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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.

Valsecchi continues winning streak

April 27th, 2012

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Valsecchi continues winning streak

Davide Valsecchi was once again in a class of his own as he wrapped up his third GP2 win in Bahrain in a week. The DAMS driver ran second initially, as poleman Giedo van der Garde made a good start and held on at the front in his Caterham entry. The Dutchman stretched the lead to as much as 1.8 seconds, but as soon as tyre wear became as issue, Valsecchi homed into view and van der Garde was powerless to fend off the championship leader

Globe Trotters

by Michael Booth on April 27th, 2012

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Iivonen

Weeks 9 and 10 took the iRacing.com Prototype and GT Challenge outside of North America for the final time this season, to a pair of tracks 10,000 miles apart in opposite hemispheres. Their track layouts once again provided the globe-trotting sim racers with contrast from week-to-week as Silverstone’s wide, historic airfield layout in the English countryside differs radically from the tighter, more undulating Phillip Island venue on the south Australian coastline. Silverstone would be the final week with the 70 minute open setup race length, Phillip Island’s 45 minute duration also the last time it would be used this season.  The Thursday and Friday 2000 GMT “hot split” concept for GT drivers continued, however with European daylight savings many drivers also took part in the earlier online race as well. [...]

Q and A with Auto GP boss Enzo Coloni

April 27th, 2012

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Q and A with Auto GP boss Enzo Coloni

Following Auto GP’s announcement last week that the championship will feature a new car in 2013, series boss Enzo Coloni spoke to AUTOSPORT about its future direction.

Pommer leads second F2 practice

April 27th, 2012

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Pommer leads second F2 practice

Markus Pommer setting the fastest lap of the weekend so far as the track dried and drivers switched to slicks for the second Formula 2 practice session at Portimao in Portugal.

Coloni could build new Auto GP car

April 27th, 2012

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Coloni could build new Auto GP car

Coloni could build Auto GP’s new-for-2013 car itself, the Italian constructor has revealed.

iGPWCS Round 5 on iRacing Live Saturday

by David Phillips on April 27th, 2012

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motorsports simulations

Round 5 of the iRacing.com Grand Prix World Championship Series will be broadcast iRacing Live on Saturday, April 28 starting at 7 pm EDT (22:00 GMT).  On tap are 83 laps of the 11 turn, 2.314 mile Okayama International Circuit. After last season’s up and down defense of his 2010 championship, Greger Huttu has returned to dominant form this year with three wins in four outings for a score of 185 points.  With a win of his own and two runner-up finishes returning champion Hugo Luis (143) is doing his best to keep Huttu honest, while Luke McLean (113) and Jaroslav Honzik (102) are the only other sim racers to have breached the century mark so far. Can Huttu make it four of five?  Can Luis win again and cut [...]

Albuquerque tops opening practice

April 27th, 2012

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Albuquerque tops opening practice

Filipe Albuquerque topped the opening DTM practice session of the year at Hockenheim on Friday afternoon as the championship’s new era got underway. The Portuguese driver took his brand-new Team Rosberg Audi A5 to the top of the timesheets in 1m34.508s. While this was 0.5 seconds faster than the best time set in the same session 12 months ago in the old-style A4, it was slower than Bruno Spengler’s pole time for the corresponding race

Solberg holds on to Argentina lead

April 27th, 2012

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Solberg holds on to Argentina lead

Petter Solberg continues to lead the delayed Rally Argentina after the first two full-length stages, helped by three spins for Sebastien Loeb. Ford driver Solberg had gained an early advantage by winning Thursday night’s superspecial, on which the Citroens’ choice of hard tyres backfired, leaving Loeb already 10 seconds behind going into Friday morning

Chevrolet accepts IndyCar’s ruling

April 27th, 2012

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Chevrolet accepts IndyCar’s ruling

Chevrolet says that it accepts an IndyCar panel’s decision to uphold the ruling to allow Honda to make a parity-based upgrade to its turbo units ahead of this weekend’s race in Sao Paulo, although it admits that it is disappointed with the decision.

