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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.
  • 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
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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!
  • 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.

Salazar: WRC harder than Dakar

April 28th, 2012

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Salazar: WRC harder than Dakar

Former Formula 1 racer Eliseo Salazar has admitted Rally Argentina is proving tougher than he expected, with the 57-year-old describing Friday’s opening day as harder than a day on Dakar. Salazar, who is driving a Mini John Cooper Works WRC this week, has competed on the Dakar twice, but the 120-mile opening day of Rally Argentina was a tall order for the World Rally Car rookie. “In Dakar, OK, you do five or six hours and then you go relax and go in the hotel,” said Salazar

Hirvonen’s Portugal turbo also illegal

April 28th, 2012

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Hirvonen’s Portugal turbo also illegal

The FIA has confirmed that the turbo on Mikko Hirvonen’s Citroen DS3 WRC was illegal during the Rally of Portugal earlier this month.

Sordo rules out Citroen fight

April 28th, 2012

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Sordo rules out Citroen fight

Ford driver Dani Sordo has admitted he is still struggling for confidence aboard the Fiesta RS WRC and has ceased his pursuit of the Citroens ahead.

Hirvonen understands team orders call

April 28th, 2012

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Hirvonen understands team orders call

Citroen driver Mikko Hirvonen said he understood the team’s decision not to allow him to challenge Sebastien Loeb for victory on Rally Argentina – despite the pair being split by just 2.1 seconds. There remains 136 miles of competition on the fifth round of the World Rally Championship, but Loeb and Hirvonen will remain first and second, with Ford’s Dani Sordo an increasingly distant third. Hirvonen said: “You understand the team wants to be sensible and I understand it.

Citroen implements team orders finish

April 28th, 2012

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Citroen implements team orders finish

Citroen team principal Yves Matton has confirmed he has told drivers Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen to hold station until the finish of Rally Argentina on Sunday afternoon. Providing he doesn’t encounter any mechanical issues, Loeb will therefore score his 70th WRC career win in Villa Carlos Paz tomorrow afternoon

Rally leaders face tyre shortage

April 28th, 2012

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The drivers fighting for victory on Rally Argentina will have to switch to unsuitable hard compound tyres for Saturday afternoon after exhausting the limited supply of soft Michelins in the morning. Following shocking scenes on this event last season, when tyres were shredded by asphalt sections of the stages, the FIA permitted the use of 10 emergency tyres which would be used in more extreme weather conditions.

Hirvonen keeps Loeb’s lead in check

April 28th, 2012

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Hirvonen keeps Loeb’s lead in check

Sebastien Loeb continues to lead Rally Argentina after the first day two loop, but his Citroen team-mate Mikko Hirvonen is not letting him get away. When Loeb charged from fourth to first in short order on Friday afternoon, it looked like he was set to pull clear and stretch his unbeaten Argentina run. Hirvonen had other ideas, and although Loeb was 3.8 seconds quicker on Saturday’s first stage, fastest times on the next two meant the gap came back down to 2.1s.

Solberg ‘lucky’ to escape big crash

April 27th, 2012

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Solberg ‘lucky’ to escape big crash

Ford driver Petter Solberg has admitted he was lucky to escape a big crash when he went off the road in sixth gear on the fifth stage of Rally Argentina today. Solberg was forced to retire from the lead of a World Rally Championship round for the second time in succession after hitting a rock on the fourth stage of the event.

Loeb takes tiny lead into day two

April 27th, 2012

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Loeb takes tiny lead into day two

Sebastien Loeb will lead Rally Argentina into Saturday’s stages by just 0.1 seconds over his Citroen team-mate Mikko Hirvonen. Although Loeb had rapidly surged back from fourth to first on the afternoon loop, he was a second slower than his Finnish stablemate on the Cosquin/Villa Allende stage that closed leg one, bringing the gap between them down to just a tenth. Loeb admitted at the end of the stage that he had lost confidence in the final miles.

Sordo against running stage in dark

April 27th, 2012

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Sordo against running stage in dark

Dani Sordo has criticised the organisers’ decision to run the final day one stage of Rally Argentina in the dark. Sordo, who is holding third place just 13 seconds off the lead on his debut with the Ford team, felt the Cosquin/Villa Allende stage should have been cancelled

Loeb charges to front in Argentina

April 27th, 2012

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Loeb charges to front in Argentina

Sebastien Loeb claimed the lead of Rally Argentina by winning stage five – despite leaving service just two stages earlier over half a minute away from first place. Three spins on Friday morning’s two stages had left Loeb down in fourth place, behind Petter Solberg, Mikko Hirvonen and Dani Sordo. One key factor in Loeb’s surge was a disaster for Solberg, who broke a steering arm on his Ford near the end of stage four, while holding a 20-second lead.

