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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.

Mikkelsen claims breakthrough win

October 9th, 2011

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Mikkelsen claims breakthrough win

Andreas Mikkelsen finally clinched his first Intercontinental Rally Challenge win in Scotland, having protected his lead through the final stages at Scone Palace. The Norwegian had narrowly missed out on wins in the prevous two IRC rounds – crashing with victory in sight in Hungary, then being pipped by Thierry Neuville in a final stage showdown in Sanremo. But in Scotland he drove flawlessly, battling with Guy Wilks early on, before emerging with a commanding lead when the Peugeot driver went off on Saturday morning

Hanninen to miss Sanremo

September 19th, 2011

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Hanninen to miss Sanremo

Juho Hanninen’s chances of retaining his Intercontinental Rally Challenge title now look remote after Skoda opted not to enter him for this weekend’s Sanremo Rally. Although Skoda announced at the start of the year that Hanninen would not defend his IRC title and would instead focus on the World Rally Championship’s S2000 class, he has still been entered for five IRC events so far and won the Canarias, Yalta and Azores rallies

Q and A with Prodrive’s David Lapworth

March 24th, 2011

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Q and A with Prodrive’s David Lapworth

Prodrive has return to the World Rally Championship with a new car for the first time since 2008, with the Mini John Cooper Works S2000 making its debut on this week’s Rally of Portugal.

Gardemeister picks Skoda, Hankook

March 9th, 2011

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Gardemeister picks Skoda, Hankook

Toni Gardemeister will use a Hankook-shod Skoda for his return to full-time international rallying in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge this season. The long-time factory World Rally Championship driver announced last month that he had formed his own team under the TGS Worldwide banner and had secured the funding for a full IRC programme. He has now confirmed his technical package for the season, and that he will contest a further eight rounds of the series – in which only drivers’ best seven scores count

Hanninen may yet defend IRC title

February 3rd, 2011

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Hanninen may yet defend IRC title

Re igning Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Juho Hanninen may yet defend his title alongside his new S2000 World Rally Championship campaign. Skoda had previously announced that the only IRC rounds it would enter Hanninen on this year would be the Monte Carlo season-opener and the team’s home event – Rally Zlin – in August.

Skoda signs Mikkelsen for 2011

November 9th, 2010

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Skoda signs Mikkelsen for 2011

Skoda UK Motorsport has signed Andreas Mikkelsen to drive its Fabia S2000 in next year’s Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The team is aiming to offer the 22-year-old Norwegian what it feels is the best chance possible of winning the IRC title next season

Rankings: Vettel increases advantage

November 8th, 2010

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Rankings: Vettel increases advantage

Sebastian Vettel increased his hopes of ending the year on top of the Castrol Rankings with a dominant victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver stormed into the lead at the first corner and led virtually the whole way to take his fourth grand prix win of the season

Mikkelsen wins Golden Stage

November 7th, 2010

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Andreas Mikkelsen brought a frustrating season to a happy end by taking a comfortable victory in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge’s non-championship Golden Stage event in Cyprus. The shoot-out over two runs of a 25-kilometre mixed-surface stage carried a total prize fund of 150,000 euros and was televised live

Al-Attiyah clinches Cyprus Rally win

November 6th, 2010

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Al-Attiyah clinches Cyprus Rally win

Nasser Al-Attiyah clinched an ultimately-comfortable victory in the Cyprus Rally by pulling away from Roger Feghali over the deciding loop. With little left to fight for in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge standings, most of the top teams chose to skip the Cyprus finale, leaving guest drivers like World Rally Championship and Dakar regular Al-Attiyah to take centre stage. Two of his main rivals were out before the rally had barely begun, as pre-event favourite Andreas Mikkelsen’s Hankook Ford suffered engine problems before the first full-length stage, and Peugeot’s top driver Bryan Bouffier lost 25 minutes when he damaged his suspension on SS2

Al-Attiyah reclaims Cyprus lead

November 6th, 2010

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Al-Attiyah reclaims Cyprus lead

Nasser Al-Attiyah is back in the lead of the Cyprus Rally after further problems for Martin Prokop, but Al-Attiyah only has a 7.9-second cushion over Roger Feghali with three stages to go. Prokop had got his advantage over fellow Ford driver Al-Attiyah up to 23.2s going into Foini, today’s second stage, only to then suffer his second driveshaft breakage of the weekend, leaving him limping through the rest of the loop. Al-Attiyah also lost some time on the stage, reportedly in Prokop’s dust, and then had a spin as he struggled with worn tyres on the following Galataria stage

Al-Attiyah holds off Prokop in Cyprus

November 5th, 2010

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Nasser Al-Attiyah continues to lead the Cyprus Rally, and is fending off a strong challenge from the recovering Martin Prokop. Czech Ford driver Prokop suffered a broken driveshaft last night which both cost him time on yesterday’s superspecial and led to a 20-second penalty for being late out of service this morning. He then mounted a charge, winning SS2 and SS3 to get within 11s of Al-Attiyah (Barwa Ford), but Prokop’s soft tyres faded on the 17 kilometres of Agioi Vavatsinias, leaving him 19.2s behind Al-Attiyah as they head for service

Q and A: Wilks on his Peugeot move

November 2nd, 2010

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Q and A: Wilks on his Peugeot move

AUTOSPORT talks to Guy Wilks about his decision to move from Skoda to Peugeot for next season. Q.

Hanninen certain to clinch IRC title

September 30th, 2010

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Hanninen certain to clinch IRC title

Juho Hanninen has effectively clinched the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge title after Skoda decided not to enter his team-mate and last remaining championship rival Jan Kopecky for the next round in Scotland. Under the IRC scoring system, drivers only count their best seven results from the 12-round season, and Kopecky had to win both Scotland and Cyprus to have any hope of beating Hanninen. With this considered unlikely given form so far this year, Skoda has opted to guarantee Hanninen the crown by only entering the Finn for the Scottish event on 15-17 October

Corsica, Hungary join IRC for 2011

September 29th, 2010

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Corsica, Hungary join IRC for 2011

The Intercontinental Rally Challenge has announced a 12-round calendar for 2011, with classic former World Rally Championship event the Tour de Corse and Hungary’s Mecsek Rallye joining the schedule. With the WRC’s French round moving to a new location in Alsace instead, the popular Corsican rally will become part of the IRC, running from 6-8 May next year

Solberg thrilled to win Panzerplatte

August 21st, 2010

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Solberg thrilled to win Panzerplatte

Petter Solberg declared himself delighted to have won the Panzerplatte stage today and laid to rest the memory of his 2004 crash on Rally Germany. Solberg was fastest through the second run of the 29-mile test this afternoon, beating rally leader Sebastien Loeb by 8.4 seconds. The Norwegian suffered one of the biggest accidents of his career on the Baumholder stage, but this afternoon he was happy to have won the test.

IRC reveals 2010 calendar

October 16th, 2009

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Next year’s IRC calendar has been revealed and includes three new rallies in the 12-rally schedule. The series, which starts with Monte Carlo for the second year in succession, includes three rallies which had been included in this year’s World Rally Championship: Argentina, Sardinia and Cyprus