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February 2012

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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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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
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    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.
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    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!
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    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.

Ogier crashes out in Monte Carlo

January 19th, 2012

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Ogier crashes out in Monte Carlo

Sebastien Ogier’s sensational run on the Monte Carlo Rally has come to an end after the Volkswagen driver crashed out on SS10. The Frenchman had run as high as third on the opening round of the World Rally Championship, despite driving a Super 2000-specification Skoda Fabia against the powerful World Rally Cars.

Loeb in charge after Monte day two

January 19th, 2012

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Loeb in charge after Monte day two

Sebastien Loeb continues to dominate the Monte Carlo Rally at the end of the second day.

Loeb stretches Monte Carlo lead

January 19th, 2012

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Loeb stretches Monte Carlo lead

Sebastien Loeb is edging away from his rivals at the start of day two of the Monte Carlo Rally, winning all three of today’s stages so far.

Proton thrilled to show potential

January 18th, 2012

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Proton thrilled to show potential

Proton team principal Chris Mellors says the Malaysian firm’s World Rally Championship return has demonstrated the potential of the Satria-Neo S2000. While the car struggled to match the frontrunning Intercontinental Rally Challenge pace last season, two months of work on the Satria have been repaid with a handsome lead at the end of the opening day of Super 2000 WRC competition today. P-G Andersson holds 10th overall and a four-minute advantage over his only SWRC rival Craig Breen, who suffered a puncture on his Ford Fiesta

Wilson: Monte still wide open

January 18th, 2012

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Wilson: Monte still wide open

Ford team principal Malcolm Wilson says the heavy snow forecast for the French Alps means the Monte Carlo Rally remains wide open. Five-time Monte winner Sebastien Loeb holds a one-minute lead for Citroen at the top of the timesheets tonight, but wintry weather is expected to arrive on the stages tomorrow and those conditions make tyre choices even more critical

Latvala admits blame for Monte crash

January 18th, 2012

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Latvala admits blame for Monte crash

Jari-Matti Latvala has admitted the Monte Carlo Rally crash which put him out of the lead of the World Rally Championship opener was all his own fault. The Finn told team principal Malcolm Wilson that he failed to focus on the note his co-driver Miikka Anttila called to him mid-way through the Burzet-St Martial test. The pair had just arrived at the long icy section of the stage and Latvala said he was preoccupied with the road surface rather than the corner

Citroen affirms WRC commitment

January 18th, 2012

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Citroen affirms WRC commitment

Citroen World Rally team principal Yves Matton has confirmed the French firm’s continued participation in the World Rally Championship, despite the withdrawal of its PSA stable-mate Peugeot from endurance racing. Peugeot’s sudden departure from racing kick-started speculation about Citroen in the WRC – but Matton gathered his team, currently competing on the Monte Carlo Rally, in Valence today to reassure them about their future.

Eurosport closing on WRC TV deal

January 18th, 2012

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Eurosport closing on WRC TV deal

Eurosport appears to be edging closer to agreeing a deal with the FIA to screen the World Rally Championship. WRC manager Michele Mouton, Eurosport motorsport business director Francois Ribeiro and the FIA’s director of marketing Alex Gueschir have been meeting with World Rally Championship stakeholders in Valence today and expect to be in a position to make an announcement in coming days

Ford confirms Latvala cannot continue

January 18th, 2012

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Ford confirms Latvala cannot continue

Ford technical director Christian Loriaux has confirmed Jari-Matti Latvala has retired from the Monte Carlo Rally. The Finn went off the road on the fourth stage today, rolling his Fiesta RS WRC out of the lead. The crew are out of the car and uninjured, but after the Automobile Club de Monaco elected not to run the superally regulation, the Ford team leader’s rally is run as he cannot get back on the road.

Loeb leads after Latvala’s crash

January 18th, 2012

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Loeb leads after Latvala’s crash

Sebastien Loeb holds a comfortable lead at the end of day one of the Monte Carlo Rally after rival Jari-Matti Latvala crashed out of first place.

Latvala crashes out of Monte lead

January 18th, 2012

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Latvala crashes out of Monte lead

Jari-Matti Latvala has rolled out of the Monte Carlo Rally lead on the final stage of the opening day. The Ford driver was half a minute ahead of title rival Sebastien Loeb’s Citroen going into the stage, having jumped from fourth to first with an ideal choice of mixed super soft slicks and snow tyres on the snowy and icy SS2 this morning.

