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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.

Busch keen on Indy but not ready

May 9th, 2013

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Busch keen on Indy but not ready

NASCAR Sprint Cup star Kurt Busch says his IndyCar test with Andretti has left him open to a possible Indianapolis 500 campaign in the future, although he cautioned that a lot of work would have to be done before he feels ready. Busch drove IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay’s car to complete the full Indy 500 rookie orientation programme at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday, achieving average speeds of 218 mph. The 2004 Cup champion admitted that he is intrigued by the idea of tackling the Indy 500/Coca Cola 600 double, which has previously only been attempted on the same day by John Andretti, Robby Gordon, and Tony Stewart.

Loeb amazed by Pikes Peak Peugeot

May 9th, 2013

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Loeb amazed by Pikes Peak Peugeot

Sebastien Loeb has tested the Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak for the first time, the Frenchman admitting he was amazed by how fast the car is. Loeb, who will compete in the event for the first time this year, drove the car at a test track in north-west France earlier this week. The nine-time World Rally Champion said: “I’ve never driven anything that accelerates so fast

Peugeot reveals full Pikes Peak spec

April 23rd, 2013

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Peugeot reveals full Pikes Peak spec

Peugeot has confirmed technical details of the 208 T16 Pikes Peak – a car tested for the first time by Sebastien Loeb last week.

Grosjean confident of no more issues

March 21st, 2013

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Grosjean confident of no more issues

Romain Grosjean is confident that there will be no repeat of his Australian Grand Prix problems in Malaysia this weekend. The Franco-Swiss driver finished 10th , over 90 seconds behind winning team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, and blamed the performance on a car problem

Auto GP further tweaks 2013 car

January 31st, 2013

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Auto GP further tweaks 2013 car

Auto GP has revealed further aero tweaks to its already heavily revised 2013 car. The latest evolution, the product of a collaboration between series organiser Enzo Coloni and former Ferrari and Williams designer Enrique Scalabroni, is expected to bring further increases in performance. The original revisions, revealed exclusively by AUTOSPORT in August, resulted in circa 1.5s lap-time improvements when 2012 champion Adrian Quaife-Hobbs tested at Barcelona in December

Crash interrupts Daytona testing

January 11th, 2013

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Crash interrupts Daytona testing

The second day of NASCAR Sprint Cup testing at Daytona on Friday was marred by a massive accident that has ruled several teams out of the rest of the test. The multi-car crash was triggered when Dale Earnhardt Jr made contact with Marcos Ambrose as a large group of drivers practiced pack drafting

Carlin signs Lichtenstein for GP3

November 15th, 2012

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Carlin signs Lichtenstein for GP3

Argentina’s Eric Lichtenstein will make the leap from Formula Ford to GP3 next season with Carlin.

Raikkonen: Lotus can end year on high

November 3rd, 2012

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Raikkonen: Lotus can end year on high

Kimi Raikkonen says he has already seen enough of Lotus’s latest updates to feel the team can take a step forward in performance for the rest of the season. The Enstone-based outfit began the second half of the campaign with high hopes that a development push could take its Finnish driver to the title success. But a failure to match the development spend of rival teams Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari has left the team to endure a few tough races during the Autumn and dropped its lead driver out of the hunt for the title.

Raikkonen calm about Lotus recovery

October 14th, 2012

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Raikkonen calm about Lotus recovery

Kimi Raikkonen refuses to get carried away with hopes of a Lotus resurgence, despite the team’s improved Korea form giving him a shot at staying in title contention. The Lotus driver qualified fifth at Yeongam, his best qualifying result since the Belgian Grand Prix. That return to coincided coincided with his outfit successfully introducing a raft of updates , including the Coanda-effect exhausts.

Marussia ‘now a match for Caterham’

September 22nd, 2012

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Marussia ‘now a match for Caterham’

Marussia team principal John Booth is certain that his outfit has a car capable of taking the fight to Caterham after a strong showing in Friday practice in Singapore.

