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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.

Houston likely to get race in 2013

March 24th, 2012

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Houston likely to get race in 2013

IndyCar is likely to add a Houston street race to its calendar in 2013, although series officials deny that a deal has already been done. Houston was a fixture on the Champ Car calendar between 1998 and 2001, and again in 2006 and 2007. IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard confirmed that negotiations with promoters were well advanced, but insisted that no announcement was imminent.

Bernard relieved to focus on racing

March 24th, 2012

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Bernard relieved to focus on racing

IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard has admitted that it is a relief to be able to focus on racing again after what he described as a “very trying” few months since the end of the 2011 season.

Vautier strikes first blow in St Pete

March 24th, 2012

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Vautier strikes first blow in St Pete

Tristan Vautier has struck the opening blow in the 2012 Indy Lights season with a comfortable win around the streets of St Petersburg. The reigning Star Mazda champion headed a 1-2 for Sam Schmidt Motorsports by beating home Esteban Guerrieri. His margin of victory was just over a second, although it would have been far greater had it not been for a couple of stints behind the safety car that bunched up the field

Chevrolet drivers still wary of Honda

March 24th, 2012

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Chevrolet drivers still wary of Honda

Leading Chevrolet drivers have cautioned against reading too much into the manufacturer’s dominant performance over main rival Honda in qualifying for the IndyCar season-opener at St Petersburg. Chevrolet-powered cars occupied five of the six slots in the final phase of qualifying, with Schmidt-Hamilton Motorsport’s Simon Pagenaud the sole Honda representative

Power surprised by own pole time

March 24th, 2012

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Power surprised by own pole time

Will Power admits that he surprised himself with the lap time that gave him pole position at St Petersburg for the third consecutive year. Power earned himself the top spot with a 1m.01.3721s effort that was 0.6s quicker than he’d gone in free practice earlier in the day, and 0.3s quicker than his own track record for the St Petersburg circuit, which he’d previously set in qualifying for the 2010 race. Penske team-mate Ryan Briscoe, who qualified second, was 0.18s off Power’s time.

McLaren men ready to race each other

March 24th, 2012

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McLaren men ready to race each other

McLaren team-mates Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton say they will have no qualms about racing each other this season if their team continues to be Formula 1′s pacesetter. The British duo will share the front row for a second race in succession in Malaysia, with Button having won in Australia, where Hamilton finished third. Asked if he thought racing his polesitting team-mate into the first corner on Sunday would be tough, Button said he expected it to he something they would get used to if their current form continued

Power leads all-Penske front row

March 24th, 2012

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Power leads all-Penske front row

Will Power will start from pole position for the opening round of the IndyCar Series’ new era in St Petersburg. The Australian beat Penske team-mate Ryan Briscoe to the top spot, with Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay and James Hinchcliffe filling row two, ahead of the final Penske entry of Helio Castroneves. Behind an all-Chevrolet top five, Simon Pagenaud was fastest Honda runner for Schmidt-Hamilton as he took an impressive sixth – but will drop down the order due to an engine change penalty

Hayden fastest in rain-affected test

March 24th, 2012

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Hayden fastest in rain-affected test

Ducati’s Nicky Hayden set the pace on a rain-affected second day of testing at Jerez, though the American set his time on an almost-dry track near the end of the day. Hayden’s lap of 1m40.755s was nearly a second faster than that of Karel Abraham on the Cardion AB privateer Ducati.

Pagenaud tops times in final practice

March 24th, 2012

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Pagenaud tops times in final practice

Simon Pagenaud has set the quickest time in today’s third IndyCar free practice session at St Petersburg. Penske duo Will Power and Ryan Briscoe had looked safe at the top of the timing screens with the only sub-1m02s laps in the field until Pagenaud, who was issued a 10-place grid penalty last night for an unauthorised engine change, produced a 1m01.8929s effort with just five minutes left on the clock

Vautier on debut Indy Lights pole

March 24th, 2012

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Vautier on debut Indy Lights pole

Tristan Vautier took pole position for his Indy Lights debut around the streets of St Petersburg on Saturday. The French rookie headed a 1-2-3 for Sam Schmidt Motorsports, with Esteban Guerrieri just edging out Oli Webb for second on the grid

Boardman to use TDI at Valencia

March 24th, 2012

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Boardman to use TDI at Valencia

Tom Boardman’s car will be powered by a turbodiesel engine when he makes his first World Touring Car Championship appearance of the season at Valencia next weekend. The Special Tuning Racing driver had planned to run one of SEAT’s new 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol units in Spain, as his team-mate Darryl O’Young did at the Monza season-opener.

