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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.

Vettel not worried by unreliability

February 10th, 2012

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Vettel not worried by unreliability

Sebastian Vettel sees no reasons to be concerned by Red Bull’s reliability problems on the final day of the Jerez Formula 1 test. The world champion lost the morning’s running on Friday to an electrical problem, but he still remained happy with the progress that his outfit has made with its RB8. “When I sat down in the new car for the first time, I had the most amazing feeling – it was like coming home after a really long trip,” Vettel wrote in his official blog.

Ostberg not giving up on win

February 10th, 2012

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Ostberg not giving up on win

Mads Ostberg has vowed to pull out all the stops in his attempt to play himself back into the lead fight of Rally Sweden. The Norwegian, who finished second on this event last year, struggled with the set-up of his Adapta Ford Fiesta RS WRC through the afternoon and lies just over half a minute off leader Jari-Matti Latvala. Ostberg said: “I tried to get the car to turn in better this afternoon by raising the rear end

Latvala ends Friday in front

February 10th, 2012

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Latvala ends Friday in front

Jari-Matti Latvala will take a 16.8-second lead into day two of Rally Sweden, having safely completed the Karlstad superspecial which rounded off Friday’s action. Ford driver Latvala had been in a close battle with ex-team-mate Mikko Hirvonen (Citroen) for most of the day, but as their tyres wore towards the end of the second loop, Latvala was able to pull away.

iRacing Named to PC Gamer’s All Time Top 100

by David Phillips on February 10th, 2012

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iRacing named in top 100 of all time

Online Motorsports Service Rated Best Racing Game of All The editors, columnists and contributors of PC Gamer have named iRacing.com to the magazine’s list of the Top 100 Games of All Time.  Not only did the PC Gamer “Brain Trust” rate iRacing.com 39th on the list, they ranked it as the top auto racing game of all time . . . “the ne plus ultra of PC racing technology.” But why listen to iRacing’s take on the matter.  Let’s let PC Gamer do the talking. “If you need your sim racing to be accurate,” wrote Andy Mahood, PC Gamer sim columnist, “nothing touches iRacing.  Used by professional and amateur racers as well as tens of thousands of gamers, this is the ne plus ultra of PC racing technology.  (You may [...]

Trulli hails ‘best ever’ first test

February 10th, 2012

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Trulli hails ‘best ever’ first test

Jarno Trulli has labelled his experience of the new Caterham at Jerez on Friday as the best first day of testing he can remember in his career. The veteran Italian, who took over the car that has been driven by Heikki Kovalainen and Giedo van der Garde so far this week, believes the CT01 is a big step forward over last year’s challenger despite ending running at the bottom of the timesheets.

Mikkelsen thrilled with Sweden pace

February 10th, 2012

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Mikkelsen thrilled with Sweden pace

Reigning Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Andreas Mikkelsen says there is more speed to come from his Skoda Fabia S2000 as he threatens the top 10 overall on Rally Sweden. Mikkelsen is driving for the Volkswagen Motorsport team on the second round of the World Rally Championship and has raised eyebrows in Sweden by showing the pace to race with team-mate and seven-time world rally winner Sebastien Ogier. Heading for the final stage in Karlstad this evening, the 12th-placed Norwegian is just 7.6 seconds behind the Frenchman

Citroen hunts tyre fix for Hirvonen

February 10th, 2012

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Citroen hunts tyre fix for Hirvonen

Citroen is confident it can cure the tyre problems which hit Mikko Hirvonen’s hopes of a third success Rally Sweden victory this afternoon. The Finn was in touch with his former Ford team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala as they battled for the lead throughout the opening day of the second round of the World Rally Championship, until the last long stage, where he lost 22 seconds to the fastest time, blaming the loss of studs from his tyre. “We have to find something with the set-up to help this tomorrow,” said Hirvonen

Happy Grosjean cautious on Lotus pace

February 10th, 2012

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Happy Grosjean cautious on Lotus pace

Romain Grosjean has hailed the new Lotus E20 as an improvement over last year’s car in terms of handling after only two days in the cockpit.

Hulkenberg happy to recover lost ground

February 10th, 2012

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Hulkenberg happy to recover lost ground

Nico Hulkenberg says a positive final day helped the team recover lost ground after Jules Bianchi’s crash brought their day three programme to an early close. The German had been due to get his first taste of the team’s 2012 Formula 1 car on Thursday afternoon, but all running was halted when Bianchi went off into the gravel in bitter conditions. Hulkenberg admitted the crash had put back some testing plans, but said a 90-lap run on the final day had limited the damage.

Alonso expects stronger car in Barcelona

February 10th, 2012

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Alonso expects stronger car in Barcelona

Fernando Alonso has promised that Ferrari will arrive at the next Barcelona test in much better shape than it has been in Jerez, following a week of mixed fortunes during the first pre-season running.

