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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.

Turvey takes another ELMS pole

May 18th, 2013

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Oliver Turvey maintained his 100 per cent prototype qualifying record by claiming pole position for the second round of the European Le Mans Series at Imola. The McLaren Formula 1 test and development driver, who has joined the Jota Sport Zytek LMP2 squad for this season, topped the times by more than half a second to follow up on his pole at the Silverstone season opener last month. His 1m34.343s pole lap aboard the Jota Zytek-Nissan Z11SN he shares with Simon Dolan compared with the 1m34.914s set by Mathias Beche in the TDS Racing ORECA-Nissan 03

Lombard back to Le Mans with Morand

May 17th, 2013

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Lombard back to Le Mans with Morand

Frenchman Olivier Lombard will return to the Le Mans 24 Hours with the Swiss Morand Racing team in his bid to repeat his LMP2 triumph of 2011. Lombard, who raced with Morand when it was known as Hope PoleVision in the 2010 Le Mans Series, has signed to drive the team’s Morgan-Judd/BMW LMP2 for a one-off appearance at the 24 Hours on June 22/23. The 22-year-old, who won the P2 class at Le Mans with the Greaves Zytek squad in 2011, will race the car alongside full-season drivers Franck Mailleux and Natacha Gachnang

Rossi joins Greaves for Le Mans

May 15th, 2013

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Rossi joins Greaves for Le Mans

Caterham Formula 1 reserve driver Alexander Rossi will race a Greaves Motorsport Zytek LMP2 at the Le Mans 24 Hours in the colours of the grand prix team. The deal between the F1 team and Greaves means that the American driver, a frontrunner in GP2 this year with the Caterham Racing squad, will line up alongside three-time Le Mans class winner Tom Kimber-Smith and former American Le Mans Series LMPC champion Eric Lux in one of the two Greaves Zytek-Nissan Z11SNs.

TDS recalls Beche for ELMS

May 15th, 2013

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TDS recalls Beche for ELMS

The European Le Mans Series-winning TDS Racing team has brought back Mathias Beche for the remainder of its championship defence. The Swiss driver will renew his partnership with 2011-12 team-mate Pierre Thiriet in the French team’s ORECA-Nissan 03 LMP2 for the remaining four races of the season, starting this weekend at Imola. Beche replaces former GT1 World Championshipo driver Jonathan Hirschi, who finished third with Thiriet in the Silverstone season opener last month.

AF Corse to contest Asian series

May 13th, 2013

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AF Corse to contest Asian series

The world championship-winning AF Corse Ferrari team will contest the new Asian Le Mans Series, which kicks off in South Korea in August. AF, which won the GTE Pro teams’ title in last year’s World Endurance Championship and helped Ferrari to the GTE manufacturers’ crown, will field a solo GT3-spec 458 Italia in the GTC class of the four-race series

Aston plans factory entry for Spa 24

May 13th, 2013

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Aston plans factory entry for Spa 24

Aston Martin Racing is planning to field a factory entry in the Spa 24 Hours in July. AMR is finalising a deal to join forces with the Belgian GPR Racing squad to mount an attack on the blue-riband round of the Blancpain Endurance Series on July 27/28 with a solo Vantage V12 GT3

Sainz excluded from second GP3 race

May 12th, 2013

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Sainz excluded from second GP3 race

Carlos Sainz Jr has been excluded from his seventh place finish in the second race of the GP3 Series opening weekend when his MW Arden car was found to be underweight in post-race scrutineering. Local hero Sainz, son of the multiple world rally champion Carlos, had charged from 15th on the grid to seventh in Sunday morning’s event, but lost his finishing position. So did fifth-placed David Fumanelli, who had punted Nick Yelloly into a spin.

Vainio leads Koiranen one-two

May 12th, 2013

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Vainio leads Koiranen one-two

Aaro Vainio won the 50th GP3 Series race on Sunday morning at Barcelona, the Finn taking the Koiranen GP team’s first victory in the category in its second-ever start. Vainio anticipated the start to perfection from his second row starting spot, leaping from fourth to the lead by Turn 1. Poleman and team-mate Kevin Korjus followed him, ahead of David Fumanelli, Nick Yelloly and Saturday’s winner Tio Ellinas, who jumped up from eighth to fifth in his Marussia car

Pickett defeats Rebellion at Laguna

May 12th, 2013

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Pickett defeats Rebellion at Laguna

Pickett HPD duo Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr came out on top in a race-long duel with Nick Heidfeld and Neel Jani’s Rebellion Lola-Toyota to win the four-hour American Le Mans Series event at Laguna Seca. The two cars swapped the lead both on track and in the pitlane numerous times during the race, but the crucial moment came when they made contact in the final hour.

Ellinas clings on for GP3 opener win

May 11th, 2013

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Ellinas clings on for GP3 opener win

Cypriot Tio Ellinas won the first race of the second-generation GP3 Series at Barcelona on Saturday afternoon, fending off late-race pressure from Patric Niederhauser and Conor Daly. Poleman Ellinas stormed into the lead at the start in his Marussia machine, and quickly pulled away from Jenzer’s Niederhauser

Ellinas inherits Barcelona GP3 pole

May 11th, 2013

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Ellinas inherits Barcelona GP3 pole

Marussia Manor’s Tio Ellinas will start from pole position for the opening round of the new-look GP3 Series season after a fascinating battle at Barcelona, in which he actually finished second. The fastest man overall, Kevin Korjus, entered the session with a 10-place grid penalty after transgressing in free practice on Friday.

