- iRacing.com Announces iRacing 2.020,244
- Dave Kaemmer Comes Clean on Dirt13,126
- iRacing.com to create virtual McLaren MP4-12C GT312,080
- Release Notes for 2012 Season 311,418
- Scanning What’s in Store for iRacing with Tony Gardner10,564
- The iRacing.com Protest System – May, 201210,365
- Building the iRacing System 1019,044
- Improving the Sound of iRacing7,627
- iRacing.com to Build Digital Honda for New Super GT Series7,399
- Two New Cars and Two New Tracks Coming to iRacing Soon6,764
- Dave Kaemmer Comes Clean on Dirt 44
- Coming Soon, the iRacing Driving School 41
- iRacing.com Announces iRacing 2.0 41
- Q&A with NiCWS Winner and Pro Road Racing Champion Richard Towler 36
- The iRacing.com Protest System - May, 2012 33
- Bathurst Coming to iRacing! 30
- iRacing's Corvette: Good Enough is Not Good Enough 23
- Scanning What’s in Store for iRacing with Tony Gardner 22
- iRacing Simulation Gives NASCAR Hall of Fame Guests Authentic Driving Experience 17
- US F1 laments summer shutdown 16
-
iRacing.com
3080
-
Motorcycles
2473
-
NASCAR
2300
-
Formula Cars
2085
-
WRC
1831
-
IndyCar
1603
-
Touring Cars
1214
-
Other Racing
501
-
Sports Cars
310
David Phillips
Editor and ChiefDavid 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 WriterChris 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 Writer19 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 WriterJason 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 WriterI 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 WriterI 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 WriterI 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 WriterNathan'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 WriterBorn 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 WriterJordan 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 WriterBorn 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 WriterKenneth 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 WriterI 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 WriterAfter 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.
Aerolab vindicated by Force India ruling
March 21st, 2012
Aerolab’s managing director Jean-Claude Migeot says he is pleased to have proved his company’s innocence following a long-running legal dispute with Force India regarding the use of intellectual property. Aerolab had been a partner of Vijay Mallya’s squad, but terminated the relationship in 2009 over unpaid bills. It then partnered with Caterham F1 – then Lotus – to design the T127 – which proved the centre of the legal dispute as Force India alleged its intellectual property had been systematically copied.
Force India/Aerolab case settled
March 21st, 2012
Force India’s long-running legal dispute with Aerolab, Mike Gascoyne and the Caterham F1 team has been settled at the High Court of Justice in London today. Mr Justice Arnold ruled that the team had “come nowhere near” establishing that Aerolab had systematically copied significant parts of Force India’s design when designing the Team Lotus T127.
Sa Silva returns to F3 Euro Series
March 21st, 2012
Luis Sa Silva will return to the F3 Euro Series in a car run by Prema Powerteam this year. Sa Silva, 21, was last year’s Formula Pilota China runner-up and raced in German F3 the previous season – also making a one off Euro Series appearance at Hockenheim.
Single DRS zone for Malaysia
March 21st, 2012
The FIA has confirmed the DRS zone for the upcoming Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang circuit.
Button: McLaren form ‘unexpected’
March 21st, 2012
Jenson Button says McLaren’s strong form in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix was unexpected, even after a promising winter of testing. The Briton took a commanding third win in Melbourne to start the 2012 season in perfect fashion, after team-mate Lewis Hamilton had secured pole position on Saturday
Hamilton confident of bouncing back
March 21st, 2012
Lewis Hamilton says post-race analysis has helped him pinpoint why he slipped back in the Australian Grand Prix, leaving him in a far more optimistic frame of mind heading into Malaysia.
2013 Dakar Rally to start from Peru
March 21st, 2012
The 2013 Dakar Rally will start from Peru for the first time in its history, organisers announced on Wednesday. The 35th edition of the event will stay in South America for the fifth consecutive year, starting on January 5 and finishing on January 20th. For the first time in its history, the Dakar will take to the desert from the first days of the rally.
