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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.

Hildebrand wants road/street chance

June 18th, 2013

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Hildebrand wants road/street chance

JR Hildebrand is hoping for an opportunity to prove his ability on road and street courses before the end of the IndyCar season as he chases a full-time return in 2014.

Andretti fastest in Milwaukee practice

June 14th, 2013

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Andretti fastest in Milwaukee practice

Marco Andretti opened this weekend’s IndyCar round at the Milwaukee Mile by setting the fastest time in today’s opening practice session. Andretti moved to the top with a lap of 21.9217s just over 10 minutes before the end of the session to lower the previous marker set by team-mate Ryan Hunter-Reay by just 0.0183s, and the time remained unbeaten

GT3 Bentley to use V8 engine

June 12th, 2013

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GT3 Bentley to use V8 engine

The new Bentley Continental GT3 racer will be powered by the British manufacturer’s V8 engine rather its W12 powerplant.

Production Honda makes test debut

May 27th, 2013

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Production Honda makes test debut

Honda has completed the first test of its new MotoGP production racer, which it hopes to make available to teams before the end of 2013. The machine will be offered to privateers as an alternative to CRT equipment from next year onwards.

AF Corse to contest Asian series

May 13th, 2013

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AF Corse to contest Asian series

The world championship-winning AF Corse Ferrari team will contest the new Asian Le Mans Series, which kicks off in South Korea in August. AF, which won the GTE Pro teams’ title in last year’s World Endurance Championship and helped Ferrari to the GTE manufacturers’ crown, will field a solo GT3-spec 458 Italia in the GTC class of the four-race series

HRT buyer to run cars in BOSS

May 2nd, 2013

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HRT buyer to run cars in BOSS

HRT’s Formula 1 cars will return to action after owner Teo Martin reached an agreement to run two of them in the BOSS GP series. Martin, a Spanish businessman and scrapyard owner, bought the assets of the defunct HRT team after the Spanish squad folded at the end of last year. Among that, Martin acquired two 2011 chassis with all the required equipment to operate them

Bahrain race quotes: Red Bull

April 21st, 2013

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Sebastian Vettel – 1st: “It was good fun at the beginning with some very tight wheel to wheel racing. At the start you don’t know if you will be quick or not, as everyone is a bit all over the place, including yourself! It’s important to get to the front; we saw at the last race that if you get stuck behind someone then it does have an impact on tyre wear and today it was important to make use of the tyres we had saved from qualifying yesterday. I love to be in clean air, so I was pushing hard to get into the lead and, with the speed we had mid-race, it was quite comfortable today

Webber opts for pitlane start in China

April 14th, 2013

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Webber opts for pitlane start in China

Mark Webber will start the Chinese Grand Prix from the pitlane after his Red Bull team elected to change his gearbox and make other set-up modifications. The Australian had been due to start from the back of the grid after he was excluded from qualifying for not having enough fuel in his car for scrutineering checks.

Hamilton fastest at rain-hit Barcelona

February 28th, 2013

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Hamilton fastest at rain-hit Barcelona

Lewis Hamilton topped the first morning session of the third pre-season Formula 1 test at Barcelona. In a session afflicted by several rain showers, drivers constantly switched between wet and intermediate rubber

Vandoorne fastest in Aragon FR3.5 test

February 22nd, 2013

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Vandoorne fastest in Aragon FR3.5 test

New McLaren junior driver Stoffel Vandoorne topped the first Formula Renault 3.5 test of 2013 at Aragon on Friday. The Belgian, who was snapped up by McLaren earlier this week , topped both the morning and afternoon sessions in the Fortec car which took Robin Frijns to the 2012 championship. Vandoorne, who also succeeded Frijns as Formula Renault Eurocup champion last year, pipped FR3.5 veteran Daniil Move to top spot in the closing minutes of both the morning and afternoon sessions

Raikkonen keen to prolong comeback

January 28th, 2013

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Raikkonen keen to prolong comeback

Kimi Raikkonen sees no reason why he will not continue his Formula 1 return into the 2014 season. The Finn’s comeback deal with Lotus was initially a two-year contract, expiring at the end of 2013. Speaking as Lotus launched its new E21 chassis, Raikkonen said he had not given much thought to the future, but was sure he would stay on if he continued to enjoy F1.

Lorenzo sure he can still improve

January 8th, 2013

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Lorenzo sure he can still improve

2012 MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo insists there are still areas he can improve as a rider despite delivering his ‘best season’ last year. The 25-year-old Spaniard has finished either as champion or runner-up in the last four seasons, amassing 22 wins and 54 podiums in the same time.

Jones hails Raikkonen’s return to F1

November 28th, 2012

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Jones hails Raikkonen’s return to F1

Former world champion Alan Jones rates Kimi Raikkonen’s comeback season as “one of the most successful” the sport has seen. 1980 champion Jones said the Finn’s performances were on a similar level to Niki Lauda, who won the title in the third year of his comeback.

Abiteboul named Caterham F1 boss

November 8th, 2012

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Abiteboul named Caterham F1 boss

Cyril Abiteboul has replaced Tony Fernandes as team principal of Caterham’s Formula 1 outfit with immediate effect.

McLaren: Main focus is wins, not title

November 1st, 2012

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McLaren: Main focus is wins, not title

McLaren can stop worrying about championship points and just push for a string of wins in the final races of the 2012 Formula 1 season, says its technical director Paddy Lowe. With the Woking team now 101 points behind constructors’ championship leader Red Bull with 129 available before the end of the campaign, and Ferrari ahead of it in second place, McLaren’s title hopes appear all but dead

Schumacher hopes lessons learned

October 30th, 2012

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Schumacher hopes lessons learned

Michael Schumacher hopes that Mercedes at least learnt something from its dreadful Indian Grand Prix. The soon-to-retire Formula 1 legend had one of the worst races of his record-shattering career at Buddh last weekend. Schumacher picked up a puncture from first-lap contact with Jean-Eric Vergne, was later investigated for allegedly impeding Romain Grosjean while being lapped , and was on course for only 18th place when he withdrew with gearbox issues near the finish

Teams play down exhaust arms race

October 30th, 2012

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Teams play down exhaust arms race

Formula 1 teams have played down the prospect of next season turning into a development arms race on exhaust layouts. That comes despite Red Bull’s recent dominant streak, which is believed to derive from its efforts to perfect its exhaust layout and rear bodywork.

Espargaro beats Redding to pole

October 27th, 2012

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Espargaro beats Redding to pole

Pol Espargaro did everything he could to keep his dwindling Moto2 championship hopes alive by taking a comfortable pole at Phillip Island. Pons rider Espargaro is 48 points adrift of MotoGP-bound rival Marc Marquez with just two races to go and 50 points available.

Hulkenberg silent on Sauber talk

October 25th, 2012

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Hulkenberg silent on Sauber talk

Nico Hulkenberg refused to give any hint about his future switch to Sauber on Thursday, ahead of the Indian Grand Prix. Appearing in public for the future time since it emerged that the German had signed a deal with Sauber , Hulkenberg did not wish to divulge anything about his plans for 2013. “I know there is lots of talk about my future, but at this point I don’t want to comment on the speculation,” he explained

Force India ‘still hunting Sauber’

October 23rd, 2012

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Force India ‘still hunting Sauber’

Force India still believes it has a chance of overhauling Sauber in the constructors’ championship this year, as it targets a big points haul at its home race this weekend. The Silverstone-based outfit is 27 points behind Sauber with four races remaining, so will need some top-line results if it is to beat its Swiss rivals.