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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.
  • David Ifeguni
    Contributing Writer
    I was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1988 and moved to Midland, Michigan when I was two years old. I stayed there until third grade when I moved to Farmington Hills, Michigan and now I currently live in Naperville, IL where I'm attending Metea Valley High School as a 9th grader. In the past, I have participated in soccer and this year I plan on joining swimming or water polo. My family includes my 15 year old sister, a 7 year old sister and my mom and dad. I have been writing since 6th grade and have participated in many writing contests in my school and have received several awards for writing.
    My fascination for motorsports began when I was nine. The first NASCAR race I watched on TV was the 2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, won by Kasey Kahne. My favorite NASCAR drivers are Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and Jimmie Johnson. I have watched all the races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series since 2010. I currently have three wins on iRacing, two of them in the Nationwide car at Daytona and one in the Street stocks at Charlotte. My favorite car and type of track on iRacing is the Nationwide Series (B Class) car and superspeedways.
  • Katier Scott
    Contributing Writer
    I am a veteran sim racer who first started racing way back in 1993 on the SPRTSIMS section of Compuserve with a league who can trace themselves all the way to the present. Within that league I act as Chief Steward and try to bring the unique viewpoint that this experience gives me into my articles.
    I have a BA (Hons) in Journalism and Editorial design and have been writing for seven years and currently cover the Lotus 79 CTC and Radical series alongside my freelance work. Living in the UK, as well as motorsports I love Photography, Arts and Crafts and reading.
  • Dylan Sharman
    Contributing Writer
    I 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.
  • Nathan Aljoe
    Contributing Writer
    Nathan's passion for motorsport first began in the late 1980s, captivated by the season in which Aryton Senna won his first F1 title with McLaren. Over the years his interest widened to include the British Touring Car Championship, World Rally Championship, NASCAR and various other forms of motorsport. Nathan began sim-racing in the mid 1990s using games developed by Papyrus. He later moved onto SimBim simulations such as GTR, GTR2 and GTR Evolution and has most recently joined the iRacing community.

    When he's not working or sim racing, Nathan enjoys spending time and relaxing with his family. Other hobbies include going to festivals, tinkering with his car and doing up his house.
  • Austin Hartenfels
    Contributing Writer
    Born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia, I have always had a serious passion for cars and motorsports. Hoping one day to become an automotive journalist for a magazine, I constantly crave the exciting competition that comes along with racing and sim-racing. Having participated in a mere test session in a Legends car at Old Dominion Speedway, I have not been able to get into any real-life competition . . . yet.

    As a sim racer, my interests date back to "GTR Evolution." My goal is to have fun and win some races. I made it to Oval Pro in 2010, but did not become very successful. I enjoy any mixed road racing competition and love racing the Silverados around almost any track.
  • Jordan Hightower
    Contributing Writer
    Jordan began sim-racing in 2005 with the NASCAR Racing 2003 Season sim and then joined the iRacing community in June of 2008. He hails from Fort Smith, Arkansas where he is currently enrolled at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith, after which he plans to attend the University of Arkansas to earn his MBA. Although he enjoys watching and playing basketball, most of Jordan's focus is on motorsports, particularly NASCAR: "Anything that burns gas and goes fast, I like."
  • Scott Kelly
    Contributing Writer
    Born and raised in the greater St. Louis, Missouri area, Scott Kelly has had a love for motorsports ever since his father did the right thing by introducing auto racing into his life. No longer able to quench his need for speed by spectating NASCAR races on TV and watching dirt track stars slide around local tracks, Kelly eventually picked-up sim racing in his teens, wheeling cars found in Ratbag Games' "Dirt Track Racing" and "World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars" while also becoming introduced into multiple Papyrus sim-racing series. Joining the iRacing ranks in late 2011, Kelly set his sights on the short track racing he was familiar with, focusing on the sprint car, while also driving the Legends and street stock in multiple iRacing.com leagues.

    Kelly brings not just his enthusiasm for racing to the highest-rated motorsports simulation, but also his B.A. degree in English; he covers the action seen in the iRacing.com Sprint Car Series, while also placing the spotlight on various leagues within the service. Enjoying his start to a career in motorsports journalism, Kelly also doesn't mind visiting victory lane from time-to-time.
  • Kenneth O'Keefe
    Contributing Writer
    Kenneth was born in Smithville, Ontario on December 23, 1994. A major racing fan, he enjoys competitive kart racing in the Rotax Max category at Mosport International Karting. Kenneth also tunes into Formula One and NASCAR races on those Sundays when he is not at the kart track.

