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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.

ALMS announces 2011 calendar

August 22nd, 2010

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ALMS announces 2011 calendar

The American Le Mans Series will go back up to 10 events next season, although the identity of two of the venues on its newly-announced 2011 is yet to be confirmed.

Cocker gives Drayson another pole

August 21st, 2010

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Cocker gives Drayson another pole

Jonny Cocker and Drayson Racing took their second straight American Le Mans Series pole with another dominant performance at Elkhart Lake. The British driver was the only man below 1m50s as he set a 1m49.554s lap in the Lola-Judd before the session was half over, putting him 1.3 seconds clear of Guy Smith in the Lexington-winning Dyson Lola-Mazda. The result made Cocker the first man to take two poles in the 2010 ALMS season.

Mowlem makes LMP return

August 21st, 2010

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Mowlem makes LMP return

Johnny Mowlem will return to top-level LMP racing after securing deals with the Autocon Lola team for the next two rounds of the American Le Mans Series, and with the LNT Ginetta Zytek squad for the Silverstone Le Mans Series/Intercontinental Le Mans Cup event. The Briton made two ALMS appearances in the LMPC class earlier this year, with his previous team Corsa Motorsports having put its hybrid prototype programme on hold for now

CytoSport adds Bernhard and Dumas

August 21st, 2010

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CytoSport adds Bernhard and Dumas

Le Mans 24 Hours winners Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas have been drafted into the CytoSport Porsche line-up for the next two rounds of the American Le Mans Series. Bernhard will pair up with team regular Klaus Graf in the CytoSport Porsche RS Spyder at Road America this weekend, and fellow Porsche factory driver Dumas will share the car at Mosport Park on 29 August. They are replacing team owner Greg Pickett, who has been sidelined by back injuries he sustained in a crash during testing at Mid-Ohio earlier this month.

Dyson Prevails At Mid-Ohio

August 7th, 2010

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Dyson Prevails At Mid-Ohio

LEXINGTON, Ohio — Dyson Racing won a classic race Saturday in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patr

Dyson takes Mazda to first ALMS win

August 7th, 2010

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Dyson Racing gave Mazda its first outright American Le Mans Series victory as Chris Dyson fended off the Highcroft HPD by just half a second in a stunning finish at Mid-Ohio. Highcroft’s Simon Pagenaud and David Brabham had appeared to lack winning pace for most of the race, but the Frenchman closed right in late on. Dyson was able to resist the pressure though, ending his team’s victory drought and giving Mazda its maiden triumph

Injured Pickett to miss rest of ALMS

August 7th, 2010

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Injured Pickett to miss rest of ALMS

CytoSport team owner/driver Greg Pickett has been ruled out of the rest of the American Le Mans Series having sustained rib and back injuries in his testing crash on Thursday. Pickett’s Porsche RS Spyder landed upside down atop the tyre wall at the end of the accident, and although it was initially thought he had escaped virtually unharmed, he has now been diagnosed with a compression fracture to his L3 vertebrae and two fractured ribs. He will need up to four months to recover, so will miss the remaining rounds of the series, and may yet have to undergo surgery.

Drayson takes dominant pole

August 6th, 2010

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Jonny Cocker took Drayson Racing to a commanding pole position for the Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series race.

ALMS set for new street races

August 5th, 2010

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ALMS set for new street races

New street circuits in Baltimore and Oklahoma City are set to join the American Le Mans Series calendar next year. Series bosses are known to be in talks with the IRL over joining its event on the streets of Maryland’s largest city, while officials in Oklahoma revealed back in March that they too were speaking to the ALMS.

Graf, Pickett Stop Highcroft In Lime Rock

July 25th, 2010

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Graf, Pickett Stop Highcroft In Lime Rock

LIME ROCK, Conn. — Klaus Graf, Greg Pickett and Muscle Milk Team CytoSport earned their first overall victory in the American Le Mans Series Saturday in the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park.