Wolf makes Euro Series move

February 10th, 2012

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Wolf makes Euro Series move

Lucas Wolf will graduate to the F3 Euro Series this year with championship newcomer URD Rennsport. The 17-year-old German has spent the past two seasons driving for the team in ADAC Formel Masters in his homeland, and won the final race of last year’s championship to finish eighth in the standings.

Triple the Fun

by Christopher Leone on February 10th, 2012

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motorsport simulations

For the sixth consecutive season, the inRacingNews Challenge features multi-class championship racing between Pontiac Solstices and SpecRacer Fords. But with the dawn of a new year of online racing comes the introduction of a new car as well – the Mazda MX-5 Roadster, which has immediately attracted some of the biggest names in the iRNC. Their first chance to wheel around the new Mazda came in the first of four visits to Summit Point Raceway on the season, this one coming on the full layout. In their first spin in the Mazda, Ralf Janiak took the top honors on the week with 151 points; Janiak scored two wins, one from the pole, in two starts to edge Flavien Vidal’s 145 points. Janiak also led all Solstice drivers with 171 points, [...]

Daley’s Atlanta, Hazard’s Title

by Tim Terry on February 10th, 2012

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Daley’s Atlanta, Hazard’s Title

Byron Daley and Thomas Hazard both had plenty of reason to celebrate Thursday night after the Trane Dealers 200 Presented by Massingill Expert Services. Daley recorded his second career win in the GSRacing.net Truck Series when he crossed the line first at the Atlanta Motor Speedway while Hazard took home his first career championship with a seventh place finish in the final event of the season. A green flag run spanning the full second half of the race shook-up the landscape of the running order with some sim racers gambling on fuel mileage. Tanner Stoops finished in second after 2011 GSRacing.net Truck Series champ Bryan Blackford ran out of fuel with three laps to go. Allen Krier  finished in third, followed by Justin Thompson and Brandon Buchberger.

Alonso fastest as Jerez test ends

February 10th, 2012

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Alonso fastest as Jerez test ends

Fernando Alonso set the fastest time of the day – and the second best by a 2012 car across all four days – as Ferrari ended the pre-season test at Jerez on a positive note. The Scuderia had struggled to get on top of the radical F2012 during the first three days but, with Alonso at the helm, it rose to the top of the timesheets early on in day four and was never displaced. Alonso ended with a best of 1m18.877s, set at the start of a six-lap run which also included laps in the 1m19s and 1m20s

Latvala takes Sweden lead

February 10th, 2012

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Latvala takes Sweden lead

Jari-Matti Latvala pulled away from Mikko Hirvonen to establish a 17-second lead in Rally Sweden after the second loop of stages. The duo had been in a close fight all day, with Ford driver Latvala edging ahead of his former team-mate Hirvonen – now in a Citroen – midway through the afternoon

Pirelli positive over tyre performance

February 10th, 2012

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Pirelli positive over tyre performance

Pirelli believes its tyres are on course to deliver more exciting racing in 2012, following some encouraging results from this week’s test at Jerez in Spain. Formula 1′s tyre supplier has aimed to close the laptime difference between its compounds this year, so as to throw up more strategy options for teams balancing tyre degradation against the number of pitstops they need to make

Mistake costs Loeb two minutes

February 10th, 2012

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Sebastien Loeb’s chances of victory in Rally Sweden look to be over after the world champion lost nearly two minutes with a mistake on SS7. Citroen driver Loeb was running third but had just closed to within 6.7 seconds of the rally lead when he won the first stage out of service this afternoon. But he then went off the road and got stuck on a snowbank just two corners into the seventh stage, dropping him to 11th overall.

Toyota recruits Davidson, Buemi

February 10th, 2012

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Toyota recruits Davidson, Buemi

Toyota has recruited ex-Peugeot driver Anthony Davidson and former Toro Rosso Formula 1 racer Sebastien Buemi for the driver squad in its second TS030 HYBRID. The team recently announced that it would run a second car in the Le Mans 24 Hours alongside its single entry in the World Endurance Championship.

Teams trust FIA can control exhausts

February 10th, 2012

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Teams trust FIA can control exhausts

Williams and McLaren are confident that the FIA has a firm handle on the policing of exhaust designs in 2012, despite teams pushing the limit of the regulations to the maximum this year. With teams no longer allowed to run with blown diffusers, there has been much effort over the winter in creating exhaust designs that can still create some aerodynamic benefit. That has resulted in a host of different designs – with Ferrari and McLaren’s approach to that area of the car creating the most interest so far.

Alonso puts Ferrari on top at Jerez

February 10th, 2012

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Alonso puts Ferrari on top at Jerez

Fernando Alonso turned the tables on a difficult start to pre-season testing for Ferrari by going fastest on the fourth and final morning at Jerez.