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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.

Wilson hails Ford WRC era

November 12th, 2012

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Wilson hails Ford WRC era

Ford team principal Malcolm Wilson paid tribute to the Blue Oval’s commitment to the World Rally Championship after its last rally in Spain. Ford announced last month that it would quit the series as title sponsor of the M-Sport run team, ending a 16-year association with the Cumbrian firm

Stoner: MotoGP farewell ‘surreal’

November 12th, 2012

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Stoner: MotoGP farewell ‘surreal’

Two-time MotoGP champion Casey Stoner admitted his MotoGP farewell weekend at Valencia was a surreal experience. The Australian shocked the sport when he announced in May that 2012 would be his final season .

Chris Knox to test with ES Racing

November 12th, 2012

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Chris Knox to test with ES Racing

Mini racing champion Chris Knox will test with British Touring Car squad ES Racing this week.

Emotional Loeb pays tribute to Citroen

November 12th, 2012

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Emotional Loeb pays tribute to Citroen

An emotional Sebastien Loeb was thankful to Citroen after finishing his full-time involvement in the World Rally Championship with victory in Spain.

Lorenzo feared for title after Dutch TT

November 12th, 2012

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Lorenzo feared for title after Dutch TT

2012 MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo admits he thought his title chances were blown when he was wiped out at the first corner exit of the Dutch TT in June. The Spaniard proved a dominant force throughout 2012, winning four of the opening six races and – Assen aside – finishing inside the top two of every race until he crashed out while leading the Valencia finale

Schumacher open to future RoC bows

November 12th, 2012

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Schumacher open to future RoC bows

Michael Schumacher says this year’s Race of Champions is not likely to be his final one despite his retirement from competition. The German, 43, announced earlier this year that he would retire from Formula 1 at the end of the season and said he does not plan to compete in any other categories

US preview quotes: Force India

November 12th, 2012

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Nico Hulkenberg Q. After a disappointing weekend in Abu Dhabi, how easy is it to bounce back and get focussed on the next race? To be honest I’m over it already.

Force India: No rush to sort ’13 drivers

November 12th, 2012

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Force India: No rush to sort ’13 drivers

Force India boss Vijay Mallya says his team is in no hurry to confirm its driver line-up for the 2013 season. The Silverstone-based outfit will lose Nico Hulkenberg to Sauber for next year, but is expected to retain Paul di Resta. Several drivers have been named as possible team-mates to the Scot, including Jaime Alguersuari, Kamui Kobayashi, Jules Bianchi, Adrian Sutil, Luiz Razia, Charles Pic and Bruno Senna

HRT put up for sale by owners

November 12th, 2012

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HRT put up for sale by owners

The HRT Formula 1 team has confirmed it is looking for a new owner after being put up for sale by Thesan Capital.

Pirelli to supply extra tyres for Austin

November 12th, 2012

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Pirelli to supply extra tyres for Austin

Formula 1 teams will have an extra set of hard tyres at their disposal for Friday practice for this weekend’s United States Grand Prix. Pirelli, which is taking the medium and hard tyres to the Austin race, will give the teams the chance to get additional running and get familiarised with the new circuit, where Formula 1 will compete for the first time.

Harvick, Childress all but confirm split

November 12th, 2012

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Harvick, Childress all but confirm split

Kevin Harvick and Richard Childress have all but confirmed they will not continue to work together beyond 2013, following reports of Harvick’s departure to Stewart-Haas Racing for 2014. On Sunday Harvick ended a 44-race winless streak for him and Richard Childress Racing with a hard fought victory at Phoenix. Victory came just a few days after rumours that he could be on the verge of a leaving a team for which he has competed for nearly 12 years.

Waltrip slams ‘coward’ Gordon

November 12th, 2012

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Waltrip slams ‘coward’ Gordon

Team owner Michael Waltrip was heavily critical of Jeff Gordon after the clash between the four-time champion and rival Clint Bowyer on Sunday at Phoenix. Waltrip, for whom Bowyer drives for, blamed Gordon for interfering with the championship battle, as his driver was set to be a contender heading into the season finale before the incident.

US preview quotes: Williams

November 12th, 2012

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Pastor Maldonado: “After a good performance in the last race in Abu Dhabi I’m looking forward to getting in the car again and seeing what we can achieve in Austin.

McLaren to act as Formula E supplier

November 12th, 2012

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McLaren to act as Formula E supplier

McLaren will provide engines, transmissions and electronics to the Formula E electric championship. The Woking-based squad will work with the newly-created Spark Racing Technology company to prepare the cars that will participate in the championship, which is to be launched in 2014

Top S2000 to get Jack Sears Trophy

November 12th, 2012

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Top S2000 to get Jack Sears Trophy

The Jack Sears Trophy will be awarded to the top S2000 driver in the British Touring Car Championship next year. With S2000 being replaced by NGTC at the front of the field, the award will be handed out in recognition of the man who took the inaugural title in 1958 and a second crown in 1963. Series boss Alan Gow has provided the award to encourage the teams left running S2000 machinery, which took eight victories from 30 races in 2013.

US preview quotes: HRT

November 12th, 2012

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Pedro de la Rosa: “The truth is we don’t know much about this circuit. All I know about it is from what I’ve seen on the Internet. The first thing that strikes you about this track is the number of gradient changes and how extreme they are.

Vettel: 2012 champion will be worthy

November 12th, 2012

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Vettel: 2012 champion will be worthy

Sebastian Vettel believes he and Fernando Alonso are equally worthy of the 2012 F1 title given their similar share of misfortunes across the season.

Gordon stands by actions

November 12th, 2012

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Gordon stands by actions

Jeff Gordon has refused to apologise for deliberately taking Clint Bowyer out of last Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Phoenix. The Hendrick Motorsports driver and his Michael Waltrip Racing rival collided with seven laps to go; Gordon retaliating for an earlier incident with Bowyer. Both drivers hit the wall hard, collecting an innocent Joey Logano, while new championship leader Brad Keselowski avoided getting involved.

Harvick wins, Keselowski into lead

November 12th, 2012

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Kevin Harvick fended off Kyle Busch to claim Richard Childress Racing’s first win of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season, while Brad Keselowski moved into the Chase lead after Jimmie Johnson hit the wall in an eventful afternoon at Phoenix. Keselowski now needs a 15th-place finish at Homestead in order to clinch his and Penske’s maiden Cup title. He was sixth on Sunday, whereas Johnson was classified 32nd having hit the wall due to a melted tyre bead that caused his right-front to deflate exiting Turn 4 on lap 236 of 312