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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.

Doyle Does Doughnuts

by Tim Doyle on February 9th, 2012

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Anders and Cahoe lead the 21 car field to the green flag.

Round 2 of the 2012 Season 1 iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series rolled into Kentucky Motor Speedway for the Follow @TopSplitIndycar 180.  While the online racing series visited the Bluegrass State for the first time last year in broad daylight, this season saw the Dallaras under the lights at the fast and sweeping 1.5 mile speedway. This week drew 42 sim racers to Kentucky, with the the top split featuring 21 drivers and leaving some regular competitors locked-out of the race.  Each week the level of competition seems to rise and the minimum iRating required to just make the show increases. Case in point: Cary Bettenhausen, who finished sixth in the overall standings last season after making every race, was relegated to the second split. In qualifying, the front row was [...]

New HRT delayed by crash test failure

February 9th, 2012

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New HRT delayed by crash test failure

The new HRT car is set to make its debut in the third and final test of the pre-season after the Spanish squad’s plans were delayed because it didn’t pass all the mandatory crash tests this week.

Sordo leads Sweden superspecial

February 9th, 2012

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Mini driver Dani Sordo was quickest on the Karlstad superspecial that opened Rally Sweden this evening. The Spaniard is likely to fall back down the order when the fully-fledged stages commence in the morning, but tonight he beat top Scandinavian driver Mads Ostberg – making his first appearance of the year in the Adapta Ford – to first place by 0.3 seconds. M-Sport Ford’s Ott Tanak is currently third.

Sweden relieved timing system back

February 9th, 2012

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Rally Sweden clerk of the course Bertil Klarin has praised the FIA for returning the timing and tracking systems for his event.

Harlow takes up Williams role

February 9th, 2012

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Harlow takes up Williams role

Former Force India chief race engineer Dominic Harlow has moved to Williams. Harlow has been appointed to the role of senior operations engineer with the Grove based team and is attending this week’s Jerez test in his new role

Top drivers choose lowly start slots

February 9th, 2012

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Brazilian Mini driver Paulo Nobre will run first on the road through tomorrow’s opening day of Rally Sweden after the drivers chose their starting positions for the first time in the history of the World Rally Championship. The 21 priority seeded drivers made their choice of position in the running order, with the leaders all preferring to run further back on the road – clearly expecting the stage to sweep clear of loose snow on tomorrow’s first day of competition. Qualifying stage winner Jari-Matti Latvala was the first driver to go over the start ramp at the ceremonial start and select his positions – the Finn went for 17th on the road

Senna confident FW34 is a better car

February 9th, 2012

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Senna confident FW34 is a better car

Bruno Senna says Williams already has confidence that its new car is good enough to help it bounce back from its worst ever season in Formula 1. On the back of a switch to Renault and a major technical restructuring, Williams has pinned hopes of drawing a line under its disastrous 2011 campaign with an improved FW34

Salvatore Opens Three-Peat Bid at New Smyrna

by Tim Terry on February 9th, 2012

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The more things change the more they stay the same as Salvatore continues his NiLMTS dominance in 2012.

Brandon Salvatore kicked-off his 2012 Season One NASCAR iRacing.com Tour Modified Series (NiTMS) season with a convincing win at the New Smyrna Speedway, a new venue for the series. Salvatore picked-up right where he left off in 2011, after winning the final two Tour Modified championships to close out the 2011 season. The victory which clinched the week for Salvatore came during a 3718 Strength of Field (SoF) race on Thursday in which the defending champ led all 100 laps of the event. Wide Open Racing teammate Giovanni Mungin was second followed by Untamed Motorsports sim racer and Tour Modified veteran Paul Wisniewski. Derrick Cormier2 and Ray Farlow completed the top five. Six cautions slowed the pace of the race for just over a quarter (27) of the completed laps. [...]

Hamilton: Coton brings F1 experience

February 9th, 2012

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Hamilton: Coton brings F1 experience

Lewis Hamilton says Didier Coton’s experience of Formula 1 and the McLaren operation will be a big asset to his management team. Simon Fuller’s XIX Entertainment firm, which looks after Hamilton’s affairs, announced yesterday that Coton – formerly double world champion Mika Hakkinen’s manager – would be joining the team behind Hamilton this season

Grosjean buoyed by Lotus form

February 9th, 2012

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Grosjean buoyed by Lotus form

Romain Grosjean is upbeat about the performance of the new Lotus E20 after his first day of testing with the car at Jerez on Thursday. The Lotus driver was quickest of those in 2012-spec machinery today, finishing second to Nico Rosberg and ahead of world champion Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull RB8. Grosjean downplayed the times, but said he was very happy with how the new Lotus handles.

