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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.

F1 aims to drop ‘force majeure’ rule

November 15th, 2012

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F1 aims to drop ‘force majeure’ rule

Formula 1 chiefs are considering revising the qualifying rules for next season to remove ambiguity over what is a justifiable reason for cars not completing their in-laps. At the moment, drivers have to make their way back to the pits under their own power unless there is a case of ‘force majeure’ that stops them

Teams to face tougher front wing tests

November 15th, 2012

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Teams to face tougher front wing tests

Formula 1 teams will face tougher front wing tests next year, with the FIA keen to clamp down on team’s exploiting the flexible bodywork rules. Although the governing body tightened up the wing flexibility tests for this year – with a 1000N force applied 790mm ahead of the front wheel centre line – that has not stopped suggestions that some teams are still trying to get around the rules. At the Japanese Grand Prix this year the FIA trialled a different location for the tests, and it has decided that tests will be done differently for 2013.

FIA to restrict DRS use next year

November 15th, 2012

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FIA to restrict DRS use next year

The FIA is to restrict the use of DRS anywhere on the circuit except in the allocated zones during practice and qualifying on grand prix weekends next year. Since the system was introduced at the start of the 2011 season, drivers have been free to use the DRS as they want during practice and qualifying with the activation zone applying only in the race. But FIA technical delegate Charlie Whiting recently informed the teams that he is no longer happy with this for safety reasons amid concerns about drivers risking deploying the DRS early at the exit of corners.

Austin a ‘perfect showcase’ for F1

November 15th, 2012

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Austin a ‘perfect showcase’ for F1

The new Austin circuit will be an ideal showcase for Formula 1 cars’ capabilities when pushed to the limit, according to Jenson Button. The McLaren driver believes the sweeping fast section from Turn 2 to Turn 8 of the Circuit of the Americas is just what F1 machinery needs to highlight its speed. That is why Button reckons Austin will be a bigger hit for the United States than Indianapolis was when F1 raced there from to 2000 to 2007

McLaughlin’s Hat-trick at the Glen

by Dylan Sharman on November 15th, 2012

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McLaughlin made it three-in-a-row at the Glen.

Round 2 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Championship presented by BigPond headed to one of the most popular tracks on the calendar, Watkins Glen Cup.  The home of the US Grand Prix from 1961-80 would be the venue for the second week on the calendar for a 35 lap contest that would present the sim racers with their first pit stop race this season. Qualifying produced an ANZ Motorsports lock-out with Scott McLaughlin posting a 1:10.667 to fractionally out-do Justin Ruggier on a 1:10.674.  Richard Hamstead drew first blood with a victory in the early race and would start third in the main race beside Madison Down. Rens Broekman and Brad Ryan shared the third row of the grid with Shaun Kelly and Vail Riches on Row Four, with Joshua [...]

Elomaa Shines at Phoenix

by Jordan Hightower on November 15th, 2012

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Week Two of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (Open Setup) took the drivers to the Valley of the Sun and Phoenix International Raceway located in Avondale, Arizona for some high speed short track online racing.  Although some would consider Aleksi Elomaa (Finland) a road racer by trade, he is also quite the talent on the ovals.  That talent would be shown as he earned the most championship points for the week at one of the more difficult tracks on the NASCAR circuit. 941 sim racers competed in an official race during Week Two, but out of that large number, only one could claim victory in the week’s highest Strength of Field race.  That person was Ohio native Kenny Humpe who won the 3144 SoF in dominating fashion leading 84 [...]

Button: Second will be better than pole

November 15th, 2012

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Button: Second will be better than pole

Jenson Button suspects that qualifying second for the United States Grand Prix might be better than starting on pole position. The McLaren driver believes that the run out of the second slot on the grid is a little flatter than it is for first, meaning that whoever qualifies there could have an edge on the charge to the first corner

Conquest tests LMP2 car at Daytona

November 15th, 2012

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Conquest tests LMP2 car at Daytona

American Le Mans Series team Conquest has tested its LMP2 Morgan-Nissan at Grand-Am’s headline venue Daytona as part of preparations for the Grand-Am and ALMS merger in 2014. The unification of the two United States sportscar series is set to see LMP2 cars and Grand-Am’s Daytona Prototype machinery become the headline categories. * Click here for AUTOSPORT’s full analysis of the implications of the ALMS/Grand-Am merger Conquest driver Martin Plowman ran alongside a number of Grand-Am teams at Daytona, venue for Grand-Am’s showpiece 24-hour race, on Tuesday and Wednesday

Thursday’s press conference – USA

November 15th, 2012

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DRIVERS – Pedro DE LA ROSA (HRT), Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren), Sergio PEREZ (Sauber), Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari), Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing), Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus) PRESS CONFERENCE Q. Gentlemen, a question to you all to start with: what are your impressions of the circuit so far; your feelings about being back in America. What it’s like to be back here

