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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.

Johnson: Keselowski fight on the edge

November 5th, 2012

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Johnson: Keselowski fight on the edge

Jimmie Johnson reckons his NASCAR Sprint Cup title rival Brad Keselowski took things ‘right to the edge’ in their battle for the Texas race lead, but did not object to Keselowski’s driving. Johnson and Keselowski made contact as they fought after the penultimate restart, where Johnson’s Hendrick Chevrolet had gone around the outside of Keselowski’s Penske Dodge. Just as Johnson seemed to have completed the pass successfully, Keselowski surged back down the inside at Turn 4, where they banged doors and ran wide.

Sauber urges Perez to finish strongly

November 5th, 2012

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Sauber urges Perez to finish strongly

Sauber team boss Monisha Kaltenborn has urged McLaren-bound Sergio Perez to remember that helping his current squad to a strong finish to the Formula 1 season is still important for his career and reputation.

Formula 1 teams gear up for final test

November 5th, 2012

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Formula 1 teams gear up for final test

Formula 1′s final young driver test of the season kicks off in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, with Red Bull and McLaren among the six teams running.

Aoyama to stand in for Hernandez

November 5th, 2012

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Aoyama to stand in for Hernandez

Hiroshi Aoyama will make his MotoGP comeback with the Avintia CRT squad this weekend at Valencia. The 31-year-old spent two full seasons in grand prix racing’s premier class following his 2009 250cc world championship triumph. His best finish came in 2011 at Jerez, when he claimed fourth behind Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden.

Pressure-free Lorenzo wants home win

November 5th, 2012

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Pressure-free Lorenzo wants home win

Jorge Lorenzo is determined to return to the top step of the MotoGP podium in the Valencia finale now the title pressure is off him. The Spaniard sealed his second premier class championship last time out at Phillip Island , finishing second behind a dominant Casey Stoner

Ferrari ‘must have’ winning car in Texas

November 5th, 2012

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Ferrari ‘must have’ winning car in Texas

Ferrari needs to have a car quick enough to win the United States Grand Prix next weekend if it has any chance of keeping Fernando Alonso’s championship hopes realistically alive, says team president Luca di Montezemolo. Alonso reduced Red Bull rival Sebastian Vettel’s points lead to 10 by finishing second in Abu Dhabi on Sunday , but the ultimate points gain was disappointing considering Vettel had started last after being thrown out of qualifying

Red Bull confident fuel issue a one-off

November 5th, 2012

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Red Bull confident fuel issue a one-off

Red Bull has faith that Renault has learned from the fuel issues that resulted in Sebastian Vettel being thrown to the back of the grid at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The world championship leader was excluded from qualifying after post-session checks found that there was less than the mandatory one-litre of fuel that the FIA requires for a sample. And although Renault has so far not revealed what exactly went wrong – Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has no worries of a repeat happening in the future

Mikkelsen ‘very close’ to VW deal

November 5th, 2012

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Mikkelsen ‘very close’ to VW deal

Double Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Andreas Mikkelsen believes he has now done enough to earn the third works Volkswagen seat in next year’s World Rally Championship.

Get to Know: Dylan Duval

by David Ifeguni on November 5th, 2012

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Expect to see Duval's Wheel Stand Pro entry up front on a regular basis in the 2012 NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series.

This week, I interviewed an iRacer who comes from north of the border.  Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, this iRacer has been a member for nearly two years but has already established himself as a front runner on the oval side of iRacing. He finished ninth in the overall NASCAR iRacing.com Class A series, earning a ticket to the 2012 NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series which started one week ago. If none of those statistics give you an idea of the identity of the driver I interviewed for this week (besides the title) then here is one more fact: He is a HUGE Juan Pablo Montoya fan. The driver I interviewed is the one and only, Dylan Duval. Dylan, who drives for Gale Force Racing in the Pro [...]

