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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.

Q and A with Jari-Matti Latvala

February 9th, 2012

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Q and A with Jari-Matti Latvala

Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala talked to AUTOSPORT about winning the World Rally Championship’s first ever qualifying stage in Sweden this morning. Q

FIA urged to drop the Bahrain GP

February 9th, 2012

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FIA urged to drop the Bahrain GP

The FIA has been urged by a group of British politicians to reconsider its decision to let the Bahrain Grand Prix go ahead, in the wake of fresh troubles in the Gulf state. While Formula 1 chiefs are unmoved about the ongoing situation in Bahrain, the topic returned to the news agenda on Thursday when reports emerged of a British man having his fingers chopped off after being attacked in Karranah, which is near Manama

Rosberg keeps Mercedes on top

February 9th, 2012

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Rosberg keeps Mercedes on top

Nico Rosberg kept Mercedes at the top of the timesheets at the midway stage of day three testing at Jerez, with Romain Grosjean and Lotus this time the fastest of the 2012 runners. Cold conditions produced a slow start to the morning, with only Sergio Perez able to break into the 1m19s early on

Latvala tops first qualifying stage

February 9th, 2012

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Jari-Matti Latvala has created history on Rally Sweden this morning, setting the fastest time on the World Rally Championship’s first ever qualifying stage. The Ford driver, running ninth on the road, ended the 2.4-mile qualifying stage 0.568 seconds faster than his former team-mate and two-time Rally Sweden winner Mikko Hirvonen’s Citroen

De la Rosa: HRT in promising shape

February 9th, 2012

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De la Rosa: HRT in promising shape

Pedro de la Rosa thinks HRT can get itself in good shape for the start of the season, on the back of his first track experience with the team at Jerez in Spain this week.

Kovalainen to be managed by IMG

February 9th, 2012

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Caterham driver Heikki Kovalainen will be managed by IMG Worldwide from 2012, the same company that helped steer the careers of Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Jackie Stewart, and currently tends the needs of NASCAR driver Danica Patrick. Kovalainen’s personal management will be taken care of by Martin Anayi, who will deal with all the Finn’s contractual negotiations as well as most other aspects of his portfolio. “With the team we have assembled, it will allow me to concentrate on my driving and put even more time into working with the engineers and dedicate myself completely to leading team to score points in F1.”

Spanish F1 TV coverage secured

February 9th, 2012

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Spanish F1 TV coverage secured

Television coverage of Formula 1 in Spain has found a new home with confirmation that the Antena 3 channel will cover the sport for 2012 and ’13.

Nissan entry ‘proves V8′s appeal’

February 9th, 2012

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Nissan entry ‘proves V8′s appeal’

V8 Supercars boss Tony Cochrane described confirmation that Nissan will join the series in 2013 as proof of the Australian championship’s wide international appeal. Nissan announced today that it would become the first manufacturer to take on Ford and Holden in V8s in two decades, with Kelly Racing running a four-car team from 2013.

Rahal still confident of second car

February 9th, 2012

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Rahal still confident of second car

Bobby Rahal is confident of adding a second car to run alongside Takuma Sato when his team makes its full-time return to the IndyCar Series this year. Rahal Letterman Lanigan last competed full-time when it fielded a single car for Ryan Hunter-Reay in 2008, although it has competed in selected races since

Lynn to make early F3 debut

February 9th, 2012

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Lynn to make early F3 debut

British Formula 3 newcomer Alex Lynn has brought forward his race debut in the category and will contest the European F3 Open Winter Series. Lynn, the reigning Formula Renault UK champion and a McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award finalist, has joined British squad Team West-Tec for the two races, which take place at the Algarve circuit on February 17 and at Paul Ricard on March 3. Although the races will be the world first for the new-generation Dallara F312 chassis, Lynn will race an older-spec F308 as West-Tec has said it wants to develop its new cars before the main series kicks off

Kovalainen: KERS boosts points quest

February 9th, 2012

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Kovalainen: KERS boosts points quest

Heikki Kovalainen believes that Caterham’s decision to use KERS in 2012 could make the difference in the team’s quest to score its first points. The Finn, who completed two days’ testing at Jerez this week before handing the car over to reserve driver Giedo van der Garde on Thursday, reported few problems with the Red Bull-developed unit, adding that it could boost performance by around 0.4 seconds per lap on average over the season. “Last year we were not in a position to fight for points, but whenever we were in a position to fight with one of the Renaults or Williams, whenever I got close to them, I just couldn’t attack them into the overtaking area because I had no boost,” said Kovalainen.

Tech 1 says Bianchi a huge boost

February 9th, 2012

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Tech 1 says Bianchi a huge boost

Tech 1 Racing team boss Simon Abadie believes Force India Formula 1 reserve driver Jules Bianchi’s GP2 experience will be a huge asset to the squad. It was announced this morning that Ferrari protege Bianchi would dovetail an FR3.5 programme with former champion team Tech 1 with his Force India duties.

Pirelli closing in on test-car deal

February 9th, 2012

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Pirelli closing in on test-car deal

Pirelli is closing in on a deal to secure a much-needed test car for the year ahead, as it now focuses its efforts on getting hold of a 2010 chassis. The Italian tyre manufacturer has been without its own test machine since the end of last year, because the modified 2009 Toyota it was using is no longer contemporary enough to provide it with good data

Bianchi joins Tech 1 for FR3.5 season

February 9th, 2012

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Bianchi joins Tech 1 for FR3.5 season

Jules Bianchi will race in the Formula Renault 3.5 championship in 2012 with the Tech 1 team, the series has revealed. Bianchi was signed as Force India’s reserve driver for the 2012 season, and he will drive in at least nine Friday practice sessions with the Formula 1 team. The Frenchman’s manager Nicolas Todt had said, however, that Bianchi was looking for a non-F1 programme in order to continue racing this year

Di Resta happy despite tricky conditions

February 9th, 2012

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Di Resta happy despite tricky conditions

Paul di Resta described Wednesday’s second day of testing at Jerez as one of his more difficult days in a Formula 1 car despite being pleased with the progress that the team is making with the Force India VJM05. The Scot took over from reserve driver Jules Bianchi in the afternoon, ending the day sixth fastest after completing 69 laps despite weather conditions making life difficult. “It was one of the more difficult days in terms of driving I have had in a Formula 1 car,” said di Resta

Ricciardo: Strong start crucial

February 9th, 2012

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Ricciardo: Strong start crucial

Daniel Ricciardo believes that Scuderia Toro Rosso’s strong start in testing with the new STR7 is crucial given the inexperience of the Italian team’s rookie driver line-up. Ricciardo has started only 11 grands prix, while team-mate Jean-Eric Vergne will make his race debut in Australia next month. This means that the reliability and driver-friendliness of the new machine has allowed the pair to focus on their driving and improving the car rather than getting bogged-down in troubleshooting