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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.

iRacing a Key to Pastrana’s NASCAR Campaign

February 24th, 2012

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iRacing a Key to Pastrana’s NASCAR Campaign Online Motorsports Simulation Service & Its 30,000 Members To Prepare & Sponsor Action Sports Star in 2012 Season When 11-time X Games gold medal winner and action sports superstar Travis Pastrana takes on the NASCAR world in 2012 a key weapon in his arsenal will be iRacing. With its laser-scanned tracks and cars, the online motorsports simulation site will serve as a vital tool in preparing Pastrana for the tracks he’ll race on in the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide and K&N East Series competition.  In addition to practicing on his own, Pastrana will compete with his fellow iRacers in online races using digital versions cars and tracks he’ll be seeing in the two NASCAR series. iRacing logos will also be on the side of [...]

Risi announces it will miss Sebring

February 24th, 2012

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Risi announces it will miss Sebring

The Risi Ferrari team will miss this year’s American Le Mans Series and World Endurance Championship opener at Sebring next month. Team boss Giuseppe Risi said the double ALMS GT champion squad and three-time Sebring 12 Hours class winner had not been able to put a satisfactory programme together in time. “Unfortunately the current economic climate has not allowed us to approach the 2012 season as we would have wished,” Risi said

“Hous” It From the Top

by Tim Terry on February 24th, 2012

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Johnny Housley brought his “A” game to Toyota Speedway at Irwindale during Week Three competition in the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Tour as the Mid-South sim racer was standing tall atop the weekly points after seven days of racing at the California track. Over 450 took to the half-mile, multi-groove race track during Round Three of 12 as they tried to track down short track glory on the virtual California asphalt. Housley won a massive sof race on February 20th, which carried a rating of 3232 Strength of Field rating. How massive was this online race? The top four in this 75-lap race made-up four of the top five positions in the weekly standings! Housley had everything under control in this event, leading all 75 laps in the race and [...]

Mikkelsen leads into final day

February 24th, 2012

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Mikkelsen leads into final day

Andreas Mikkelsen will take a 16.2-second lead into the final day of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge season-opener in the Azores after heavy rain led to the Friday afternoon stages being truncated. Stage eight Coroa da Mata was cancelled outright and stage nine Sao Bras to Vila Franca reduced from 16 to six kilometres. Skoda UK driver Mikkelsen still managed to extend his lead over works rival Juho Hanninen by 0.8s in the brief stage mileage that took place

Rosberg fired up by Mercedes progress

February 24th, 2012

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Rosberg fired up by Mercedes progress

Nico Rosberg says he is fired up by the progress he has seen at Mercedes – even though he concedes the team is not in race-winning shape yet.

New GT Aston a ‘big improvement’

February 24th, 2012

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New GT Aston a ‘big improvement’

The 2012 Aston Martin Vantage GTE launched on Friday incorporates approximately 25 improvements over its predecessor. The focus on the new car, with which Aston Martin Racing will contest the FIA World Endurance Championship, has been on improving reliability and serviceability, according to AMR managing director John Gaw.

Webber not writing off Ferrari

February 24th, 2012

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Webber not writing off Ferrari

Mark Webber thinks it would be wrong to write off Ferrari’s chances of starting the Formula 1 season strongly, with the early form guide pointing towards Red Bull and McLaren as favourites. Although Ferrari has failed to shine in the first two pre-season tests, Webber knows that winter running can potentially count for nothing at the first race – especially since the team has a driver like Fernando Alonso on board. “As long as Fernando has a steering wheel in his hand he is always there,” said Webber.

Massa sure Ferrari now on the right path

February 24th, 2012

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Massa sure Ferrari now on the right path

Felipe Massa is convinced Ferrari has finally found the direction that will allow the team to unlock all the potential from its 2012 challenger. The Italian squad has endured a difficult pre-season so far, as it worked on getting to grips with the radical F2012 car with which it hopes to return to winning ways this season. Massa completed his two days of work at Barcelona today, covering over 100 laps for the first time this year and finishing as fifth quickest.

Kobayashi fastest as Barcelona test ends

February 24th, 2012

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Kobayashi fastest as Barcelona test ends

Kamui Kobayashi put Sauber at the top of the timesheets as Formula 1′s second pre-season test closed. The Japanese driver managed a 1m22.312s on Pirelli’s soft compound in the final hour of the morning, the fastest time set over all four days in Barcelona. Having ended the morning fastest, Kobayashi’s time came under little threat in the afternoon as teams followed the established pattern of focusing on long runs.

