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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.

WRC poised for crunch FIA meeting

May 15th, 2013

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WRC poised for crunch FIA meeting

The FIA is presenting its plans for the immediate future of the World Rally Championship in Paris this week. Led by its rally director Jarmo Mahonen, the FIA has joined forces with WRC promoters Red Bull Media House and Sportsman Media and British sports consultancy firm Portas to produce a document outlining the way forward for the series. Mapping out the WRC’s future There had been growing disquiet in the service park surrounding the lack of movement from both the FIA and the promoters, but recent meetings have relieved that pressure

Ogier: VW problems robbed me of win

May 9th, 2013

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Ogier: VW problems robbed me of win

Volkswagen’s Sebastien Ogier says he deserved victory on last week’s Rally Argentina and only missed out because of mechanical issues with his Polo R WRC.

Teams split over radical WRC plans

May 9th, 2013

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Teams split over radical WRC plans

Plans for a radical overhaul of the World Rally Championship format have been met with mixed views in the service park. The potential for the powerstage element of a WRC round being used to decide who wins a rally will be discussed by the WRC Commission later this month. Volkswagen team principal Jost Capito backs the plan and says it could give the WRC wider appeal

VW resists drivers’ push for upgrades

May 8th, 2013

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VW resists drivers’ push for upgrades

Volkswagen team principal Jost Capito says he will not be pressured by his drivers into delivering upgrades to the Polo R WRC before they are ready. The Polo suffered further rear differential and handbrake issues on last week’s Rally Argentina. A revised specification of handbrake operation – hydraulic instead of pneumatic – was running on Andreas Mikkelsen’s third car, but it will not be included on the points-scoring Polos until it is absolutely ready

Power stage decider mooted for WRC

May 8th, 2013

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Power stage decider mooted for WRC

World Rally Championship officials will meet later this month to discuss plans to change the way events at the highest level are won, including a proposal that the power stage should decide the outright results. WRC manager Michele Mouton stressed that no decisions had been taken and that there were numerous options on the table. The most eye-catching is the possibility of the power stage becoming a position-deciding shoot-out.

Loeb breaks away from Ogier

May 3rd, 2013

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Loeb breaks away from Ogier

Sebastien Loeb moved 40 seconds clear of Sebastien Ogier as the Rally Argentina drama continued on Friday afternoon. Despite playing down his interest in catching Loeb following the morning mistake that left him 26s adrift, Ogier immediately began taking time out of his arch-rival on the Santa Rosa stage.

Loeb says he is feeling no pressure

May 2nd, 2013

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Loeb says he is feeling no pressure

Sebastien Loeb says he is under no pressure to perform in Rally Argentina. Competing on gravel for the first time this year, the seven-time winner of this event admitted it took him some time to find the right feeling again on Wednesday’s shakedown and qualifying stages. “I haven’t competed on gravel since Catalunya,” he said, “and I did only one day of testing, so for sure I didn’t do as much as I might have done.

Ogier free to fight with Loeb

May 2nd, 2013

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Ogier free to fight with Loeb

Sebastien Ogier will be free to fight with Sebastien Loeb in Rally Argentina despite the Citroen driver not being a title threat. Volkswagen motorsport chief Jost Capito says he has no intention of ordering Ogier to let his arch-rival go when Loeb returns for one of his World Rally Championship guest appearances this week. Ogier enjoys a 54-point lead at the top of the WRC table ahead of Argentina and the Frenchman himself admits he does not need to be drawn into an unnecessary fight with the defending world champion, who is only competing on four WRC rounds this year.

Ogier on top after superspecial

May 1st, 2013

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Sebastien Ogier took first blood in Rally Argentina by winning Thursday afternoon’s superspecial stage.

VW insists it isn’t bulletproof

May 1st, 2013

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VW insists it isn’t bulletproof

Volkswagen technical director Francois-Xavier Demaison says he remains cautious about the Polo R WRC’s performance ahead of this week’s Rally Argentina, despite the team’s spectacular season so far. Although it was only introduced at the start of 2013, the Polo has taken a podium in every World Rally Championship round it has started. In the hands of Sebastien Ogier, the car has won the last three rallies and power stages

Loeb thinks Ogier has title in the bag

May 1st, 2013

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Loeb thinks Ogier has title in the bag

Sebastien Loeb cannot see anyone stopping Sebastien Ogier from becoming his successor as World Rally champion. Ogier enjoys a 54-point lead in the WRC after just four rounds this season, only two of which Loeb has contested. Loeb returns to the WRC in Argentina this weekend and says he has been impressed with Volkswagen driver Ogier’s pace

Ogier insists Loeb won’t be his focus

April 30th, 2013

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Ogier insists Loeb won’t be his focus

Sebastien Ogier insists Sebastien Loeb’s World Rally return in Argentina will not distract him from his 2013 championship bid. The pair have already met twice this year. Loeb had the upper hand in the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally , but could do little to prevent Ogier clinching a first win for Volkswagen’s new team in Sweden .

