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		<title>iGPS Goes Down Under</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From one side of the map to another, the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series circus travelled across the globe and Down-Under to the Phillip Island Circuit in Victoria, Australia for Round 3 of the 2012 Season 1 Championship. New faces emerging as top contenders for the race to the Pro series including Max Dell&#8217;Orco and Laurent Beteille put an end to Jake Stergios&#8217; so far dominant performances by out-qualifying him in the Strength of Field (SoF) races taking places on Friday and Sunday respectively. An exciting race prospect was in full swing for the Friday night American SoF race. An impressive qualifying performance from Dell&#8217;Orco put his car on pole ahead of Stergios, but the New Englander&#8217;s better launch saw him grab the lead and never look back en route to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/igps-goes-down-under/</link>
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		<title>Hulkenberg stays on top at Barcelona</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Nico Hulkenberg's morning efforts were enough to ensure Force India topped the second day of pre-season testing. With the sun at its zenith in the afternoon, teams opted to pursue long-run programmes rather than chase outright times, and there was therefore little change to the morning's order]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/hulkenberg-stays-on-top-at-barcelona/</link>
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		<title>Force India says F1 costs still too high</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Formula 1 must do much more to bring down costs in the future, says Force India's deputy team principal Robert Fernley, if the sport is to remain sustainable. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/force-india-says-f1-costs-still-too-high/</link>
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		<title>Campos Racing confirms 2012 line-up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Campos Racing has signed Max Snegirev and Giuseppe Cipriani to race in the 2012 Auto GP World Series. Russian Snegirev and Italian Cipriani will join Argentinean Facu Regalia, who had already been announced earlier this year. Snegirev, 24, tested for the team at Estoril this week and moves to Auto GP from Formula 2]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/campos-racing-confirms-2012-line-up/</link>
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		<title>Allen Takes NiSWC Opener</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The third season of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship (NiSWC) kicked-off Tuesday night at Daytona International Speedway, with 50 sim racers ready to compete in the 17 race season and win part of the $19,000 championship purse. NASCAR iRacing Pro Series (NiPS) champion Alex Warren headlined several newcomers ready to challenge the likes of Richard Towler, Brad Davies and defending NiSWC champion, Ray Alfalla, The 2012 season started off with another first as well. The Daytona race offered a cash prize to the winner, $500 to be exact, with second place also taking home $250 worth of iRacing credits. Changes to the cars’ aero package meant that for the first time in the NiSWC, the two car tandem style of drafting seen in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/allen-takes-niswc-opener/</link>
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		<title>Hulkenberg sets early Barcelona pace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Nico Hulkenberg put Force India on top of the timesheets on the second morning of pre-season testing at Barcelona, setting the fastest time of the week so far at the Catalan circuit. Tyre compounds proved decisive as the conditions improved on a morning also notable for the absence of Lotus - the team having elected to abandon the test after discovering chassis problems on the opening day . Hulkenberg had been near the front for the majority of the session, but he moved well clear in the final 30 minutes when he switched to Pirelli's super soft compound and clocked a 1m22.608s]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/hulkenberg-sets-early-barcelona-pace/</link>
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		<title>Jackson expects to fight for title</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ British Touring Car race winner Mat Jackson believes he can fight for the 2012 title after being confirmed at Motorbase Performance for a third season. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/jackson-expects-to-fight-for-title/</link>
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		<title>Ricciardo upbeat about new Toro Rosso</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Daniel Ricciardo is confident Scuderia Toro Rosso has produced a car that will enable it to move up the order in 2012. After some positive early indications from the new STR7 during the first tests at Jerez and Barcelona, Ricciardo feels that the team can achieve its ambition of finishing in the top seven teams this year]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/ricciardo-upbeat-about-new-toro-rosso/</link>
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		<title>New Honda gets maiden test run</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Honda's new Civic British Touring Car hit the track for the first time at Brands Hatch on Tuesday. Defending champion Matt Neal, who will again be partnered at the Team Dynamics-run Honda Racing squad by Gordon Shedden this year, completed around 50 laps of the Indy circuit in the NGTC-spec machine, which is, like its predecessor, powered by a Neil Brown-prepared turbo engine. Team principal Steve Neal told AUTOSPORT: "It was more of a shakedown than a proper test. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/new-honda-gets-maiden-test-run/</link>
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		<title>Brawn: Teams will regret FOTA split</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Ross Brawn believes the decision by four of his rivals to quit the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) was short-sighted, and fears all the sport's competitors may live to regret it. With Ferrari, Red Bull Racing, Sauber and Scuderia Toro Rosso all having quit FOTA in the wake of ongoing wrangling over a Resource Restriction Agreement, there have been questions raised about the future of the organisation. However, the remaining members of FOTA are wholly committed to it, and Brawn says he hopes that circumstances do not play out - such as in imminent talks over a new Concorde Agreement - where teams wish they had stuck together. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/brawn-teams-will-regret-fota-split/</link>
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		<title>Smith joins Motorbase line-up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ British Touring Car squad Motorbase Performance has signed Aron Smith to complete its three-car line-up for this season. Smith, who made his BTCC debut with Triple Eight Engineering at Knockhill last year, will drive alongside Motorbase regulars Mat Jackson and Liam Griffin. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/smith-joins-motorbase-line-up/</link>
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		<title>Thriller at Spa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-two drivers traveled to Belgium for the “Van Ophen 30 at the famous Circuit de Spa GP&#8221; in Francorchamps, Belgium during week six of the Red Sox Racing League&#8217;s 2012 Season One schedule.  After hearing about the photo finish between Chad Peterson and Les Turner in last week&#8217;s race at Okayama, race fans in Belgium were eager to see a repeat performance.  They would not be disappointed. Pre-race practice and qualifying sessions at the 19 turn, 4.35 mile track gave everyone a hint of what was to come as Peterson and Turner once again battled for the top spot.  Peterson won the pre-race competition by earning his 2nd pole of the season with a qualifying lap of 2:06.356.  Turner posted the only other sub-2:07 lap and secured the outside position [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/thriller-at-spa/</link>
