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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.

Hunter-Reay leads IndyCar testing

March 5th, 2012

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Ryan Hunter-Reay was quickest for Andretti Autosport on the opening day of the first major group test for the IndyCar Series’ new DW12 car. The field has been split into two groups for four days of testing at Sebring this week, with 11 drivers participating on Monday and Tuesday, and a further 15 running on Thursday and Friday. Chevrolet runners led the way today, with Hunter-Reay and Penske’s Helio Castroneves topping one session each and ending the day first and second on combined times.

Doyle Scores in Afterburn IndyCar Homestead

by Wil Vincent on March 5th, 2012

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Doyle Scores in Afterburn IndyCar Homestead

Tim Doyle, in the FoytWines.com #11 won an eventful opening race to the 2012 Afterburn IndyCar Series presented by Glacier TV, holding-off a challenge from Yang Ou on a last lap restart to take the twin checkers. 26 drivers took the green flag, with Doyle and Ou both forced to start from pit lane after an admin glitch led to the race session starting too early. With the duo originally set to line-up on the front row, pole position was handed over to Swiss sim racer Yves Wanner in the #88, who stormed to an early advantage. A 13 car breakaway ensued for the first long green flag run, which involved green flag pit stops, as Jonathon Goke in the #08 Purple Fury/Aero-X machine managed to take the lead at [...]

Perez-Sala proud of HRT efforts

March 5th, 2012

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Perez-Sala proud of HRT efforts

HRT team principal Luis Perez-Sala said he was very proud of the Spanish squad after managing to get its new car running before the start of the season. The Cosworth-powered F112 took to the Barcelona circuit for the first this afternoon, after a day of very hard work for the team. The car made it to the circuit from Munich in the afternoon and the team worked against the clock to get it ready for Narain Karthikeyan to shake it down

Barlesi makes touring car switch

March 5th, 2012

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Barlesi makes touring car switch

Sportscar racer Andrea Barlesi will switch to the World Touring Car Championship this year. The 20-year-old Belgian, who won the LMPC class in the 2010 Le Mans Series, and then raced an OAK LMP2 car in last year’s Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, will drive a SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon.

Alonso: Ferrari’s plight not that bad

March 5th, 2012

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Alonso: Ferrari’s plight not that bad

Fernando Alonso insists it is too early to write Ferrari’s season off despite its difficult time in testing, but admits the team needs to work hard to understand its new car.

Rankings: Kenseth jumps Johnson

March 5th, 2012

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Rankings: Kenseth jumps Johnson

Matt Kenseth rose to an all-time high of 12th in the Castrol EDGE Rankings, and in the process jumped five-time champion Jimmie Johnson, following his triumph in the season-opening Daytona 500.

Hamilton joins forces with Schmidt

March 5th, 2012

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Hamilton joins forces with Schmidt

Davey Hamilton has become an IndyCar team owner after joining forces with Sam Schmidt Motorsports. The rebranded Schmidt/Hamilton Racing outfit brings Hamilton back to the squad for which he raced in 2001.

New HRT makes Barcelona track debut

March 5th, 2012

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New HRT makes Barcelona track debut

The new HRT F112 completed its first laps at the Barcelona circuit on Monday ahead of its grand prix debut in Australia in less than two weeks. The Spanish squad took advantage of the filming day regulations in order to shake down its new car after having been unable to get the car ready in time for the Barcelona test last week. Indian Narain Karthikeyan was the man in charge of driving the car in its maiden outing late in the afternoon at the Circuit de Catalunya, after a frantic effort by the team to get the car ready in time

Return of the King

by Chris Hall on March 5th, 2012

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After a slow get-away, Huttu sweeps around Luis on the first lap en route to a dominant win at Watkins Glen.

Finland’s Greger Huttu survived a first lap challenge to claim the inaugural victory of the 2012 iRacing.com Grand Prix Series World Championship at Watkins Glen on Saturday.   The flag-to-flag win not only maintains Huttu’s 100% winning record at the Glen in World Championship competition, it stakes the ’10 World Champion to an early lead in the iGPWCS standings in his efforts to regain the online racing crown commandeered by Hugo Luis last season. The only driver to post a sub one-minute fifteen second lap in the solo qualifying session, Huttu held the advantage over second fastest qualifier Luis when the green flag dropped on the Watkins Glen boot configuration. However, by the time the pair negotiated Turn One, My3id’s Luis had taken the lead with an unnerving pass around the [...]

