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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.

Points prove Lotus progress is real

April 29th, 2013

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Points prove Lotus progress is real

Lotus has emerged from the first four races as Formula 1′s biggest gainer over 2012, and equally confident it can keep up its form for the remainder of the campaign. Kimi Raikkonen’s three podium finishes from the first flyaway events, which included victory in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, have helped Lotus deliver a greater points improvement than any other outfit compared to last year. Looking at the points scored in the first four races last year, against what the team have delivered this time around, Lotus has notched up 36 points more in the first four races than it did last year.

Horner says RRA not the way forward

April 8th, 2013

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Horner says RRA not the way forward

Formula 1′s best chance of effectively controlling costs is to ensure the stability of future regulations, according to Red Bull boss Christian Horner. Horner has often been an outspoken critic of financial controls, telling AUTOSPORT that F1 ‘should not be run by accountants’ in response to plans for the FIA to get involved in policing the Resource Restriction Agreement. Red Bull withdrew from the Formula One Teams’ Association at the end of 2011 amid a general impasse over the feasibility and reach of the RRA.

Analysis: tyres the headache, not times

March 15th, 2013

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Analysis: tyres the headache, not times

Uncertainty about the implications of Formula 1′s aggressive new Pirelli tyres on qualifying and the race, rather than questions about the competitive order, are dominating teams’ thoughts in Australia. While the paddock is in agreement that the closeness of the top five teams makes it impossible to predict who will come out on top this weekend, there are even greater questions marks about how higher degrading rubber is going to affect the weekend. Low track and air temperatures in winter testing left teams experiencing graining that meant long run data gathering was pretty meaningless for tyre data.

Cutting costs ‘F1′s biggest challenge’

December 15th, 2012

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Cutting costs ‘F1′s biggest challenge’

Peter Sauber believes that the biggest challenge facing contemporary Formula 1 is the need to cut costs. Sauber, who stood down as team principal of his eponymously-named outfit this year, believes that a budget cap would be an effective way of tackling this problem

Keselowski hails impetus of Ford swap

December 12th, 2012

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Keselowski hails impetus of Ford swap

Brad Keselowski believes Penske’s switch to Ford will provide a much-needed boost to motivation levels following his 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup title success. The 28-year-old became Penske’s first Cup champion in the final round of the season at Homestead, triumphing after nearest rival Jimmie Johnson hit trouble. Speaking during Tuesday’s test at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where Penske has started its transition from Dodge to Ford , he admitted it would be easy for energy and drive to slip in the wake of the team’s triumph.

Kubica holds huge lead on Rallye du Var

November 24th, 2012

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Kubica holds huge lead on Rallye du Var

Robert Kubica’s Rallye du Var lead is up to five minutes heading into the final day of the French event.

BMW impressed by Martin and Leimer

October 5th, 2012

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BMW impressed by Martin and Leimer

Maxime Martin and Fabio Leimer both impressed BMW on their maiden DTM tests at Aragon in Spain this week. BMW motorsport director Jens Marquardt said that GT regular Martin and GP2 racewinner Leimer, neither of whom had any previous experience of the M3 machine, had both driven well during the two-day test.

Gilbert to join Mucke, debut at Macau

October 1st, 2012

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Gilbert to join Mucke, debut at Macau

Mitchell Gilbert will race in the F3 Euro Series with Mucke Motorsport next year and will make his debut for the team at this year’s Macau Grand Prix. The 18-year-old Australian finished fourth in German F3, which uses old-spec Dallara chassis and turbocharged Volkswagen engines, this year

Raikkonen never doubted Lotus potential

August 28th, 2012

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Raikkonen never doubted Lotus potential

Kimi Raikkonen never had doubts Lotus would bounce back from its troubled 2011 campaign – as he insists the team has what it takes to gun for the title. Ahead of what is expected to be a full-on victory bid for Raikkonen and Lotus at the Belgian Grand Prix, the former champion says his Enstone outfit has strengths that can help it overcome bigger budget rivals like McLaren and Ferrari. Speaking exclusively to AUTOSPORT about why he was so keen to sign for Lotus after its difficult time last year, Raikkonen said: “There have been years when I’ve been in top teams and we’ve had a pretty bad year, and then the next year has been completely different.