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		<title>Muller on top at Estoril test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Nico Muller topped the timesheets for Trident Racing on the opening day of GP3 testing at Estoril on Tuesday. The 19-year-old Swiss, who has yet to secure a race deal for the coming season, lapped the Portuguese circuit in 1m31.285s with just 15 minutes of the afternoon session remaining, knocking Mitch Evans off the top spot by just 0.015s. Evans had set the fastest time during the morning session, despite the MW Arden driver completing only seven laps before the lunch break. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/muller-on-top-at-estoril-test/</link>
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		<title>New &amp; Improved Live Broadcast Page on iRacing.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new and improved iRacing Live debuts today on iRacing.com.  The landing page highlights iRacing.com’s upcoming broadcasts and includes complete NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship and iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series schedules that automatically adjust time and dates to your time zone. Other great new features include: •        A live count of the number of spectators on iRacing Live •        Live chat can now be popped out in its own window •        An RSS feed for live broadcasts •        Coming soon will be an Archive function enabling you to watch past iRacing broadcasts. In addition, PSRTV has been working hard this “off-season” on the broadcast itself to make it better than ever.  Here are some of the highlights of the broadcast improvements: •        720p (HD) HTTP dynamic streaming •        [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/new-improved-live-broadcast-page-on-iracing-com/</link>
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		<title>Lambert Leads Lates out of SoBo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s pretty hard to beat the numbers put up on the board by Mark Lambert in the first two weeks of the iRacing.com Late Model Tour.  After all, Lambert has started eleven races in the two weeks and has won in all eleven of those starts! To add to that, when all the dust settled from the first two weeks of sim racing at Lanier National and South Boston Speedways, Lambert held the lead in the standings in a highly competitive series that saw nearly a thousand sim racers take to the virtual asphalt for each of the first two rounds of the series. While Lambert won seven races during the first week at Lanier, the amount of races and strength of field in those races affected his point position [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/lambert-leads-lates-out-of-sobo/</link>
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		<title>Return to Okayama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week Two of the inRacingNews Challenge season, the first of 2012, saw a return to the Okayama International Circuit, this time on the track’s short course. While the Pontiac Solstice and SpecRacer Ford drivers should be quite familiar with the track in their cars, this marks the first time that the new Mazda MX-5 Roadster class hits this track in the iRNC. Many sim racers haven’t been shy about trying out the new car, and the points leaders frequently transcend multiple classes. Ralf Janiak was the story of the week, posting the best points totals in all three classes and never losing a race. He beat Michael Booth in Solstice, scoring 168 points in one perfect race (won from the pole and led every lap) while Booth went three for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/return-to-okayama/</link>
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		<title>Vettel impressed by McLaren pace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Sebastian Vettel has singled out McLaren as the rival team that he thinks is in the best shape at the start of the second pre-season test at Barcelona in Spain. The double world champion made clear that while it is still too early to divine a pecking order from what had taken place so far in testing, he felt that McLaren appeared to have got an early handle on its MP4-27. "I think McLaren looked very strong today," Vettel told reporters after ending the session fastest of all with a time of 1m23.265s - some 0.3s quicker than Hamilton managed]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/vettel-impressed-by-mclaren-pace/</link>
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		<title>Analysis: What&#8217;s wrong with the Lotus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ AUTOSPORT's technical correspondent Gary Anderson suspects that an engine mount problem could be behind Lotus's decision to abandon the Barcelona test. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/analysis-whats-wrong-with-the-lotus/</link>
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		<title>Senna: Work needed on slower corners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Bruno Senna believes Williams has to improve its consistency on slow corners following his first day of testing at Barcelona. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/senna-work-needed-on-slower-corners/</link>
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		<title>Brawn: Red Bull still the team to beat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Red Bull will still be the team to beat in 2012 - that is the view of Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn, whose team publicly unveiled its new W03 challenger to the world at the beginning of the first day's testing at Barcelona. Brawn insisted that it was still too early to say whether the new car will move Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg closer to the front of the field this season, but said that he expected Red Bull to be there whatever the order. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/brawn-red-bull-still-the-team-to-beat/</link>
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		<title>Gronholm confirms GRC presence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Double World Rally Champion Marcus Gronholm has been confirmed alongside British driver David Binks as part of a two-car Best Buy Racing team in the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship. Gronholm, who won three GRC rounds last season, will drive a Ford Fiesta prepared by Olsbergs Motor Sport Evolution on every round of this year's series]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/gronholm-confirms-grc-presence/</link>
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		<title>Lotus pulls out of Barcelona test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Lotus has pulled out of the Barcelona test with immediate effect as a result of the problems it encountered with its chassis this morning. The team has decided to abandon running in order to fully understand the problem with the chassis that manifested itself on chassis 2, which ran for the first time today. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/lotus-pulls-out-of-barcelona-test/</link>
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		<title>Schumacher pleased with car potential</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Michael Schumacher is positive about the potential of the new Mercedes W03 after his first day of public running on Tuesday. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/schumacher-pleased-with-car-potential/</link>
