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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.
  • 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.

Monte’s WRC return gets 89 entries

December 28th, 2011

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Monte’s WRC return gets 89 entries

The Automobile Club de Monaco has released an 89-strong entry list for next month’s Rallye Monte-Carlo, the opening round of the World Rally Championship. The list boasts 15 World Rally Car entries, including Mikko Hirvonen in a Citroen Total World Rally Team DS3 WRC for the first time and Petter Solberg’s Ford World Rally Team return with Britain’s Chris Patterson alongside

2012 Rally Argentina to top 300 miles

December 23rd, 2011

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2012 Rally Argentina to top 300 miles

Rally Argentina organisers have issued the longest World Rally Championship route in recent history for the 2012 event. The route for the classic South American rally was one of the talking points of this season, with the event putting itself forward as a test case for the return of the endurance style event favoured by FIA president Jean Todt. The organisers haven’t been entirely revolutionary, however.

Hirvonen in emotional M-Sport farewell

December 23rd, 2011

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Hirvonen in emotional M-Sport farewell

World Rally Championship runner-up Mikko Hirvonen has talked of an emotional visit to M-Sport earlier this week, when he went to say goodbye to his former team. Hirvonen flew to Britain earlier this week to pay tribute to the Ford and M-Sport, with whom he finished runner-up to Sebastien Loeb in this year’s championship. The Finn subsequently announced he would be joining his long-term rival at Citroen, and has already tested the DS3 WRC which he will drive from next month onwards.

Meeke to miss out on Monte Carlo

December 23rd, 2011

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Meeke to miss out on Monte Carlo

British World Rally Championship star Kris Meeke will not contest the Monte Carlo Rally next month, following Mini’s decision to only run one of its two factory drivers on every 2012 round. Meeke has been told of the team’s decision not to enter him on the Valence-based season-opener, but the Northern Irishman was out of contact when AUTOSPORT tried to reach him. AUTOSPORT’S sources have confirmed that while Meeke won’t compete on every world championship round in 2012, he remains part of the Mini World Rally Team

Proton to enter SWRC next year

December 21st, 2011

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Proton to enter SWRC next year

Proton will enter next year’s Super 2000 World Rally Championship, starting its programme with P-G Andersson and Giandomenico Basso driving on the Monte Carlo Rally. In addition to its maiden SWRC entry, the Malaysian firm has also confirmed it will defend its multiple Asia-Pacific Rally Championship titles with Andersson and APRC champion driver Alister McRae.

Paddon switches to S2000 for 2012

December 21st, 2011

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Paddon switches to S2000 for 2012

Reigning Production Car World Rally Champion Hayden Paddon will switch to the Super 2000 WRC for next season. The New Zealander confirmed on Tuesday that he will drive a Skoda Fabia S2000 run by Spanish team ASM Motorsport

Mini misses 2012 WRC deadline

December 20th, 2011

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Mini misses 2012 WRC deadline

Mini has missed the deadline to sign up for next year’s World Rally Championship, which closed last night. Officials from the Banbury-based team are currently in negotiations with BMW in Munich and the FIA as they seek a possible extension to the deadline. While there is no immediate concern over the future of the John Cooper Works WRC programme, there are reportedly significant issues which need to be resolved in the Anglo-German relationship

Citroen gives Neuville WRC chance

December 19th, 2011

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Citroen gives Neuville WRC chance

Citroen will bring Intercontinental Rally Challenge stand-out Thierry Neuville into the World Rally Championship next season. The 22-year-old Belgian will drive a Citroen Racing Technologies-prepared DS3 WRC in at least nine rounds of the 2012 WRC, alongside regular co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul. Neuville is confirmed for every round except New Zealand and Italy, with his presence in France and Spain provisional depending on how the first half of the season progresses.

Solberg ecstatic about Ford chance

December 16th, 2011

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Solberg ecstatic about Ford chance

Petter Solberg has promised he will be more focused than ever when he returns to the World Rally Championship as a factory Ford driver next season.