    O'Keefe has been sim-racing since 2005, starting on the Live For Speed simulator. After moving to iRacing in 2008, he was able to qualify for the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series (NiPS) in both 2011 and 2012. He will continue to compete and write about the iRacing.com Skip Barber Series throughout the coming year before taking another run at the NiPS in late 2013.
  • Chris Owens
    Contributing Writer
    I was born in Florence, South Carolina in 1989 and have lived here my entire life. I've been around racing since I was a young kid watching with my dad on Sundays. In 2009 and found my local track, Florence Motor Speedway and started working for them as a PR guy the same year. At the end of that season, I started writing for RACE22.com, a Late Model Stock Car news site. In 2010, I picked up my first DSLR camera and started shooting races. To this day, I've experienced some of the best races from behind the camera.

    I've been with the iRacing service since its public beta in 2008, back when the top oval car was the Late Model. I've been in over 500 races on the service with 70+ wins on both oval and road. My favorite car on the service is the Chevrolet Silverado. Darlington Raceway and Concord Speedway are my favorite tracks simply because everybody hates them.
  • George Wood
    Contributing Writer
    After beginning his racing career with go-karts at age seven, George then turned wrenches on street stocks until he could finally turn the wheel. Following the successes of his friends and family, George has since retired from real-world racing, where he is now a science and mathematics faculty member for several local community colleges. When George isn't grading laboratory reports or iRacing, he is performing at bluegrass festivals in the Northeast, making fishing lures, playing golf, and rooting for his beloved Baltimore Orioles.

Horner positive after RB8 track debut

February 7th, 2012

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Horner positive after RB8 track debut

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner is upbeat about his car’s progress during the first day of the Jerez test, hailing the new RB8′s first day on track as ‘positive’. Although it is too early to read anything into the overall laptimes, with Mark Webber fourth fastest, eight tenths of a second off Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen, Horner was encouraged that the RB8 was performing as hoped. “It has been a positive first day,” said Horner when asked by AUTOSPORT whether the car was performing as expected

Maldonado says Williams a new team

February 7th, 2012

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Maldonado says Williams a new team

Pastor Maldonado says Williams has changed dramatically over the winter, describing it as a ‘completely different’ outfit to the one he raced with in 2011. The Venezuelan may have completed just 25 laps – the fewest of any driver – during the opening day of pre-season testing at Jerez, but he was in buoyant mood as he hailed the team’s new structure and focus.

Raikkonen: Times not important yet

February 7th, 2012

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Raikkonen: Times not important yet

Kimi Raikkonen says that topping the first day of pre-season testing means less to him than the ‘positive’ first sensations he received from the new Lotus E20 and Pirelli’s soft and medium tyre compounds that he tried for the first time at Jerez. The 2007 world champion played down his headline-grabbing fastest time at the Spanish circuit after ending up 0.1s faster than Paul di Resta’s Force India, having completed 73 laps on a relatively trouble-free day. “It makes no difference,” he said when asked how it felt to be quickest on his return to contemporary F1 action

Williams confident of Jerez progress

February 7th, 2012

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Williams confident of Jerez progress

Williams chief operations engineer Mark Gillan is confident that the FW34 will complete a greater number of laps on Wednesday after its first day on track focused on systems checks related to its switch from Cosworth to Renault engines. The team was forced to cancel a planned straightline test at the Idiada Proving Ground in Spain last week because of weather conditions, meaning that this was the first serious run of the new car

Buie Tames the Monster

by Allen Krier on February 7th, 2012

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Buie leads John Bunton to the checkered flag.

Week One of the 2012 Season One NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series (NiCBS) traveled to the track known as the Monster Mile. Dover International Speedway was the location as top sim racers looked to get a jump on the season in hopes of grabbing the series title from defending champion Jason Karlavige (Pennsylvania). 336 drivers participated in at least one race while 123 drivers turned at least one qualifying lap. Week One’s high Strength of Field (SoF) race took place on Thursday and paid the winner 213 points for a win. After starting 10th, Brandon Buie (Atlantic) drove through the field to take the lead just after the half way point.  Buie never looked back as he went on to win by half a second over John Bunton (Carolina), who [...]

Horner: Webber a stronger man

February 7th, 2012

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Horner: Webber a stronger man

Mark Webber has come back stronger this season after struggling to match team-mate Sebastian Vettel last year, according to Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner.

Webber: New rules won’t hurt Red Bull

February 7th, 2012

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Webber: New rules won’t hurt Red Bull

Mark Webber says he is not concerned that the technical rule changes for 2012 will remove any of Red Bull’s advantage or wrong-foot Formula 1′s champion team. Red Bull was felt to have been particularly adept at making the most of the exhaust-blown diffuser technology that has been outlawed for the new season, but after testing the RB8 for the first time at Jerez today, Webber said he was confident his team had found adequate solutions. Asked if he felt there was less scope for Red Bull to gain an edge now, Webber replied: “Not really, I think we’re such a strong team.