Ekstrom frustrated by Q4 slump

June 30th, 2012

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Ekstrom frustrated by Q4 slump

Mattias Ekstrom described Norisring DTM qualifying as “the biggest disappointment for a long time,” after his pole position hopes vanished in Q4. The Swede had set the pace in the second and third sections of qualifying – including a 48.822-second lap that was the fastest of the weekend so far – and was therefore the last man to set his Q4 time, which was the slowest of the four drivers that made it through to the one-lap shoot-out. After being beaten by HWA Mercedes drivers Gary Paffett and Jamie Green and RBM BMW’s Augusto Farfus, the Abt Audi driver was at a loss to describe what had gone wrong, saying: “I had a clean lap, but it just wasn’t quick enough

De Jong to stand in for Teixeira

June 20th, 2012

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De Jong to stand in for Teixeira

Auto GP driver Daniel de Jong will stand in for Ricardo Teixeira in the Rapax line-up for this weekend’s GP2 races in Valencia. The team said that Teixeira had been sidelined by illness.

Tyre change throws Cup race open

June 17th, 2012

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Tyre change throws Cup race open

NASCAR Sprint Cup teams face an unpredictable race on Sunday at Michigan after briefly testing the tyres they will race on, following Goodyear’s call to change the left-side specification due to blistering issues. Many teams struggled to get the balance right during an additional practice session that NASCAR scheduled for Saturday afternoon in order to give competitors the chance to sample a harder left-side tyre.

Suranovich excluded over Daly crash

May 26th, 2012

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Suranovich excluded over Daly crash

Dmitry Suranovich has been excluded from the results of the second Monaco GP3 race for his part in Conor Daly’s terrifying accident. Suranovich was defending 11th place from Daly on lap 11 when they made contact on the way out of the tunnel.

Morgan’s BTCC Toyota revealed

February 2nd, 2012

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Morgan’s BTCC Toyota revealed

Speedworks Motorsport has released an artist’s impression of the Toyota Avensis Adam Morgan will race in his rookie British Touring Car Championship campaign this year. Morgan, 23, is graduating to the BTCC as his prize for winning last year’s Ginetta Supercup. He will drive the car for the first time at Thruxton next month, but sampled rival squad Dynojet’s similar NGTC machine last year.

Nakajima: Toyota can fight for win

January 26th, 2012

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Nakajima: Toyota can fight for win

Kazuki Nakajima believes that Toyota can fight for victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours at the first attempt with its new TS030 HYBRID. The ex-Williams Formula 1 driver is part of the Japanese squad’s line-up for its return to top level prototype racing

Williams looking for new title sponsor

January 4th, 2012

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Williams looking for new title sponsor

The Williams team has confirmed it is looking for a new title sponsor after the end of its deal with telecommunications giant AT&T. AT&T, the largest telecommunications company in the United States and one of the biggest worldwide, had been the team’s title sponsor since the 2007 season

Charouz completes superlicence run

November 16th, 2011

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Charouz completes superlicence run

Jan Charouz is delighted that he has completed enough laps to qualify for a Formula 1 superlicence during his first day of testing in a contemporary grand prix car. The 24-year-old Czech had tested a 2009 Renault in his regular role as one of the team’s junior drivers. He has set his sights on an F1 role next year now that he has completed the 300km qualifying distance behind the wheel of an HRT at Yas Marina.

Korjus says he could have been quicker

November 16th, 2011

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Korjus says he could have been quicker

Kevin Korjus believes that he had the potential for a faster laptime after ending his first Formula 1 test eighth overall, 3.588s off pacesetter Jean-Eric Vergne. But the 18-year-old Estonian, a race-winner in Formula Renault 3.5 this year, was satisfied with his overall performance in Abu Dhabi

Leimer takes Abu Dhabi GP2 pole

November 11th, 2011

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Leimer takes Abu Dhabi GP2 pole

Fabio Leimer claimed his first GP2 pole position in qualifying for this weekend’s non-championship event in Abu Dhabi.

ORECA to assist Toyota with LMP1 car

October 26th, 2011

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ORECA to assist Toyota with LMP1 car

Toyota Motorsport has partnered with ORECA to provide support for its return to the Le Mans 24 Hours next year.