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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.

Biffle tops final day of Daytona test

January 12th, 2013

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Biffle tops final day of Daytona test

Greg Biffle was quickest among those who stayed on for the final day of NASCAR Sprint Cup pre-season testing at Daytona on Saturday.

Al-Attiyah wins, Peterhansel keeps lead

January 10th, 2013

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Al-Attiyah wins, Peterhansel keeps lead

Nasser Al-Attiyah reduced the gap to Dakar leader Stephane Peterhansel to just over a minute after winning Thursday’s sixth stage of the event. The Qatari driver, who had lost time to his rival yesterday , recovered more than eight minutes over Peterhansel to finish the day just 1:18 minutes behind the Frenchman following the 438-km special from Arica to Calama.

Sainz quickest on first Dakar stage

January 5th, 2013

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Sainz quickest on first Dakar stage

Carlos Sainz set the pace as the 2013 Dakar Rally got underway with a short eight-mile stage in Pisco.

Hamilton wins as title battle goes on

November 18th, 2012

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Hamilton wins as title battle goes on

Lewis Hamilton beat Sebastian Vettel to victory in an absorbing United States Grand Prix, as Fernando Alonso’s third place kept the Formula 1 championship battle alive. Despite his defeat at Austin, Vettel remains title favourite, as he takes a 13-point lead over Alonso into next weekend’s finale at Interlagos.

Magnussen fastest on opening day

November 6th, 2012

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Magnussen fastest on opening day

Kevin Magnussen set the pace for McLaren on the opening day of Formula 1′s final young driver test of the year at Abu Dhabi. The 20-year-old Dane worked his way down to a 1m42.651s in the morning, edging out Red Bull’s Antonio Felix da Costa by just over six hundredths of a second. The pair finished more than three quarters of a second clear of the field, which was headed by Gary Paffett – the McLaren test driver having taken over from Magnussen for the afternoon.

Raikkonen wins for Lotus in Abu Dhabi

November 4th, 2012

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Raikkonen wins for Lotus in Abu Dhabi

Kimi Raikkonen held off Fernando Alonso to take the first win of his Formula 1 comeback in an astonishing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as Sebastian Vettel made it through from last to third. The result means Vettel’s championship lead remains 10 points with two races to go, despite an incident-packed race for the Red Bull driver. Raikkonen’s victory is his first since he won the 2009 Belgian GP, the first for his Enstone-based team since the 2008 Japanese GP, and the first for a Lotus-branded squad since the 1987 United States GP.

Vettel cruises to fourth win in a row

October 28th, 2012

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Vettel cruises to fourth win in a row

Sebastian Vettel stretched his Formula 1 world championship lead to 13 points with a fourth straight dominant victory in the Indian Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso was at least able to minimise the damage to his title bid by battling through to second place. Red Bull’s rivals may have claimed pre-race that they were determined to prevent Vettel making a clean break, but the champion team actually looked more dominant than ever on lap one, as Vettel and Mark Webber cruised away while the McLarens and Ferraris grappled with each other

Vettel wins to take championship lead

October 14th, 2012

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Vettel wins to take championship lead

Sebastian Vettel swept into the Formula 1 world championship lead by delivering a dominant victory in the Korean Grand Prix. Vettel’s third consecutive race win came at the head of a Red Bull one-two, with team Mark Webber in second.

Vettel cruises to Japanese GP victory

October 7th, 2012

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Vettel cruises to Japanese GP victory

Sebastian Vettel demolished Fernando Alonso’s Formula 1 world championship lead by dominating the Japanese Grand Prix as the points leader retired in a first-lap crash. The reigning champion is now just four points behind with five races to go, and has momentum on his side after back to back victories

Vettel wins as Hamilton retires

September 23rd, 2012

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Vettel wins as Hamilton retires

Sebastian Vettel finally scored the second victory of his latest Formula 1 title defence in the Singapore Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver benefited from Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren suffering a gearbox failure while holding a narrow lead. Jenson Button claimed second in the other McLaren, with Fernando Alonso’s third place maintaining the Ferrari driver’s world championship cushion.

