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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.

Karamyshev secures Campos seat

May 24th, 2013

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Karamyshev secures Campos seat

Nikolay Karamyshev has finalised a two-round World Touring Car Championship deal with the Campos SEAT squad.

V8 Supercars calm over Ford’s future

May 23rd, 2013

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V8 Supercars calm over Ford’s future

V8 Supercars organisers remain optimistic about Ford’s long-term future in the series despite the firm ending road car production in Australia.

Hamstead Stands Tall in Atlanta

by Dylan Sharman on May 20th, 2013

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Hamstead emerged from a tense early battle to claim the win at Road Atlanta.

The iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series stayed in the States for Round Two as drivers and teams took to Road Atlanta.  Last week’s record number of 135 drivers was backed up with another 128 sim-racers traveling to Georgia for Week 2. Qualifying was led by Richard Hamstead with a lap at 1:21.044 to grab the pole position with Madison Down just .029s behind. Justin Ruggier and Adrian Stratford would qualify on the second row with Mitchell McLeod and Josh Muggleton from the third row. John Emerson and Shaun Kelly started from the fourth row with Brad Ryan and Matthew Hill rounding-out the top 10 qualifiers. Hamstead led the field into Turn One for the first time and, with Down hung-out on the outside, Ruggier was able to sneak by and move [...]

Analysis: WTCC qualifying farce

May 20th, 2013

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Analysis: WTCC qualifying farce

On Saturday, stewards handed out penalties and fines to 12 drivers after a comedic finish to World Touring Car qualifying at the Salzburgring, where the entire Q2 field contrived to miss the chance to post a final flying lap while joslting for the perfect slipstreaming position. The final five minutes of World Touring Car qualifying were admittedly farcical, but the reaction of the FIA stewards only added to the pantomime played out in Austria

Whincup hails V8′s Austin debut

May 20th, 2013

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Whincup hails V8′s Austin debut

Jamie Whincup hailed the success of V8 Supercars maiden American race weekend at Austin. The Triple 8 Holden driver extended his lead at the head of the championship after claiming three race wins at the US circuit.

Whincup back on top in race four

May 19th, 2013

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Jamie Whincup responded to his race three defeat by winning the last race of V8 Supercars’ inaugural Austin weekend. Race three winner Fabian Coulthard put Whincup under huge pressure in the first half of the race. But in the closing laps, Whincup was able to pull out a three-second lead, as he clamed his third win of the weekend and extended his points lead still further

Coulthard defeats Triple 8 duo

May 19th, 2013

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Fabian Coulthard halted Jamie Whincup’s winning streak by defeating the Triple 8 Holdens in race three of V8 Supercars’ Austin weekend. Whincup had won both Saturday races to add to his two wins out of three in the preceding event at Barbagallo

Nash snatches first WTCC victory

May 19th, 2013

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Nash snatches first WTCC victory

James Nash claimed his breakthrough World Touring Car victory while Yvan Muller once again surged through the field to capture second in the Salzburgring finale. Nash, starting on reverse-grid pole, had initially lost out to Norbert Michelisz’s Zengo Honda on the run down to the first corner, but fought his way back immediately to regain the lead by the end of the first lap. The duo held position until the penultimate lap, when Michelisz was demoted by a charging Muller, who had started from 10th

Nykjaer holds off Nash to win race one

May 19th, 2013

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Nykjaer holds off Nash to win race one

Michel Nykjaer resisted race-long pressure from James Nash to capture his second World Touring Car win of 2013 in a massively jumbled Salzburgring opener. Yvan Muller, whose provisional pole became 13th on the grid following a spate of post-qualifying penalties , meanwhile completed a remarkable charge through the field to finish third. The Frenchman almost got himself involved in the lead scrap, finishing just six tenths of a second off Nykjaer at the flag

Whincup doubles up in race two

May 18th, 2013

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Whincup doubles up in race two

Jamie Whincup reeled off another V8 Supercars victory in race two at Austin, as he and Craig Lowndes took Triple 8′s second one-two of the day. Whincup and Lowndes controlled the race throughout, running side by side through the opening sweeps before the champion moved clearly ahead

Whincup wins first V8 race in America

May 18th, 2013

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Whincup wins first V8 race in America

Jamie Whincup fended off Triple 8 Holden team-mate Craig Lowndes to win V8 Supercars’ maiden American race at Austin.

Nykjaer pole as 12 drivers penalised

May 18th, 2013

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Nykjaer pole as 12 drivers penalised

Michel Nykjaer has ended up with pole position for the opening World Touring Car Championship race at the Salzburgring as 10 of the top 12 drivers on the grid were penalised amid the fallout from the farcical end to qualifying. The Austrian event was thrown into chaos as the entire 12-strong Q2 field missed out on final flying laps while driving slowly to try and get slipstreams from each other.

Huge fines, penalties for WTCC field

May 18th, 2013

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Huge fines, penalties for WTCC field

FIA stewards have handed out massive fines and grid penalties to myriad drivers following the comedic finish to World Touring Car qualifying at the Salzburgring . The entire Q2 field ended up missing out on the chance to post a final flyer as they jostled for the perfect slipstreaming position, with speeds falling to as low as 32km/h. Traffic, caused by drivers backing each other up, was also an issue in Q1.

Leaders bemused by WTCC qualifying

May 18th, 2013

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Leaders bemused by WTCC qualifying

Yvan Muller, Tom Chilton and Rob Huff were all left bemused by their rivals’ tactics as World Touring Car qualifying ended in laughable fashion at the Salzburgring. Muller was on provisional pole, with Chilton and Huff second and third, when the field – led by Chilton – headed out for one final flyer. With ample time on the board, drivers elected to fight for the perfect slipstream position, worth around four tenths of a second, behind Chilton.

Muller secures third pole of 2013

May 18th, 2013

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Muller secures third pole of 2013

Yvan Muller captured his third World Touring Car pole of 2013 in emphatic style at the Salzburgring. The Frenchman carried his practice form into the knockout session, and on fresh rubber – and with a tow from RML team-mate Tom Chilton – set a new record of 1m25.756s

Muller stays on top in Austria

May 18th, 2013

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Muller stays on top in Austria

Yvan Muller continued his imperious early World Touring Car form at the Salzburgring to go half a second clear of the field in second practice. The Frenchman was once again able to dip under lap record pace, setting a 1m26.344s just five minutes from the end of the session.

Muller flies in opening practice

May 18th, 2013

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Muller flies in opening practice

Yvan Muller fired an early warning of intent by repeatedly dipping under lap record pace to top the opening World Touring Car practice at the Salzburgring.

Boardman out of Austria, Russia

May 16th, 2013

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Boardman out of Austria, Russia

Special Tuning Racing’s Tom Boardman has withdrawn from the next two World Touring Car rounds in Austria and Russia respectively. The team had travelled to this weekend’s round at the Salzburgring, but have now taken the decision to return home in an attempt to fully fix the car. Boardman has suffered from a continuous string of setbacks and misfortunes over the opening four races of the season.

WTCC still expects new manufacturers

May 15th, 2013

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WTCC still expects new manufacturers

World Touring Car promoter Marcello Lotti insists there is still strong interest from a number of manufacturers in joining the series next year. The FIA announced last December that it intended to open up regulations and allow more powerful, aero-dependent cars on the grid for 2014

Steele, new RGM team to enter BTCC

May 10th, 2013

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Steele, new RGM team to enter BTCC

Former single-seater racer Aaron Steele plans to contest the British Touring Car Championship next year. The 2008 McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award finalist will race in two rounds of the European Touring Car Championship this season ahead of his BTCC campaign