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		<title>Hulkenberg surprised by car balance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Nico Hulkenberg has been pleasantly surprised how well-balanced his new Force India has felt around the Barcelona circuit, after an encouraging first day's running this week. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/hulkenberg-surprised-by-car-balance/</link>
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		<title>Monster reveals Block&#8217;s liveries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Monster World Rally Team has released pictures of two of the three cars which will be used in Ken Block's motorsport programme this season. The two cars pictured will be used on selected North American rallies - starting with this week's 100 Acre Wood Rally America round in Missouri]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/monster-reveals-blocks-liveries/</link>
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		<title>Vettel quickest on first day at Barcelona</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Sebastian Vettel put Red Bull on top of the first day of pre-season testing at Barcelona. The German had risen to the top of the timesheets shortly before lunch, displacing compatriot and Force India pilot Nico Hulkenberg. With warmer track conditions not as conducive to chasing times, many teams opted for longer run programmes, but Vettel was able to slightly better his time to end the day with a 1m23.265s]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/vettel-quickest-on-first-day-at-barcelona/</link>
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		<title>2012 NiSWC Opener Broadcast Tonight!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship kicks-off tonight with iRacing’s broadcast of the world’s top stock car sim racers going head-to-head at Daytona International Speedway.  iRacing and PSRTV have been working hard during the off-season to insure the NiSWC broadcasts are the best ever. Tonight’s broadcast will feature the debut of Hotlaps, an insider’s preview of the race hosted by NiSWC veteran Steve Sheehan. In just two years, the Daytona round of the NiSWC has developed a remarkable history. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won the inaugural running of the event and last season, iRacer of the Year Ray Alfalla opened his run to the 2011 NiSWC crown with a win at Daytona.  Needless to say, Alfalla will be looking to open his title defense in similar fashion, and not just to get a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/2012-niswc-opener-broadcast-tonight/</link>
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		<title>Grosjean: New Lotus chassis felt strange</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Romain Grosjean has described the feel of his new Lotus chassis as "strange" after the team was forced to abandon today's running. The Franco-Swiss driver completed only seven laps this morning on the shakedown of Lotus chassis number two. When the problem was detected the team decided to send it back to its Enstone base and fly out chassis one, which was used at Jerez, to build up for tomorrow]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/grosjean-new-lotus-chassis-felt-strange/</link>
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		<title>Trulli says he was offered Ferrari drive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Jarno Trulli has revealed he was offered a seat at the Ferrari team while he was racing for the Toyota team in Formula 1. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/trulli-says-he-was-offered-ferrari-drive/</link>
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		<title>Rosberg says it&#8217;s time to deliver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Nico Rosberg believes it is now time for Mercedes to start delivering improvements on track this season. On the back of the restructuring that has taken place at the Brackley-based outfit since Mercedes-Benz took over, plus the recruitment of high-profile technical figures like Bob Bell, Geoff Willis and Aldo Costa, Rosberg thinks the time has come for the team to show it is heading in the right direction. "For me it is very clear that we need to start our progress on the upward trend now," said Rosberg at Barcelona on Tuesday]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/rosberg-says-its-time-to-deliver/</link>
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		<title>Bahrain secures fresh political backing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Bahrain Grand Prix organisers have received a major boost after winning the support of a leading United Nations war crimes expert for this year's race to go ahead. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/bahrain-secures-fresh-political-backing/</link>
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		<title>Dodge to unveil 2013 car next month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Dodge will reveal its 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup car on the morning of the third round of the series at Las Vegas on March 11. The manufacturer confirmed on Monday that the new-spec Charger model is almost ready to break cover, and it has promised that the appearance will surprise people]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/dodge-to-unveil-2013-car-next-month/</link>
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		<title>Chassis issue ends Lotus&#8217;s day early</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Lotus team has been forced to wrap up its first day of testing at Barcelona early because of a problem with its car. Romain Grosjean managed just seven laps with the second E20 chassis in the morning session before the team decided to stop running. Lotus said it had to send the chassis back to Enstone to carry out checks]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/chassis-issue-ends-lotuss-day-early/</link>
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		<title>Vettel tops morning session at Barcelona</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Sebastian Vettel posted the quickest time on the opening morning of Formula 1's second pre-season test of 2012 at Barcelona. A late surge from the reigning champion established the Red Bull RB8 as the morning pace-setter, with Force India's Nico Hulkenberg - who had been quickest for much of the morning - dropping to second. After a slow opening hour – in which track activity mirrored the frosty conditions – times steadily fell as the session wore on, with Hulkenberg the first to dip below the 1m24s bracket. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/vettel-tops-morning-session-at-barcelona/</link>
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		<title>Schumacher: W03 showing good signs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Michael Schumacher believes it is too soon to know whether the new Mercedes W03 can be a winner but says that it did give him the right messages when he shook it down for the first time at Silverstone last week. Mercedes unveiled its 2012 challenger at Barcelona on Tuesday morning, having completed a private test with it at the circuit on Sunday. And Schumacher says he can't wait to get a better picture of its true potential this week. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/schumacher-w03-showing-good-signs/</link>
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		<title>VW completes full-spec Polo test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Volkswagen Motorsport has released images of its full-specification Polo R WRC testing for the first time in Norway last week. After running a mule Polo labeled the 'zero' car, last week's test was the first running at competitive speed for the complete World Rally Car built to 2013 specification. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/vw-completes-full-spec-polo-test/</link>
