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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.

Elliott Edges Ragan At Lanier

January 30th, 2011

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BRASELTON, Ga. — Chase Elliott gave up the lead with 50 laps remaining, but reclaimed the point with two laps remaining and than survived a three-wide battle to win the Pro Late Model event Sunday at Lanier National Speedway

Ganassi Team Goes One-Two At Daytona

January 30th, 2011

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It was a long 24 hours, but in the end it was favorites that drove into the sunset in the 49th annual Rolex 24 At Daytona that concluded Sunday afternoon at Daytona Int’l Speedway. Defending Grand Am Rolex Series champions Chip Ganassi Racing with lead driver Scott Pruett captured the twice-around-the-clock classic with an impressive one-two-finish in the event at the 3.56-mile road course, despite a yellow flag with only nine minutes remaining and the green flag waving for a one-lap dash to the checkered flag with less than two minutes in the race.

Ferrari Unveils 2011 F-1 Car

January 30th, 2011

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Ferrari Unveils 2011 F-1 Car

Ferrari fans, shown here at the Japanese Grand Prix, hope the Ferrari F150 will be stronger than its Formula One predecessor. VALENCIA, Spain — Ferrari’s new F150 doesn’t look radically different from its 2010 F10 model but it is a very different animal.

Christopher Cops Gambler’s Classic

January 30th, 2011

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — There is a certain pride that comes in winning the Gambler’s Classic TQ Midget race at Boardwalk Hall. Just ask Ted Christopher

Bowles Lands Showdown Victory

January 30th, 2011

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Bowles Lands Showdown Victory

Jason Bowles celebrates in victory lane Saturday night at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. (Getty Images photo) IRWINDALE, Calif.

Buckwalter Wins Crazy TQ Feature

January 29th, 2011

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Crazy. That’s how Tim Buckwalter, 22, of Douglassville, Pa., described Friday night’s TQ-Midget 30-lap preliminary feature at Boardwalk Hall

Thorn Wins Surprise Showdown Pole

January 29th, 2011

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Thorn Wins Surprise Showdown Pole

Derek Thorn claimed the pole for Saturday night's Toyota All-Star Showdown. (Todd Warshaw/Getty Images photo) IRWINDALE, Calif. — Derek Thorn was the surprise winner of the Coors Light Pole Award Friday at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.) for the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown.

Partridge Sings Winning Note

January 29th, 2011

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Partridge Sings Winning Note

Ryan Partridge sets the pace en route to winning Friday night's super-late-model feature during the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. (Todd Warshaw/Getty Images photo). IRWINDALE, Calif

Rum Bum Repeats At Daytona

January 28th, 2011

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Rum Bum Repeats At Daytona

The Rum Bum Racing BMW M3 shared Friday at Daytona Int'l Speedway by Matt Plumb and Nick Longhi. (Grand Am photo) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla

Bergmeister Makes Daytona History

January 28th, 2011

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Bergmeister Makes Daytona History

Jorg Bergmeister en route to the pole for Saturday's Rolex 24 At Daytona during practice Thursday at Daytona Int'l Speedway. (Grand Am photo). DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.

Elite Company

January 27th, 2011

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Elite Company

Jimmie Johnson (left) and Jamie McMurray (HHP Photos) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The names are magical. The accomplishment is legendary.

Open-Wheel Success Easy For Karam

January 27th, 2011

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Open-Wheel Success Easy For Karam

Sage Karam (Ron McQueeney/IndyCar Photo) Sometimes, a driver is just born to race. Sage Karam couldn’t help it. It was all around him

Loix commits to IRC title effort

January 27th, 2011

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Loix commits to IRC title effort

Freddy Loix could be a contender for the Intercontinental Rally Challenge crown after announcing that he will enter six more rounds this season. The 40-year-old Belgian won three of the four IRC rallies he contested in 2010, and finished second in last week’s season-opening Monte Carlo Rally. He will return for the Gran Canaria, Corsica, Ypres, Madeira, Zlin and Sanremo events this season in a Skoda Motorsport-run Fabia.

Monte sets new TV viewers record

January 27th, 2011

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Monte sets new TV viewers record

Last week’s Monte Carlo Rally was watched by 14 million Eurosport television viewers – a new record for the Intercontinental Rally Challenge opener. Eurosport’s figures, compiled by numerous media analysts, are up by two million from last year’s event

France Confirms Procedural Changes For 2011

January 27th, 2011

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France Confirms Procedural Changes For 2011

Brian France addresses the media last fall at Homestead-Miami Speedway. (Getty Images photo).

Nationwide Series Rides The Waves Of Change

January 26th, 2011

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Nationwide Series Rides The Waves Of Change

Nationwide Series drivers (from left to right) Ricky Stenhouse, Elliott Sadler, Jason Leffler and Aric Almirola meet the media Jan. 25 in Charlotte, N.C. (Getty Images photo).

Jimmy John’s To Back RCR No. 29

January 25th, 2011

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Jimmy John’s To Back RCR No. 29

Kevin Harvick's Jimmy John's sponsored NASCAR Nationwide Series machine. WELCOME, N.C.

Waltrip Returns To NAPA No. 15 For Daytona

January 25th, 2011

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Waltrip Returns To NAPA No. 15 For Daytona

Michael Waltrip during practice for last year's Daytona 500. (Getty Images photo)

Penske Team Adds Sponsors

January 25th, 2011

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Penske Team Adds Sponsors

Sam Hornish, Jr., Brad Keselowski and Kurt Busch meet the media Monday night at Penske Racing in Mooresville, N.C. (Getty Images photo).