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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.

Rossi confident of better race pace

July 14th, 2012

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Rossi confident of better race pace

Valentino Rossi is confident he will be much stronger in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix than he was in Mugello qualifying, where he struggled with Bridgestone’s soft tyre and only managed 10th on the grid for his home race. The seven-time MotoGP champion’s result was particularly frustrating given that fellow Ducati riders Hector Barbera and Nicky Hayden qualified third and fourth respectively, with Pramac rider Barbera a full second quicker than works team leader Rossi

Bridgestone bringing new tyres for Italy

July 6th, 2012

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Bridgestone bringing new tyres for Italy

Bridgestone will supply specially-constructed rear slicks for the forthcoming Italian Grand Prix in the wake of problems suffered during the Dutch TT. Three riders suffered issues with the right shoulder of their rear tyres at Assen, prompting Bridgestone to immediately send the affected tyres back to its technical centre in Japan

Bridgestone investigating Assen issues

June 30th, 2012

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Bridgestone investigating Assen issues

Bridgestone has promised to fully investigate the rear tyre issues that affected several riders in MotoGP’s Dutch TT.

Stoner: Tyre woes hurting title bid

June 27th, 2012

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Stoner: Tyre woes hurting title bid

Casey Stoner says it will be an achievement just to keep the title race alive into the closing stages of the 2012 MotoGP season given the disadvantage he feels his Honda team is now at with the latest specification Bridgestone tyre.

Bridgestone introduces new front tyre

April 12th, 2012

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Bridgestone introduces new front tyre

Bridgestone will introduce a new specification front tyre for this season’s MotoGP championship, after plans to do so were ratified by a meeting of the FIM Grand Prix Commission. The latest evolution tyre features a revised construction in order to enhance rider feel and warm-up performance, and has already received positive feedback. Bridgestone will introduce the new compound as an additional option at select rounds, on top of the existing tyre allocation.

Capirossi: Riders prefer ’12 tyres

February 8th, 2012

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Capirossi: Riders prefer ’12 tyres

MotoGP safety advisor Loris Capirossi believes Bridgestone’s 2012 tyres have addressed the issues that concerned riders in ’11. Several frontrunners complained that a lack of feeling from last year’s Bridgestone control tyres was a contributory factor in a number of crashes, particularly on cold rubber.

Ferrari signs Hamashima

January 11th, 2012

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Ferrari signs Hamashima

Ferrari has signed Hirohide Hamashima, the former director of Bridgestone’s tyre development, to head up its department dealing with the interaction between car and tyres. It is believed Hamashima will start from today and will report directly to Pat Fry. Speaking at the annual Wroom Ducati and Ferrari media event at Madonna di Campiglio, team principal Stefano Domenicali said he was looking forward to Hamashima’s contribution in a department in which Ferrari struggled during 2011.

Simoncelli crash a ‘freak accident’

November 4th, 2011

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Simoncelli crash a ‘freak accident’

MotoGP world champions Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi do not think anything could have been done to prevent Marco Simoncelli’s fatal accident in the Malaysian Grand Prix. Simoncelli died from injuries suffered when he veered into the path of Rossi and Colin Edwards during a crash on lap two at Sepang. Amid suggestions that a quirk of the Bridgestone tyres’ characteristics caught Simoncelli out and caused his bike’s unusual trajectory in the crash, Stoner insisted that the incident was just an unfortunate one-off and not tyre-related.

Bridgestone explains high tyre wear

September 18th, 2011

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Bridgestone explains high tyre wear

Bridgestone says the high tyre wear experienced by many in the MotoGP field during the Aragon Grand Prix weekend was partly of a result of the Japanese firm agreeing to riders’ requests for rubber that warmed up faster.

Rossi wants more Ducati progress

July 26th, 2011

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Rossi wants more Ducati progress

Valentino Rossi insists his Ducati team must do more in order to make progress towards the front despite admitting he felt more comfortable during last weekend’s race in Laguna Seca. The Italian, who has struggled with his bike this year, finished in sixth place in the United States Grand Prix after using the Ducati GP11.1, the development bike based on the 2012 chassis

Edwards expecting to move forward

July 23rd, 2011

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Edwards expecting to move forward

Colin Edwards is confident he can give his home fans something to cheer about this weekend in spite of the fact that the Tech 3 rider could only manage the ninth fastest time during the first day’s free practice for the US MotoGP at Laguna Seca. The satellite Yamaha rider reported his YZR-M1 to feel better than it had in previous visits to the California venue and expected to improve his pace further during Saturday.

