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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.

Dempsey wins astounding Lights race

May 24th, 2013

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Dempsey wins astounding Lights race

Peter Dempsey took the win in an extraordinary finish to the Freedom 100 Indy Lights race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Irishman was sitting in fourth and just barely hanging on to the leaders at the start of the final lap, but he and Gabby Chaves both got a great run on lead pair Carlos Munoz and Sage Karam coming out of the final corner

First-corner pile-up halts Monaco GP2

May 24th, 2013

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First-corner pile-up halts Monaco GP2

The Monaco GP2 feature race has been stopped after a 14-car first corner crash. Polesitter Johnny Cecotto Jr made a poor getaway, allowing Arden team-mate Mitch Evans to lead.

Perez showing expected form – McLaren

May 21st, 2013

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Perez showing expected form – McLaren

Sergio Perez is starting to show the qualities that made McLaren want him to replace Lewis Hamilton, according to team boss Martin Whitmarsh. The Mexican driver scored just two points in his first three races with the team, but finished ahead of team-mate Jenson Button in Bahrai n and then outqualified the Briton for the first time at Barcelona. Whitmarsh feels Perez, who joined McLaren after two seasons with Sauber, is heading in the right direction as he settles in at his new team

Crutchlow hails ‘deserved’ podium

May 19th, 2013

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Crutchlow hails ‘deserved’ podium

Cal Crutchlow believes his podium in wet conditions Le Mans was fully deserved after securing his best result in MotoGP so far. Despite riding with a fractured shin after a heavy crash in pre-qualifying practice, Crutchlow rode to second place , and was also the lead Yamaha after passing both factory bikes early on. The Briton reckons the result was earned on merit and said he was pleased to make amends following his crash at the track last year, also while battling for the podium.

Coronel gives BMW first win of 2013

April 28th, 2013

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Coronel gives BMW first win of 2013

Tom Coronel took BMW’s first World Touring Car win of the season with an assured drive in the Slovakia Ring finale. The Dutchman, starting from pole on the reversed grid, preserved his advantage away from the line and quickly distanced himself from what became a massive fight for second.

Alonso keeps Ferrari on top in FP3

April 13th, 2013

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Alonso keeps Ferrari on top in FP3

Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa kept Ferrari on top of the times in the final practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix. The Spaniard’s best lap of 1m35.391s was still slower than the benchmark set by Massa in second practice on Friday. The Brazilian was second quickest on Saturday morning, over six tenths behind his team-mate

Rahal to run third car at Indy 500

April 9th, 2013

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Rahal to run third car at Indy 500

Rahal Letterman Lanigan will add a third car to its line-up for next month’s Indianapolis 500. The deal will make RLL the fourth team to add an Indy-only entry, following Conor Daly’s appointment by AJ Foyt Racing, Carlos Munoz signing with Andretti, and Ryan Briscoe’s expected deal with Ganassi .

Smith: MotoGP harder than expected

April 5th, 2013

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Smith: MotoGP harder than expected

Tech 3 Yamaha’s rookie Bradley Smith says the first two days in Qatar have opened his eyes to the demands of MotoGP. Moto2 graduate Smith was thrilled to get straight into QP2 at Losail thanks to his ninth place in third practice , and to be within 0.8 seconds of pacesetter Marc Marquez as he did so.

Sirotkin tops Monza FR3.5 test

April 4th, 2013

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Sirotkin tops Monza FR3.5 test

Sergey Sirotkin topped the additional Formula Renault 3.5 test session at Monza on Thursday afternoon ahead of this weekend’s season opener. The Russian driver moved to the top of the times just as rain started to fall at the far end of the circuit, affecting the Lesmo corners in particular

Marussia impressed by Bianchi

March 29th, 2013

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Marussia impressed by Bianchi

Marussia believes Jules Bianchi is making the rest of the Formula 1 paddock sit up and take notice with his strong showings in his rookie season so far. Bianchi landed at Marussia in place of the cash-strapped Luiz Razia just days after losing out to Adrian Sutil in the shoot-out for the second Force India seat. Despite having little test mileage in the MR02, Bianchi has comfortably led the back of the field pack in the first two grands prix of 2013 and has snapped at the heels of Williams and Toro Rosso at times.