Lotus to try new rear wing in Singapore

September 17th, 2012

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Lotus to try new rear wing in Singapore

Lotus will introduce a new rear wing for this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix that should improve its DRS-performance. As the Enstone-based outfit bids to get back to fighting for the podium, following a disappointing weekend in Italy, the team is confident that the high-downforce nature of Singapore will play better to its car strengths

Italy Saturday quotes: Marussia

September 8th, 2012

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Timo Glock – 20th: “In the morning we struggled a bit more than yesterday. The car balance was a little bit out and not the same as yesterday, but we tried some new stuff for qualifying and I was happy with the changes. In the first run I got a good tow because our downforce package is pretty efficient, but if you get a tow you gain quite a lot of top speed as well.

Sauber ‘falling short’ of expectations

September 7th, 2012

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Sauber ‘falling short’ of expectations

Sauber drivers Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi say their car’s performance is falling short of expectations at Monza after a troubled Friday practice .

Dixon leads final Texas practice

June 9th, 2012

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Ganassi driver Scott Dixon set the fastest time in the final practice session for this weekend’s IndyCar race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Ottinger Survives Schoenburg’s Charge, Wins Charlotte

by Jason Lofing on May 30th, 2012

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Ottinger had the pace and the reliability at Charlotte to take his second win of the season.

Nick Ottinger scored his second win of the 2012 NASCAR iRacing.com World Championship Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway, holding hard-charging polesitter Brian Schoenburg at bay on a late restart before the latter’s motor expired with four laps remaining. After starting eighth, Ottinger ran at or near the front throughout the online race and took advantage of misfortunes that befell Ray Alfalla and Steve Sheehan to move into contention as the laps wound-down. After grabbing the lead from Byron Daley with 29 laps remaining, Ottinger took the checkered flag ahead of Alfalla, Kevin King, Patrick Baldwin and Daley, hoisting himself into the middle of the championship picture in the bargain. The last quarter of the 200 lap, 300 mile race was packed with action. The final scheduled pit stop on Lap [...]

Ferrari still needs ‘massive’ step

May 14th, 2012

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Ferrari still needs ‘massive’ step

Ferrari still needs to make a ‘massive’ step forward with its car if it is to win the world championship this year, despite Fernando Alonso’s second place in Spain moving him back to the head of the standings. That is the view of its team principal Stefano Domenicali who thinks that, although updates introduced at Barcelona have delivered as expected, much more progress is needed over the remainder of the campaign. “This has to be a push for all the engineers at home to make sure that we improve the car,” Domenicali said about Alonso now being joint leader of the title chase with Sebastian Vettel.

Coletti feels better prepared now

November 16th, 2011

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Coletti feels better prepared now

Stefano Coletti is confident of being better prepared for his final half-day of running with Scuderia Toro Rosso during the Abu Dhabi young driver test after sitting out today in favour of Kevin Ceccon. Coletti, a race-winner in GP2 Asia in Abu Dhabi earlier this year, completed 87 laps yesterday, finishing the day 11th fastest

And She Don’t Scrape No More

by Katier Scott on November 9th, 2011

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The Lotus 79 is more fun to drive than ever.

iRacing’s Eric Hudec recently provided the Lotus 79 community with a superb example of community co-operation in working through a series of comparatively simple, but much requested, changes to this challenging Class B car. Led by Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series/community leader, Frank Herfjord, the Lotus 79 community used a forum thread started by Hudec to discuss changes they felt were fairly simple to implement but important to improving the realism and enjoyment of the car. Within a week of the discussion, Hudec had worked through the requests and created a patch which he successfully implemented on Monday night, allowing the community time to get used to the revisions before Week 2 commenced. The revisions included changes to the Lotus 79′s fuel economy, the increments for fueling the car, increased [...]

Mercedes experiments with F-duct wing

October 19th, 2011

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Mercedes experiments with F-duct wing

Mercedes is experimenting with an innovative front wing that uses the F-duct concept to boost downforce. The airflow entering the slot on the front of the nose is, under certain air pressure conditions, diverted through channels in the front wing assembly and then redirected out of slots in the bottom of the main plan. This airflow is fed to the diffuser, boosting the downforce generated at the rear of the car

Williams must ‘understand’ car issues

October 18th, 2011

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Williams must ‘understand’ car issues

Rubens Barrichello thinks it is vital that Williams gets an understanding of why this year’s car did not perform if it is to ensure that its 2012 challenger is a big step forward. With Williams enduring its worst ever season in F1, Barrichello thinks the target for the remainder of the campaign is not in improving the current car but in getting to grips on what went wrong last winter. “The car was born bad and there is no way of turning that back,” said Barrichello.