Loeb fears rustiness on WRC return

April 30th, 2013

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Loeb fears rustiness on WRC return

Sebastien Loeb has admitted his lack of recent seat time in Citroen’s World Rally DS3 could harm his prospects when he returns for Rally Argentina this weekend. The nine-time champion has won the last seven straight Argentina events, but his part-time schedule means he has not competed since finishing second to championship leader Sebastien Ogier in Rally Sweden in February. While he has stayed busy – notably making a winning start to his FIA GT Series career at Nogaro – Loeb fears his lack of WRC running, particularly on gravel, could harm his chances this weekend.

Sordo sure of Argentina victory push

April 24th, 2013

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Sordo sure of Argentina victory push

Dani Sordo has no doubt that he will be a victory contender from the outset when the World Rally Championship resumes in Argentina next month, following his breakthrough Portugal performance. Although Sordo crashed out on day two in Portugal, the accident came when he was right on dominant points leader Sebastien Ogier’s tail in the lead battle. Citroen had been blown away by Ogier and Volkswagen in Mexico in March, but Sordo and team-mate Mikko Hirvonen made significant progress at a subsequent test

Ogier not plannning to ease off

April 19th, 2013

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Ogier not plannning to ease off

Sebastien Ogier plans to continue pushing for World Rally Championship victories even though he admits he could already focus on defending his ample points lead. The Frenchman collected his third successive win in Portugal , despite suffering from the flu for the duration of the event, giving him a 54-point lead. Save for part-time competitor Sebastien Loeb’s Monte Carlo Rally win, Ogier has dominated the WRC season so far this year intends for that trend to continue

Dakar to visit Bolivia in 2014

March 20th, 2013

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Dakar to visit Bolivia in 2014

Bolivia will host the Dakar Rally for the first time after being included alongside Argentina and Chile on the calendar of next year’s race.

Citroen may ask Loeb to return

March 15th, 2013

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Citroen may ask Loeb to return

Citroen team principal Yves Matton has admitted he could ask Sebastien Loeb to return to the World Rally Championship if the French team falls behind in the manufacturers’ race. Loeb is already scheduled to compete in Argentina and France this season as part of his four-event programme .

Citroen has full faith in its drivers

March 7th, 2013

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Citroen has full faith in its drivers

Citroen team boss Yves Matton insists he does not fear a future without Sebastien Loeb and has total faith in Mikko Hirvonen and Dani Sordo. The third round of the 2013 World Rally Championship, which starts from Guanajuato on Thursday evening, will be the first time the official Citroen team has been without its nine-time world champion Loeb since Rally New Zealand 2002. Life after Loeb begins begins in Mexico Of the 55 points Citroen has accumulated so far this year, Loeb has contributed 43, with both Hirvonen and Sordo struggling to find early-season form.

Roma fastest, Peterhansel still ahead

January 14th, 2013

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Roma fastest, Peterhansel still ahead

Nani Roma went fastest on the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally while his X-raid Mini team-mate Stephane Peterhansel opened up a big lead as chief rival Nasser Al-Attiyah hit trouble. While Peterhansel was able to set the second-best time on the 368-mile run from Tucuman to Cordoba in Argentina, Al-Attiyah’s day consistently got worse. After losing around seven minutes to Peterhansel during the opening half of the stage, the Qatari’s Red Bull buggy ground to a halt several times during the final 20 miles with a suspected engine problem

Former F1 team boss Forti dies

January 12th, 2013

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Former F1 team boss Forti dies

Guido Forti, the former team boss of mid-1990s Formula 1 outfit Forti Corse, has died. He was 72. The Italian originally co-founded his outfit with businessman Paolo Guerci in the late 1970s, racing in Italian Formula Ford before gaining respect by taking Franco Forino to an Italian Formula 3 title.