Latvala credits Solberg for tyre move

January 18th, 2012

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Latvala credits Solberg for tyre move

Monte Carlo Rally leader Jari-Matti Latvala thanked his Ford team-mate Petter Solberg for his input into the Finn’s perfect tyre choice for second stage of the opening day. Latvala took 52.7 seconds out of SS1 leader Sebastien Loeb on the Burzet-St Martial test after deciding to run the softest tyres mixed with studded covers. Instead of a conventional front-rear split, Latvala went with slicks on the right-front and left-rear and studs on the other wheels

Q and A: Ford explains tyre gamble

January 18th, 2012

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Q and A: Ford explains tyre gamble

Jari-Matti Latvala used a highly unusual tyre strategy to burst into a 30-second lead on the opening morning of the Monte Carlo Rally – running two studded tyres and two super soft slicks, but mounted diagonally from each other rather than the more customary front/rear or left/right arrangement. With Latvala leading Sebastien Loeb and his Ford team-mate Petter Solberg using an all-slick strategy to hold third, Ford tyre engineer George Black explains how the team came up with its plan. Q.

Latvala flies into Monte Carlo lead

January 18th, 2012

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Latvala flies into Monte Carlo lead

Jari-Matti Latvala has taken a shock Monte Carlo Rally lead after a bold tyre choice for the second stage of the event. World champion and five-time Monte winner Sebastien Loeb (Citroen) had been quickest as expected on this morning’s Le Moulinon to Antraigues opener, albeit by just one second ahead of the flying Dani Sordo’s Mini. SS1 had seen dry asphalt, but the following Burzet to St Martial stage featured patches of snow and ice

Loeb unfazed by loss of promoter

January 17th, 2012

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Loeb unfazed by loss of promoter

World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb says the loss of WRC promoter North One Sport is likely to go unnoticed in his homeland. The Frenchman said he remained baffled at the lack of television coverage for French rally fans. Loeb said: “In France, it’s difficult to understand why there is an eight-time world champion, [and] there is Sebastien Ogier growing up to the top of the sport, but we don’t see anything in France of the race.

Andersson praises Proton development

January 17th, 2012

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Andersson praises Proton development

P-G Andersson has praised the Proton team for the development done on the Satria-Neo S2000 ahead of its SWRC debut on this week’s Monte Carlo Rally. The Swede finished this morning’s shakedown stage second in SWRC, 1.6 seconds off the benchmark category time set by Bryan Bouffier’s Peugeot 207 S2000.

Loeb tops Monte Carlo shakedown

January 17th, 2012

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Loeb tops Monte Carlo shakedown

Sebastien Loeb posted the fastest time on Tuesday morning’s Monte Carlo Rally shakedown stage. In sunny but cold conditions the Frenchman continued where he left off on this rally four years ago – fastest.

Citroen duo predict difficult Monte

January 17th, 2012

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Citroen duo predict difficult Monte

Citroen drivers Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen are predicting difficult conditions on this week’s Monte Carlo Rally following a change of weather in the build-up to the event. Eight-time world champion Loeb explained that conditions had been mild when the crews started their preparations for the WRC season-opener, but that the roads had become more difficult on the eve of the rally, which kicks off tomorrow. “The first two days in the recce it was looking like a tarmac rally, with wet and humid conditions in some places,” said Loeb

McRae to make WRC return in Sweden

January 16th, 2012

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McRae to make WRC return in Sweden

Alister McRae will return to the World Rally Championship for the first time in almost five years when he tackles Rally Sweden with Proton next month. The February 9-12 event, round two of Proton’s Super 2000 WRC commitment, will be the Scot’s first ordinary rally outing of the season, although he has contested the Dakar cross-country rally already this month

Tanak crashes on pre-Monte test

January 13th, 2012

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Tanak crashes on pre-Monte test

Ott Tanak crashed his Ford Fiesta RS WRC during his pre-Monte Carlo Rally test on Friday morning. The car suffered damage to the left-front and will not be running again during the test. The M-Sport team is now focusing on re-preparing the car for the Estonian to use on the event itself