Teams fear exhaust saga not over yet

February 7th, 2012

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Teams fear exhaust saga not over yet

Formula 1′s leading technical directors are not ruling out the prospect of arguments over the legality of designs that make use of exhaust gases dragging into the start of the season. Although the FIA made it clear earlier this year that it will not tolerate any aerodynamic exploitation from exhaust blowing this year, some teams are still pushing the limits to see what they are and are not allowed to do. The location and angles of the new periscope exhausts are strictly defined for 2012, but AUTOSPORT has learned that that has not stopped some outfits from trying to find ways of diverting the flow into other parts of the cars – like specially designed rear air ducts when they can then be reflowed over other aerodynamic devices.

Ferrari pleased with initial progress

February 7th, 2012

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Ferrari pleased with initial progress

Ferrari’s chief designer Nikolas Tombazis says the team was pleased with its first day of running with the new F2012. The Maranello squad was forced to cancel the initial shakedown planned for Fiorano after the unveiling of the car because of the poor weather, and the new singe-seater took to the track for the first time this morning at Jerez. Felipe Massa was in charge of testing duties, the Brazilian completing a total of 69 laps on his way to a discreet ninth fastest time, over three seconds off the pace.

Button: McLaren set for better start

February 7th, 2012

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Button: McLaren set for better start

Jenson Button believes McLaren has got off to a much better start to its testing programme this year than it did in 2011, having declared himself “very happy” with the opening day of winter running.

Bianchi to make Force India debut

February 7th, 2012

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Bianchi to make Force India debut

Jules Bianchi will sample Force India’s new VJM05 for the first time at Jerez on Wednesday. The 22-year-old Frenchman, who was announced as the team’s reserve driver last month, will get behind the wheel of the car during the morning, before handing over to regular race driver Paul di Resta for the afternoon

Webber shrugs off test delay

February 7th, 2012

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Webber shrugs off test delay

Mark Webber says Red Bull recovered well from losing the first three hours of running on the opening day of Formula 1 winter testing when parts were late arriving.

Schumacher happy Raikkonen is back

February 7th, 2012

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Schumacher happy Raikkonen is back

Michael Schumacher says he is very happy to have Kimi Raikkonen back in Formula 1, after the Finn completed a perfect comeback to testing on Tuesday. Seven-time champion Schumacher last raced against Raikkonen in 2006, before the German retired from the sport

Rally Sweden secures TV deal

February 7th, 2012

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Rally Sweden secures TV deal

The organisers of this week’s Rally Sweden have confirmed there will be international television coverage of the event. Event CEO Glenn Olsson concluded a deal on Tuesday afternoon to ensure that the second round of the World Rally Championship will be filmed with footage available across the world. Motors TV is expected to screen the footage in the UK, with nightly reports and a round-up on Sunday afternoon.

Oriola to stick with SUNRED

February 7th, 2012

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Oriola to stick with SUNRED

Pepe Oriola will remain with SUNRED Engineering for his second year in the World Touring Car Championship. The Spanish teenager became the youngest driver in series history in 2011 at just 16 years old and took his SEAT Leon to 18th in the championship and eighth in the independents’ trophy.

Raikkonen quickest in first test of 2012

February 7th, 2012

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Raikkonen quickest in first test of 2012

Kimi Raikkonen got his 2012 Formula 1 comeback off to a perfect start by topping the opening day of pre-season testing at Jerez. The 2007 world champion went fastest straight out the blocks and was never displaced, as four fast stints in the morning allowed him to get down to 1m19.670s – faster than any testing laps at the Spanish track throughout 2011.

HRT ready for final crash test

February 7th, 2012

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HRT ready for final crash test

HRT is hoping to pass its final crash test on Wednesday, so that its new car will be able to run for the first time at the next Formula 1 test at Barcelona in a fortnight’s time. The Spanish outfit is running with its 2011 car at Jerez in Spain this week, because the new car has not yet passed all of the mandatory crash tests

Newey stays cautious over RB8 speed

February 7th, 2012

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Newey stays cautious over RB8 speed

Red Bull Racing’s success last year gives no guarantees that its new RB8 challenger will set the pace this season, according to chief technical officer Adrian Newey. The car ran for the first time at Jerez today in the hands of Mark Webber. But despite the RB8 being the latest step in the evolutionary path that dates back to the 2009 RB5, Newey believes that the rule changes for this season mean that Red Bull does not necessarily carry an advantage over

Kovalainen sure CT01 a step forward

February 7th, 2012

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Kovalainen sure CT01 a step forward

Heikki Kovalainen is adamant the new Caterham CT01 is a clear step forward compared to last year’s car. The team, racing under the Lotus name last year, was the first to reveal its 2012 challenger last month, and the car took to the track today at Jerez for its first outing. Although Kovalainen’s early running was hindered by some cooling issues, the Finn was left convinced the car is quicker than last year’s machine

Q and A: Heidfeld on his Rebellion deal

February 7th, 2012

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Q and A: Heidfeld on his Rebellion deal

Former grand prix driver Nick Heidfeld is returning to the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2012 after an an absence of 12 years.