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		<title>Brawn: Mercedes must move up in 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Ross Brawn believes Mercedes GP must move up the Formula 1 grid this year, following two consecutive seasons where it finished fourth in the standings. After officially unveiling its new W03 at Barcelona on Tuesday, Brawn said that the Brackley-based outfit has the ingredients it needs to deliver improved form on track - which means regularly fighting for podium finishes]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/brawn-mercedes-must-move-up-in-2012/</link>
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		<title>Haug: Mercedes taking the right steps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Mercedes GP is making the steps that are needed to eventually get itself to the front of the Formula 1 grid. That is the view of Mercedes-Benz motorsport boss Nobert Haug, who feels that the outfit has learned valuable lessons over the past two seasons that should help it make good progress. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/haug-mercedes-taking-the-right-steps/</link>
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		<title>Mercedes unveils new W03</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Mercedes became the last of the frontrunning Formula 1 teams to officially unveil its 2012 car, when it rolled out the W03 at Barcelona prior to the start of the second week of testing today. The new car has already shaken down the car at Silverstone last week, and conducted a private test at Catalunya on Sunday - which Mercedes was permitted to undertake because it had only been present for three of the four days of running at Jerez earlier this month. Mercedes chose to stick with its 2011 car for Jerez in order to gain data on this year's Pirelli tyres, and was quickest on two of the days it was present - though it was running to full '11 specification, including the no-longer-permitted exhaust-blown diffuser]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/mercedes-unveils-new-w03/</link>
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		<title>Wurz returns to Williams as mentor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Alex Wurz will return to the Williams team as a driver mentor, the Grove-based squad announced on Monday. Austrian Wurz raced for Williams during the 2007 season, and he will be reunited with his old team when he starts his new role in the upcoming Barcelona test. Williams said Wurz will travel to races this year, helping race drivers Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/wurz-returns-to-williams-as-mentor/</link>
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		<title>Brundle &#8216;better for 2011 experience&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Martin Brundle believes he will be a better commentator for Sky in 2012 thanks to the experience he gained from leading the BBC's television commentary during Formula 1 races last season. Brundle became lead commentator for the BBC in 2011, standing alongside his former rival David Coulthard in the box, after Jonathan Legard was dropped from the line-up the previous winter]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/brundle-better-for-2011-experience/</link>
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		<title>Trulli &#8216;surprised&#8217; by number of offers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Jarno Trulli admits that he is surprised by the number of offers he has received since being dropped by the Caterham Formula 1 team . The 37-year-old is keen to continue his racing career, and has not ruled out continuing in F1 even though such a possibility appears unlikely. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/trulli-surprised-by-number-of-offers/</link>
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		<title>NASCAR to examine team deals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ NASCAR could review its regulations regarding teams taking on other squads' points to ensure their drivers can qualify for Sprint Cup events. Under NASCAR rules, the top 35 in the owners' standings from the previous year are guaranteed qualifying spots in the opening five Cup rounds. This has led to various deals being struck and partnerships created between teams to get drivers into the field, including this year an alliance between Stewart-Haas Racing and Tommy Baldwin Racing that saw the former's rookie driver Danica Patrick transferred to a Baldwin entry to ensure qualification for the early races]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/nascar-to-examine-team-deals/</link>
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		<title>Mikkelsen calm about title defence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Andreas Mikkelsen says he does not feel any extra pressure to perform now he is coming into the Intercontinental Rally Challenge season as defending champion. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/mikkelsen-calm-about-title-defence/</link>
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		<title>Drivers expect less carnage in 500</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Leading NASCAR drivers expect the Daytona 500 and the Duel qualifying races to be much calmer affairs than Saturday night's destructive Budweiser Shootout. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/drivers-expect-less-carnage-in-500/</link>
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		<title>Yelloly signs for Comtec in FR3.5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Nick Yelloly will race in Formula Renault 3.5 with Comtec this season after his impressive partial campaign in 2011. The 21-year-old Briton made three FR3.5 appearances for Pons Racing alongside his GP3 programme last year, and qualified sixth on his debut at Silverstone then finished second at Catalunya]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/yelloly-signs-for-comtec-in-fr3-5/</link>
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		<title>Sordo, Sandell get nod for Portugal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Dani Sordo will lead Prodrive's Mini team on next month's Rally of Portugal, with Patrik Sandell again alongside him in the second John Cooper Works WRC. Sordo will miss the next round of the series, Rally Mexico, but is expected to contest up to seven rallies in this year's World Rally Championship for the Banbury-based team. The original plan for Sordo and Kris Meeke to enter the whole series ran into trouble amid the dispute between Prodrive and Mini owner BMW that led to Prodrive losing its full factory status]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/sordo-sandell-get-nod-for-portugal/</link>
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		<title>Tagliani: Test a big chance for Lotus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Alex Tagliani believes that his planned test at Texas Motor Speedway tomorrow will be critical in helping Lotus to bridge the gap to IndyCar Series rivals Honda and Chevrolet as it scrambles to recover from the late arrival of its engine. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/indycar-news/indycar/tagliani-test-a-big-chance-for-lotus/</link>
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		<title>Bayne relieved to make 500 field</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Last year's Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne said securing a spot in the 2012 field without having to rely on a Duel result was a huge relief - and now hopes he can find more sponsorship to prolong his 2012 season. The Wood Brothers driver did not have a guaranteed Daytona start as his car was not within the top 35 in last year's Sprint Cup owners' points standings. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/bayne-relieved-to-make-500-field/</link>
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		<title>DW12 set for crucial oval test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ IndyCar is hoping to finalise its new car's aero package for ovals at Tuesday's scheduled test at Texas Motor Speedway ahead of next month's open test at the 1.5-mile track. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/indycar-news/indycar/dw12-set-for-crucial-oval-test/</link>