Jani/Heidfeld on Laguna ALMS pole

May 11th, 2013

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Jani/Heidfeld on Laguna ALMS pole

Neel Jani gave Rebellion another American Le Mans Series pole in qualifying for Saturday’s four-hour race at Laguna Seca. Jani, who shares the Lola-Toyota with ex-Formula 1 driver Nick Heidfeld, kept Rebellion just out of its rivals’ reach throughout LMP1 qualifying. At times the Swiss driver was a second clear, but Dyson’s Guy Smith and Pickett’s Klaus Graf kept closing in while swapping second place

Niederhauser fastest as GP3 kicks off

May 10th, 2013

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Niederhauser fastest as GP3 kicks off

Patric Niederhauser set the fastest time in the 45-minute free practice session for the opening round of the new-look GP3 Series season at Barcelona. Although the second-generation GP3 uses the same chassis as its predecessor, it now features a throaty 3.4-litre AER V6 engine producing 400bhp. Niederhauser, a two-time GP3 race-winner in the old machine, lapped the Circuit de Catalunya in 1m35.044s, almost three and a half seconds quicker than the fastest previous race weekend lap set by Mitch Evans in 2011, whose pole time back then was 1m38.498s

HVM Status joins ELMS for Imola

May 10th, 2013

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HVM Status joins ELMS for Imola

The HVM Status GP squad has bolstered the LMP2 entry for the next round of the European Le Mans Series and could compete in the remainder of the championship. Status has entered its Lola-Judd/BMW B12/80 for the Imola ELMS race on April 19 ahead of its second participation in the Le Mans 24 Hours in June. Silverstone-based Status, which linked up with former IndyCar team HVM over the winter, had planned a full World Endurance Championship campaign, but was forced to pull out in April after failing to find the necessary funding.

Krumm joins Greaves for Le Mans

May 9th, 2013

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Krumm joins Greaves for Le Mans

Long-time Nissan driver Michael Krumm will return to the Le Mans 24 Hours as part of the Japanese manufacturer’s LMP2 attack. The 2011 FIA GT1 world champion, who will be making his sixth Le Mans start, will join Nissan GT Academy winners Jann Mardenborough and Lucas Ordonez in one of Greaves Motorsport’s Zytek-Nissan Z11SNs

O’Young returns to Le Mans

May 9th, 2013

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O’Young returns to Le Mans

Touring car and sportscar driver Darryl O’Young is returning to the Le Mans 24 Hours after a four-year absence with the AF Corse Ferrari team. The Canadian-born Chinese driver, who is racing with the ROAL BMW team in this year’s World Touring Car Championship, has signed to drive one of AF’s GTE Am class Ferrari 458 Italias in the French enduro on June 22/23.

Toyota calls for Le Mans rules redress

May 8th, 2013

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Toyota calls for Le Mans rules redress

Toyota will be unable to challenge Audi at next month’s Le Mans 24 Hours unless there are changes to the engine regulations in time for the race, according to the Japanese manufacturer. Technical director Pascal Vasselon explained that his team’s analysis from Spa showed that the current Balance of Performance significantly favours Audi’s turbodiesel powerplant over its own normally-aspirated petrol engine.

Toyota sure Le Mans win is possible

May 6th, 2013

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Toyota sure Le Mans win is possible

Toyota believes the form of its latest TS030 HYBRID in Saturday’s Spa 6 Hours proves it can challenge arch-rival Audi at next month’s Le Mans 24 Hours. The 2013-spec TS030, which was making its debut in the second round of the World Endurance Championship in Belgium, led the race and ran ahead of the new long-tail R18 e-tron quattro Audi before retiring with drive-train issues. Toyota had been optimistic of a victory push at Spa after its 2012-spec cars were outmatched in the WEC Silverstone opener.

Audi earns Spa WEC podium sweep

May 4th, 2013

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Audi earns Spa WEC podium sweep

Andre Lotterer, Marcel Fassler and Benoit Treluyer led home an Audi one-two-three victory at the Spa round of the World Endurance Championship. The winning trio and the reigning world champions had to fight back from two early setbacks, but they had the pace to overcome both two sets of team-mates and the challenge from Toyota to claim victory by over a minute ahead of Loic Duval, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish. The #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro, which had won pole in the hands of Lotterer and Fassler, lost time at the start when Lotterer went wide at the first corner and lost out to both his sister cars and the latest Toyota TS030 HYBRID driven by Nicolas Lapierre

Audi using blown diffuser on R18

May 4th, 2013

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Audi is running a blown-diffuser on its 2013 R18 LMP1 contender, the German manufacturer has admitted. Audi Sport head of LMP Christopher Reinke explained that the exhausts from the R18 e-tron quattro’s V6 turbodiesel engine now exited under the car for aerodynamic gain