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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.

McLaren expects ’15 Honda exclusivity

May 22nd, 2013

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McLaren expects ’15 Honda exclusivity

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has confirmed that McLaren will have exclusive use of Honda Formula 1 engines in 2015 and that other teams may only race with the Japanese units “in due course”. Honda announced its F1 comeback with McLaren last week, but also left the door open to supplying other squads . “The agreement governing engine supply was actually there to prevent one manufacturer working with too many of the best teams,” said Whitmarsh in an interview for this week’s episode of The Racer’s Edge .

Block eyes European Rallycross

May 22nd, 2013

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Block eyes European Rallycross

Ken Block is keen to race in the European Rallycross Championship in the future, but has admitted he does not have time to fit it into his busy schedule this year.

Buller and T-Sport part company

May 22nd, 2013

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Buller and T-Sport part company

Northern Irish Formula 3 racer Will Buller has parted company with the T-Sport team. Buller, who has entered the British F3 International Series with Fortec Motorsport , took a best result of fourth in the opening four rounds of the F3 European Championship with T-Sport’s ThreeBond/Nissan-powered Dallara. This has come as a disappointment, after the combination flew during pre-season tests at Barcelona and Monza.

Fry fit to return for Monaco GP

May 22nd, 2013

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Fry fit to return for Monaco GP

Ferrari technical director Pat Fry will return to duty at the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend after recovering from appendicitis. The Briton was forced to miss the last Formula 1 race at Barcelona after he was struck down with the illness on the morning of qualifying and taken to hospital

Perrinn launches customer LMP1

May 22nd, 2013

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Perrinn launches customer LMP1

A British motorsport engineering consultancy has completed the design of a LMP1 prototype to the new-for-2014 rulebook with which it aims to enter the Le Mans customer market. Perrinn Limited is ready to begin building the car as soon as the first customer signs up for the project and believes it can have the first chassis up and running in four months from the first order.

Hamilton thrilled to follow grandfather

May 22nd, 2013

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Hamilton thrilled to follow grandfather

British sportscar driver Archie Hamilton will achieve a lifetime’s ambition by racing in the Le Mans 24 Hours in June, 60 years after his grandfather Duncan won the race with Jaguar.

Teams fined for Indy infractions

May 22nd, 2013

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Teams fined for Indy infractions

Three Indianapolis 500 entrants have been penalised for technical infractions following post-qualifying inspections, although the grid for Sunday’s race remains unchanged. Chip Ganassi Racing was fined $5000 after Ryan Briscoe’s car was found to be in breach of Rule 14.6.4.16, which mandates the dimensions of the trailing edge of the rear wing. Meanwhile

Ecclestone: drivers have to use brains

May 22nd, 2013

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Ecclestone: drivers have to use brains

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes Pirelli’s high-degradation tyres mean drivers once again have to ‘use their brains’ to win grands prix. Pirelli has been accused of preventing drivers from racing flat-out with its aggressive 2013 compounds, with Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz saying F1 was now “nothing to do with racing” as tyre conservation took precedence. But Ecclestone said taking care of tyres now was no different to looking after fragile machinery in previous eras, and that rather than deserving censure, Pirelli has improved the show by reintroducing a strategical element into modern F1.

Yelloly returns to FR3.5 for Monaco

May 21st, 2013

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Yelloly returns to FR3.5 for Monaco

Formula Renault 3.5 race winner Nick Yelloly will return to the series for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix support race with Zeta Corse. The Briton, who finished fifth in the championship last season with Comtec Racing, received a last-minute call-up from the Italian team to replace Mihai Marinescu. He will partner fellow GP3 racer Carlos Sainz Jr, who landed a one-off deal with the team last week.

Paffett says yellow-flag rules wrong

May 21st, 2013

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Paffett says yellow-flag rules wrong

Gary Paffett believes the DTM’s yellow-flag rules are ‘wrong’, and need a serious revision before the next round at Spielberg. The HWA Mercedes driver finished third on the road at Brands Hatch last weekend, but was demoted to sixth after five seconds were added to his race time for a yellow-flag infringement. Paffett was deemed to have not slowed by the mandatory 0.5s in sector three of the Brands Indy circuit as he passed Edoardo Mortara’s stricken Audi at Clearways with 12 laps remaining.