Mercedes silent on future F1 deal

March 24th, 2012

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Mercedes silent on future F1 deal

Mercedes-Benz is keeping silent on the reasons why it has not joined rival teams in agreeing commercial terms with Bernie Ecclestone, amid speculation that it is not happy with the way some outfits have been handed a preferential financial deal. Ecclestone dropped a bombshell on Saturday morning in Malaysia when he announced that a ‘majority’ of teams had agreed to new commercial terms that will keep them committed to Formula 1 beyond this year

Raikkonen: Lotus has front-row pace

March 24th, 2012

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Raikkonen: Lotus has front-row pace

Kimi Raikkonen believes his Lotus had the potential to be inside the top two in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix, had not made a mistake on his Q3 flying lap at Sepang. Raikkonen will start from 10th on the grid in Sunday’s race after the team was forced to change his car’s gearbox, but Raikkonen believes his pace was good enough to contend for pole; on paper, at least

Brawn fed up with wing row

March 24th, 2012

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Brawn fed up with wing row

Ross Brawn believes that if rival teams are so concerned about the legality of the rear wing on the Mercedes F1 W03 then they should make an official protest before a grand prix weekend gets underway. The Mercedes system, often referred to as a DRS activated f-duct, has been the subject of much talk since the season kicked off in Australia last weekend.

Massa finally comfortable with car

March 24th, 2012

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Massa finally comfortable with car

Felipe Massa believes he has finally got a Ferrari he feels comfortable with after making more changes ahead of Malaysian Grand Prix qualifying. The Brazilian failed to join his team-mate Fernando Alonso in Q3 at Sepang, instead having to settle for 12th on the grid

Senna considering two-stop strategy

March 24th, 2012

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Senna considering two-stop strategy

Bruno Senna believes that anybody making proper use of a two-stop strategy during Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix will have a big advantage over those stopping three times. Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli is expecting most drivers make three stops during the race , with the heat and humidity at Sepang causing high levels of degradation to the medium compound rubber. But after qualifying, Williams driver Senna said that if a car can be set up to look after its tyres well, then the time gained through not making a third stop will more than off-set any pace loss during a stint.

Alonso positive over Ferrari progress

March 24th, 2012

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Alonso positive over Ferrari progress

Fernando Alonso was positive about Ferrari’s progress after qualifying in ninth position for the Malaysian Grand Prix. The Spaniard had started from 12th place in the opening race in Australia, but he made it in to Q3 in today’s grid-deciding session at Sepang and will start from eighth place following a penalty for Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen

Vettel hoping prime strategy pays off

March 24th, 2012

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Vettel hoping prime strategy pays off

Sebastian Vettel is hoping his tyre strategy will pay off in the Malaysian Grand Prix after another difficult qualifying session for him. The Red Bull driver was the only man in the top ten to use the harder Pirelli tyres for his final run in Q3 after struggling with his car’s handling on the medium compound rubber. Although Vettel said that he hadn’t opted to go with the hard tyres for strategic reasons but because he was quicker with them during qualifying, the world champion is still hoping it will be beneficial for him.

Valsecchi takes blame for ‘lost’ win

March 24th, 2012

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Valsecchi takes blame for ‘lost’ win

Davide Valsecchi claims that he did not deserve to win the opening GP2 race of the season after making a bad start from pole position. The DAMS driver recovered from a sluggish getaway to take second place behind race winner Luiz Razia, who charged away at the front unchallenged after capitalising on Valsecchi’s error. “The team and my car deserved the win so it’s a shame that I lost it,” said Valsecchi.

Alonso: KERS failure didn’t cost me

March 24th, 2012

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Alonso: KERS failure didn’t cost me

Fernando Alonso suffered a KERS failure in the final part of qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix, but the Ferrari driver does not believe it cost him any places on the grid. The Spaniard set the ninth fastest time in Q3, meaning he will start eighth thanks to Kimi Raikkonen’s grid penalty for a gearbox change. Despite making it through to the final part of qualifying, which his team-mate Felipe Massa again failed to do, Alonso does not believe that a fully functional KERS would have enabled him to climb any higher up the order.