Lola reveals 2012 LMP1 contender

March 5th, 2012

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Lola reveals 2012 LMP1 contender

British racing car constructor Lola has taken the wraps of its 2012 LMP1 contender. The Lola B12/60, which will make its debut with Mazda power in the hands of Dyson Racing at the Sebring 12 Hours on March 17, is distinguished from its predecessors by heavily revised front-end aerodynamics. The car also incorporates the wide front tyres now used by the majority of the LMP1 field and a shark’s fin, which is mandatory from 2012.

Priaulx fired up for BMW challenge

March 5th, 2012

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Priaulx fired up for BMW challenge

Andy Priaulx says he is fired up about the challenge of making his DTM debut with BMW this year. The three-time WTCC champion has joined the German manufacturer’s assault on the DTM in its return to the series following an absence of nearly 20 years. Priaulx is one of the six drivers running a BMW this year.

Red Bull downplays reliability worries

March 5th, 2012

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Red Bull downplays reliability worries

Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner has played down worries about his team’s reliability ahead of the new season, despite some troubles in the final Barcelona test. The reigning world champion introduced its latest update package for the final two days at the Circuit de Catalunya, but it did not complete the kind of mileage that it had hoped for. On the final day, a gearbox problem on the RB8 meant Sebastian Vettel was only able to do 23 laps as a number of rivals were able to complete race distances.

Chevrolet welcomes Ford rivalry

March 5th, 2012

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Chevrolet welcomes Ford rivalry

Chevrolet Europe motorsport boss Eric Neve has welcomed the chance for his firm to extend its rivalry with Ford into the World Touring Car Championship. Ford is coming into the WTCC with Arena Motorsport this year

Muller putting less pressure on himself

March 5th, 2012

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Muller putting less pressure on himself

Reigning World Touring Car champion Yvan Muller says he will put less pressure on himself at the start of his latest title defence this year. The Frenchman trailed Chevrolet team-mate Rob Huff in the early part of the 2011 campaign before mounting a resurgence and claiming his second consecutive crown in the Macau finale by just three points. Muller says he is changing his approach slightly this time in the hope of getting his season off to a smoother start

Marussia unveils its 2012 challenger

March 5th, 2012

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Marussia unveils its 2012 challenger

Marussia has unveiled its new Formula 1 car – the MR01 – after it made its on-track debut at Silverstone on Monday. The Anglo-Russian team is running the car for the first time at the British track after it had failed the mandatory crash tests last week and was therefore unable to join its rival in Barcelona for the final test. “We are very pleased to be running the new MR01 for the first time this morning,” said team boss John Booth

Audi: Rules have not favoured diesels

March 5th, 2012

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Audi: Rules have not favoured diesels

Audi motorsport chief Wolfgang Ullrich believes diesel technology’s recent domination of sportscar racing happened because his team and Peugeot did too good a job, not because the rules favoured diesel power. The balance between alternative engine types has been a contentious topic in Le Mans racing ever since Audi’s first diesel LMP1 emerged in 2006, and diesels have been further restricted this year, when Audi will enter both the latest version of its diesel R18 and a new hybrid. Ullrich believes the diesel advantage was accentuated in recent seasons because no major manufacturers were running petrol engines – making it impossible to judge how much of Audi and Peugeot’s superiority was down to their status as the sport’s largest teams, and how much due to them running diesels

Prodrive upgrades WRC Mini

March 5th, 2012

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Prodrive upgrades WRC Mini

Prodrive has confirmed more than 100 modifications to the Mini John Cooper Works WRC which is set to be homologated this week. The Banbury-based firm has revealed further details of the upgrades which will fit directly onto all current Mini John Cooper Works WRCs.

Top drivers confirmed for Rally Sprint

March 5th, 2012

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Top drivers confirmed for Rally Sprint

The leading drivers in the World Rally Championship have been confirmed for the inaugural WRC Fafe Rally Sprint on Saturday March 24.

Barcelona Formula 1 test two round-up

March 5th, 2012

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Barcelona Formula 1 test two round-up

As the final pre-season Formula 1 test kicked off at Barcelona last Thursday, there was a wave of expectation that what had previously been known – or at least pondered – about the current grand prix pecking order, would be validated, or at least hinted at.

De la Rosa takes over as GPDA chairman

March 5th, 2012

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De la Rosa takes over as GPDA chairman

Pedro de la Rosa will take over from Rubens Barrichello as the chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association for 2012, AUTOSPORT car reveal. Barrichello lost his seat at Williams for this season, meaning the GPDA needed to find a new chief, but drivers had already agreed last year that de la Rosa would step into the vacant position under such circumstances. “The agreement we had at the end of last season was that if Rubens would not be in Formula 1, then I would take over,” HRT driver de la Rosa told AUTOSPORT