Bridgestone reacts to MotoGP crashes

July 17th, 2011

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Bridgestone reacts to MotoGP crashes

Bridgestone is to increase the number of tyres and compounds it provides to the MotoGP field from August’s Czech Grand Prix. The change is in response to a large number of crashes in recent events – including a string of falls in Friday morning practice at the Sachsenring this weekend – which have been attributed to cold tyres.

Rossi: Ducati still learning new bike

June 24th, 2011

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Rossi: Ducati still learning new bike

Valentino Rossi put his 11th place on the Assen grid down to a combination of Ducati still learning the new GP11.1 and issues getting the Bridgestone tyres up to temperature. Ducati has given Rossi a 2012 chassis fitted with an 800cc engine from this weekend, in a move it hoped would turn its difficult season around. But instead Rossi qualified outside the top 10 for the third time this year.

Stoner sure wet tyres will hold up

June 10th, 2011

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Silverstone practice pacesetter Casey Stoner thinks there will be no repeat of the tyre dramas that affected the Spanish Grand Prix if this weekend’s British round of the MotoGP world championship also sees mixed conditions. At Jerez the Bridgestone wets faded severely as the track dried in parts, causing problems for several riders. But as the Silverstone circuit dried in some places but remained very wet in others this afternoon, Stoner felt the rubber held up very well

Yasukawa joins Dorna as advisor

April 28th, 2011

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Yasukawa joins Dorna as advisor

Former Bridgestone motorsport boss Hiroshi Yasukawa has joined MotoGP rights holder Dorna as an advisor to CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta. According to Dorna, the Japanese “will provide his insight on the further development of the sport”. Yasukawa oversaw the worldwide racing activities of Bridgestone from 1997 until this year

Bridgestone extends MotoGP deal

March 19th, 2011

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Bridgestone extends MotoGP deal

Bridgestone has extended its deal to supply MotoGP tyres for a further three years, securing the championship’s provision of control rubber through 2014. The Japanese firm has supplied the whole MotoGP field since the sport decided to go to a single tyre brand at the start of the 2009 season. Mikio Masunaga, vice president and senior officer member of Bridgestone’s board responsible for motorsport, said: “I am proud that we are able to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to MotoGP by extending our participation as ‘official tyre supplier’ to the premier class with a new three-year deal

Petrov says Renault form hard to judge

March 10th, 2011

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Petrov says Renault form hard to judge

Vitaly Petrov says it is impossible to tell how strong his Renault team based only onits winter testing form. Although the team has been showing promising form during testing, Petrov reckons the only clear sign is that the Red Bull team is very competitive. The Renault driver concedes judging the rest of the field is impossible before going racing.

Sutil struggling with medium tyre

February 11th, 2011

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Sutil struggling with medium tyre

Adrian Sutil has revealed that he has struggled with Pirelli’s latest medium compound tyre in testing at Jerez this week. The German got his hands on Force India’s 2011 racer for the first time yesterday, and he said he was pleased with his first two days in the car. However, Sutil expressed a lack of confidence in a new specification of medium tyre that he tried for the first time in this test

Haug: Tyres no excuse in 2011

February 8th, 2011

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Haug: Tyres no excuse in 2011

Norbert Haug says that Mercedes cannot use the new Pirelli tyres as an excuse if it struggles to perform in 2011. The German manufacturer’s return to Formula 1 failed to yield a single victory last year, with many of the team’s struggles put down to not getting the most out of the Bridgestone tyres

Button thinks Pirellis will help him

February 3rd, 2011

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Button thinks Pirellis will help him

Jenson Button believes the switch to Pirelli tyres in Formula 1 will play into his hands this year – after sensing the new rubber suits his driving style well. The former world champion has readily admitted that his qualifying form last year suffered because he could not extract the most out of Bridgestone rubber – but he is already sensing a much-improved situation on the tyre front for 2011.