titus Award Again

January 12th, 2011

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Franchitti Claims Titus Award Again

Dario Franchitti poses with the Jerry Titus Award after the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association award ceremony Sunday in Indianapolis. (Ron McQueeney/IndyCar Photo) INDIANAPOLIS — Dario Franchitti capped his third IZOD IndyCar Series championship by winning the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association’s Jerry Titus Award for the third time in four years Sunday. AARWBA President Dusty Brandel announced Franchitti as the organization’s Driver of the Year as AARWBA honored its 41st All-America Team at the headquarters of Target Chip Ganassi Racing in Indianapolis

Turner Adds Martin To Driver Lineup

January 12th, 2011

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Turner Adds Martin To Driver Lineup

Mark Martin will drive the No. 32 Dollar General Chevrolet in select NASCAR Nationwide Series events for Turner Motorsports in 2011.

Fowler, Venturini Lead Daytona ARCA Test

January 12th, 2011

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Venturini Motorsports and 18-year-old Kyle Fowler led the first day of ARCA Racing Series testing at the recently repaved Daytona Int’l Speedway Tuesday afternoon

Clauson Rules Night On In Tulsa

January 12th, 2011

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Clauson Rules Night On In Tulsa

Bryan Clauson (center) won the opening night of the 25th annual Chili Bowl Nationals. He shares the podium with Michael Pickens (right) and Jon Stanbrough.

Edmonton Is Back On!

January 12th, 2011

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Edmonton Is Back On!

It appears the IZOD IndyCar Series will return to Edmonton's City Airport in July. (IndyCar photo). EDMONTON, Alberta — It appears the IZOD IndyCar Series may return to the Edmonton City Airport in 2011 after all