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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.

Mikkelsen wins rally and IRC title

November 5th, 2011

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Mikkelsen wins rally and IRC title

Skoda UK driver Andreas Mikkelsen clinched the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge title with a commanding victory in the double points finale in Cyprus. Mikkelsen escaped a late scare when he picked up a rear puncture on the opening stage of the final loop – but with title rival Jan Kopecky getting a front puncture on the same rock and losing even more time, Mikkelsen’s lead was not in jeopardy. It could have been a different story had Nasser Al-Attiyah still held second place, but an engine issue on his Autotek Ford prevented the Dakar winner from leaving the midday service, taking any remaining pressure off the leader.

Mikkelsen dominating in Cyprus

November 5th, 2011

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Mikkelsen dominating in Cyprus

Andreas Mikkelsen remains on course for Cyprus Rally victory and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge title with three stages to go. The Skoda UK driver won this morning’s first two stages, Gialia and Stavros, to take his lead over Nasser Al-Attiyah up to over half a minute

Menu and Huff take poles in China

November 5th, 2011

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Alain Menu will head an all-Chevrolet front row for tomorrow’s first World Touring Car Championship race in mainland China after triumphing in a tight qualifying session at the Shanghai Tianma circuit.

Huff stays on top in second practice

November 5th, 2011

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Rob Huff remained quickest in the final practice session before qualifying for the World Touring Car Championship’s races at Tianma in China. A 1m06.360s on his first flying lap of the afternoon gave Chevrolet driver Huff the top spot, and that stood for the rest of the half-hour.

Huff tops morning practice in China

November 5th, 2011

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Rob Huff was quickest in an uneventful morning practice session for the World Touring Car Championship’s Shanghai event at the Tianma circuit. The Chevrolet driver’s early 1m05.750s lap was sufficient to keep him on top until the end of the half-hour session, 0.214 seconds clear of the second-placed BMW of ROAL’s Tom Coronel

Mikkelsen back in front in Cyprus

November 4th, 2011

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Andreas Mikkelsen is now in prime position to claim the Intercontinental Rally Challenge title, having taken the lead in Cyprus as main rival Thierry Neuville retired from leg one. Neuville (Kronos Peugeot) had claimed the lead when Mikkelsen spun his Skoda UK Fabia on SS3 this morning. Both men knew that a victory would be enough to give them the championship

Sears bosses confident for 2012

November 4th, 2011

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Sears bosses confident for 2012

Sears Point track bosses are confident that the first World Touring Car Championship to be held on US soil will be a huge success, despite the series’ low profile stateside. The WTCC will visit the Californian circuit – which already hosts the likes of the NASCAR Sprint Cup and IndyCar – next September.

More local drivers join Macau WTCC

November 4th, 2011

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More local drivers join Macau WTCC

Kuok Io Keong, Mak Ka Lok and Jo Rosa Merszei have become the latest local drivers to join the field for the World Touring Car Championship finale in Macau in a fortnight. Keong will be in a second Chevrolet entered by Hong Kong’s Corsa Motorsport, alongside fellow Macau driver Filipe Clemente de Souza

Neuville leads as Mikkelsen spins

November 4th, 2011

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Thierry Neuville leads the Intercontinental Rally Challenge title decider in Cyprus after Andreas Mikkelsen had a spin on SS3. Mikkelsen (Skoda UK) had extended his overnight lead by winning the opening Koilinia stage. But a spin on Salamiou then cost him 16.8 seconds to Neuville and gave the Kronos Peugeot driver an 8.8s advantage

Crash ends Hanninen’s IRC title bid

November 4th, 2011

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Crash ends Hanninen’s IRC title bid

Juho Hanninen’s Intercontinental Rally Challenge title defence has ended after the 2010 champion crashed out of the 2011 decider on the first full-length stage in Cyprus. Hanninen went into the season finale six points behind Skoda team-mate and championship leader Jan Kopecky, having only contested a partial campaign this year while focusing on the S2000 World Rally Championship, which he clinched in Spain last month. The following Thierry Neuville said Hanninen had gone off very early on the Koilinia stage and was too far off the road to rejoin.