Buller joins Fortec for British F3

May 21st, 2013

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Buller joins Fortec for British F3

Northern Irish Formula 3 racer Will Buller is a last-minute addition to the entry list for this weekend’s British F3 International Series opener at Silverstone, and will drive a Fortec Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes. Buller, 20, has been contesting this year’s F3 European Championship in a T-Sport Dallara-Nissan.

Maldonado banking on Monaco expertise

May 21st, 2013

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Maldonado banking on Monaco expertise

Pastor Maldonado is hopeful his Monaco expertise will allow him to score the Williams team’s first points of the season in Sunday’s race. The Venezuelan has a good record at Monaco, with wins in both Formula Renault 3.5 and GP2 as well as a sensational run to sixth place in his first F1 appearance before being taken out by Lewis Hamilton.

Perez showing expected form – McLaren

May 21st, 2013

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Perez showing expected form – McLaren

Sergio Perez is starting to show the qualities that made McLaren want him to replace Lewis Hamilton, according to team boss Martin Whitmarsh. The Mexican driver scored just two points in his first three races with the team, but finished ahead of team-mate Jenson Button in Bahrai n and then outqualified the Briton for the first time at Barcelona. Whitmarsh feels Perez, who joined McLaren after two seasons with Sauber, is heading in the right direction as he settles in at his new team

McLaren: Honda a bedrock for success

May 21st, 2013

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McLaren: Honda a bedrock for success

McLaren’s new deal with Honda will enshrine the team’s place as one of the sport’s biggest players, according to team principal Martin Whitmarsh. The Japanese manufacturer announced last week that it would return to the sport in a “joint project” with McLaren. Whitmarsh believes the deal will guarantee McLaren has the resources and structure to ensure future success

Bleekemolen lands Le Mans seat

May 21st, 2013

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Bleekemolen lands Le Mans seat

Dutch sportscar star Jeroen Bleekemolen will follow up on his victory in Nurburgring 24 Hours yesterday with a bid for class honours in the Le Mans 24 Hours in June. Bleekemolen, who won at the ‘Ring with the Black Falcon Mercedes team, has landed a last-minute drive with the Swiss Race Performance LMP2 team at Le Mans on June 22/23

Raikkonen: no surprise to be second

May 21st, 2013

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Raikkonen: no surprise to be second

Kimi Raikkonen sees no reason to be surprised at his excellent start to the 2013 Formula 1 campaign. The Finn triumphed in this year’s Australian opener and has finished runner-up in every other grand prix bar Malaysia, where he came home seventh

Bernstorff set for Masters of F3 seat

May 21st, 2013

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Bernstorff set for Masters of F3 seat

Anglo-Danish racer Emil Bernstorff is to return to the top level of Formula 3 in the non-championship Masters event at Zandvoort in July. Bernstorff, who has won two races in the German F3 Cup this season, will drive Italian team EuroInternational’s second Dallara-Mercedes, which is yet to be raced this year. He will link up with EuroInternational’s regular F3 European Championship driver Tom Blomqvist.

Mercedes claims first Nurburgring win

May 20th, 2013

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Mercedes claims first Nurburgring win

Mercedes claimed its first Nurburgring 24 Hours victory in one of the most dramatic races in the history of the event. Five-time DTM champion Bernd Schneider and his team-mates Sean Edwards, Jeroen Bleekemolen and Nicki Thiim steered their Black Falcon-entered SLS to victory, just 2m39s in front of the hard-charging Maxime Martin in the Marc VDS-entered BMW Z4

Bouchut to make 20th Le Mans start

May 20th, 2013

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Bouchut to make 20th Le Mans start

Former Le Mans 24 Hours winner Christophe Bouchut will make his 20th start in the endurance classic with the Lotus LMP2 team this year. Bouchut, who won the race with Peugeot on his debut in 1993, will line up in one of the team’s Lotus-Praga T128s alongside James Rossiter and Kevin Weeda. The Frenchman is standing in for Vitantonio Liuzzi, who is racing in the Superstars International Series at Zolder on Le Mans weekend.

Riders say Ducati flattered by conditions

May 20th, 2013

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Riders say Ducati flattered by conditions

Ducati riders Andrea Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden believe Ducati was flattered by the adverse conditions of Sunday’s MotoGP race at Le Mans.