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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.

Paddon to contest WRC2 events

May 7th, 2013

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Paddon to contest WRC2 events

Former Production World Rally champion Hayden Paddon will contest the German and Finnish rallies in WRC2 later this year. The 26-year-old Kiwi will drive a Skoda Fabia S2000 run by Austrian squad Baumschlager Rallye in the two events

Bahrain race quotes: Ferrari

April 21st, 2013

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Fernando Alonso – 8th: “We definitely didn’t have much luck today and that’s a real shame, at the end of what had been such a positive weekend for me and Felipe up until this afternoon. We had been competitive in free practice and qualifying and we were both expecting to have a good race

Malaysia race quotes: Ferrari

March 24th, 2013

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Fernando Alonso – DNF: “Today, unfortunately, we were very unlucky. After making a good start, I touched with Vettel at the second corner: it was a surprise to find him there, almost stopped and I don’t know what speed he was doing. Despite the fact the car was damaged, it didn’t seem to be too bad and, together with the team, we decided to keep going, because if we’d stopped immediately and then again on lap three or four to fit dry tyres, we would have dropped too far back and definitely lost the chance to finish up the front.

Bird: Russian Time capable of title bid

March 21st, 2013

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Bird: Russian Time capable of title bid

Sam Bird believes that his new GP2 team Russian Time is capable of fighting for the title in its rookie season. The team has taken over the entry of frontrunning squad iSport, which won the drivers’ title in 2007 with Timo Glock.

Vettel: Titles add extra pressure

December 12th, 2012

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Vettel: Titles add extra pressure

Sebastian Vettel admits his string of three consecutive Formula 1 world championships brings its own set of pressures and distractions which could damage his 2013 prospects. The German beat Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso the 2012 crown by just three points after surviving an opening-lap shunt in a wild Interlagos finale .

Vettel: Comebacks prove critics wrong

November 28th, 2012

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Vettel: Comebacks prove critics wrong

Sebastian Vettel believes he has proved his doubters wrong after charging through the field in the Abu Dhabi and Brazilian Grands Prix to secure his third title.

Sebastian Vettel on his third title

November 25th, 2012

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Sebastian Vettel on his third title

Sebastian Vettel celebrated his third consecutive world championship in the pitlane with his team, then on the start/finish straight with the fans at Interlagos. The German eventually made his way to face the world’s media in his own press conference, which was hastily-arranged as he was not one of the top three finishers

Renault willing to supply more teams

November 25th, 2012

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Renault willing to supply more teams

Renault is open to expanding its Formula 1 engine supply deals beyond its current four teams for 2014 – but only as long as it does not hurt its chances of more success with works squad Red Bull. With the possibility of there being only three engine manufacturers after next year, Renault, Mercedes or Ferrari might have to increase their customer numbers.

Gutierrez secures Sauber race seat

November 23rd, 2012

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Gutierrez secures Sauber race seat

Sauber has confirmed that Esteban Gutierrez will be promoted from its reserve role to a race seat alongside Nico Hulkenberg for the 2013 Formula 1 season. Team boss Monisha Kaltenborn is confident that the 21-year-old Mexican, a long time Sauber protege, is now ready to be on the F1 grid. “Esteban has already been part of the team for a long time and we have followed his career very closely,” she said.

Marquez admits he has a lot to learn

November 15th, 2012

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Marquez admits he has a lot to learn

Moto2 world champion Marc Marquez believes he has a lot to learn on his step up to MotoGP with the works Honda team, but was thrilled with his progress in his first test at Valencia on Wednesday. Bad weather at the Spanish venue meant Marquez had to wait until late on the final afternoon before getting his first taste of the 1000cc Honda

HVM eyes WEC/IndyCar collaboration

November 15th, 2012

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HVM eyes WEC/IndyCar collaboration

HVM boss Keith Wiggins is open to the idea of collaborating with another team if it would create an opportunity for a competitive entry in the World Endurance Championship next season. Wiggins has most recently been involved in IndyCar, and still has the hardware to continue in the series if he can secure an engine deal. HVM spent the entire 2012 season hamstrung by the underfunded and underdeveloped Lotus units.

Hamilton: Mercedes form no concern

November 1st, 2012

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Hamilton: Mercedes form no concern

Lewis Hamilton says he is not disheartened at the growing task he appears to be facing at Mercedes, with the outfit having not scored a point since he signed for it. While Hamilton remains fully focused for now on trying to help McLaren win more races, it has not escaped his attention that his future employer has endured its worst spell of the campaign. When asked in Abu Dhabi how Mercedes’s run of three races with no points makes him feel, Hamilton said: “It makes me more driven to go and score the next point at some stage!” He added: “I am very happy with the decision I made and it doesn’t impact on that

Maldonado looks to stay out of trouble

September 6th, 2012

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Maldonado looks to stay out of trouble

Pastor Maldonado has prioritised avoiding further run-ins with the stewards after being hit with a double grid penalty for the Italian Grand Prix.

Di Resta: Off-track issues no distraction

August 31st, 2012

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Di Resta: Off-track issues no distraction

Paul di Resta says he is not getting distracted by off-track management issues – even though he wants to start getting his house in order within the next month.

Webber: Alonso strategy the right one

July 21st, 2012

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Webber: Alonso strategy the right one

Mark Webber admitted he would have qualified better for the German Grand Prix had he followed polesitter Fernando Alonso’s example and put on fresh wet tyres during Q3 at Hockenheim, but said he was still satisfied with third fastest. Alonso took pole ahead of Webber’s Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel.

Europe Saturday quotes: Caterham

June 23rd, 2012

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Heikki Kovalainen – 16th: “Today’s performance was the result of a great effort by the whole team. This morning we weren’t sure if we could do it or not but both runs in Q1 were really good.

Aston has ‘no excuses’ in GTE battle

June 15th, 2012

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Aston has ‘no excuses’ in GTE battle

Prodrive chief executive David Richards says there will be ‘no excuse’ for Aston Martin not to secure a class podium at Le Mans. Despite 2012 being the Vantage’s debut season – the project having come together relatively late in 2011 following the failure of the AMR-One – Richards says the success it has already enjoyed makes a class top three realistic in both GTE Pro and Am.

Buller claims first F3 Euro victory

June 2nd, 2012

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Buller claims first F3 Euro victory

Will Buller controlled the pace at the front to take his maiden F3 Euro Series victory in the second race at Spielberg on Saturday afternoon. The British driver made a perfect getaway from pole position on the reversed grid and was never troubled as he took the chequered flag by 1.2 seconds and gave Carlin its first series win for three years

Button ecstatic about strong start

March 18th, 2012

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Button ecstatic about strong start

Jenson Button was elated after celebrating what he labelled as a very special start to the season following a commanding win in the Australian Grand Prix.

Roberto Mieres dies aged 87

January 27th, 2012

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Roberto Mieres dies aged 87

Former Maserati grand prix driver Roberto Mieres has died at the age of 87. Mieres, who started 17 world championship grands prix during the early 1950s, passed away in Uruguay, where he had lived for a number of years