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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.

Mercedes: holding up rivals not enough

May 17th, 2013

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Mercedes: holding up rivals not enough

Mercedes says it cannot rely Monaco’s lack of overtaking opportunities to make up for its race-day tyre issues. The Brackley-based team has impressed with its single-lap form this year, securing pole position at the last three races. However, it has struggled with its longer-run pace and both Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton have endured frustrating slumps down the order in races.

Hamilton sure tyre woes will be solved

May 13th, 2013

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Hamilton sure tyre woes will be solved

Lewis Hamilton says no stone will be left unturned when he visits the Mercedes factory later this week for a brainstorming session to cure the team’s tyre woes. The former world champion has a previously scheduled promotional appearance for a sponsor in Florida first, but he believes the trip to Brackley is now an essential after his disappointing Spanish Grand Prix.

Rosberg says race issues ‘inexplicable’

May 12th, 2013

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Rosberg says race issues ‘inexplicable’

Spanish Grand Prix poleman Nico Rosberg has admitted he was shocked at how quickly his Mercedes tumbled down the lap chart after his first pitstop. Rosberg led the opening stint of the race from pole, but his drop down the order began on lap 12, when Fernando Alonso passed him into Turn 1. He was further demoted by Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen soon after

Jordan leads all-Honda top three

May 4th, 2013

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Andrew Jordan topped British Touring Car practice at Thruxton, leading a Eurotech Honda one-two. Sam Tordoff’s MG set the pace before a red flag, caused when Matt Neal’s works Honda Civic stopped with an apparent electrical issue, but Jordan moved to the top shortly after the restart. Jordan was the only man to lap in under 1m18s and set several times good enough to go fastest.

Ricciardo: China result not a one-off

April 30th, 2013

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Ricciardo: China result not a one-off

Daniel Ricciardo believes his seventh place in the Chinese Grand Prix showed Toro Rosso’s true potential, despite only managing a 16th position in the following race in Bahrain. The Australian scored his best result in Formula 1 to date with a strong drive to seventh in Shanghai, but he was unable to repeat the feat at Sakhir , where he qualified in 13th and dropped down the order as he struggled for pace. Ricciardo reckons Toro Rosso has to repeat the China result in order to confirm its competitiveness, but he does believe his team’s true pace is better than Bahrain suggested.

Kubica accepts blame for Azores crash

April 26th, 2013

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Kubica accepts blame for Azores crash

Robert Kubica has accepted the blame for his roll on the second day of the Rally Azores, but claims he “wasn’t pushing” when the accident occurred. Kubica rolled on a right-hand bend after hitting a bank midway through the Feteiras stage , and lost four minutes as a result but remains in the rally

Rosberg: tyre fix a ‘massive mission’

April 22nd, 2013

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Rosberg: tyre fix a ‘massive mission’

Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes faces a “massive mission” to get on top of its rear tyre struggles, after a disappointing Bahrain Grand Prix. The German qualified on pole position but he tumbled down the order in the race to finish ninth, as he was not able to look after his rear tyres as much as his rivals. With the Sakhir weekend having highlighted the key area that Mercedes needs to improve, Rosberg is under no illusions about the hard work that he and his outfit now face

Rosenqvist heads Monza practice

March 22nd, 2013

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Rosenqvist heads Monza practice

Felix Rosenqvist topped free practice for the opening round of the Formula 3 European Championship at Monza on Friday. After languishing down the order in pre-season testing, The Swede was fifth in his Mucke Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes in the opening 40-minute session

Patrick thinks inexperience cost her

February 25th, 2013

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Patrick thinks inexperience cost her

Danica Patrick believes her inexperience of NASCAR Sprint Cup pack racing cost her a chance of victory in the Daytona 500. After securing an historic pole , Patrick spent much of the race running in the top three, along the way becoming the first woman to lead NASCAR’s premier event.

New rules ‘risky’ for top teams – Horner

February 14th, 2013

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New rules ‘risky’ for top teams – Horner

Red Bull boss Christian Horner admits there is a chance that one of Formula 1′s current frontrunning teams could make a hash of the 2014 rules and end up stuck in the midfield.

Mercedes reveals 2013 car launch date

January 17th, 2013

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Mercedes reveals 2013 car launch date

Mercedes will unveil its 2013 Formula 1 car at Jerez on 4 February. The launch of the W04 is taking place at the Spanish track the day before it hosts the first of the pre-season tests

Brawn: 2013 optimism ‘justified’

December 13th, 2012

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Brawn: 2013 optimism ‘justified’

Mercedes boss Ross Brawn believes his team’s optimism of a stronger 2013 season is “well justified” despite a disappointing end to the 2012 Formula 1 season. The Brackley team enjoyed a promising start to the season, with Nico Rosberg taking victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, the third round of the championship. However, Mercedes failed to match the development rate of the leading teams and quickly dropped down the order

Webber ‘will not play supporting role’

November 29th, 2012

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Webber ‘will not play supporting role’

Mark Webber remains determined to beat Sebastian Vettel and insists he will not play a supporting role to the world champion. Vettel secured his third title in a row last weekend while Webber had to settle for sixth position in the standings after a difficult season. The Australian will be Vettel’s team-mate again next year .

Elated Vettel says race toughest ever

November 25th, 2012

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Elated Vettel says race toughest ever

Sebastian Vettel believes the race that made him a three-time Formula 1 world champion was the toughest he has ever had. The Red Bull driver dropped from fourth to seventh at the first corner, then fell to last after a collision with Bruno Senna that left him with a damaged car

Webber: Vettel’s third title very special

November 25th, 2012

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Webber: Vettel’s third title very special

Mark Webber believes his Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel has achieved something “very, very special” by clinching his third consecutive Formula 1 world championship. Vettel was able to claim the 2012 title with sixth place in a wild race in Brazil, as his championship rival Fernando Alonso finished second. “He’s in a club on his own now,” Webber said of Vettel

Schumacher blames tyre problems

November 18th, 2012

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Michael Schumacher described his United States Grand Prix as massively difficult after what he felt was a tyre problem caused him to plunge down the order. The Mercedes driver started the Austin race from fifth position but quickly dropped down the order as he struggled with a lack of grip. Eventually the German finished in 16th place as Mercedes continued with its pointless streak, now going for five consecutive races.

Maldonado hampered by KERS problem

November 4th, 2012

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Maldonado hampered by KERS problem

A KERS problem caused Pastor Maldonado’s slide down the field during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Hamilton ‘lucky’ to avoid Q1 exit

October 13th, 2012

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Hamilton ‘lucky’ to avoid Q1 exit

Lewis Hamilton admitted he was very lucky to avoid the humiliation of a Q1 exit in Korean Grand Prix qualifying. The Briton ultimately qualified third, beaten only by the dominant Red Bulls

Van Gisbergen earns pole with win

September 15th, 2012

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Shane van Gisbergen and his Stone Brothers co-driver Luke Youlden will start on pole position for V8 Supercars’ Sandown 500 on Sunday after van Gisbergen won a wild second qualifying heat. The race proved disastrous for most of the usual frontrunners, with Craig Lowndes the only one of the generally dominant Triple Eight/Ford Performance Racing quartet to finish in the top 10 – and he was only seventh

Lowndes wins, disaster for Whincup

August 25th, 2012

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Craig Lowndes delivered his third straight V8 Supercars victory in race one at Eastern Creek, as his erstwhile points-leading Triple Eight Holden team-mate Jamie Whincup had a disastrous race. Whincup’s troubles started with a very slow start from pole, which left him down in eighth initially as front row qualifier Jonathon Webb stormed away in the lead.