CytoSport takes maiden ALMS win

July 24th, 2010

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CytoSport takes maiden ALMS win

Klaus Graf and Greg Pickett gave the CytoSport Porsche team its maiden American Le Mans Series victory in a dramatic finale at Lime Rock. Having come under heavy pressure from David Brabham’s Highcroft HPD with just 10 minutes of the race remaining, the cars came together while lapping Luke Hines’ GTC Porsche, Brabham’s car being pushed onto the grass.

Brabham flies to superb pole in wet

July 23rd, 2010

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David Brabham took the Highcroft HPD to a stunning American Le Mans Series pole position in very wet conditions at Lime Rock. Brabham was 2.5 seconds than the rest of the LMP1 field on their first flying laps, but CytoSport Porsche driver Klaus Graf kept closing in. Every time Graf got within sight – even trimming the gap to 0.003s at one stage – Brabham managed to inch further ahead

Highcroft wins again at Miller

July 11th, 2010

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Highcroft’s Simon Pagenaud and David Brabham took their HPD to its third straight victory in the American Le Mans Series at Miller Motorsports Park – but had to work hard to defeat the Drayson and Intersport teams.

Highcroft secures Miller pole

July 10th, 2010

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Simon Pagenaud gave Highcroft HPD another pole as the American Le Mans Series resumed after its Le Mans 24 Hours break at Miller Motorsports Park. In the early stages of the prototype session, the Drayson Lola and Dyson Lola-Mazda had swapped provisional pole, with the CytoSport Porsche right behind them – all three covered by 0.062 seconds

Pirro gets extra race for Drayson

July 7th, 2010

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Pirro gets extra race for Drayson

Emanuele Pirro will make an additional appearance with Drayson Racing in this weekend’s Miller Motorsports Park American Le Man Series round after owner/driver Paul Drayson sustained a non-racing-related foot injury. Five-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner and former Audi factory driver Pirro was scheduled to join Drayson and his regular team-mate Jonny Cocker in the team’s LMP1 Lola for the endurance events only, but will now get an extra outing in Utah. Drayson expects to be fit again for the following round at Lime Rock a fortnight later

Audi Sweeps Podium At Le Mans

June 13th, 2010

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Audi Sweeps Podium At Le Mans

LE MANS, France — Audi put the exclamation point on the fastest 24 Hours of Le Mans in history by taking the top three positions in the historic 24-hour endurance race at Circuit de la Sarthe. Audi drivers Mike Rockenfeller, Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard led the Audi sweep of the podium in LMP1, finishing a full lap ahead of the Audi R15 TDI driven by Benoit Treluyer, Marcel Fassler and Andre Lotterer. Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish and Dindo Capello completed the Audi podium, finishing three laps off the pace

Highcroft knew Strakka would be strong

June 13th, 2010

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Highcroft Acura driver Marino Franchitti admitted that he was not sure if his team would have been able to beat LMP2 winner Strakka even if it had not suffered a water pressure issue while running second in class two thirds of the way through the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours. The American Le Mans Series frontrunning team eventually finished fourth in class and 25th overall, 71 laps off the lead, after limiting its running in the closing stage to ensure it made the flag

McNish hails Audi’s new generation

June 13th, 2010

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Former Le Mans winner Allan McNish has paid tribute to the ‘new generation’ of drivers in his Audi team after Mike Rockenfeller, Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard led the Audi one-two-three sweep in this year’s race. With Audi’s senior #7 car – driven by ace trio McNish, Tom Kristensen and Dindo Capello – delayed in an incident with Andy Priaulx’s GT2 BMW early in the race, the younger drivers in the #9 came through to take the glory. Fellow relatively recent Audi recruits Andre Lotterer, Benoit Treloyer and Marcel Fassler were second.

Q and A: Andy Priaulx on Le Mans debut

June 11th, 2010

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Andy Priaulx is making his Le Mans 24 Hours debut this weekend, sharing a works BMW M3 with fellow rookie Dirk Werner and Dirk Muller.