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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.

#9 Audi damaged, Peugeot leads

October 2nd, 2010

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#9 Audi damaged, Peugeot leads

The #9 Audi of Andre Lotterer has been taken out of contention for this year’s Petit Le Mans.

Audi takes early Petit Le Mans lead

October 2nd, 2010

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Audi takes early Petit Le Mans lead

Audi is running one-two following the opening hour of the 2010 Petit Le Mans, with Allan McNish holding a comfortable lead over the sister car of Marcel Fassler. McNish picked up the lead with just a few minutes of the hour to go after Franck Montagny pitted his Peugeot 908. The Frenchman had been 20 seconds up the road, but is running a different strategy from the chasing pack having not pitted during the only full-course caution of the race so far.

Davidson puts Peugeot on Petit pole

October 1st, 2010

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Davidson puts Peugeot on Petit pole

Peugeot’s Anthony Davidson scorched to pole position in qualifying for tomorrow’s Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.

Riley To Build New ALMS Car

October 1st, 2010

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Riley To Build New ALMS Car

Artist rendering of the new ALMS Riley chassis. BRASELTON, Ga. — The American Le Mans Series got some good news Friday with the announcement that Riley Technologies will deliver an all-new design for the LMP2 category starting in 2011

Peugeot Leads Friday Morning Practice

October 1st, 2010

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Peugeot Leads Friday Morning Practice

Peugeot again led practice for the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta Friday morning. (ALMS Photo) BRASELTON, Ga.

Peugeot leads Petit Le Mans practice

October 1st, 2010

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Peugeot leads Petit Le Mans practice

Peugeot struck the first blow in the battle for this weekend’s Petit Le Mans, ending the free practice sessions with a clear advantage over arch-rival Audi. Heavy overnight rain meant the first session was held on a damp Road Atlanta circuit, while a huge downpour all-but washed out the second session. This meant the best dry running took place during the night session and the one-hour pre-qualifying run-out.

Peugeot Fastest In Thursday Petit Practice

October 1st, 2010

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Peugeot Fastest In Thursday Petit Practice

Stephane Sarrazin drove the diesel-powered Peugeot 908 HDI factory prototype to the fastest time in Petit Le Mans practice Thursday at Road Atlanta. (ALMS Photo) BRASELTON, Ga. — Stephane Sarrazin put Peugeot back on top at Road Atlanta on Thursday night with the quickest time in the first dry practice session of Petit Le Mans

Peugeot Fast In First Petit Test

September 30th, 2010

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Franck Montagny and Peugeot fired the first shots of Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda 2 with the fastest lap in Wednesday’s official test session at Road Atlanta.

ALMS Boss Talks 2010, Beyond

September 29th, 2010

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After an eventful two years, with many wondering about its long-term future, the American Le Mans Series comes to the end of its 2010 season Saturday with Road Atlanta’s Petit Le Mans event in a far better position than had been expected and with great hope for the future.

ALMS Boss Discusses 2010 Season

September 29th, 2010

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ALMS Boss Discusses 2010 Season

HARRISBURG, N.C. — After an eventful two years, with many wondering about its long-term future, the American Le Mans Series comes to the end of its 2010 season Saturday with Road Atlanta’s Petit Le Mans event in a far better position than had been expected and with great hope for the future

Wallace to race Jaguar at Petit

September 25th, 2010

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Wallace to race Jaguar at Petit

Andy Wallace is to race a Jaguar sportscar again after joining the RSR team’s GT2 line-up for next weekend’s Petit Le Mans.

Leitzinger to race RSR Jaguar

September 15th, 2010

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Leitzinger to race RSR Jaguar

Butch Leitzinger will return to the American Le Mans Series for the Petit Le Mans, driving the RSR team’s second Jaguar in the GT class.

CytoSport recruits Luhr for Petit

September 8th, 2010

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CytoSport recruits Luhr for Petit

Lucas Luhr will join the CytoSport Porsche LMP driver line-up for the final race of the season, the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, with team owner and driver Greg Pickett having had to delay his return following a back injury suffered in a testing accident. Four-time American Le Mans Series champion Luhr will join regular CytosSort driver Klaus Graf, as well as Sascha Maassen, who links up with CytoSport for the third time this season.

ALMS Coming To Baltimore In 2011

September 1st, 2010

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ALMS Coming To Baltimore In 2011

BALTIMORE — Officials with the Baltimore Grand Prix announced today that the American Le Mans Series has been added to the inaugural event scheduled for Sept. 2-4, 2011. Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, along with Baltimore Racing Development (BRD) President Jay Davidson and American Le Mans Series President and CEO Scott Atherton, officially announced that ALMS will join the IZOD IndyCar Series during the inaugural Festival of Speed.

CytoSport dominates at Mosport

August 30th, 2010

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CytoSport dominates at Mosport

CytoSport Porsche duo Romain Dumas and Klaus Graf dominated the Mosport Park round of the American Le Mans Series, which was halted 26 minutes early when a barrier was damaged in a massive accident. The incident happened after Jonny Cocker’s Drayson Lola made contact with the GTC class-leading Orbit Porsche of Luke Hines, sending the GT car heavily into the wall. Hines was unhurt but the barrier required substantial repairs, resulting in first a long yellow, then a stoppage of nearly an hour, and finally the abandonement of the race when it became clear that permanent repairs would take too long.

Graf, Dumas Secure Mosport Glory

August 30th, 2010

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Graf, Dumas Secure Mosport Glory

MOSPORT, Ontario — Klaus Graf and Romain Dumas won American Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Mosport Sunday, taking Muscle Milk Team CytoSport’s Porsche RS Spyder to victory in a race called after 2:19 running. A heavy accident between Luke Hines and Jonny Cocker on Mosport Int’l Raceway’s Andretti Straight damaged the Armco safety barrier beyond timely repair

Graf and CytoSport take first pole

August 28th, 2010

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Graf and CytoSport take first pole

CytoSport took its first American Le Mans Series pole at Mosport Park as Klaus Graf beat Dyson’s Chris Dyson and Highcroft’s Simon Pagenaud in a thrilling qualifying battle. Although Le Mans winner and Porsche factory driver Romain Dumas is in the CytoSport Porsche this weekend in place of injured owner/driver Greg Pickett, the team entrusted regular driver Graf with qualifying duties – and he did not disappoint

Changes Coming To DP?

August 24th, 2010

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Grand Am Rolex Series is considering some changes for its Daytona Prototypes in 2011 that include a more efficient two-element rear wing, as well as the use of paddle shifters and a spec carbon clutch.

Surprise Winner At Road America

August 22nd, 2010

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Surprise Winner At Road America

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Jonny Cocker went from fourth to first in the last four laps Sunday at Road America as Drayson Racing won its first race in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patr

Drayson wins in thrilling ALMS finish

August 22nd, 2010

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Drayson wins in thrilling ALMS finish

Drayson Racing took its first American Le Mans Series victory in an incredible finish at Road America.