Saavedra claims Fontana Lights pole

September 14th, 2012

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Sebastien Saavedra took pole position for the final Indy Lights race of the season at Fontana. For much of the session the man to beat was the Colombian’s Andretti team-mate Carlos Munoz, who posted a speed of 188.984mph, but Saavedra was able to better him late on with a 189.640mph effort. “It was great to have Carlos go ahead of us,” said Saavedra, who is doing double-duty in Indy Lights and IndyCar this weekend.

Bianchi leads Hungaroring practice

September 14th, 2012

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Bianchi leads Hungaroring practice

Jules Bianchi led the way in Formula Renault 3.5 free practice at the Hungaroring on Friday.

Bianchi ends first day of test on top

September 11th, 2012

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Bianchi ends first day of test on top

Ferrari’s Jules Bianchi led the way on the opening day of Formula 1′s young driver test at Magny-Cours on Tuesday. The Frenchman ended the day half a second quicker than Force India’s Luiz Razia. Bianchi, who has been Force India’s reserve driver this year, completed 87 laps, with a best of 1m18.070s, as Ferrari evaluated a new front wing as part of its aerodynamic development programme.

Hamilton wins dramatic Italian GP

September 9th, 2012

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Hamilton wins dramatic Italian GP

Lewis Hamilton stayed safely clear of an incredible charge from Sergio Perez to win the Italian Grand Prix, as Fernando Alonso stretched his Formula 1 points lead by coming through from 10th on the grid to third. Alonso benefited from his closest title rival Sebastian Vettel being penalised for forcing him off the road as they battled mid-race and later retiring with a mechanical problem.

Button dominates dramatic Spa race

September 2nd, 2012

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Button dominates dramatic Spa race

Jenson Button dominated a Belgian Grand Prix that began with a huge startline crash in which title contenders Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton were eliminated. With Sebastian Vettel coming through to finish second, the incident meant Alonso saw his championship lead slashed to 24 points. The accident started when Lotus driver Romain Grosjean moved across the track on the approach to La Source and squeezed Hamilton’s McLaren.

Collard sets Knockhill practice pace

August 25th, 2012

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Collard sets Knockhill practice pace

Rob Collard emerged fastest from Saturday’s two British Touring Car free practice sessions at Knockhill. The WSR BMWs proved quick around the tight and twisty Scottish track and Collard, Tom Onslow-Cole and Nick Foster all featured near the front. Local man Gordon Shedden (works Honda Civic) and Jason Plato’s MG6 attacked early on in free practice one, but Collard topped the timesheets for much of the session.

Vautier takes Trois-Rivieres pole

August 4th, 2012

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Vautier takes Trois-Rivieres pole

Tristan Vautier claimed his fourth pole position of the season for Indy Lights’ standalone round in Trois-Rivieres. The series’ visit to the famous Canadian street circuit is its only date away from the IndyCar Series in the calendar.

Loeb leads into final Finland stages

August 4th, 2012

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Loeb leads into final Finland stages

Sebastien Loeb heads for the final two stages of Rally Finland with a nine-second cushion over Citroen team-mate Mikko Hirvonen. The rally will be decided with two runs through the famous 33-kilometre Ouninpohja stage on Saturday afternoon, and Loeb was able to slightly extend his lead on the second of the leg’s three loops. While the works Fords of Jari-Matti Latvala and Petter Solberg remain settled in third and fourth places, there were changes further down the order on SS15 and SS16.

Loeb extends lead over Hirvonen

August 4th, 2012

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Loeb extends lead over Hirvonen

Sebastien Loeb extended his advantage over Mikko Hirvonen to 7.4 seconds as the Citroens’ battle for the Rally Finland lead moved into its deciding stretch.

Loeb leads as Hirvonen closes gap

August 3rd, 2012

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Loeb leads as Hirvonen closes gap

Sebastien Loeb maintained his Rally Finland lead through the first loop of Friday morning stages, but Citroen team-mate Mikko Hirvonen is closing in. Hirvonen was 3.2 seconds quicker than Loeb on the Jukojarvi stage, bringing the World Rally champion’s overall advantage down to 4.4s.