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		<title>Edwards could still push for Duel win</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Daytona 500 pole-winner Carl Edwards is not ruling out pushing for victory in Thursday's Gatorade Duel qualifying race, even though his pole position is secure. Edwards guaranteed his top spot for the NASCAR Sprint Cup season-opener in yesterday's qualifying session, and will retain it wherever he finishes in his Duel heat. But despite the return of fully-fledged pack racing seeing more crashes in Saturday's Budweiser Shootout event, the Roush Fenway driver said he is open to taking risks in the Duel even though there is nothing at stake for him. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/edwards-could-still-push-for-duel-win/</link>
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		<title>Ekstrom: New tyre regs a big change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Mattias Ekstrom believes that the DTM's new tyre regulations will pose a bigger challenge to drivers this year than any of the other rule changes coming into force. Under all-new technical regulations for this year, all DTM cars will use larger wheels and wider tyres than the previous generation of machinery]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/miscellaneous/dtm/ekstrom-new-tyre-regs-a-big-change/</link>
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		<title>Euronova signs Sirotkin for Auto GP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Russian Sergey Sirotkin is to contest the Auto GP World Series with the Euronova Racing team of 1995 Formula 3000 International champion Vincenzo Sospiri. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/euronova-signs-sirotkin-for-auto-gp/</link>
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		<title>FIA confirms S1T&#8217;s WRC timing deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The FIA has concluded its first major agreement for the World Rally Championship since the series promoter North One Sport went into administration last month - with Stage 1 Technology confirmed as the timing and tracking supplier for 2012. After being forced to miss the season opener in Monte Carlo for legal reasons, British firm S1T made a single-event agreement for Rally Sweden and has now concluded a deal to provide the systems to track cars from the start to the finish and the timing and results to classify them from every remaining event. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/fia-confirms-s1ts-wrc-timing-deal/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;No big surprises&#8217; on new Mercedes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Norbert Haug has warned that the new Mercedes MGP W03, which will break cover tomorrow, will not feature any dramatic innovations. Glimpses seen of the car so far show that it features a stepped nose, in common with eight of the other teams to have launched 2012 machinery. But despite speculation that Mercedes' decision to skip the first test might be motivated by a desire to hide an as-yet unseen technical innovation, Haug insists that the priority has been to come up with a well-packaged car rather than pursing any eye-catching new concepts. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/no-big-surprises-on-new-mercedes/</link>
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		<title>Arena wants world title by 2015</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Arena Motorsport is aiming to fight for the World Touring Car Championship within three years, according to team principal Mike Earle. The team is moving up from the British Touring Car Championship to the WTCC this year with drivers Tom Chilton and James Nash, and will run each in a newly-built S2000-spec Ford Focus ST. After completing four days of testing at Estoril and Guadix last week, with each driver undertaking back-to-back running in both WTCC and BTCC machinery, Earle said that he was delighted with progress so far]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/arena-wants-world-title-by-2015/</link>
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		<title>Muller to test for Trident Racing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ GP3 veteran Nico Muller will spearhead Trident Racing's line-up at this week's official test at Estoril. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/muller-to-test-for-trident-racing/</link>
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		<title>D&#8217;Aste returns to Wiechers BMW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Stefano D'Aste will return to the World Touring Car Championship full-time with Wiechers-Sport this year. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/daste-returns-to-wiechers-bmw/</link>
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		<title>One-on-One with Joshua Muggleton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series Presented by Big Pond’s visit to Silverstone in Week 2, inRacingNews contributor Eric Forster had the opportunity to interview Joshua Muggleton.  Note that while Silverstone had not yielded much in the way of good results (a ninth and a 17th place in two outings), following his chat with Forster, Muggleton scored his second win of the season at Watkins Glen this week and the Sydney-based sim racer now finds himself in the thick of the battle for the series lead. Eric Forster: Can I call you Muggo? Joshua Muggleton: Of course! That’s what everyone else calls me. EF: The season is off to a bit of a rough start for you: two races down and it&#8217;s pretty clear that your finishes aren&#8217;t level with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/irn-goes-one-on-one-with-joshua-muggleton/</link>
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		<title>Edwards takes Daytona 500 pole</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Carl Edwards secured pole position for the Daytona 500 as Fords dominated qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup season-opener. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/edwards-takes-daytona-500-pole/</link>
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		<title>McLaughlin Tops at Silverstone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week Two of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series Presented by Big Pond, and the drivers of the V8SC Ford Falcons found themselves tackling the wide-open expanses of Silverstone. With some of the most storied corners in all of motor racing—Stowe, Chapel, Copse, Club, Becketts, Woodcote, Abbey—the Grand Prix track proved the perfect venue to host some big-iron online road racing. The stage for some fierce competition in the main race (10:45 GMT Monday, February 13th) was set by two earlier races: the first (08:45 GMT Sunday; Strength of Field 3334) saw two professional drivers in a back-and-forth duel, as International V8SC driver, Shane van Gisbergen, beat New Zealand Touring Car and Fujitsu V8 Supercar driver, Scott McLaughlin, by less than a second, with Justin Ruggier taking the final spot on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/mclaughlin-tops-at-silverstone/</link>
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		<title>Mercedes completes private W03 test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Mercedes completed a private test of its new W03 at Barcelona today, ahead of the next full-field test at the track, which starts on Tuesday. Because Mercedes only used three of the four days of the opening test at Jerez, it was able to complete 200 kilometres of private running today]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/mercedes-completes-private-w03-test/</link>