Hamilton pleased with ‘positive’ start

February 9th, 2012

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Hamilton pleased with ‘positive’ start

Lewis Hamilton described his first day of running in the 2012 McLaren as “all positive so far” – expressing his cautious satisfaction with the speed of the car and his relief that it was proving much more reliable than the 2011 model had at this stage. McLaren has enjoyed a much smoother start to its winter than 12 months ago, when its car required a massive last-minute redesign after relentless reliability problems in testing

Vettel reserves judgement on RB8

February 9th, 2012

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Vettel reserves judgement on RB8

Sebastian Vettel says it is way too early to judge how competitive the new Red Bull is after his first day behind the wheel of the car.

Bianchi apologises for crash

February 9th, 2012

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Bianchi apologises for crash

Jules Bianchi has apologised to Force India after crashing early on in the third day of Formula 1 pre-season testing at Jerez.

Ferrari ‘not happy’ with early progress

February 9th, 2012

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Ferrari ‘not happy’ with early progress

Ferrari has admitted its new car is not delivering what it had been hoped for so far – but it has faith that it can get on top of its issues before the first race of the season.

FIA invites bids for WRC promotion

February 9th, 2012

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FIA invites bids for WRC promotion

The FIA has stepped up its pursuit of a promoter for the World Rally Championship by putting the job out to tender, with the winner of the process to be announced at the end of next month. Discussions between the FIA and Eurosport broke down at the end of last week and the sport’s governing body has now taken decisive action to end this period of instability in the championship.

Rosberg: New tyres to alter racing

February 9th, 2012

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Rosberg: New tyres to alter racing

Nico Rosberg is expecting the new Pirelli tyres to play a major role in the type of racing in the 2012 Formula 1 season after his second day of running in the Jerez test. Mercedes has brought its 2011 car to the first pre-season test with the focus on evaluating the new tyres and Rosberg, who ended today fastest, eight tenths ahead of the best 2012 car of Lotus driver Romain Grosjean, believes that Pirelli has achieved the targets that it set itself.

Rosberg goes quickest on day three

February 9th, 2012

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Rosberg goes quickest on day three

Nico Rosberg ensured Mercedes ended day three of pre-season testing at Jerez on top, while Romain Grosjean’s Lotus was the fastest of the 2012-spec cars.

iRacing.com to Build Virtual Cadillac CTS-V Coupe

by David Phillips on February 9th, 2012

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motorsport simulations

iRacing.com and Cadillac announced today they will partner in building a virtual version of the Cadillac CTS-V that will be competing in the 2012  Pirelli World Challenge.  The Cadillac is the latest addition to iRacing’s impressive line-up of digital, high performance cars which includes the Williams-Toyota FW31, the HPD ARX-01c, Corvette C6.R and NASCAR Sprint Cup Chevrolet Impala, and is scheduled to add the McLaren MP4-12C and Lotus 49 in the coming months. “This is great news for iRacing and the online racing community,” said Tony Gardner, president of iRacing.com.  “The performance of the real-world Cadillac CTS-V is truly astonishing, and I’m sure the more than 30,000 iRacers around the world will be eager to get their hands on our digital version of this world class car.” Based on the [...]

Getting Up to Speed

by Jameson Spies on February 9th, 2012

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Crawford and Overland

With many of the top names in online racing showing up, the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series kicked off in style last week in the Windy City. The trip to Chicagoland Speedway marks Week One of 2012 Season One, the first of three seasons that will determine the 2012 NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series roster. As always, a great start is key to a great season, and many NiPS hopefuls were able to give their season life early in Week One. With the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship kicking-off this month in Daytona, many NiSWC competitors utilize the NiCAS as a tune-up race to keep their skills sharp. With that being said, it is no surprise that NiSWC sim racers made-up three of the top five, with eight drivers represented in [...]

Ford considering tactical approach

February 9th, 2012

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Ford considering tactical approach

Ford team principal Malcolm Wilson says the team is ready to take a tactical approach to this evening’s selection of running order for Rally Sweden. Wilson’s driver Jari-Matti Latvala set the fastest time on the 2.4-mile qualifying stage and will now select his position on the road first of all the priority drivers at this evening’s ceremonial start. There are concerns that some of Ford and Citroen’s customer cars could be slotted in ahead of the main protagonists