Aston launches WEC GT programme

February 24th, 2012

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Aston launches WEC GT programme

Aston Martin Racing has confirmed it will return to GT racing by entering its Vantage in the GTE Pro class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The move marks a return to production-based sportscar competition for the factory Aston programme after three years in prototypes ended with 2011′s unsuccessful AMR-One project

Mikkelsen pulls away from Hanninen

February 24th, 2012

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Andreas Mikkelsen extended his lead over Juho Hanninen through the first four stages of day two of Rally Azores. There was little to choose between the two Skoda drivers until Hanninen had a quick spin near the end of SS5, losing 10 seconds. Mikkelsen then stretched his advantage on the next stage, and although Hanninen won SS7, he only took a tenth off the reigning Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion and the gap between them now stands at 15.4s.

Haryanto joins Carlin for GP2

February 24th, 2012

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Haryanto joins Carlin for GP2

Rio Haryanto will join Max Chilton in the Carlin GP2 line-up this year, as the team also starts a new partnership with the Marussia Formula 1 squad. Indonesian 19-year-old Haryanto raced for the Marussia-linked Manor squad in GP3 for the past two years, winning three races, and made his GP2 debut with DAMS in last year’s non-championship Abu Dhabi event

Brawn says W03 not ready to win yet

February 24th, 2012

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Brawn says W03 not ready to win yet

Ross Brawn has seen enough of his Mercedes team’s new car this week to be convinced it is a step forward over last year’s contender – but he does not think it is good enough yet to win Formula 1 races. As the Brackley-based outfit prepares to wrap up its first full pre-season test, Brawn feels the W03 has delivered exactly what he had hoped for at this stage of the campaign

Hedley joins Thorney for BTCC debut

February 24th, 2012

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Hedley joins Thorney for BTCC debut

Rob Hedley will make his British Touring Car Championship this year with Thorney Motorsport. Hedley will partner team boss John Thorne in the two-car line-up of NGTC-spec Vauxhall Insignias.

Holzer to lead Kodewa WEC line-up

February 24th, 2012

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Thomas Holzer will be the lead driver in the Lotus-backed Kodewa team’s LMP2 programme in the World Endurance Championship.

Kobayashi leads the way at Barcelona

February 24th, 2012

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Kobayashi leads the way at Barcelona

Kamui Kobayashi topped the final morning of Formula 1 pre-season testing at Barcelona, setting the fastest time seen so far this week. The Sauber driver switched to Pirelli’s soft compound in the final hour of the morning and was able to get down to a 1m22.312s – thousandths of a second faster than Pastor Maldonado’s Thursday benchmark.

Cahoe Conquers the Tricky Triangle

by Tim Doyle on February 24th, 2012

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Fanning out down the frontstretch.

Pocono Raceway, also known as “The Tricky Triangle,” hosted the fourth round of the 2012 Season 1 iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series.  A total of 40 drivers made the virtual tow to Poconos, which meant the fields were split in two with 20 drivers making the top split.  With Pocono being one of the toughest tracks to setup for as well as drive, strategy would play a key role in the outcome of the online race. Qualifying saw pre-race favorite Chris Cahoe snag the pole position with a lap at 40.759s, followed closely by INtense teammate Niles Anders who clocked-in with a 40.773s.  Rounding-out the top five were fellow INtense teammate Chris Manifold, defending 2011 Premier Series champion Yang Ou and yet another INtense teammate, Neffry Aawg.  The top five were [...]

Atkinson: Lack of experience no worry

February 24th, 2012

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Atkinson: Lack of experience no worry

Australian driver Chris Atkinson says his lack of experience of current specification World Rally Cars will not hinder him on his WRC return on next month’s Rally Mexico.

Bird switches to FR3.5 with ISR

February 24th, 2012

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Bird switches to FR3.5 with ISR

Sam Bird will switch from GP2 to Formula Renault 3.5 for 2012, joining frontrunning team ISR.

Williams: Low-speed form key to pace

February 24th, 2012

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Williams: Low-speed form key to pace

Williams needs to improve its car’s low-speed performance if it is to make progress up the grid, reckons chief operations engineer Mark Gillan. Although the team is convinced that the FW34 is a step forward over last year’s disappointing challenger, the Grove-based outfit already understands the areas where things need to be made even better. “Obviously, you’ve got to concentrate on where the maximum performance gains will be had,” explained Gillan about Williams’ focus going forward