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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.

IndyCar Going Double-File, More Changes

January 11th, 2011

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INDIANAPOLIS — Double-wide restarts will begin with the Indianapolis 500 on May 29 – the first oval race of the season. The race director will instruct drivers to line up according to running order on the final caution lap, with the race leader taking the inside position of row one.

Furniture Row, Stewart-Haas Form Alliance

January 11th, 2011

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DENVER, Colo. — Furniture Row Racing has formed an alliance with Stewart-Haas Racing that will allow the No

Marks Making Truck Series Return

January 11th, 2011

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Marks Making Truck Series Return

Justin Marks (Adam Fenwick Photo) CONCORD, N.C. — Justin Marks will return to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series this season to drive the No. 66 Turn One Racing Chevrolet for team owner Stacy Compton.

IndyCar Moves To 2.2-Liter Engine For 2012

January 11th, 2011

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IndyCar Moves To 2.2-Liter Engine For 2012

Dario Franchitti (10) battles Will Power during the Indianapolis 500. (Al Steinberg Photo) INDIANAPOLIS — The IZOD IndyCar Series announced today that it will reduce specifications for all 2012 engines from 2.4 to 2.2-liter. “One of our goals with the new engine was to challenge the automotive industry to balance power, efficiency and durability,” said Brian Barnhart, president of competition and operations, IZOD IndyCar Series

Carbone Jumps To Indy Lights

January 11th, 2011

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INDIANAPOLIS — Victor Carbone, the 2010 F2000 Championship Series champion, will move to the Firestone Indy Lights Series with Sam Schmidt Motorsports this year.

March Event At Auto Club Now 400 Miles

January 11th, 2011

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March Event At Auto Club Now 400 Miles

Jimmie Johnson will have 100 less miles to hold off his fellow NASCAR Sprint Cup competitors after NASCAR decided to cut 100 miles from the Auto Club 400 March 27.

New Season, New Cars

January 10th, 2011

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New Season, New Cars

The Formula One field heads toward the first turn of the Suzuka Circuit at the start of the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix. (Steve Etherington Photo) BLOOMINGTON, Minn.

IndyCar’s Firestone Roadblock

January 10th, 2011

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IndyCar’s Firestone Roadblock

Firestone tires stacked in an IndyCar garage area during the 2010 season. (IndyCar photo). MOORESVILLE, N.C.

Carrier Named Piquet’s Truck Crew Chief

January 10th, 2011

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KERNERSVILLE, N.C. — Veteran NASCAR crew chief Chris Carrier has joined Kevin Harvick, Inc. as crew chief for the organization’s third NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team in 2011, the No

Chili Bowl Unload Complete In Tulsa

January 10th, 2011

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Chili Bowl Unload Complete In Tulsa

Loyet Motorsports unveiled a 25th anniversary paint scheme honoring the 25th running of the Chili Bowl during unload day in Tulsa, Okla., Sunday. (Tim Aylwin Photo) TULSA, Okla. — The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 was one of the defining moments of pre-Oklahoma state history. Each January, that Land Rush is reenacted in part when the big doors of the Tulsa Fairgrounds QuikTrip Center open up for Chili Bowl Nationals parking

Massa Must Improve To Stay With Ferrari

January 10th, 2011

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Massa Must Improve To Stay With Ferrari

ONE-TWO PUNCH: Felipe Massa leads Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso Sunday at Suzuka Int'l Racing Course. (Steve Etherington Photo) BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Felipe Massa’s future with Ferrari will be in jeopardy if he has another lackluster season as he did in 2010

Harbaugh Is Panther’s Touchdown Man

January 10th, 2011

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Harbaugh Is Panther’s Touchdown Man

Jim Harbaugh, one of six original ownership members of Panther Racing, remains involved with the team today. (IMS Photo) MOORESVILLE, N.C. – While Jim Harbaugh was a big name in both college and professional football last week as the head coach left Stanford University to become head coach of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, Harbaugh has strong ties to one of the most successful teams in the early days of the IndyCar Series

Clanton Chips Off The Ice

January 10th, 2011

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Clanton Chips Off The Ice

Shane Clanton (25) won Sunday's Ice Bowl dirt-late-model race at Talladega (Ala.) Short Track.

Almost Chili Time In Tulsa

January 10th, 2011

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Almost Chili Time In Tulsa

Cole Whitt (71) battled Kevin Swindell (39) for the victory in the Chili Bowl Nationals last season in Tulsa, Okla. (Kevin Horcher Photo) TULSA, Okla.

IndyCar To Announce Vegas Race Tuesday

January 10th, 2011

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IndyCar To Announce Vegas Race Tuesday

Randy Bernard is expected to announce on Tuesday that the IndyCar Series finale will be held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. (IndyCar photo). MOORESVILLE, N

Dalziel Speedy In Grand Am

January 9th, 2011

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Dalziel Speedy In Grand Am

Ryan Dalziel (right), who ran the quickest time during Grand Am testing at Daytona Int'l Speedway, chats with Marc Goosens. (Grand Am photo)

Call It Lucas Oil Raceway

January 9th, 2011

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Call It Lucas Oil Raceway

Ashley Force Hood does a burnout prior to a run during the NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Clermont, Ind. (NHRA Photo) INDIANAPOLIS — The historic Indianapolis Raceway Park has changed names again

Schatz Banks 50Gs

January 9th, 2011

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Schatz Banks 50Gs

Donny Schatz (15) wheels under Tony Stewart (14), Jason Sides (7s) and Cody Darrah (91) Saturday in Sydney, Australia. (Gary Reid photo). SYNDEY, Australia — Donny Schatz led an American sweep of the $50,000-to-win Scott Darley Classic sprint-car race at Tyrepower Sydney Speedway Satruday night

Johnson Seeks Daytona Triumph

January 9th, 2011

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Johnson Seeks Daytona Triumph

Jimmie Johnson (left) chats with actor Patrick Dempsey during testing for the Rolex 24 At Daytona Saturday at Daytona Int'l Speedway. (Grand Am Photo). DAYTONA BEACH, Fla