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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.

Citroen: Solberg could still win

June 22nd, 2012

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Citroen: Solberg could still win

Rally New Zealand leaders Mikko Hirvonen and Sebastien Loeb do not believe Petter Solberg is out of contention for victory even though he lost a minute and a half through the opening four stages.

WRC tyre fears as rain looms again

March 31st, 2012

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WRC tyre fears as rain looms again

There is growing concern that a return to heavy rain for the final leg of the Rally of Portugal will leave the leading crews short of suitable tyres.

Formula 1 to consider qualifying tweaks

November 1st, 2011

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Formula 1 to consider qualifying tweaks

Formula 1 chiefs are to consider a change to the tyres rules for qualifying, AUTOSPORT has learned, following controversy about cars not running in Q3 this year.

Pirelli: India choice to shape ’12 plans

October 24th, 2011

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Pirelli: India choice to shape ’12 plans

Pirelli says its distribution of tyre compounds for the Indian Grand Prix could form the basis of its 2012 strategy if it proves successful. The usual practice is for teams to get five sets of the softer of Pirelli’s tyre choices each weekend, and six of the harder – but some of these tend to be unused. For India, the allocation will be the other way around, with six softs and five hards provided.

India preview quotes: Pirelli

October 24th, 2011

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Paul Hembery: “We’ve opted for a deliberately conservative nomination in selecting the hard tyre alongside the soft, simply because on a brand new circuit you are never quite sure of the exact race conditions you will encounter. But we’ve structured the allocation in such a way that we think the teams will run more on the softer tyres, particularly because we are bringing an extra set of soft compound tyres for Friday. This will help us to make some decisions about our strategy for next year, particularly after we saw the excellent durability of the softer compounds

Pirelli: India to get soft/prime switch

October 7th, 2011

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Pirelli: India to get soft/prime switch

Drivers will have access to six sets of soft tyres during the inaugural Indian Grand Prix after Pirelli announced that it is taking the unusual step of making the yellow-labelled compound the prime selection for the event. Pirelli has defined the tyre compounds it will provide to the teams for the final three races of 2011, with the Italian manufacturer opting to take a cautious approach to the new Buddh circuit later this month. Teams are given 11 sets of tyres per grand prix weekend – normally five softer option sets and six harder primes.

GPDA backs tyre allocation changes

September 7th, 2011

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GPDA backs tyre allocation changes

The Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) has written to Pirelli saying it backs the tyre manufacturers’ push to change compound allocations next year, in a bid to end unused rubber getting wasted. As reported by AUTOSPORT earlier this week, Pirelli is prepared to ask the FIA to change the allocation regulations for 2012 because it thinks it is ‘nonsense’ that under the current rules drivers are being left with at least one set of unused tyres at the end of a race.

Rossi annoyed by tyre allocation

August 26th, 2011

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Rossi annoyed by tyre allocation

Valentino Rossi has hit out at Bridgestone over its decision to bring its hardest-specification rear tyre to the Indianapolis Grand Prix this weekend. The Ducati rider said that he had pleaded with the Japanese tyre manufacturer to choose a softer compound for the event as the newly resurfaced infield section of the track was likely to react better to such rubber. “I already talked to Bridgestone in Mugello to modify the allocation for here because the rubber we have on the harder tyre is completely useless,” the seven-time world champion said.

Korea Friday quotes: Bridgestone

October 22nd, 2010

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Hirohide Hamashima – Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development What was significant about today’s running? “Today was significant as after much speculation we finally started the Grand Prix weekend at this fantastic new Formula 1 venue.

Bridgestone announces final allocations

September 7th, 2010

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Bridgestone announces final allocations

Bridgestone has announced the final allocations for the 2010 season, revealing the tyres that it will take to the last four races of the year. The Japanese tyre supplier, which will leave F1 at the of end of the season, said there will be again a one-step gap between compounds for each of the final four tyre allocations

Hungary Friday quotes: Bridgestone

July 30th, 2010

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Hirohide Hamashima – Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development What was significant about today’s running? “Once again we have seen very fast times from competitors , with the lap times faster than this time last year

Brazil Friday quotes: Bridgestone

October 16th, 2009

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Hirohide Hamashima – Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development What was significant about today’s running?

FIM alters engine durability penalties

October 3rd, 2009

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MotoGP’s governing body FIM has made the penalty for riders who use more than the allocated number of engines more lenient, shifting the points penalty to the constructors. The regulations now state that a rider who uses more than five engines over the final seven races of the 2009 season will start from the back of the grid for each race where he uses more than his allocation. The previous version of the technical rule book stated in article 2.3.6 that the rider would have ten points deducted from his championship total.

Japan Friday quotes: Red Bull

October 2nd, 2009

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Sebastian Vettel – 2nd: “In P1 it was too dry for the extreme wets and by the end, also for the inters, but it was too wet for the dry tyres too. I think the general problem today for all is that teams are short of wet tyres – whatever you use today has to also count as part of your allocation for the weekend, which is why not many cars were running.

Japan Friday quotes: Bridgestone

October 2nd, 2009

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Hirohide Hamashima – Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development What was significant about today’s running? “Today we have learnt that our latest specification intermediate tyre works very well here.

Singapore Friday quotes: Bridgestone

September 25th, 2009

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Q&A with Hirohide Hamashima – Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development What was significant about today’s running? “Just like last year we saw the track start very slippery. This was due a dusty surface and no rubber laid down

Italy Friday quotes: Bridgestone

September 11th, 2009

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Hirohide Hamashima – Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development What was significant about today’s running? “Today was interesting as this was the first time that we have run in Monza this season.

Bridgestone expects Monza surprises

September 8th, 2009

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Formula 1 tyre supplier Bridgestone thinks managing the different compounds will be a bigger factor in this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix than it was in Belgium a fortnight ago. Several teams struggled to get the most out of the soft and medium tyres at Spa-Francorchamps, which helped play a role in Kimi Raikkonen and Giancarlo Fisichella enjoying their best results of the season. With the same types of tyres being used at Monza this weekend, Bridgestone’s director of motorsport tyre development Hirohide Hamashima reckons that there is the chance of an equally topsy-turvy result

Belgium Friday quotes: Bridgestone

August 28th, 2009

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Hirohide Hamashima – Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development What was significant about today’s running?