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		<title>NASCAR changes Shootout criteria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Next year's NASCAR Shootout will return to the traditional format of featuring pole-winners from the previous season. NASCAR's non-championship curtain-raiser, held at Daytona the weekend prior to the track's 500-mile Sprint Cup season-opener, has used a variety of different eligibility formats in recent years. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/nascar-changes-shootout-criteria/</link>
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		<title>Morgan has first BTCC Toyota test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ British Touring Car rookie Adam Morgan had his first test in an NGTC Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis last Friday. The 23-year-old, who earned his BTCC place by winning the 2011 Ginetta GT Supercup that supports the series, drove alongside team-mate Tony Hughes in the latter's 2011 machine at Donington Park. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/morgan-has-first-btcc-toyota-test/</link>
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		<title>Kyle Busch wins wild Shootout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Kyle Busch escaped several incidents to beat Tony Stewart to victory in a wild Budweiser Shootout as the NASCAR season got underway at Daytona. The non-championship race saw three large multi-car accidents, the first as early as lap nine, and the last prompting a green-white-chequered finish after Jeff Gordon's Hendrick Chevrolet was sent rolling following contact first with Busch, then with his team-mate Jimmie Johnson]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/kyle-busch-wins-wild-shootout/</link>
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		<title>Continental Endurance Sports Car Series Debuts at Daytona</title>
		<description><![CDATA[41 drivers took to the field for Round 1 of the inaugural Continental Endurance Sports Car Series (CESCS) at Daytona International Speedway – Road Course on February 11th (just prior to the much anticipated resurfacing of the circuit).  The mixed class online racing competition features the Ford Mustang FR500S in the GS Class and Mazda MX5 of the ST Class. Practice and Qualifying Trace McRae was quickest in the Mustang in final practice with a 2:04.190, .1s faster than Brian Strodtbeck. But it was Strodtbeck who managed to put his car on pole with a blistering qualifying time of 2:03.910. Coincidently, Brian currently holds a Top 10 spot in the list of all-time Mustang qualifiers at this track. James Stevenson was quickest in the Mazda MX5 in both final practice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/continental-endurance-sports-car-series-debuts-at-daytona/</link>
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		<title>Gilham gets ex-Dynamics Honda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Tony Gilham will race a turbocharged Honda Civic in this year's British Touring Car Championship. The 32-year-old has acquired the ex-Team Dynamics works Civic that racked up six wins with championship runner-up Gordon Shedden last year. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/gilham-gets-ex-dynamics-honda/</link>
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		<title>Buemi completes first Toyota test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Sebastien Buemi had his first run in Toyota's TS030 Hybrid Le Mans car as the team completed a 30-hour endurance test at Paul Ricard across Thursday and Friday. The Red Bull Formula 1 reserve driver joined team-mates Hiroaki Ishiura, Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima at the test. "It was nice to discover more about the endurance racing environment," said Buemi]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/buemi-completes-first-toyota-test/</link>
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		<title>MSR may miss start of season</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Michael Shank Racing may have to delay its IndyCar Series debut or only contest a limited 2012 schedule as it looks for further sponsorship. The team has an engine deal with Lotus and hopes to run Paul Tracy, but has yet to begin testing, and admitted that a potential sponsorship option fell through last year. "We've got the car in the shop and the people we need to go run the car, but at this point we are still working to have the full budget in place to go racing," said Shank. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/indycar-news/indycar/msr-may-miss-start-of-season/</link>
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		<title>Johnson prepared with fresh approach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson says he and his Hendrick team have totally re-evaluated every aspect of their approach since their title streak was ended last year. Johnson claimed every Cup championship from 2006 to '10, but finished third in the standings behind Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards last year. He admits that an element of complacency had crept in]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/johnson-prepared-with-fresh-approach/</link>
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		<title>Ricciardo: Red Bull no extra pressure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Daniel Ricciardo says the fates of past Red Bull proteges who have not lived up to expectations do not put any added pressure on him - as he is already extremely hard on himself. Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne are moving into the Toro Rosso race seats this season after predecessors Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari became the latest Red Bull young drivers dropped for not making the grade, as Tonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed had been before them. But asked by AUTOSPORT if Red Bull and Toro Rosso's reputation for ruthlessness awed him, Ricciardo insisted it did not create any pressure that he would not have been putting on himself already]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/ricciardo-red-bull-no-extra-pressure/</link>
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		<title>Moss: Vettel is a modern Fangio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Formula 1 legend Stirling Moss believes current world champion Sebastian Vettel is the modern equivalent of Juan Manuel Fangio. Moss, who was one of five-time champion Fangio's biggest rivals in the 1950s and his team-mate at Mercedes in 1955, said Vettel's current superiority over the F1 field was comparable to Fangio's. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/moss-vettel-is-a-modern-fangio/</link>
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		<title>Truex draws Shootout pole</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Martin Truex Jr drew pole position for NASCAR's non-championship Budweiser Shootout curtain-raiser at Daytona. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/truex-draws-shootout-pole/</link>
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		<title>Atkinson gets Monster Ford outing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Former Subaru star Chris Atkinson will contest next month's Rally Mexico in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC, driving for the Monster World Rally Team. Atkinson has been close to concluding a deal to partner Ken Block for some time and is delighted to have reached agreement for the third round of the World Rally Championship on 8-11 March 8-11. The Australian, who drove a factory Subaru for four years, has not competed at the highest level of the sport since finishing fifth in a one-off outing in a Citroen C4 WRC on Rally Ireland in 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/atkinson-gets-monster-ford-outing/</link>
