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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.

Pedrosa wins eventful Le Mans race

May 19th, 2013

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Pedrosa wins eventful Le Mans race

Dani Pedrosa dominated an eventful French Grand Prix to take over the top spot in the MotoGP championship standings. Pedrosa was well clear of Cal Crutchlow, second aboard the Tech 3 Yamaha despite riding with a shin fracture from his practice crash. The win moved Pedrosa six points clear of team-mate Marc Marquez, who recovered to third on the second Honda after a poor start, and 17 ahead of Jorge Lorenzo, whose Yamaha was only seventh.

Dovizioso surprised to be on front row

May 18th, 2013

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Dovizioso surprised to be on front row

Andrea Dovizioso admitted he surprised himself by getting a Ducati on the front row for MotoGP’s French Grand Prix at Le Mans.

Ducati admits Austin will be tough

April 16th, 2013

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Ducati admits Austin will be tough

Ducati admits it will arrive at Austin on the back foot following its decision to skip MotoGP’s pre-season test at the Texan track. While Honda and Yamaha’s factory riders completed a collective 10 days of running in March, Ducati’s sole experience comes via Nicky Hayden’s brief run around the circuit on a street bike. Following the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix, where Andrea Dovizioso and Hayden were seventh and eighth respectively, Ducati team manager Vittoriano Guareschi acknowledged his team faces a difficult weekend.

Dovizioso surprised by Ducati progress

March 27th, 2013

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Dovizioso surprised by Ducati progress

Andrea Dovizioso admits Ducati’s resurgence in MotoGP pre-season testing has taken him by surprise. The Italian marque was more than two seconds off the pace in the first test of the new year at Sepang , prompting a downbeat Nicky Hayden to admit the team had lost ground

Dovizioso reassured by Ducati gains

February 26th, 2013

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Dovizioso reassured by Ducati gains

Andrea Dovizioso believes Ducati’s deficit to the MotoGP frontrunners has been brought back to ‘acceptable’ levels following improvements at the second Sepang winter test. All four Ducatis lagged behind Honda and Yamaha at the opening test, prompting Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden to call for major changes

Dovizioso sure neck injury solved

January 15th, 2013

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Dovizioso sure neck injury solved

Andrea Dovizioso is confident that the neck injury that forced him out of last year’s Jerez test will not cause him any trouble in the forthcoming MotoGP campaign.

Dovizioso buoyed by first Ducati run

November 13th, 2012

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Dovizioso buoyed by first Ducati run

Andrea Dovizioso said he felt instantly comfortable on his first day riding for the works MotoGP Ducati team. The 26-year-old Italian secured a switch from Tech 3 to Ducati in August , having been eager to recapture a factory seat following his three-year spell at Honda

Hayden tops wet first practice

November 9th, 2012

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Hayden tops wet first practice

Nicky Hayden set the pace in a wet opening practice session for MotoGP’s 2012 finale at Valencia. A late rally allowed him to work his way down to a 1m44.485s, over one second clear of the field, although the soaked surface was far from conducive to chasing outright times.

Dovizioso thinks race pace better still

October 20th, 2012

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Dovizioso thinks race pace better still

Andrea Dovizioso believes his underlying race pace provides even more cause for optimism that the front-row grid slot he secured in MotoGP qualifying at Sepang. The Tech 3 man had challenged for pole, and while title rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa improved late on, Dovizioso was able to finish within a quarter of a second of the ultimate pace, earning third in the process.

Pedrosa dominates at Aragon

September 30th, 2012

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Pedrosa dominates at Aragon

Dani Pedrosa kept his slim MotoGP championship ambitions alive with an emphatic victory in the Aragon Grand Prix.

Dovizioso hits out at detractors

September 5th, 2012

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Dovizioso hits out at detractors

Andrea Dovizioso has decried what he believes is a general lack of recognition for his abilities within the MotoGP community. The Italian has suffered a string of disappointments in the past two seasons, including losing his works Honda ride at the end of 2011 and losing out to compatriot Valentino Rossi in the fight for a 2013 works Yamaha seat .

