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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.

Horner positive after RB8 track debut

February 7th, 2012

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Horner positive after RB8 track debut

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner is upbeat about his car’s progress during the first day of the Jerez test, hailing the new RB8′s first day on track as ‘positive’. Although it is too early to read anything into the overall laptimes, with Mark Webber fourth fastest, eight tenths of a second off Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen, Horner was encouraged that the RB8 was performing as hoped. “It has been a positive first day,” said Horner when asked by AUTOSPORT whether the car was performing as expected

Toro Rosso reveals its 2012 car

February 6th, 2012

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Toro Rosso reveals its 2012 car

Scuderia Toro Rosso was the third team to launch its car for the 2012 season on Monday, unveiling the STR7 at the Jerez circuit.

McLaren will be ready for first test

December 19th, 2011

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McLaren will be ready for first test

McLaren will have its new car ready for the first test of 2012, after the team confirmed on Monday it will be launched on 1 February. With tougher crash test regulations in place for next year, allied to a two-week gap between the first and second test, it had been expected that a number of outfits could choose to delay the launch of their new cars to make the most of extra development time. However, McLaren’s announcement that the MP4-27 will be ready for the opening test at Jerez, which takes place from February 7-9, means the team follows Ferrari and Red Bull Racing in opting to get running as early as possible.

Al-Attiyah to defend Dakar crown

December 6th, 2011

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Al-Attiyah to defend Dakar crown

Nasser Al-Attiyah will defend his Dakar Rally title in January in a Hummer run by Team Robby Gordon. The 40-year-old Qatari won the 2011 event for Volkswagen after triumphing in a tight battle with his team-mate Carlos Sainz, but looked likely to miss next year’s rally after the team pulled out of desert raids to focus on its World Rally Championship programme. However, he has secured a late deal to drive a second Hummer alongside team owner Gordon, and will carry the number 300, which is usually reserved for former winners in such a situation

Hildebrand and Kimball retain rides

November 16th, 2011

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Hildebrand and Kimball retain rides

JR Hildebrand will remain with Panther Racing until at least the end of the 2013 IndyCar Series season after the team confirmed it had taken its option up on the 23-year-old Californian. Hildebrand finished runner-up in the Rookie of the Year standings behind Newman/Haas driver James Hinchcliffe and would have won his maiden Indianapolis 500 had he not crashed on the final turn, handing victory to the late Dan Wheldon

Pirro on pole as Bradl confirms title

November 5th, 2011

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Gresini Racing earned a poignant one-two on the Valencia Moto2 grid with Michele Pirro and Yuki Takahashi, as Stefan Bradl wrapped up the 2011 championship through Marc Marquez’s absence. Although Bradl’s title rival Marquez had announced on Friday that he would not be fit to race at Valencia following his Sepang qualifying crash, his team left the door open to a late recovery, leaving Bradl uncertain whether he really could celebrate the championship or not. But with Marquez sitting out qualifying and confirming that his optic nerve injury would not allow him to ride at all this weekend, Bradl can go into tomorrow’s season finale knowing his points tally cannot be beaten and the title is sealed

Happy Hamilton says nothing won yet

October 15th, 2011

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Happy Hamilton says nothing won yet

Lewis Hamilton said he was delighted to be on pole position for the Korean Grand Prix, but admitted it is the race that counts.

Petrov not worried about future

September 23rd, 2011

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Petrov not worried about future

Vitaly Petrov has no concerns about his future at Renault – despite speculation that he could be replaced at the Enstone-based outfit for 2012.

Heidfeld hopeful he can secure F1 seat

September 15th, 2011

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Heidfeld hopeful he can secure F1 seat

Nick Heidfeld has not given up on a return to Formula 1 next year, despite being dropped by the Renault team last month. The German lost his seat at the Enstone-based outfit ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix, after the team felt that it needed a shake-up of its driver line-up and wanted to give Bruno Senna a chance

Red Bull boss says Webber will stay on

July 13th, 2011

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Red Bull boss says Webber will stay on

Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz says there are absolutely no doubts that Mark Webber will stay with the outfit next year, even after the team orders controversy. The team was involved in a row after asking Webber to ‘maintain the gap’ when fighting for second place with team-mate Sebastian Vettel in the latter stages of the British Grand Prix. Webber admitted after the race that he had ignored the orders and that he was not happy about them.

Rule changes not stopping Vettel

June 25th, 2011

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Rule changes not stopping Vettel

Sebastian Vettel insisted there was too much talk about how the rule changes would affect Red Bull’s performance, after the team dominated yet another qualifying session.

Carpentier hoped for ‘fun’ return

May 23rd, 2011

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Carpentier hoped for ‘fun’ return

Patrick Carpentier said he had been really looking forward to the prospect of making a single-seater return had he been able to get into the Indianapolis 500 field with Dragon Racing. The 39-year-old Canadian was a Champ Car and IndyCar frontrunner from 1997 to 2005 but has since focused on stock cars

Button hails McLaren’s step forward

March 26th, 2011

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Button hails McLaren’s step forward

Jenson Button says McLaren has taken a huge step forward compared to winter testing, after the team enjoyed a positive start to the season in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.

HRT expects ‘normal’ day on Saturday

March 25th, 2011

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HRT expects ‘normal’ day on Saturday

Hispania boss Colin Kolles is expecting a “normal” day on Saturday after the team failed to do any significant running on Friday. Italian Tonio Liuzzi managed just an installation lap today, after finally hitting the track with two minutes left in the afternoon session. He didn’t set a time

Karthikeyan reveals qualifying concerns

March 24th, 2011

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Karthikeyan reveals qualifying concerns

New HRT signing Narain Karthikeyan has admitted that he has concerns over HRT’s ability to qualify for the Australian Grand Prix after the team’s new F111 contender did not turn a wheel during winter testing. The new car was unveiled during the final pre-season test at Barcelona but did not actually run, meaning that the Indian – who returns to Formula 1 for the first time since 2004 – and his team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi have six hours running time between them on Friday to sort out any new-car niggles with the chassis

Menu elevated to race two pole

March 19th, 2011

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Menu elevated to race two pole

The World Touring Car Championship organisers have confirmed that Alain Menu will jump from 11th on the Curitiba race two grid as a result of the penalty handed to Fredy Barth.

Berthon replaces Stoneman at ISR

February 4th, 2011

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Leading Formula Renault 3.5 team ISR Racing has reached an agreement with Nathanael Berthon for the 2011 season.

STR predicts big 2011 for Alguersuari

November 23rd, 2010

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STR predicts big 2011 for Alguersuari

Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost has predicted that 2011 could be a big season for Jaime Alguersuari, who Tost feels has made major progress during 2010. The 20-year-old Spaniard finished the season by beating Felipe Massa to ninth place in Abu Dhabi.

We won it the right way – Horner

November 15th, 2010

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We won it the right way – Horner

Red Bull Racing and Sebastian Vettel clinched the world championship in the ‘right way’ reckons boss Christian Horner, after the team refused to throw its weight behind one driver this year.

Wilks thrilled to make Peugeot switch

October 29th, 2010

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Wilks thrilled to make Peugeot switch

Guy Wilks said the opportunity to join Peugeot UK in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge was “too good to resist”, after the team confirmed his signing, as predicted by AUTOSPORT. Wilks’ first outing in the 207 S2000 recently vacated by 2009 champion Kris Meeke will be on the opening IRC round of 2011, the Monte Carlo Rally in January. Wilks’ co-driver Phil Pugh will join him in making the switch from Skoda UK to the Kronos Racing-run Peugeot next season.