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		<title>iRacer Profile: Farid Laggoune</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What’s a nice guy from Algeria doing at Lanier and South Boston?  Well if you’re speaking of Farid Laggoune the answer is: winning sim races.  Lots of them.  Laggoune (who sports the red, white and green colors of Algeria on his helmet despite having since moved to France) finds himself in familiar territory these days, namely leading the iRacing.com Legends Cup midway through the third week of 2012 Season 1 on the strength of 15 wins in 28 starts.  That’s right where he finished 2011 Season 4C, by the way, atop the Legends Cup standings (ahead of some guy named Scott Speed) after a Season 4B that saw him visit Victory Lane no less than 30 times in 66 outings. Laggoune isn’t ALL about Legends.  Of late he’s dipped his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/iracer-profile-farid-laggoune/</link>
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		<title>Intel GT Series Battles the World &#8216;Round</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Intel GT Series featured some great battles on two continents last week, with both the European Finals and the South American regionals taking place at Spa-Francorchamps. First came the European Finals which produced a race full of drama and not a little controversy. Lap 7 saw second place Jesse Nieminen (Finland) get a run on leader Atze Kerkhof (Netherlands) going into a corner. There was contact (first place claiming “ghost” contact) which took the European Regional Series winner and race leader out of contention, while Nieminen went on to finish 7th. Raymond Mooney (Scotland) had a clean, incident-free race which found him in the lead with nine laps to go.  He never looked back en route to the victory, the spoils of which include an Intel Core i5 processor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/intel-gt-series-battles-the-world-round/</link>
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		<title>Lazarus replaces Super Nova in GP2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Super Nova will no longer be part of the GP2 field in 2012, with its place taken by Auto GP squad Lazarus. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/lazarus-replaces-super-nova-in-gp2/</link>
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		<title>Ellinas graduates to GP3 with Manor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Tio Ellinas will step up to GP3 this season with the Manor team. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/ellinas-graduates-to-gp3-with-manor/</link>
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		<title>Piria to be first female racer in GP3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Italian teenager Vicky Piria has become the first female driver to sign for a GP3 team after completing a deal to race for series newcomer Trident Racing. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/piria-to-be-first-female-racer-in-gp3/</link>
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		<title>Patrick: Daytona victory is possible</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Danica Patrick believes she has a shot at winning the Daytona 500 on her debut in the NASCAR Sprint Cup. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/patrick-daytona-victory-is-possible/</link>
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		<title>Domenicali: F1&#8242;s lack of Italians is sad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali says he is very sad Formula 1 will have no Italian drivers on the grid in 2012. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/domenicali-f1s-lack-of-italians-is-sad/</link>
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		<title>Trulli not surprised by Caterham exit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Jarno Trulli was philosophical about his exit from the Caterham F1 team after it was announced that he would be replaced by Vitaly Petrov. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/trulli-not-surprised-by-caterham-exit/</link>
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		<title>Petrov relieved to secure F1 future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Caterham F1 signing Vitaly Petrov says he is relieved to have sorted his future in F1 after months of uncertainty. The Russian is replacing Italian Jarno Trulli at the team after weeks of speculation about his future. The deal was completed too late for him to join the opening test at Jerez last week, meaning that his first opportunity to drive will be the Barcelona test that begins on Tuesday. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/petrov-relieved-to-secure-f1-future/</link>
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		<title>Auto GP confirms 2012 calendar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Auto GP has announced its calendar for the 2012 season, with the proposed Suzuka and Donington rounds having been dropped. The season will kick off at Monza on March 11 and will finish at Sonoma, USA, on September 23. The Donington Park and Suzuka races included on the draft calendar for April 14 and October 21 have been dropped]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/auto-gp-confirms-2012-calendar/</link>
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		<title>Horner: Teams trust FIA over Bahrain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Formula 1 teams will trust the FIA when deciding on the Bahrain GP, but insists there are no plans to cancel the event at the moment. The current political situation in the country has led to calls for the event to be canned, although F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone said earlier this week there were no concerns about the grand prix. Horner said the teams will rely on the FIA to make the right decision. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/horner-teams-trust-fia-over-bahrain/</link>
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		<title>Classic Prototype and GT Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For 2012 Season 1, the iRacing.com Prototype and GT Challenge opened at two of North America’s classic circuits, Watkins Glen and Road America, for the third season of Le Mans-style multiclass online racing featuring LMP2, GT1 and GT2 classes.  A few changes took place during the off season, namely adding extra weight to bring the HPD ARX-01c up to its correct minimum of 825kg, updates to the tyre model for all three cars, and gridding by class to make starts safer for all concerned. The schedule saw increases to some of the race lengths in the open setup series &#8211; half of the tracks, including Watkins Glen and Road America, were bumped up to 70 minutes, forcing sim racers in all three classes to make a pit stop in those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/classic-prototype-and-gt-action/</link>
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		<title>Marciello completes Prema line-up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello will fill the fourth and final seat in Prema Powerteam's 2012 F3 Euro Series line-up. The 17-year-old Italian is part of the Ferrari Driver Academy programme, and has already competed with Prema in Italian Formula 3, taking third in last season's championship, and in the International/British round at Spa. Team boss Angelo Rosin said Marciello had already made impressive progress and was ready to move up to an international category]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/marciello-completes-prema-line-up/</link>
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		<title>Stewart not taking form for granted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Tony Stewart feels it is too early to know if he can carry his championship winning form in last year's NASCAR Sprint Cup into 2012. The three-time champion finished the 2011 Cup season in dominant form, winning five of the final 10 races to beat Carl Edwards to the crown. Stewart and Edwards were the class of the field in the final couple of races, but speaking ahead of this weekend's Budweiser Shootout non-championship event, the reigning champion believes that it will take time to judge the competitive order for this year]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/stewart-not-taking-form-for-granted/</link>