Scheider rules out Mercedes move

November 5th, 2012

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Scheider rules out Mercedes move

Timo Scheider will remain with Audi in next year’s DTM, putting to bed speculation that he would join rival manufacturer Mercedes. The two-time series champion wrote on his Facebook page on Monday that the rumours of a switch were untrue and that he has agreed to remain with the Ingolstadt manufacturer. “I, Timo Scheider, will remain 100 per cent loyal to Audi,” he wrote

McLaren: Abu Dhabi form here to stay

November 5th, 2012

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McLaren: Abu Dhabi form here to stay

McLaren is confident that the pace it showed in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix can be carried forward into the final two races of the 2012 Formula 1 season.

Lotus victory ‘proves team is serious’

November 5th, 2012

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Lotus victory ‘proves team is serious’

Lotus thinks the biggest positive that will come from Kimi Raikkonen’s triumph in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is in showing that the team is serious in its Formula 1 ambitions. With Lotus having been at the centre of a naming row and numerous doubts about its financial commitment in recent years, Raikkonen helped silence its critics with a victory last weekend

Tomczyk: Only title will suffice in 2013

November 5th, 2012

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Tomczyk: Only title will suffice in 2013

Martin Tomczyk says that regaining his title is his one and only goal for next year’s DTM.

Morgan to race with family-run team

November 5th, 2012

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Morgan to race with family-run team

British Touring Car racer Adam Morgan will leave Speedworks Motorsport to run with his own family team Cicely Racing in 2013. Cicely ran Morgan to the BTCC-supporting Ginetta GT Supercup in 2011 and the series prize helped him into the BTCC. Morgan finished 19th in the BTCC standings this year in Speedworks’ Toyota Avensis, but father Russell Morgan has now purchased the similar car used by Frank Wrathall in 2011 to run under the Cicely banner

Force India wants no driver animosity

November 5th, 2012

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Force India wants no driver animosity

Force India wants to ensure that no animosity lingers between team-mates Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta after their first-lap collision in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The two cars came together with each other and Sergio Perez’s Sauber on the run to Turn 1 at the start of Sunday’s race. Di Resta had to pit with a puncture, while Hulkenberg sustained race-ending suspension damage as he collected Bruno Senna’s Williams in the aftermath

Ferrari ‘cannot rely’ on Vettel problems

November 5th, 2012

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Ferrari ‘cannot rely’ on Vettel problems

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali says his outfit cannot afford to rely on Sebastian Vettel hitting trouble if it is going to win the world championship this year. Fernando Alonso cut Vettel’s advantage to 10-points in Abu Dhabi, thanks to the Red Bull driver being excluded from qualifying.

Rosberg: Grosjean did nothing wrong

November 5th, 2012

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Rosberg: Grosjean did nothing wrong

Nico Rosberg thinks it would be wrong for Romain Grosjean for receive any criticism over their first-lap clash in Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Lotus driver Grosjean has earned plenty of censure from rivals – and a one-race ban for the Italian GP – due to the litany of lap-one crashes he has been involved in during his first full Formula 1 season. His tangle with Rosberg’s Mercedes at Yas Marina, which was his eighth early incident of 2012, left both heading for the pits with damage

Kubica to drive title-winning Citroen

November 5th, 2012

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Kubica to drive title-winning Citroen

Robert Kubica will step up his motorsport return by driving one of Citroen’s multiple World Rally title-winning C4 WRCs on two national events later this month.

Rivals say Vettel was lucky in race

November 5th, 2012

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Rivals say Vettel was lucky in race

Sebastian Vettel’s rivals believe the Red Bull driver was lucky to be able to recover from a pitlane start to finish third in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Although the Red Bull driver pulled off some great overtaking moves to haul his way near the front of the field, he also enjoyed two moments of good fortune when safety cars came out at suitable times for him

Lotus: Freedom key to Raikkonen success

November 5th, 2012

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Lotus: Freedom key to Raikkonen success

Lotus believes the key to making Kimi Raikkonen’s Formula 1 comeback a success was in allowing the Finn to focus on his racing.