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David Phillips
Editor and ChiefDavid 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 WriterChris 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 Writer19 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 WriterJason 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 WriterTim 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 WriterNorth 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 WriterAllen 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.
Chris Cunningham
Contributing WriterChris is 20 years old, and recently moved to Charlotte, NC during his sophomore year in college to feed his need for speed. More than just an auto racing enthusiast, Cunningham has risen through the ranks of BMX Racing, Sailboat Racing, and Cycling. Cunningham recently took up go karting, and qualified as an alternate for the 2011 Red Bull Kart Fight at the PRI expo. Aside from racing, Cunningham has recently picked up the hobby of competitive eating (Ranked #7 Collegiate Eater in the country!), and competes all over the east coast in various contests. Chris also enjoys sim racing, writing, playing the drums, and enjoying college at UNC Charlotte.
Tim Doyle
Contributing WriterI've been a race fan since before I can remember, going to dirt tracks around the Washington, DC area since the early 70's with my parents. I got away from racing during my school years but in 1989 a friend and I went to a race in Hagerstown, MD and from there my life was all about racing. I currently live in Winchester, VA and while Dirt Late Models is my favorite form of racing, I also enjoy many other forms such as F1, IndyCar, 410 sprint cars on dirt and (probably more than anything) sim racing. My favorite driver is Ayrton Senna.
I was introduced to sim racing in 1989 when a friend turned me onto Indy 500 The Sim by Papyrus. It took me a few years to own my own PC but once I did, all I wanted to do was sim race. I tried to race my friends as much as possible via modem racing back in the 90's before joining TEN in 1998. From there I devoted a lot of time to online racing enjoying every minute of it. I was able to meet a lot of my competitors from all over the world at LAN events and races I went to. Being able to call some real world drivers friends as a result of sim racing is probably the neatest part of this whole deal!
David Roberts
Contributing WriterDavid lives in Brisbane and is a former Australian National Formula Ford Champion who now owns his own marketing and design company. After racing in Europe, David returned down under to swap a career behind the wheel for a career in the creative department. He now has three children, an ongoing love affair with the good ol’ days of motor racing, and just enough spare time left to enjoy a bit of sim-racing with a few of his old mates.
Ben Rothberg
Contributing WriterI was born and raised in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne where I still am situated. I am currently at University studying for a Certificate in Motorsport and hoping I will be able to achieve my top goal and become a part of a race team. In the sim-racing world, I won an rFactor V8 Supercar season and also was awarded with Best & Fairest award. I am now situated with the best simulation in the world (iRacing.com!) and love every minute of it. I currently race in the V8 Supercar Online Series and finished 16th overall in 2012 Season 1.
Dylan Sharman
Contributing WriterI was born in Adelaide and we moved-out for Angle Vale for a few years until I was about 7 years old, when we moved to the Barossa Valley where I live now. I'm 19 years old and currently traveling back and forth weekly as I’m studying for a Diploma of Furniture Design and Technology.
I’ve always had a love for racing as my close family did some racing and we were always out at the local dirt track. I joined iRacing back in 2010 and slowly but surely got the hang of it as this is my first experience with sim racing and am loving it each time I race. I’ve won two SK Modified titles (almost had three in a row but finished P2 in 2011 S4), an inRacingNews Challenge championship (2012 S1 Mazda) and was also an AustralAsian Intel GT Series Finalist.
iRacer Profile: John Schweickart
by David Phillips on December 3rd, 2011
When it comes to iRacing, John Schweickart is on movin’ on up. Although the Dayton, Ohio-based Schweickurt has been sim racing for the best part of a decade, he is only now closing-in on completing his second full year of iRacing. And looking better and better all the time. After finishing a rather distant (at least from the top of the score sheets) 305th in the overall NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series standings in Season 3 (95th in Division 2), he finds himself knocking on the top ten of Division 2 and the top 30 overall.