Solberg drama puts Hirvonen in lead

April 27th, 2012

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Solberg drama puts Hirvonen in lead

Petter Solberg has lost the lead of Rally Argentina after hitting trouble on the first stage of Friday’s second loop. The Ford driver broke a steering arm on the second run through the La Pampa test.

Argentina leg one will run into dark

April 27th, 2012

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Argentina leg one will run into dark

Rally Argentina organisers have confirmed that the full distance of leg one will be run despite the delays incurred on Friday morning – meaning the final stage of the day will take place in the dark. The fifth round of the World Rally Championship was delayed when the truck taking petrol to the refuel after stage two suffered mechanical problems. The first car on the road this morning – Sebastien Loeb’s Citroen – was scheduled to start the La Pampa test at 0728 local time, but the #1 Citroen did not get a green light until 0830

Ford delighted with Sordo’s start

April 27th, 2012

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Ford delighted with Sordo’s start

Ford motorsport chief Gerard Quinn said Dani Sordo was delivering exactly what the team had hoped for as the Spaniard completed his first morning in a Fiesta RS WRC in third place on Rally Argentina, 10 seconds ahead of eight-time world champion Sebastien Loeb.

Citroen sure Loeb’s issues resolved

April 27th, 2012

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Citroen sure Loeb’s issues resolved

Citroen team principal Yves Matton does not expect Sebastien Loeb to continue suffering the handling difficulties he endured on the opening loop of Rally Argentina stages on Friday morning. Loeb spun his DS3 WRC three times on the morning’s two tests and arrived back in Villa Carlos Paz in fourth place, 34.8 seconds off leader Petter Solberg. “This morning was not normal for Sebastien,” said Matton.

Solberg holds on to Argentina lead

April 27th, 2012

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Solberg holds on to Argentina lead

Petter Solberg continues to lead the delayed Rally Argentina after the first two full-length stages, helped by three spins for Sebastien Loeb. Ford driver Solberg had gained an early advantage by winning Thursday night’s superspecial, on which the Citroens’ choice of hard tyres backfired, leaving Loeb already 10 seconds behind going into Friday morning

Argentina’s opening stage delayed

April 27th, 2012

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The start of the first full day of Rally Argentina has been delayed due to a vehicle stuck on the opening La Pampa stage. AUTOSPORT understands that a fuel tanker heading for the refuelling point has come to a halt on the course and will need to be removed before the stage can commence.

Solberg leads Ford superspecial sweep

April 27th, 2012

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Solberg leads Ford superspecial sweep

Petter Solberg took the early Rally Argentina lead as Ford dominated the Thursday evening superspecial that kicked off the event. On a cold and wet evening, Citroen’s choice of hard tyres proved to be a significant disadvantage, with works drivers Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen ending the 6.04-kilometre stage back in eighth and 11th places respectively, both over 10 seconds off the lead. Ford went for soft tyres and swept the top five positions, with factory driver Solberg leading his temporary team-mate Dani Sordo – substituting for the injured Jari-Matti Latvala – by 3.6s.

Drivers bracing for very tough rally

April 26th, 2012

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The World Rally Championship’s leading drivers are bracing themselves for what they expect to be one of the toughest events in the series’ history when Rally Argentina starts this afternoon. The last round of the series in Portugal provided one of the most unpredictable rallies ever, with many of the frontrunners going off the road – this week’s Villa Carlos Paz-based event is expected to deliver more of the same. Ford’s team director Malcolm Wilson said: “Look at the weather that’s coming in, we’ve got rain and fog and everything – there’s no doubt this is going to be a very, very hard rally and certainly the hardest since the last Safari.” Sebastien Loeb – winner of the last six Rally Argentinas – agreed with Wilson, pointing out that the fog was his biggest concern.

Loeb gambles on wet weather

April 26th, 2012

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Loeb gambles on wet weather

Sebastien Loeb has gambled on wet weather for the opening day of Rally Argentina – electing to run at the head of the field after his fastest time on the qualifying stage. The eight-time world champion had no hesitation in deciding to run first – despite that decision forcing him to start tomorrow morning’s first stage in darkness. Loeb’s main rivals in the rally followed his lead and elected to run right behind the Frenchman.