Pedrosa denies Rossi in Jerez practice

April 27th, 2012

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Pedrosa denies Rossi in Jerez practice

Dani Pedrosa denied Valentino Rossi the top spot in a wet second MotoGP practice session at Jerez.

De la Rosa thinks break will help HRT

April 27th, 2012

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De la Rosa thinks break will help HRT

Pedro de la Rosa believes the break before the start of the European season will be invaluable for HRT – even though the outfit is missing next week’s Mugello test.

Argentina’s opening stage delayed

April 27th, 2012

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The start of the first full day of Rally Argentina has been delayed due to a vehicle stuck on the opening La Pampa stage. AUTOSPORT understands that a fuel tanker heading for the refuelling point has come to a halt on the course and will need to be removed before the stage can commence.

Jarvis: Spa will be a learning race

April 27th, 2012

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Jarvis: Spa will be a learning race

Oliver Jarvis says he is treating his debut in Audi’s factory sportscar squad at Spa next weekend as a learning experience ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The Briton is racing as part of the German’s squad’s works LMP1 line-up for the first time this year, starting with the Spa 6 Hours

Force India still hoping to test updates

April 27th, 2012

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Force India still hoping to test updates

Force India is still hopeful that it will be able to run its new upgrade package at Mugello next week, even though the parts are unlikely to be ready for the start of the test. The team has been working hard on a major development package for the Spanish Grand Prix, as it bids to lift its performance.

Bacheta fastest at damp Portimao

April 27th, 2012

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Bacheta fastest at damp Portimao

Luciano Bacheta continued his impressive form to top the timesheets at the end of free practice one, ahead of the second Formula 2 meeting of the season at Portimao. The Englishman won both races at Silverstone two weeks ago, and mastered a wet practice session in Portugal to end 0.2 seconds clear of the field.

Teams: Perfect strategies key in 2012

April 27th, 2012

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Teams: Perfect strategies key in 2012

Formula 1 teams are convinced that improving strategy calls will be the key factor going forwards if they are to make the most of the current Pirelli tyres. With an increased focus on the impact that Pirelli’s 2012 tyres are having on the racing, there have been some suggestions that the variability of performance this year is turning F1 into a lottery. However, a number of teams are convinced that the situation will soon settle down – and that the most important improvement teams must make is in understanding how to make race strategies work for them.

Van der Garde tops Sakhir qualifying

April 27th, 2012

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Van der Garde tops Sakhir qualifying

Giedo van der Garde set the fastest laptime in qualifying for Friday’s GP2 Series feature race in Bahrain. The Caterham driver’s 1m42.451s pole lap was investigated by the stewards as he was one of many drivers to run wide on the exit of the final corner.

Silva leads as top names skip practice

April 27th, 2012

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Silva leads as top names skip practice

Ivan Silva was the unlikely pacesetter in MotoGP’s first Jerez practice session, as adverse conditions meant all the typical frontrunners opted not to set a time. In truth there was next to no value to be had from the morning, which was neither fully wet nor fully dry

Chilton fastest in Bahrain practice

April 27th, 2012

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Chilton fastest in Bahrain practice

Max Chilton led the way in free practice for GP2′s standalone Bahrain races on Friday morning. The GP2 field has stayed at Sakhir following last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix support event, with rounds five and six the series’ only races away from the Formula 1 bill in 2012

Solberg leads Ford superspecial sweep

April 27th, 2012

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Solberg leads Ford superspecial sweep

Petter Solberg took the early Rally Argentina lead as Ford dominated the Thursday evening superspecial that kicked off the event. On a cold and wet evening, Citroen’s choice of hard tyres proved to be a significant disadvantage, with works drivers Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen ending the 6.04-kilometre stage back in eighth and 11th places respectively, both over 10 seconds off the lead. Ford went for soft tyres and swept the top five positions, with factory driver Solberg leading his temporary team-mate Dani Sordo – substituting for the injured Jari-Matti Latvala – by 3.6s.