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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.

Sato happy with minimal wet running

March 30th, 2012

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Takuma Sato said that it was not worth risking more than a couple of laps in today’s wet second IndyCar practice session at Barber, despite ending the afternoon with the quickest time. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan racer set a best time of 1m19.0536s early in the session before the rain became heavier

Stewart: Current run my best ever

March 30th, 2012

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Stewart: Current run my best ever

Tony Stewart believes seven victories from the last 15 Sprint Cup races, plus the fact that he captured his third series’ title in that period, marks his best ever run in NASCAR. Stewart has picked up this year where he left off in 2011, winning two of the first five races (at Las Vegas and more recently at Fontana, in a rain-shortened event). The team owner/driver who races for his own Stewart-Haas Racing squad has been able to keep his momentum despite off-season personnel changes to his outfit, including replacing his championship-winning crew chief Darian Grubb with former Penske and Joe Gibbs Racing man Steve Addington.

Sato tops washed out second session

March 30th, 2012

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Sato tops washed out second session

Heavy rain resulted in a wash-out of Friday’s second IndyCar practice session at Barber Motorsports Park, although Takuma Sato was quickest of the drivers who did venture out to brave the conditions. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan racer set a best time of 1m18.8684s, although he only completed three laps before retreating to the team trailer. Dragon’s Sebastien Bourdais was second-fastest with a time 0.4 slower than that set by Sato, with Ganassi’s Scott Dixon rounding out the top three.

Hirvonen criticises stage cancellation

March 30th, 2012

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Hirvonen criticises stage cancellation

Rally of Portugal leader Mikko Hirvonen has criticised the decision by event organisers to cancel Friday afternoon’s three stages due to the heavy rain and fog in the area. Amid claims by officials that there is not likely to be any further cancellations in spite of more bad weather predictions for the rest of the Faro-based event, the Finn believed that the road conditions had not been unduly dangerous. “Why did we cancel?” he said.

Power tops opening practice

March 30th, 2012

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Will Power led a Penske one-two in opening practice for this weekend’s IndyCar Series event at Barber Motorsports Park. Takuma Sato completed the top three for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, ahead of Sarah Fisher Hartman’s rookie Josef Newgarden – who had led the way in the opening half hour, reserved for drivers outside the top 10 in the championship. Rubens Barrichello was fifth in the fastest KV car

In Good Company

by David Phillips on March 30th, 2012

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If a company can be judged by the quality and breadth of its partnerships, then iRacing.com qualifies as the bluest of blue chip companies.  The world’s foremost online auto racing simulation service, iRacing’s partners include sanctioning bodies like NASCAR and IndyCar, race car manufacturers Dallara and Williams, automotive giants Ford, General Motors, Mazda and Volkswagen and more than four dozen race tracks worldwide including the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps and Suzuka, together with the International Speedway Corporation (including Daytona International Speedway), Speedway Motorsports Inc. (including Charlotte Motor Speedway), the Panoz Motorsports Group (including Sebring International Raceway) and MotorSport Vision (including Brands Hatch). iRacing’s partners blanket a spectrum of automotive and motorsports organizations, who share an appreciation for iRacing’s cutting-edge technology and commitment to providing its 35,000 members with an [...]

Quaife-Hobbs on pole at Valencia

March 30th, 2012

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Quaife-Hobbs on pole at Valencia

Super Nova’s Adrian Quaife-Hobbs claimed his second consecutive Auto GP pole position at Valencia on Friday. The British racer was in control at the top of the timing screens for over two thirds of the half hour session, gradually improving an early effort of 1m23.911s to record an eventual pole time of 1m23.480s. Russian Sergey Sirotkin was the only other driver to break the 1m24s barrier on Kumho’s new soft compound tyres, which have been introduced at this meeting.

France still working on Formula 1 deal

March 30th, 2012

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France still working on Formula 1 deal

France is closing in on a deal to hold a Formula 1 race again, the country’s prime minister said on Friday, but work still needs to be done before a contract can be finalised. During a visit to the Paul Ricard circuit, Francois Fillon said attempts to resurrect the race, which was last held at Magny-Cours in 2008, were progressing but there was still further negotiations needed in terms of finalising financial terms as well as a venue to share the event with.