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		<title>Block reduces WRC programme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Monster World Rally Team driver Ken Block will only contest three rounds of the World Rally Championship this season, due to more competitive commitments in America. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/block-reduces-wrc-programme/</link>
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		<title>Moody gets ITV BTCC role</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Toby Moody has been named as ITV's head commentator for this year's British Touring Car Championship. Moody, 39, takes over from Ben Edwards, who has left his role to become BBC's Formula 1 commentator instead. Best known for fronting Eurosport's MotoGP coverage for over 10 years, Moody is relishing the challenge presented by the BTCC]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/moody-gets-itv-btcc-role/</link>
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		<title>Ellis to race in Euro Series with GU</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ British teenager Philip Ellis will make his F3 Euro Series debut this year with championship newcomer GU Racing. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/ellis-to-race-in-euro-series-with-gu/</link>
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		<title>First picture of new Mercedes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The new Mercedes W03 broke cover for the first time at Silverstone on Thursday, completing its first run ahead of its maiden test at Barcelona next week. This spy shot of the car during a filming day shows it to feature a stepped nose, in common with almost the whole 2012 F1 grid and several other key differences from last year's machine. Mercedes motorsport vice-president Norbert Haug told AUTOSPORT: "The nose is the most discussed issue]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/first-picture-of-new-mercedes/</link>
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		<title>Petrov replaces Trulli at Caterham</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Vitaly Petrov will race with the Caterham team during the 2012 season, taking Jarno Trulli's place at the squad, it was confirmed on Friday. The Russian had been linked with the outfit for several weeks despite the veteran Italian having a contract with the team he had raced for since the 2010 season. Petrov was left without a racing drive after Renault - now Lotus - signed Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean for the 2012 season]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/petrov-replaces-trulli-at-caterham/</link>
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		<title>Stroud Takes Milwaukee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Milwaukee Mile, the oldest operating motor speedway in the world, hosted Round 3 of the 2012 Season 1 iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series.  The one mile track is one of the toughest the series travels to and usually provides great short track action.  29 drivers showed-up to do battle, with the Top Split comprising 15 of the higher iRated drivers. Shaun Stroud led qualifying to earn the pole position with a 21.702 second lap, while Tim Doyle’s 21.767s lap earned him a  spot on the outside of the front row.  Chris Cahoe, Matthew Lambertson and Niles Anders rounded-out the top five in a starting field blanketed by just over half a second. The start of the 135 lap race saw Stroud jump out to the early lead with Doyle and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/stroud-takes-milwaukee/</link>
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		<title>Mercedes shakes down new W03</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Mercedes enjoyed a successful first run of its 2012 Formula 1 car at Silverstone today ahead of its test debut at Barcelona next Tuesday. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/mercedes-shakes-down-new-w03/</link>
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		<title>Bottas gets Barcelona test outing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Valtteri Bottas will have his first taste of the new Williams-Renault FW34 on the second day of next week's Barcelona test. Bottas, who is scheduled to drive in 15 Friday practice sessions in his capacity as Williams reserve driver in 2012, has two days of testing under his belt with the team, both in last year's car during last November's Abu Dhabi young driver test. Bruno Senna will drive on the first day of the test on February 21 with Pastor Maldonado taking over for the final two days after Bottas's run]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/bottas-gets-barcelona-test-outing/</link>
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		<title>Gascoyne gets expanded Caterham role</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Mark Smith has taken over control of the Caterham F1 team's technical department after Mike Gascoyne's was promoted to chief technical officer of the entire Caterham Group. Gascoyne, who joined the team before it made its Formula 1 debut in 2010, will now be responsible for proposing, supporting and coordinating technical initiatives in Caterham Group's F1 and GP2 team as well as Caterham Cars, Caterham Composites and Caterham Technology &#038; Innovation. Smith, who as the team's technical director, takes over the day-to-day control of the technical side of the F1 team]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/gascoyne-gets-expanded-caterham-role/</link>
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		<title>Williams sure FW34 a step forward</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Williams is convinced this year's car is a clear step forward compared to last year's challenger, with which the team struggled most of the season. The Grove team endured its worst ever Formula 1 season last year, scoring just five points on its way to ninth place in the standings. Williams is hoping to revive its fortunes with the new FW34, with engineering chief Mark Gillan adamant that the car proved to be stronger in the first test at Jerez. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/williams-sure-fw34-a-step-forward/</link>
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		<title>A Battle is Joined</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week Two of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series has come and gone and the battle to make the NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series is in full force. Class A drivers stepping up their game to unheard of levels made Week Two at Atlanta Motor Speedway the most thrilling week in quite some time. Top names in sim racing took part in Atlanta&#8217;s festivities and made the week&#8217;s points totals sky rocket. Jason Karlavige edged-out Jared Crawford to win the top split of the week, and the absurdly high total of 360 points that went along with it. Karlavige&#8217;s record was unblemished on the week, as he only made the one start, earning the pole, and leading 37 of the 110 laps to put his name at the top of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/a-battle-is-joined/</link>
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		<title>HRT to skip first Barcelona test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The HRT team will skip the first Barcelona test in order to focus on being ready with its new car for the second and final test there. The Spanish squad tested for two days at Jerez last week, using its 2011 car as the new challenger is yet to pass all the mandatory crash tests. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/hrt-to-skip-first-barcelona-test/</link>
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