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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.

WTCC Fords to return with Rotek

April 24th, 2013

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WTCC Fords to return with Rotek

Arena Motorsport’s World Touring Car Ford Focuses have been bought by VLN squad Rotek Racing and will appear in the championship later this season.

Arena WTCC programme suspended

January 7th, 2013

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Arena WTCC programme suspended

Work on Arena Motorsport’s World Touring Car programme has been suspended, as the team seeks to secure major backing for the year. Ford recently withdrew its technical support for the team, which fielded Tom Chilton and James Nash last year

Muller tops first Sonoma practice

September 22nd, 2012

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Muller tops first Sonoma practice

Yvan Muller was fastest in Saturday morning’s first World Touring Car Championship practice session at Sonoma. After suffering turbo trouble in Friday’s test, Tom Chilton produced a greatly improved performance in his Arena Ford to take second, just 0.053s off the world champion’s 1m46.398s lap. “On Friday we had a pipe come out on the turbo, so I was effectively driving a 1.6-litre atmospheric [rather than a turbo car],” said Chilton

Muller still on top in practice two

July 21st, 2012

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Muller still on top in practice two

World Touring Car Championship points leader Yvan Muller repeated his free practice one form to top the second free practice session at Curitiba. The Frenchman recorded a fastest time of 1m21.124s two thirds of the way into the session, half a second slower than his earlier best set when track temperatures were cooler.

Nash handed 10-place grid penalty

April 28th, 2012

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Briton James Nash has received a 10-place grid penalty for both of Sunday’s World Touring Car races at the Slovakia Ring. Nash had qualified a provisional fourth, but lost the potential highest WTCC starting position for series newcomers Arena when the Team Aon Ford Focus was found to have a non-conforming ground clearance during post qualifying technical checks.

Menu leads Slovakia practice two

April 28th, 2012

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Menu leads Slovakia practice two

Chevrolet’s Alain Menu topped the timesheets in World Touring Car free practice two at the Slovakia Ring. The Swiss racer, who is chasing a 24-point deficit to team-mate Yvan Muller in the drivers’ standings, recorded a fastest time of 2m13.837s. Reigning world champion Muller finished 0.477 seconds behind Menu in second position

Chilton encouraged by Arena progress

April 28th, 2012

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Chilton encouraged by Arena progress

Team Aon’s Tom Chilton says he remains optimistic about the potential of his Arena Motorsport Ford Focus despite a troubled start to the fourth round of the WTCC at the Slovakia Ring. The Briton expressed his optimism over extensive suspension revisions to his Arena Motorsport Ford Focus, and said he had also been buoyed by team-mate James Nash’s competitive showing in third place.

Tarquni edges Muller in practice

April 14th, 2012

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Tarquni edges Muller in practice

Lukoil Racing’s Gabriele Tarquini edged out World Touring Car Championship points leader Yvan Muller by 0.041 seconds to set the pace in the opening free practice session at the Moulay El Hassan street circuit in Marrakech on Saturday. Fastest in Friday’s test, Muller’s RML Chevrolet team-mate Rob Huff headed the classification for much of the session.

Huff tops Marrakech WTCC test

April 13th, 2012

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Huff tops Marrakech WTCC test

Rob Huff set the fastest time in the World Touring Car Championship’s half hour of testing on the streets of Marrakech on Friday afternoon; Chevrolet’s British driver recording a laptime of 1m46.285s. Huff’s marker was a huge 0.829s faster than his closest challenger; Tom Chilton, who turned in an encouraging performance for the Arena Ford team in a Focus 20kg lighter than previously due to the compensation weight system coming into force for the season in Morocco. “We are running two very different set-ups on each car,” said Arena team manager Alan Cole.

Neate excited about partnering Plato

January 25th, 2012

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Neate excited about partnering Plato

British Touring Car racer Andy Neate believes his deal to drive a works MG alongside Jason Plato will help him reach a new level.