It’s all a matter of focus. Although Schweickart has run a few NASCAR iRacing.com Class C open and fixed setup events this season, he’s concentrating on the Class A series . . . with the results to prove it.
Q: How long have you been sim racing?
A: Nine years
Q: What attracted you to iRacing?
A: A lot of friends switched from N2k3 to iRacing and also I saw a lot of NASCAR drivers using it and wanted a chance to race them head-to-head along with the best of the best sim racers.
Q: What are favorite iRacing cars/tracks?
A: My favorite track has to be Michigan International Speedway. There are so many lines to choose from and you can race door-to-door and not worry about the other guy. Favorite car would have to be the A’s because I am solely concentrating on it right now.
Q: What do you like most about iRacing?
A: How real it feels. It makes me feel like I could be out there with other real competitors racing.
Q: What would you change about iRacing?
A: Not much really. You’re never going to make everyone happy and I understand the whole legal rights and how expensive things are. It’s a great sim and I appreciate all the hard work that goes into making this the best possible experience.
Q: How many hours a week do you spend on iRacing?
A: Including practice for setups, at least 25.
Q: Tell us about the paint schemes on your helmet/car(s)
A: All my paints are done by Ken Worley. He is a very gifted painter who doesn’t get the credit he deserves. I run his paint schemes from something you might see on the racetrack to something that will blow your mind. My number one, all-time favorite is my Marines/ Support our troops Chevy. Without our soldiers none of this would be possible.
Q: What other sim racing activities (Forza, Gran Tourismo, etc.) do you do?
A: iRacing is it.
Q: What are your favorite video games?
A: Sometimes I play World Golf Tour with my teammates or shooter games.
My number one, all-time favorite is my Marines/Support our troops Chevy. Without our soldiers none of this would be possible.
Q: What is your most memorable iRacing moment?
A: I was racing Dover in the truck before the NTM on a league race. I had the best truck over a long run but could not run short runs. Caution fell with 20 or so to go and I was out front. We had another yellow in the mix but I was able to hold off two fast short run guys and win. It was very hard driving but so much fun.
Q: What is the iRacing moment you’d love to forget?
A: Any time I check-up for a wreck or for someone getting out of shape and getting run over. I’m sure a lot of other racers could agree that is frustrating.
Q: What car/track would you like to see iRacing add to the service?
A: Kil Kare in Ohio. ARCA has run there and it has history. Also maybe get some more Cup tracks like Kentucky and California. (Did you say “Kentucky?” Your wish is our command –Ed)
Q: What person, living or dead, do you most admire? Why?
A: Dale Earnhardt Sr and JR! Dale Sr drove to win. Bottom line! I loved that; always exciting because he wasn’t satisfied with a solid finish or a good points day. WIN! Jr is an incredible race car driver and it sucks the way the media is all over him. I watch him race and how he interacts with fellow race drivers and that encourages me to respect my fellow iRacers as well.
Q: What’s your favorite real world racing series?
A: NASCAR SPRINT CUP!!
Racing with people from Japan weeks, days, hours, before the tsunami hit. Then it impacts you a little harder knowing people just like you are devastated or worse, gone.
Q: Name the title of the most recent book you read.
A: Been a while since I picked it up but the best book of them all: Bible.
Q: Name of your favorite movie/TV show?
A: Movie: Transformers. Any of them. TV show: Dual Survival on Discovery Channel.
Q: How many of your close friends are iRacing members?
A: Close? 6 . Friends? Add more all the time.
Q: Has competing with iRacers all around the world influenced your opinions/outlook on life/world events? How?
A: Yes. Racing with people from Japan weeks, days, hours, before the tsunami hit. Then it impacts you a little harder knowing people just like you are devastated or worse, gone. That’s an example but it’s awesome racing with many people all over the world.
Final Thoughts.
Thanks iRacing for putting all this together. I know I’m not a real race car driver but the time I spend behind this sure makes me feel like one and I get to live my dream every time I click “Join.” Keep up the good work and Thank You!