Alfalla Wins Caution-filled Chicagoland
by Jason Lofing on March 21st, 2012
Defending NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Champion Ray Alfalla won his first race of the year at Chicagoland Speedway Tuesday night, dominating the second half of the online race after taking the lead on Lap 54. Even the several late race yellows which bunched the field were no trouble for Alfalla, as he easily held-off Michael Conti and Steve Sheehan on the final green flag run to the checkered flag. After running second for 65 laps, Patrick Baldwin slipped to fourth ahead of Tyler D Hudson. Alfalla was pleased with the result, which also moved him up to second in the championship standings behind Conti. “Car was excellent through the curved portion of the course, as they say. It was tough to keep focus on all the consecutive restarts, and I [...]
Sainz quickest in Silverstone test
March 21st, 2012
Carlos Sainz Jr became the first man to top two days of British Formula 3 International Series testing this year when he went fastest on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. The Spaniard, who knows the track well from Formula BMW and Formula Renault, leapt half a second clear with 10 minutes remaining of the session in his Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen. British team-mates Harry Tincknell and Jack Harvey also improved in the final minutes to fill that half-second breach and complete a one-two-three for Carlin.
Marussia eyes more progress at Sepang
March 21st, 2012
Marussia is taking this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix as another opportunity to gain valuable data and mileage on its under-developed MR01 chassis. The team failed to get the car successfully through the FIA’s mandatory crash tests in time to make pre-season testing, but followed up a 100km systems check at Silverstone with a trouble-free weekend in Melbourne that witnessed both cars make the finish
Alonso not expecting Malaysia gains
March 21st, 2012
Fernando Alonso is not expecting the Malaysian Grand Prix to be any easier for his Ferrari team, saying the Italian squad will have to race defensively again.
Brawn: Technical structure paying off
March 21st, 2012
Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn believes his team’s approach of having multiple technical directors is already paying off – and thinks the benefits will only increase in the future. Although some rival outfits have poured scorn on the Mercedes approach – with the team having Bob Bell, Aldo Costa, Geoff Willis and Brawn all pushing on the technical side – the man in charge is delighted with the way things are panning out. “They are getting on very well, gloriously well,” explained Brawn
Malaysia preview quotes: Marussia
March 21st, 2012
Timo Glock: “Malaysia provides another good opportunity for us to learn about the car in these early days for us. Sepang is a completely new track layout which will give us the chance to see how good the car is in the high speed corners. This is one of the hardest races for the team and the car as it is one of the hottest and most humid on the calendar.
FIA reiterates commitment to WRC
March 21st, 2012
World Rally Championship manager Michele Mouton has underlined the FIA’s commitment to the series and added that president Jean Todt is taking a personal interest in steering the sport out of its troubled period.
Massa gets new chassis for Malaysia
March 21st, 2012
Felipe Massa will be given a new chassis for this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix as his Ferrari team bids to get to the bottom of his troubles in Australia. The Brazilian had a disappointing weekend in Melbourne – being comprehensively outqualified by team-mate Fernando Alonso and enduring an incident-filled race before his retirement
Audi resumes test despite accident
March 21st, 2012
Audi is continuing its test at the Sebring International Raceway this week, despite a serious accident late on Monday that hospitalised Timo Bernhard. The German manufacturer, which started its traditional test the week after the Sebring 12 Hours with four cars, concluded that the technical problem that put Bernhard into the barriers at Turn 17 would not reoccur on the other cars and resumed running on Tuesday. Bernhard climbed from the wreck of the R18 unaided but was taken to hospital where he spent the night under observation
Hendrick wins final Johnson appeal
March 21st, 2012
Hendrick Motorsport got all but one penalty overturned Tuesday in the final hearing against NASCAR’s ruling following technical infractions found on Jimmie Johnson’s car before the Daytona 500. John Middlebrook, Chief Appellate Officer, ruled to rescind the loss of 25 championship points in both the drivers’ and owners’ standing, a six-race suspension for crew chief Chad Kanus and car chief Ron Malec, but ratified the $100,000 fine against Knaus. The decision comes as an unexpected result, as for the first time since Middlebrook is in his position he got initial penalties totally overturned.