Menu fastest in first Tianma session

November 4th, 2011

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Menu fastest in first Tianma session

Alain Menu was quickest in the Friday test session as the World Touring Car field got to grips with the Tianma circuit in China. Chevrolet driver Menu found himself in a battle for the top spot with Polestar Volvo’s Robert Dahlgren and Wiechers BMW’s Colin Turkington, ultimately emerging ahead with a lap of 1m05.978s right at the end. Dahlgren was 0.039 seconds behind in second, followed by Turkington and title rivals Rob Huff and Yvan Muller in the other works Chevrolets.

Mikkelsen takes early Cyprus lead

November 3rd, 2011

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Andreas Mikkelsen set a blistering fastest time as the Intercontinental Rally Challenge’s five-way title shoot-out got underway with the Pafos street stage on Thursday evening in Cyprus. The Skoda UK driver’s 2m48.9s time gave him an overnight lead of 3.1 seconds over reigning champion Juho Hanninen in second.

Kopecky’s co-driver to miss Cyprus

November 3rd, 2011

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Kopecky’s co-driver to miss Cyprus

Jan Kopecky’s preparations for the final round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge have been disrupted significantly as his regular co-driver Petr Stary has been ruled out of the event.

Volvo weight increase for China

November 2nd, 2011

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Volvo weight increase for China

The Volvo C30 has had 20kg added to its base weight for this weekend’s World Touring Car Championship round at Tianma. Robert Dahlgren’s fastest lap for the Polestar Racing-run car at Suzuka last time out means that the C30 has been made heavier under the compensation weight rules, designed to balance the performance of the field. The championship-leading Chevrolet Cruze remains the reference car and stays at +40kg for China while the BMW 320TC is level with the Volvo on +20kg and the SEAT Leon 1.6T runs at +10kg

Tandy to test for Motorbase

November 2nd, 2011

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Tandy to test for Motorbase

Nick Tandy will make his touring car test debut on Friday when he tests one of Motorbase Performance’s BTCC Ford Focuses at Brands Hatch. Tandy, 26, who became the first British driver to win the German Porsche Carrera Cup, this year, has been given the test “I’m excited to drive a new car,” Tandy told AUTOSPORT. “I haven’t driven front-wheel-drive since I raced a Mini in about 2004, so it will be like a new experience for me, and driving a turbocharged car too..

Lotus to conduct engine test for BTCC

November 1st, 2011

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Lotus to conduct engine test for BTCC

The British Touring Car Championship has commissioned Lotus Engineering to conduct an engine flow-test programme to establish baseline boost pressures for next season. Many teams switched to the two-litre NGTC turbo engines this season and even more are expected to run them in 2012.

Bouffier ruled out of IRC title fight

October 30th, 2011

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Bouffier ruled out of IRC title fight

Monte Carlo winner Bryan Bouffier will not be among the contenders for the Intercontinental Rally Challenge title in next week’s Cyprus decider after Peugeot decided to only send Thierry Neuville to the event. Neither Bouffier nor Neuville had originally been expected to contest the finale, but their strong results meant they were among six drivers still in contention for the championship

Ma joins Proteam for Asian races

October 25th, 2011

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Ma joins Proteam for Asian races

Philip Ma will join the Proteam BMW squad for the final two World Touring Car Championship rounds of the year at Tianma and Macau. Ma, 48, is replacing Fabio Fabiani in the team’s 2010-spec 320si, which is powered by a normally-aspirated 2000cc engine rather than one of the current-spec 1600cc turbocharged units.

Coronel triumphs in race two

October 23rd, 2011

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Coronel triumphs in race two

Tom Coronel absorbed race-long pressure from Yvan Muller to pick up his first win of the season in the second of today’s WTCC races at Suzuka. The ROAL Motorsport BMW driver took advantage of a poor start by polesitter Darryl O’Young to take the lead going into the first corner, and quickly found himself at the head of a queue comprised of the three lead works Chevrolets and Robert Dahlgren’s Polestar Volvo – the latter having been hastily patched back together after crashing in race one.

Winterbottom and Lyons triumph in R2

October 23rd, 2011

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Winterbottom and Lyons triumph in R2

Mark Winterbottom and Richard Lyons claimed victory in the second and final V8 Supercars race at Surfers Paradise. Lyons started the race and was able to remain in touch with the lead Triple Eight Holdens, providing Winterbottom with the perfect platform from which to attack. He snatched the lead less than ten laps from the end, clinching his and the FPR squad’s first victory of the year, and only Ford’s third of the season