Lada out of Monza after collision

March 24th, 2013

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Lada out of Monza after collision

Lada has been forced to withdraw both its cars from the opening World Touring Car Championship races as a result of the damage suffered in qualifying on Saturday. Aleksei Dudukalo misjudged his braking for Monza’s first chicane and ploughed into the side of team-mate James Thompson after just two laps of Q1. Thompson was able to rejoin and even set the ninth fastest time in Q2, giving him a front-row start for the second race.

Hamilton ‘pushed hard for Red Bull seat’

March 24th, 2013

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Hamilton ‘pushed hard for Red Bull seat’

Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that Lewis Hamilton pleaded with him last year to engineer a move to Red Bull. With Hamilton disillusioned at McLaren, Ecclestone said in an interview with The Mail on Sunday that the former world champion asked him for assistance in securing a Red Bull drive alongside Sebastian Vettel. But efforts to secure a deal collapsed when Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz said he felt loyalty to Mark Webber and instead chose to retain the Australian

Quaife-Hobbs penalised for accident

March 23rd, 2013

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Quaife-Hobbs penalised for accident

Adrian Quaife-Hobbs has been handed a penalty for his collision with team-mate Daniel de Jong during the first race of the GP2 season at Sepang on Saturday. Quaife-Hobbs took both himself and MP Motorsport team-mate de Jong out of the race after colliding with the Dutch driver on lap four of the event.

Bird back to GP2 with Russian Time

March 19th, 2013

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Bird back to GP2 with Russian Time

Sam Bird will return to the GP2 Series this year after sealing a last-minute deal with new squad Russian Time. The 26-year-old Briton raced in the championship from 2010-11 with ART and iSport before switching to Formula Renault 3.5 last year

Chaves gets Schmidt Lights seat

February 14th, 2013

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Chaves gets Schmidt Lights seat

Former GP3 racer Gabby Chaves has joined reigning champion team Schmidt Peterson Motorsport for the 2013 Indy Lights season. The Colombian, who finished runner-up to Jack Hawksworth in last year’s Pro Mazda championship, will be the Briton’s team-mate as the pair embark on their first season in the series. “After a strong season in Pro Mazda, the best way to continue my career is by following the Mazda Road to Indy ladder and stepping up into Indy Lights,” Chaves said.

Hamilton ready to be patient

January 25th, 2013

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Hamilton ready to be patient

Lewis Hamilton says he is ready to be patient with Mercedes if the team does not manage to deliver a competitive car right away. The British driver is joining the German squad after having spent all his Formula 1 career at McLaren , but he has already stated that he is not expecting to fight for wins this year.

Alonso: Hamilton still strongest rival

January 17th, 2013

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Alonso: Hamilton still strongest rival

Fernando Alonso is sticking to his view that Lewis Hamilton remains his strongest rival in Formula 1, despite Sebastian Vettel having captured his third world title. Although Alonso thinks it is too early to judge which of his rivals will challenge him the hardest in 2013, in terms of driving talent he has no doubts about who he thinks is the best. “I do not know who will be my main opponent for this season, he who has the best team, with the best year in terms of preparation, luck, testing, all of these factors, will help a driver or team to come on top of others,” he said at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event at Madonna di Campiglio on Thursday.

Brundle expects Hamilton to win in 2013

January 10th, 2013

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Brundle expects Hamilton to win in 2013

Martin Brundle says it will be a surprise if Lewis Hamilton does not win a grand prix with Mercedes in 2013. Hamilton is preparing for his first season in Formula 1 away from McLaren , as he takes the place of Michael Schumacher at the Ross Brawn-led team. Mercedes took its first win last year since returning to the sport with a factory team in 2010.

Ecclestone not planning to slow down

December 4th, 2012

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Ecclestone not planning to slow down

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone insists he has no plans to slow down and has ‘a thousand more ideas’ to pursue at the sport’s helm. His comments come after Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo suggested the Briton may be getting too old to run F1

Brawn: Hamilton wins still aim for 2013

December 3rd, 2012

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Brawn: Hamilton wins still aim for 2013

Mercedes boss Ross Brawn is hopeful he can prove Lewis Hamilton wrong and give the Briton a car that is capable of fighting for victories in 2013. Hamilton is leaving McLaren at the end of the year after a six-year spell at the Woking team to race alongside Nico Rosberg at Mercedes from next season.