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David Phillips
Editor and ChiefDavid 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 WriterChris 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 Writer19 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 WriterJason 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 WriterI 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 WriterI 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 WriterI 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 WriterNathan'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 WriterBorn 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 WriterJordan 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 WriterBorn 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 WriterKenneth 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 WriterI 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 WriterAfter 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.
Top 20 motorsport stories of 2011
December 31st, 2011
For many, the 2011 motor racing season will forever be associated with the death of former IndyCar champion and Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon in a horrifying accident in the Las Vegas finale, and unsurprisingly Wheldon’s loss and the repurcussions dominated the most-read motorsport stories on AUTOSPORT.com this year.
In happier news, Kimi Raikkonen’s deliberations over where to head next fascinated readers long before his Formula 1 comeback was announced, the prospect of a new Indycar for 2012 was eagerly awaited, and excitement grew over the future of Le Mans racing as Toyota and Porsche lined up to join Audi and Peugeot.
20. Le Mans: Toyota to return to Le Mans in 2012
14 October
Despite global economic gloom, Le Mans racing is thriving. A few months after Porsche announced it would soon be back in LMP1, Toyota revealed that it would take on Audi and Peugeot with a new hybrid as early as 2012.
19. NASCAR: Raikkonen tests Cup car at Virginia
24 May
Kimi Raikkonen was big news all year as he pondered his next move. Back in early summer, a Formula 1 return seemed unlikely and it looked like NASCAR would be his 2012 destination.
18. IndyCar: Head trauma caused Wheldon’s death
18 October
Although it would be December before the full investigation into Dan Wheldon’s death would be complete, the autopsy carried out in the immediate wake of the accident confirmed that the fatal injury had been to his head.
17. ILMC: ORECA takes surprise Sebring win
20 March
The first big LMP1 showdown of the season saw a major shock, as the factory Audis and Peugeots tripped up and ORECA’s older-spec customer Peugeot 908 came away with an upset victory in the Sebring 12 Hours.
16. Le Mans: Raikkonen completes Peugeot 908 test
24 August
By August, NASCAR had dropped off Raikkonen’s radar and it appeared that he might be set for a move into the Le Mans arena after testing for the factory Peugeot team.
15. WRC: Burns video exposes cancer battle
7 November
Ten years after Richard Burns became England’s first World Rally champion, the Richard Burns Foundation released a new film giving an insight into his battle against brain cancer.
14. Le Mans: Porsche to make Le Mans LMP1 return
30 June
Few marques are as synonymous with Le Mans success as Porsche, so news that the creator of the 917 and 962 would be back at sportscar racing’s top level from 2014 was greeted with huge excitement.
13. F3: Magnussen: I’m lucky to be alive
20 November
British Formula 3 runner-up Kevin Magnussen’s Macau Grand Prix came to a violent end when he was launched over the back of Will Buller’s car and into the catch fencing. The Dane escaped with minor injuries.
12. IndyCar: Finale red-flagged after huge crash
16 October
Even before news of the seriousness of Wheldon’s condition became clear, it was obvious that the Las Vegas accident had been a horrendous one, with 15 cars involved and four flying through the air.
11. IndyCar: 2012 Dallara makes test debut
8 August
After many years with the Dallara-Honda spec package, the IndyCar Series enters a new era in 2012 with a new car and engine competition once again. Wheldon was the test driver for the prototype when the car that would ultimately be named in his honour hit the track for the first time in August.
10. IndyCar: Wheldon takes dramatic Indy win
29 May
Just under five months before his death, Wheldon pulled off arguably the crowning moment of his career, as he took the fledging Bryan Herta Autosport team to a sensational victory in an incredibly dramatic Indianapolis 500 after rookie JR Hildebrand crashed while leading into the last corner of the last lap.
9. IndyCar: Motorsport pays tribute to Wheldon
16 October
It was a mark of the respect and affection with which Wheldon was held by the motorsport fraternity that stars from across the racing world were quick to pay tribute to him in the hours after his death.
8. Tributes flood in for Martin Hines
28 August
Motorsport said goodbye to several much-loved characters during 2011, including karting guru Martin Hines, who had played a pivotal role in the careers of so many of top names.
7. IndyCar: Pole contact caused Wheldon’s death
15 December
Two months after the accident, IndyCar announced the results of the comprehensive investigation into the 15-car crash at Las Vegas that led to Wheldon’s death, including confirmation that an impact with the debris fencing’s support post caused the fatal injury.
6. IndyCar: Dallara reveals 2012 Indy concept
10 May
In the build-up to the Indianapolis 500, Dallara unveiled the prototype designs for the new car that it hopes will reinvigorate the IndyCar Series in 2012.
5. WRC: Mini misses 2012 WRC deadline
20 December
Prodrive’s new World Rally Championship Mini project generated huge interest from the start – especially once it started challenging for wins earlier than anyone had expected. So fans were unsurprisingly curious and concerned when it appeared there was a question mark over its 2012 programme.
4. IndyCar: Dallara to name car after Wheldon
18 October
With Wheldon having carried out all the initial testing of the 2012 Dallara IndyCar, it was entirely appropriate that it was named in his honour, and within days o his death, the Italian constructor confirmed that the car would become the DW12.
3. Bakkerud dies after car crash
12 September
Another sad loss in 2011 was sometime Formula 3, GP2 and sportscar racer Christian Bakkerud, who lost his life away from the racetrack, in a car crash in London.
2. NASCAR: Raikkonen to compete in NASCAR
29 March
Raikkonen’s second WRC campaign had only just begun when reports of another potential career change emerged, as he arranged to take his first tentative steps into what turned out to be an abortive NASCAR career.
1. IndyCar: Wheldon dies from injuries
16 October
The story that defined the motor racing season for many people, as IndyCar announced that 2005 champion and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon had sustained unsurvivable injuries in the ferocious 15-car crash early in the Las Vegas season-closer.