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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.

Bleekemolen lands Le Mans seat

May 21st, 2013

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Bleekemolen lands Le Mans seat

Dutch sportscar star Jeroen Bleekemolen will follow up on his victory in Nurburgring 24 Hours yesterday with a bid for class honours in the Le Mans 24 Hours in June. Bleekemolen, who won at the ‘Ring with the Black Falcon Mercedes team, has landed a last-minute drive with the Swiss Race Performance LMP2 team at Le Mans on June 22/23

O’Young returns to Le Mans

May 9th, 2013

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O’Young returns to Le Mans

Touring car and sportscar driver Darryl O’Young is returning to the Le Mans 24 Hours after a four-year absence with the AF Corse Ferrari team. The Canadian-born Chinese driver, who is racing with the ROAL BMW team in this year’s World Touring Car Championship, has signed to drive one of AF’s GTE Am class Ferrari 458 Italias in the French enduro on June 22/23.

Lotterer puts Audi top at Silverstone

April 12th, 2013

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Lotterer puts Audi top at Silverstone

Audi topped the times at the end of a rain-interrupted first day of the World Endurance Championship opener at Silverstone.

Bertolini joins JMW for ELMS bid

April 8th, 2013

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Bertolini joins JMW for ELMS bid

Former FIA GT1 World Champion Andrea Bertolini has joined the title-winning JMW Motorsport Ferrari squad for this year’s European Le Mans Series. The Italian, who is part of the pool of GT drivers retained by Ferrari, will race JMW’s GTE class 458 Italia in the five-race series, starting this weekend at Silverstone. He will be partnered by Swiss Joel Camathias

Chandhok secures FIA GT deal

March 25th, 2013

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Chandhok secures FIA GT deal

Former grand prix driver Karun Chandhok has secured a last-minute deal to contest the new FIA GT Series. The Indian, who switched sportscars in the LMP1 prototype class of last year’s World Endurance Championship, firmed up a deal to contest the full six-race series with the German Seyffarth Motorsport squad, starting with this weekend’s season opener at Nogaro. The 29-year-old will share the team’s solo Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG with Jan Seyffarth, son of team owner Rudiger whose team is moving over from the ADAC GT Masters series

Kobayashi to test AF Corse Ferrari

February 11th, 2013

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Kobayashi to test AF Corse Ferrari

Formula 1 refugees Kamui Kobayashi and Karun Chandhok are among a raft of new drivers testing for the factory AF Corse Ferrari team in Spain this week. Kobayashi and Chandhok are taking part in the try-out at the Motorland Aragon circuit along with GP2 race winner Luca Filippi, former Superleague Formula race winner Davide Rigon and Italian Formula 3 driver Brandon Maisano.

Toyota back up to two cars for WEC

February 1st, 2013

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Toyota back up to two cars for WEC

Toyota has reversed its decision to field only one TS030 HYBRID in the World Endurance Championship. The Cologne-based Toyota Motorsport GmbH squad had been forced to downscale its plans to run two 2013 versions of its petrol-electric hybrid for financial reasons earlier this month.

Viper confirms Le Mans return

February 1st, 2013

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Viper confirms Le Mans return

The return of the Chrysler Viper to the Le Mans 24 Hours was confirmed in Paris on Friday when race organisers unveiled the entry list for this year’s race. Two GTE Pro class Viper GTS-Rs have been entered under by the Riley Technologies-run SRT Motorsports team, which is masterminding the US muscle car’s return to racing. The cars will be badged as SRTs after after Chrysler’s Street & Racing Tuning brand.

Ram adds Griffin to ELMS line-up

January 23rd, 2013

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Ram adds Griffin to ELMS line-up

Ferrari GT specialist Matt Griffin will join the new British Ram Racing team for its assault on the European Le Mans Series this season. The 30-year-old Irishman, who has successfully raced the Italian manufacturer’s cars in a variety of series since 2008, will join stalwart sportscar driver Johnny Mowlem in one of Silverstone-based Ram’s Ferrari 458 Italia GTE contenders.

Toyota leads practice two in China

October 26th, 2012

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Toyota leads practice two in China

Toyota turned the tables on Audi in second free practice ahead of Sunday’s World Endurance Championship finale at Shanghai. Alex Wurz topped the timesheets aboard the solo Toyota TS030 Hybrid with a 1m50.573s lap.

