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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.

Evans stays on top at Barcelona

October 26th, 2011

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Evans stays on top at Barcelona

MW Arden’s Mitch Evans finished on top of the times on the second and final day of GP3 testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. The New Zealander, who had also been quickest on the opening day of the test on Tuesday, posted a best time of 1m37.793s in the morning session to finish nearly three tenths ahead of Finn Matias Laine in the Manor car. Evans also topped the afternoon session, but his time was about a second slower than in the morning.

ORECA to assist Toyota with LMP1 car

October 26th, 2011

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ORECA to assist Toyota with LMP1 car

Toyota Motorsport has partnered with ORECA to provide support for its return to the Le Mans 24 Hours next year.

Evans tops first day at Barcelona

October 25th, 2011

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Evans tops first day at Barcelona

Mitch Evans dominated the opening day of GP3 winter testing at Barcelona for the MW Arden squad. The 17-year-old New Zealander, who was a race-winner for the team on his way to ninth in the standings this year, set the pace in a time of 1m39.037s during the afternoon. The morning session started 30 minutes late due to thick fog at the circuit, and when it did get underway, the entire field had to make use of wet weather tyres

Malvern among GP3 test line-up

October 24th, 2011

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Malvern among GP3 test line-up

Runaway British Formula Ford champion Scott Malvern, Formula Renault 3.5 race-winner Kevin Korjus and Ferrari protege Brandon Maisano head the list of newcomers in GP3 testing at Catalunya this week.

Hakkinen to race in ILMC at Zhuhai

October 22nd, 2011

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Hakkinen to race in ILMC at Zhuhai

Mika Hakkinen will return to racing at the final round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup at Zhuhai in China.

First test for hybrid Peugeot 908

October 17th, 2011

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First test for hybrid Peugeot 908

Peugeot’s diesel-hybrid version of its 908 sportscar underwent its first track test at Estoril, completing more than 300km in the hands of Nicolas Minassian, Stephane Sarrazin and Alexander Wurz. AUTOSPORT revealed in March that Peugeot had been developing the 908 HYbrid 4 alongside its 908 Le Mans challenger

Toyota to return to Le Mans in 2012

October 14th, 2011

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Toyota to return to Le Mans in 2012

Toyota has confirmed that it will make a fully-fledged return to the Le Mans 24 Hours next year with a petrol hybrid LMP1 car, as predicted by AUTOSPORT in June. The programme will mark Toyota’s first full-scale Le Mans bid since its GT-One car of 1998 and ’99. Toyota had already rejoined the LMP1 ranks as engine supplier to Rebellion Racing this year

ALMS aims for 2013 Detroit return

October 12th, 2011

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ALMS aims for 2013 Detroit return

The American Le Mans Series hopes to return to Detroit in 2013, as a scheduling conflict will prevent it being part of the revived IndyCar event on the Belle Isle street circuit next season. IndyCar and the ALMS had shared the bill in Detroit when the course was last used in 2007 and ’08

Diesel LMP1s to be restricted in 2012

October 11th, 2011

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Diesel LMP1s to be restricted in 2012

Diesel-powered LMP1 cars will have their performance pegged back by around seven per cent ahead of next year’s inaugural FIA World Endurance Championship.

Trident takes over Addax entry for ’12

October 11th, 2011

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Trident takes over Addax entry for ’12

Trident Racing will compete in the GP3 Series in the 2012 season, having taken over the Addax team’s entry. The squad owned by Maurizio Salvador already competes in GP2 and will join the feeder series for the start of its third season in 2012. “The arrival of Trident Racing in GP3 represents a really important part of a much wider program which started in 2011 with a revamp in our technical compartment,” said Salvadori.

Peugeot wins Petit Le Mans

October 2nd, 2011

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Peugeot wins Petit Le Mans

Peugeot claimed a third consecutive victory in the Petit Le Mans enduro at Road Atlanta. The 908 turbodiesel LMP1 driven by Franck Montagny, Stephane Sarrazin and Alex Wurz claimed victory in the 1000-mile event by five laps after both Audi R18 TDIs retired. The German manufacturer’s challenge disappeared early in the eighth hour when Romain Dumas tangled with a Porsche GTC class car as he was mounting a push for the lead.

Peugeot in charge after Audi crashes

October 1st, 2011

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Peugeot in charge after Audi crashes

The #8 Peugeot will take a comfortable lead into the final quarter of the Petit Le Mans after the #1 Audi crashed in traffic during a huge battle between them.

Peugeot in front at halfway point

October 1st, 2011

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Peugeot in front at halfway point

The remaining factory Peugeot led the Petit Le Mans 1000-mile enduro at Road Atlanta at half-distance.

ORECA leads at quarter distance

October 1st, 2011

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ORECA leads at quarter distance

The ORECA Peugeot leads the Petit Le Mans a quarter of the way through the race, amid issues for all four works diesel cars in the opening two and a half hours. Both works Peugeots were given one-minute stop-go penalties just after the one-hour mark for missing the red light at the pit exit

ORECA holds early Petit lead

October 1st, 2011

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ORECA holds early Petit lead

The ORECA Peugeot leads the Petit Le Mans in Nicolas Lapierre’s hands after the race’s first hour, having gone out of sequence to the other diesel cars on pitstops.

Davidson takes Petit Le Mans pole

September 30th, 2011

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Davidson takes Petit Le Mans pole

Peugeot driver Anthony Davidson claimed his second straight pole for the Petit Le Mans enduro at Road Atlanta. The Briton secured the top spot in qualifying on his first flying lap aboard the Peugeot 908 turbodiesel he shares with Sebastien Bourdais and Simon Pagenaud. His time of 1m07.428s put him just over a tenth clear of Audi driver Timo Bernhard.

Kristensen tops interrupted practice

September 30th, 2011

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Kristensen tops interrupted practice

Audi’s Tom Kristensen was quickest between red flags in a truncated final practice session before qualifying for the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.

Bottas in GP3 development test

September 30th, 2011

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The GP3 Series has begun work on developments for its 2013 car in a test session at Catalunya. Recently-crowned champion Valtteri Bottas was in action at the Spanish track on Thursday trying a development version of the current car

Pagenaud quickest in night session

September 30th, 2011

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Simon Pagenaud put Peugeot on top right at the end of another extremely tight practice session for the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. The Frenchman lapped in 1m09.027s with his final lap of the two-hour night session, allowing him to beat Audi’s Romain Dumas by just 0.080 seconds.

McNish tops ultra-close practice

September 29th, 2011

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McNish tops ultra-close practice

The #2 Audi emerged fastest in an extraordinarily close second official practice session for this weekend’s Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Just 0.116 seconds covered the four cars from the factory Audi and Peugeot teams at the end of the hour. Allan McNish’s late 1m09.768s lap secured the spot for Audi, but the margins among the leaders were tiny