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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.

Menu takes commanding opening win

October 23rd, 2011

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Menu takes commanding opening win

Alain Menu secured a commanding win in the WTCC’s opening race at Suzuka. The Swiss driver’s pole position kept him clear of a chaotic run to the first corner, which removed the Chevrolet’s biggest threat in the form of Robert Dahlgren’s Volvo, and then capitalised on team-mate running Yvan Muller running wide through Turn 7 a few laps later to secure complete control of the race. He crossed the line more than three seconds ahead of fellow Chevy racer Rob Huff, while SUNRED’s Michel Nykjaer was able to keep Muller at bay to claim third outright in his independent SEAT.

Whincup and Bourdais on pole again

October 23rd, 2011

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Whincup and Bourdais on pole again

Jamie Whincup and Sebastien Bourdais will start from pole position for the final race of the V8 Supercars weekend in Surfers Paradise, completing a clean sweep of qualifying at the event. The pair had already guided the No. 88 Triple Eight Holden to pole position and then victory in the opening race, allowing Whincup to move into the lead of the championship.

Menu takes pole at Suzuka

October 22nd, 2011

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Menu takes pole at Suzuka

Alain Menu secured pole position for tomorrow’s opening World Touring Car Championship race at Suzuka, giving him his third pole for the season, and extending Chevrolet’s streak to 10 from 10 for the year. On an afternoon livened up by a sprinkle of rain just prior to the second phase of qualifying, Menu managed a best time of 53.443s to edge out Chevrolet team-mate and championship leader Yvan Muller. Robert Dahlgren derailed the RML squad’s hopes of a one-two-three by going third-fastest in the Polestar Volvo, leading Rob Huff to settle for fourth.

Whincup and Bourdais win at Surfers

October 22nd, 2011

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Whincup and Bourdais win at Surfers

Jamie Whincup claimed his fifth Surfers Paradise win and with it the championship lead as he and Sebastien Bourdais took victory in the opening race of V8 Supercars’ Gold Coast 600. Having secured pole, a dominant opening stint by Bourdais – against the other international drivers – put the #88 Triple Eight Holden more than 10 seconds clear of the field by the time they handed over to the series regulars on lap 34.

Menu leads second practice in Japan

October 22nd, 2011

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Menu leads second practice in Japan

Alain Menu spearheaded a Chevrolet one-two-three in today’s second World Touring Car Championship practice session at Suzuka.

Whincup and Bourdais take pole

October 22nd, 2011

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Whincup and Bourdais take pole

Jamie Whincup and Sebastien Bourdais will start from pole for the first of this weekend’s Surfers Paradise V8 Supercar races. The V8 regulars took charge of the cars for this morning’s qualifying sessions, and while Whincup delivered a lap of 1m11.7184s to take pole in the top 10 shoot-out, his Triple Eight Holden team-mate and title rival Craig Lowndes was caught out by rain in the first part of qualifying and was left in 15th on the grid. The shower struck a few minutes into the session, penalising anyone who did not get a good lap in early – and Lowndes had been delayed by an ignition problem.

Huff sets the pace in first practice

October 22nd, 2011

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Huff sets the pace in first practice

Chevrolet’s Rob Huff has topped the times in today’s first WTCC free practice session at Suzuka. On a track declared wet from morning drizzle, the Briton assumed his place at the top of the timing screens early on and was never unseated, finishing up with a best time of 58.657s.