Dovizioso confirmed at Ducati

August 22nd, 2012

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Dovizioso confirmed at Ducati

Andrea Dovizioso has agreed a two-year deal to race for Ducati from 2013, the team has confirmed, as the Italian replaces outgoing superstar Valentino Rossi. Yamaha announced earlier this month that it had re-signed Rossi after the seven-time MotoGP champion finally gave up in his mission to add an eighth crown with the Italian manufacturer. Since then Dovizioso has been heavily-tipped to replace Rossi, and the deal was made public on the eve of the Czech MotoGP at Brno this weekend.

Dovizioso on brink of Ducati deal

August 21st, 2012

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Dovizioso on brink of Ducati deal

Andrea Dovizioso has given the clearest indication yet that he will join Ducati’s works MotoGP squad from 2013. The Italian has been strongly linked to the seat vacated by Valentino Rossi at the Desmosedici team, and has made no secret of his desire to be a works rider next season – even if his original intention was to land the ride Rossi will now take at Yamaha

Dovizioso confident in race pace

August 18th, 2012

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Dovizioso confident in race pace

Andrea Dovizioso believes he can stay among the lead pack in Sunday’s Indianapolis Grand Prix after securing his second front-row start of the 2012 MotoGP season, but suspects polesitter Dani Pedrosa will prove unbeatable. Fresh from four podiums in the last six races and with a 2013 Ducati deal looking increasingly likely, Dovizioso’s strong run continued as he qualified third behind Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo at Indianapolis

Dovizioso fears Yamaha chance is gone

July 30th, 2012

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Dovizioso fears Yamaha chance is gone

Andrea Dovizioso fears he will miss out on a factory Yamaha ride next year because Valentino Rossi is ‘really close’ to a deal. The Italian rider, currently at satellite Tech 3 squad, has made his case for a work both away from the circuit and on it, scoring four podiums for his outfit. He admitted that may still not be enough however, given his belief that Rossi is closing in on a return to the Japanese giant.

Dovizioso hails ‘dream’ home podium

July 15th, 2012

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Dovizioso hails ‘dream’ home podium

Andrea Dovizioso described his third straight MotoGP podium as a ‘dream’ result, as he took his Tech 3 Yamaha to third place on his home soil at Mugello. The result was Dovizioso’s fourth podium in five races.

Dovizioso: Beating Spies, Crutchlow key

July 12th, 2012

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Dovizioso: Beating Spies, Crutchlow key

Andrea Dovizioso believes beating Ben Spies and Cal Crutchlow over the remainder of 2012 will be fundamental to his ambitions of landing a factory MotoGP ride. After losing his works Honda ride at the end of 2011 the Italian moved into Yamaha’s satellite Tech 3 operation, with whom he has scored three podiums in the last four races

Pedrosa wins as Stoner crashes

July 8th, 2012

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Pedrosa wins as Stoner crashes

Dani Pedrosa claimed his first MotoGP victory of 2012, and his third straight at the Sachsenring, as a slow-burning German Grand Prix built to a dramatic conclusion. Pedrosa’s Honda team-mate Casey Stoner fell while trying to challenge Pedrosa on the final lap, handing Yamaha Jorge Lorenzo second, and with it the championship lead

Dovizioso to be ‘aggressive’ in race

July 7th, 2012

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Dovizioso to be ‘aggressive’ in race

Andrea Dovizioso admits he will have to be aggressive from the outset of Sunday’s German Grand Prix after an “unhappy” qualifying left him on the third row. The Italian, who has captured two podiums in the past three races, said he remains confident his race potential is higher than he was able to demonstrate on Saturday.

Dovizioso: Podium ‘beautiful’ for Tech 3

June 30th, 2012

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Andrea Dovizioso said he was delighted to take his second MotoGP podium of the year in the Dutch TT because he did not underestimate how difficult it was for his satellite Tech 3 team to get among the works squads at the front. Dovizioso defeated factory Yamaha rider Ben Spies to secure third at Assen, claiming his second podium in a month after achieving the same result at Catalunya.