Merhi wins again at Hockenheim

October 22nd, 2011

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Merhi wins again at Hockenheim

Roberto Merhi resisted intense pressure from Felix Rosenqvist to score his 10th F3 Euro Series win of the year in the first race at Hockenheim. Merhi, who secured the title last time out at Valencia, made a rocket start from pole position, and the Prema Powerteam driver held a 1.5s lead at the end of the first lap.

Turbo boost limit tweaked again

September 15th, 2011

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Turbo boost limit tweaked again

The performance of turbocharged cars in the British Touring Car Championship has been pegged back once again by series organiser TOCA, ahead of this weekend’s Rockingham round. Non-turbo cars have won just one of the last 10 races, while Chevrolet’s Jason Plato is the best of the drivers of normally-aspirated cars in the championship, fourth overall and 35 points behind leader Gordon Shedden

Boardman takes controversial victory

September 4th, 2011

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Boardman takes controversial victory

Tom Boardman took a provisional win in a controversial reversed-grid British Touring Car race at Knockhill. Starting second, the Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon driver attacked poleman Jason Plato (Chevrolet Cruze) in the opening stages.

Chilton on pole at Knockhill

September 3rd, 2011

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Chilton on pole at Knockhill

Tom Chilton gave the Global Ford Focus its first pole position by topping a dramatic British Touring Car qualifying at Knockhill. Three red flags – caused by separate offs for TechSpeed Chevrolet Cruze drivers John George and Paul O’Neill and the Arena Ford of Andy Neate – made for a fragmented session.

Onslow-Cole confident of gains

August 1st, 2011

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Onslow-Cole confident of gains

Tom Onslow-Cole is confident of a much improved weekend in the British Touring Car Championship at Snetterton this weekend. The 24-year-old Briton left the AmD Milltek Volkswagen squad in order to join Arena Ford in time for the last round at Croft, but could only qualify 15th and take a best finish of 10th in race two. However, since then the team has tested at Pembrey, and Onslow-Cole believes that a number of new developments on the team’s trio of Ford Focus machines will help him fight towards the front at Snetterton

Arena Motorsport to attend Goodwood

June 30th, 2011

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Arena Motorsport to attend Goodwood

British Touring Car team Arena Motorsport will be part of the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. Tom Chilton, who currently lies eighth in the BTCC standings for Arena, will drive the squad’s latest Ford Focus up the hill on all three days. He will be joined by former BTCC ace Paul Radisich in the 1993 Monza World Cup-winning Mondeo and off-road star Ken Block in a Fiesta WRC machine, as Ford celebrates its centenary

Hollamby retires from driving

June 20th, 2011

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Hollamby retires from driving

Shaun Hollamby has retired from British Touring Car racing after making a one-off return to the series at Croft last weekend. The AmD Milltek team boss contested the BTCC last year and stepped in to replace Tom Onslow-Cole, who has returned to the Arena Motorsport Ford Focus team, in his squad’s VW for Croft

New BTCC Ford breaks cover

February 28th, 2011

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New BTCC Ford breaks cover

Ford has unveiled the new Focus ST that Arena Motorsport will campaign in the British Touring Car Championship this year. The ‘Global Touring Car’, which is being presented at the Geneva Motorshow, was developed by Arena with technical support from Ford, and is set to have its first test at Oulton Park later this week

Motorbase Focus makes test debut

February 15th, 2011

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Motorbase Focus makes test debut

Motorbase Performance ran its Ford Focus ST machines for the first time at Brands Hatch on Tuesday morning. Mat Jackson and Liam Griffin drove the boldly-liveried cars, which are ex-Arena Motorsport machines, on the Indy circuit, and were set to continue behind the wheel on Wednesday.

Ecclestone hires former O2 Arena chief

December 7th, 2010

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Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has recruited the highly-respected O2 Arena chief David Campbell to help his group of companies. Campbell, who is a former boss of Virgin Radio and helped transform the O2 Arena into a commercial success, will work for the Geneva-based Allsport Management company that oversees F1′s corporate hospitality Paddock Club