Webber slams new podium procedure

November 15th, 2012

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Webber slams new podium procedure

Mark Webber has criticised the revised podium procedure adopted by Formula 1 halfway through the 2012 season. Since the British Grand Prix, which Webber won, the top three drivers have been interviewed live on the podium. The interviewers have varied from former world champions Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda, to opera singer Placido Domingo

Austin weather ‘could hurt Red Bull’

November 15th, 2012

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Austin weather ‘could hurt Red Bull’

Mark Webber thinks the lower than expected temperatures in Austin could be the biggest hindrance for Red Bull at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix. Following a recent warm spell in the city, the temperatures have reverted to their more usual autumnal lows this week – and it is much cooler than Formula 1 teams have experienced at recent venues. With tyre temperatures having been such an important factor in the battle for victories this season, the cooler conditions could deliver a decisive swing in the tight battle at the front of the field

HRT to run Ma again in Austin practice

November 15th, 2012

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HRT to run Ma again in Austin practice

Chinese driver Ma Qing Hua will get another practice outing with the HRT team when he replaces Narain Karthikeyan on Friday morning at Austin. Ma has so far driven the Spanish car in opening practice for the Italian, Singapore and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix. HRT confirmed on Thursday the Chinese will take to the wheel of its car again on Friday at the Circuit of the Americas.

Kubica still taking comeback slowly

November 15th, 2012

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Kubica still taking comeback slowly

Robert Kubica says he is not getting ahead of himself when it comes to a top-level competition return ahead of his first outing in a Citroen World Rally Car. The Pole will drive a title-winning Citroen C4 on two national events this month, including this weekend’s Rally di Como

Alonso ‘more relaxed than ever’

November 15th, 2012

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Alonso ‘more relaxed than ever’

Fernando Alonso says he goes into the 2012 championship-deciding races “much more relaxed” than in his previous Formula 1 title showdowns. The Spanish Ferrari driver arrives in the United States Grand Prix 10 points behind Red Bull rival Sebastian Vettel, who could clinch the title this weekend if he wins the race and Alonso finishes outside the top four

De la Rosa focused despite HRT sale

November 15th, 2012

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De la Rosa focused despite HRT sale

Pedro de la Rosa insists he remains completely focused on doing the best possible job in the final two races of the 2012 Formula 1 season despite the news of his HRT team being put up for sale.

Vettel: Swearing controversy overblown

November 15th, 2012

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Vettel: Swearing controversy overblown

Sebastian Vettel believes the furore over him and Kimi Raikkonen swearing during Abu Dhabi Grand Prix podium interviews was excessive. Both third-place finisher Vettel and winner Raikkonen used profanities when being quizzed by Formula 1 racer turned commentator David Coulthard during the new-style live interview procedure at Yas Marina.

Solberg sure he can win another title

November 15th, 2012

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Solberg sure he can win another title

Petter Solberg has no doubt that he is still quick enough to win another World Rally title if he can secure a deal to stay in the series for 2013. The 2003 world champion’s future in the sport is currently in doubt following Ford’s decision to end its factory involvement

Crutchlow reveals hand injury

November 15th, 2012

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Crutchlow reveals hand injury

Cal Crutchlow has revealed that he sustained a minor hand fracture when he crashed out of second place in the MotoGP season finale at Valencia on Sunday. The Tech 3 Yamaha rider was on course for a career-best result when he crashed out eight laps from the finish of the wet-dry race. The injury did not prevent Crutchlow from returning to the track for Wednesday’s post-season test day at the same venue

Hamilton denies regretting McLaren exit

November 15th, 2012

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Hamilton denies regretting McLaren exit

Lewis Hamilton says he is very happy with his decision to leave McLaren to join Mercedes next year, refuting claims from Martin Whitmarsh that he had has regrets.

A Beginner’s Guide to the Art of (i)Racing

by Katier Scott on November 15th, 2012

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"Immediate" situational awareness is vital when running in close quarters.

So you’ve always wanted to be a racing driver, you’ve decided to turn your back on arcade games and concentrate on one of the most inexpensive forms of full-on motorsport: iRacing.com.  But you’ve never raced against other sim-racers before. The question running around your head, therefore, is just when should you actually line-up on a grid and go racing? The straight answer is sooner than you might think.  But before you even join a practice session it’s worth doing some preparation. 1)    Read the Sporting Code paying attention to the sections on communication, protests and most importantly iRating and Safety Racing (SR). 2)    Watch ALL of the driving school videos. 3)    Turn off voice completely. 4)    Turn off text chat in races – both of these options are in the [...]