Vickers to get road course outings

March 30th, 2012

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Vickers to get road course outings

Brian Vickers has had his Michael Waltrip Racing deal increased to encompass the two NASCAR Sprint Cup road course races at Sears Point and Watkins Glen this year. The former Red Bull driver was initially set to fill in for Mark Martin in the #55 Toyota Camry at only six races, but his fifth place on his Cup return at Bristol earlier this month has convinced the team to have a rethink

Portugal’s final Friday stages called off

March 30th, 2012

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The final three Friday stages in Portugal have been called off as a result of the poor weather in the region. Torrential rain had hit the area in the morning, leading to a dramatic first loop in which Ford team-mates Jari-Matti Latvala and Petter Solberg both crashed while leading, and many other frontrunners either went off the road or suffered technical problems related to the level of water.

Weather halts Rally of Portugal

March 30th, 2012

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The Rally of Portugal has been stopped due to the bad weather, with the leading crews being held at the service park in Faro. The event is expected to restart in the next hour, with the delay caused by the flooding of a river crossing after the sixth stage of the event

Latvala: Conditions were appalling

March 30th, 2012

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Jari-Matti Latvala says his Rally of Portugal crash came in some of the most difficult driving conditions he has ever experienced. The Finn was leading the rally when he slid off the road near the end of Friday’s opening stage

SUNRED cars change engines

March 30th, 2012

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SUNRED cars change engines

The SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leons of Tiago Monteiro and Andrea Barlesi will switch to turbocharged petrol engines of the team’s own preparation for this weekend’s World Touring Car Championship round at Valencia. Both Monteiro and Barlesi used 2-litre TDI units at the Monza season opener, and are still planning to switch to the new 2012-spec 1600cc powerplants developed and homologated by SEAT Sport at a later point in the season.

Regalia leads second practice

March 30th, 2012

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Regalia leads second practice

Facundo Regalia set the pace in Auto GP’s second free practice session at Valencia on Friday afternoon. The Argentinean, competing on his Campos Racing team’s home ground, recorded a fastest time of 1m24.586s. Joint championship leader Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Super Nova) ended the afternoon just 0.023s shy of Regalia in second.

Ford tech chief furious with drivers

March 30th, 2012

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Ford tech chief furious with drivers

Ford World Rally Team technical director Christian Loriaux says his drivers Jari-Matti Latvala and Petter Solberg squandered a huge opportunity with their Rally of Portugal crashes.

Hirvonen leads amid Portugal carnage

March 30th, 2012

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Hirvonen leads amid Portugal carnage

Mikko Hirvonen leads the Rally of Portugal by 36.3 seconds over Evgeny Novikov after a bizarre first loop of Friday stages. Thick fog, heavy rain and very muddy stages led to carnage throughout the leaderboard – headlined by Ford team-mates Jari-Matti Latvala and Petter Solberg crashing out of the lead on consecutive stages. The duo had started the day first and second, and looking good to turn the team’s title bid around following Sebastien Loeb’s Thursday night crash

Stewart supports Cevert feature film

March 30th, 2012

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Stewart supports Cevert feature film

Jackie Stewart has revealed he is involved in two motor racing movies – helping out on a feature film based on his relationship with Francois Cevert, plus working on a remastered version of his famous ‘Weekend of a Champion’.

Solberg crashes on SS6

March 30th, 2012

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Solberg crashes on SS6

Petter Solberg has become the latest driver to strike trouble while leading the Rally of Portugal – crashing out and putting Mikko Hirvonen in front. Ford driver Solberg had only led for one stage after his team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala went off the road amid extremely treacherous wet conditions in Portugal.

Latvala definitely out of leg two

March 30th, 2012

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Latvala definitely out of leg two

Ford has confirmed that Jari-Matti Latvala has retired from the second day of the Rally of Portugal. The Finn crashed his Fiesta RS WRC off the road close to the end of the opening stage this morning. It had been hoped that the Finn might get the car back on the road, but the police in the stage are not allowing spectators to help

Sirotkin heads Valencia practice

March 30th, 2012

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Sirotkin heads Valencia practice

Sergey Sirotkin set the pace in the opening Auto GP free practice session at Valencia. The Russian driver, who is also taking part in the Italian Formula 3 round at the same circuit this weekend, lapped the Spanish circuit in 1m24.522s to put himself on top, and said that switching cars repeatedly was no problem