Al-Attiyah secures works Citroen drive

December 15th, 2011

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Al-Attiyah secures works Citroen drive

Citroen has confirmed it will field a third DS3 World Rally Car for Nasser Al-Attiyah from the second round of next year’s World Rally Championship. The seven-time Middle East Rally Champion will drive a Qatar-backed Citroen in exactly the same specification as that of eight-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb and his new Finnish team-mate Mikko Hirvonen. Olivier Quesnel, Citroen Racing team principal said: ‘We’re pleased to announce the arrival of Nasser Al-Attiyah at Citroen Racing

Ford: New deal shows WRC’s strength

December 15th, 2011

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Ford: New deal shows WRC’s strength

Ford’s commitment to the World Rally Championship should be taken as an indication of the series’ solid future, according to team principal Malcolm Wilson. As the WRC’s commercial arm North One Sport fights for its survival – after parent company Convers Sports Initiatives went into administration – Ford’s decision to commit to the championship confirms the future of the WRC.

Ford confirms WRC stay

December 15th, 2011

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Ford confirms WRC stay

Ford has ended speculation surrounding its short-term participation in the World Rally Championship by confirming its presence until at least the end of 2013. Malcolm Wilson’s M-Sport operation, which has run the manufacturer’s works team in the WRC since 1997, will continue to do so for the next two years. Petter Solberg was confirmed on Thursday as Jari-Matti Latvala’s team-mate for 2012 following Mikko Hirvonen’s switch to Citroen

Solberg joins Ford for 2012 WRC

December 15th, 2011

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Solberg joins Ford for 2012 WRC

Petter Solberg will drive for Ford in next year’s World Rally Championship, following a test for the manufacturer this week.

Solberg to test for Ford this week

December 13th, 2011

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Solberg to test for Ford this week

Petter Solberg will test a Ford Fiesta RS WRC for the first time on Thursday with a view to joining the team as its second driver in 2012. Solberg outlined his plans to AUTOSPORT during Rally GB last month and the details of the test were further discussed with Ford team principal Malcolm Wilson in London just prior to the AUTOSPORT Awards last week. Solberg hasn’t driven for Wilson’s factory squad since 2000, when he departed the Cumbrian-based team mid-season for Subaru

FIA to allow safer tyre compound

December 7th, 2011

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FIA to allow safer tyre compound

The World Motor Sport Council has confirmed WRC events can include a safer compound of tyre to be introduced from next year, following calls from the drivers. There was outcry from the drivers on Rally Australia earlier this year, when heavy rain on the opening day made it difficult to find grip from the hard compound Michelin tyres the factory cars were forced to use. The drivers called into question the safety of driving in such conditions as called on the FIA to implement a rule to allow an allocation of rubber which would be more suited to the unexpected conditions.

FIA committed to securing WRC future

December 7th, 2011

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FIA committed to securing WRC future

The FIA has said it is working on an “immediate plan” to make sure the 2012 World Rally Championship goes ahead as planned following the news that CSI has gone into administration. Convers Sports Initiatives, the parent company of the World Rally Championship’s commercial rights holder North One, went into receivership last month. The man in charge of CSI, Vladimir Antonov, was arrested in London as part of an investigation into the striping of assets from Bankas Snoras

Ogier has ‘no regrets’ over 2011

December 2nd, 2011

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Ogier has ‘no regrets’ over 2011

Sebastien Ogier says he does not regret anything about how his sole World Rally Championship season as a works Citroen driver turned out. Promoted from the Citroen Junior team to a full-time factory seat for 2011, Ogier was a title contender for much of the year but also fell out with Citroen and champion team-mate Sebastien Loeb in rows over team orders.

Ogier to make VW debut at RoC

December 2nd, 2011

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Ogier to make VW debut at RoC

Sebastien Ogier will give the Volkswagen Polo R WRC its world debut at the Race of Champions on Saturday night. The Frenchman is scheduled to begin serious testing of an interim version of the car in the near future, with VW yet to decide upon its final specification of the machine until further running has been completed.

Convers goes into Administration

November 29th, 2011

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The World Rally Championship’s commercial rights holder, Convers Sports Initiatives, has gone into administration. One of CSI’s major backers, Vladimir Antonov, was arrested in London last Friday and questioned in connection with an investigation into the asset-stripping of Bankas Snoras, a bank that he was a 68 per cent shareholder in. Antonov, who was later bailed, denies any wrongdoing.

Franchitti joins Burns Foundation

November 25th, 2011

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Franchitti joins Burns Foundation

Marino Franchitti has been named as a patron of the Richard Burns Foundation to mark 10 years to the day since the Englishman became world rally champion.