Live TV for IRC Cyprus showdown

October 21st, 2011

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Live TV for IRC Cyprus showdown

Coverage of the six-way fight for this year’s Intercontinental Rally Challenge title will be shown live on Eurosport during next month’s Cyprus Rally. Viewers in 120 countries will be able to watch four live stages from the Limassol-based event as Jan Kopecky, Juho Hanninen, Thierry Neuville, Andreas Mikkelsen, Freddy Loix and Bryan Bouffier go head-to-head in a double points finale

Whincup edges Lowndes in practice

October 21st, 2011

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Whincup edges Lowndes in practice

Triple 8 Holden’s title contenders Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes set the pace in practice for this weekend’s Gold Coast 600 in Surfers Paradise. The pair also enjoyed the fastest international team-mates, as four-time Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais and triple WTCC champion Andy Priaulx – who scored a podium during last year’s visit – finished top of the pile

Menu tops opening Suzuka practice

October 21st, 2011

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Menu tops opening Suzuka practice

Alain Menu topped the opening practice session at Suzuka, edging out the Polestar Volvo of Robert Dahlgren in the final minutes. Dahlgren had been the first driver to dip under the 54s barrier, going more than 0.3s clear of the field with five minutes to go. Chevrolet still had a set of fresh rubber to use however, and it paid dividends as Alain Menu made full use to lower the benchmark to 53.608s with two minutes remaining.

De Souza to make WTCC debut

October 18th, 2011

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De Souza to make WTCC debut

Filipe Clemente de Souza will make his World Touring Car Championship debut at the Macau season finale in November.

Turner replaces Wheldon at Surfers

October 18th, 2011

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Turner replaces Wheldon at Surfers

Briton Darren Turner will replace the late Dan Wheldon in this weekend’s Armor All Gold Coast 600 at Surfers Paradise.

Kanaan, Power pull out of Surfers race

October 17th, 2011

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Kanaan, Power pull out of Surfers race

Tony Kanaan and Will Power have both pulled out of this weekend’s V8 Supercar round at Surfers Paradise in the wake of the tragic events at the IndyCar season finale in Las Vegas.

Neal champion as Chilton wins Race 3

October 16th, 2011

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Matt Neal clinched his third British Touring Car crown with eighth place at Silverstone this afternoon as Tom Chilton took his second win of the season. Honda team-mate Gordon Shedden was the only driver who could beat Neal in the championship, but started the race one place and six points behind. Neal stayed ahead of Shedden at the start

Shedden win keeps title fight alive

October 16th, 2011

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Gordon Shedden kept himself in contention for the British Touring Car crown with a win in the penultimate race of the season at Silverstone this afternoon. Shedden managed to jump Honda team-mate and points leader Matt Neal on the first run to Copse

Plato rules himself out of title fight

October 16th, 2011

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Plato rules himself out of title fight

Jason Plato has ruled himself out of the British Touring Car Championship fight after a disastrous first race at Silverstone today. The works Chevrolet Cruze driver went into the event five points behind leader Matt Neal and tied with Gordon Shedden

Neal wins as Plato hits trouble

October 16th, 2011

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Neal wins as Plato hits trouble

Matt Neal has moved a step closer to the 2011 British Touring Car Championship with victory in race one at Silverstone today as title rival Jason Plato was hobbled by a puncture. Neal’s Honda Civic led from pole as Liam Griffin and Rob Austin touched, causing Austin’s Audi to spin across the track and hit Ollie Jackson’s Triple Eight Vauxhall Vectra

Neal takes pole for Race 1

October 15th, 2011

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Matt Neal has qualified on pole in the last British Touring Car qualifying session of the season at Silverstone this afternoon. The battle for pole looked like it would boil down to a fight between title outsider Mat Jackson and championship contender Gordon Shedden’s Honda Civic. Shedden set the pace during the first runs, before Jackson took provisional pole with 59.391s

Jackson quickest in FP2 at Silverstone

October 15th, 2011

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Jackson quickest in FP2 at Silverstone

Mat Jackson topped the second British Touring Car free practice session at Silverstone this afternoon.

2012 NGTC Toyota Avensis revealed

October 15th, 2011

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2012 NGTC Toyota Avensis revealed

The 2012 British Touring Car specification NGTC Toyota Avensis has been revealed at Silverstone on Saturday. The GPR Motorsport-built car is an updated version of the machine that Frank Wrathall and Tony Hughes have raced in the series this season