McNish puts Audi on top at Shanghai

October 26th, 2012

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McNish puts Audi on top at Shanghai

Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen put Audi on top in a tight opening session of the final round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship at Shanghai. McNish, still in narrow contention for the drivers’ crown, set the pace with an early best of 1m52.219s

ACO and FIA plan single GT category

October 13th, 2012

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ACO and FIA plan single GT category

A new GT class will replace GTE and GT3, possibly as early as 2015.

Treluyer beats McNish to WEC pole

August 25th, 2012

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Treluyer beats McNish to WEC pole

Benoit Treluyer edged out Allan McNish by the narrowest of margins as Audi captured a one-two in qualifying for the Silverstone 6 Hours. Both drivers had pitted for fresh rubber in the final five minutes, and found instant improvements as a result.

McNish flies in final practice

August 25th, 2012

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McNish flies in final practice

Allan McNish ensured a practice clean sweep for Audi by setting the fastest time so far this weekend in the final Silverstone 6 Hours practice session. As was the case in second practice, it was the R18 ultra of McNish and Tom Krsitensen which went fastest, with the Briton dropping down to a 1m43.628s late on in the session. That came in the middle of a string of fastest laps for the #2 R18, although McNish’s stint was halted eight minutes from the flag when he clashed with the No.71 AF Corse Ferrari.

Buurman and Bartels win main event

August 19th, 2012

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Buurman and Bartels win main event

Yelmer Buurman and Michael Bartels completed a near-perfect weekend for the Vita4One BMW squad by claiming victory in the GT1 World Championship main event at the Slovakia Ring. The duo, also victorious in Saturday’s qualifying race, controlled proceedings from the outset and looked to be cruising to another BMW 1-2 finish when a late safety car interrupted proceedings. Brought out seven minutes from the flag in response to Alvaro Parente losing several chunks of rear bodywork when he ran wide at the chicane, the safety car proved acrimonious as it pulled in – unexpectedly for some – to allow a final-lap dash to the chequered flag

Buurman claims Slovakia Ring pole

August 18th, 2012

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Buurman claims Slovakia Ring pole

Yelmer Buurman’s stunning qualifying lap gave him and BMW team-mate Michael Bartels pole position for the FIA GT1 qualifying race at the Slovakia Ring. The Vita4One racing driver set the pole time on his first timed lap in Q3, even surprising himself with the pace he was able to find in the BMW Z4.

Phoenix Audi wins Spa 24 Hours

July 29th, 2012

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Audi completed a unique hat-trick by adding victory at the Spa 24 Hours to its triumphs in this year’s twice-around-the-clock endurance classics at Le Mans and the Nurburgring.

All-Inkl Mercedes one-two at Algarve

July 8th, 2012

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The All-Inkl Mercedes squad took a one-two victory in the main event at the Algarve round of the FIA GT1 World Championship on Sunday. Nicky Pastorelli and Thomas Jager secured the win in Portugal after Jager came out on top in a thrilling battle between the two Mercedes SLS AMGs and the lead Hexis McLaren MP4-12C straight after the pitstops in the middle of the championship race. Markus Winkelhock came out of the pits just ahead of team-mate Jager, who had taken over from Pastorelli three laps earlier

First GT1 win for Mercedes SLS

July 7th, 2012

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The All-Inkl Mercedes squad took its first victory of the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship at the Algarve circuit in Portugal on Saturday. Marc Basseng and Markus Winkelhock claimed a clear win in the qualifying race at the wheel of their Mercedes SLS AMG. They finished eight seconds up on the Vita4One BMW Z4 shared by Michael Bartels and Yelmer Buurman, which was a similar margin ahead of the WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra driven by Oliver Jarvis and Frank Stippler.

Vilander leads all-Ferrari front row

July 7th, 2012

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Vilander leads all-Ferrari front row

AF Corse Ferrari driver Toni Vilander claimed his second pole position of this season’s FIA GT1 World Championship at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve. The Finn, who was also on pole at the opening round of the championship at Nogaro, set a best time of 1m44.730s around the 2.89-mile Portuguese circuit. That put him almost a second clear of Enzo Ide in the second AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia.