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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.

Bottas ‘fortunate’ talent was enough

March 8th, 2013

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Bottas ‘fortunate’ talent was enough

Williams rookie Valtteri Bottas admits he feels fortunate to have been able to secure a Formula 1 seat primarily on the grounds of talent. At a time when the majority of new entrants are having to bring substantial personal sponsorship, Bottas has secured the seat for far less than the $14 million predecessor Bruno Senna brought.

Hamlin punished for NASCAR criticism

March 7th, 2013

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Hamlin punished for NASCAR criticism

Denny Hamlin has been fined $25,000 by NASCAR for criticising the quality of racing with the new Gen-6 car over the opening two events. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was issued with the penalty after NASCAR determined that the remarks he made in pit road after last weekend’s Phoenix race were in breach of section 12-1 of the series rule book, which covers actions detrimental to stock car racing

Johnson: Crash must prompt changes

February 26th, 2013

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Johnson: Crash must prompt changes

Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson believes NASCAR needs to learn from the accident in last weekend’s Nationwide Series race that left several fans injured, although he urged against any knee-jerk reactions. Thirty-three fans were injured when pieces of Kyle Larson’s car flew into the spectator area following a multi-car accident on the final lap of Saturday’s race, prompting renewed questions about the level of protection offered by the barriers at some oval tracks

STR: Team not drivers under pressure

February 4th, 2013

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STR: Team not drivers under pressure

Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost believes there is more pressure on his team than his drivers in 2013. Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne have both retained their seats at the Italian squad in what Red Bull’s Christian Horner suggested could be a crucial year for their future hopes.

Horner extends Red Bull contract

January 30th, 2013

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Horner extends Red Bull contract

Christian Horner will remain as team principal of the Red Bull team after extending his contract with the outfit.

Lynn, Tincknell open to British F3

January 29th, 2013

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Lynn, Tincknell open to British F3

Formula 3 aces Alex Lynn and Harry Tincknell have both said that they could be open to contesting the slimline four-round British F3 International Series this season. The two Britons, who each won races in their domestic F3 championship last year, are looking increasingly likely to compete against each other in the European F3 Championship in 2013. While Lynn’s deal with Prema Powerteam was announced last November, Tincknell is still weighing up options for the coming campaign.

Tilley to step up into British F3

January 25th, 2013

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Tilley to step up into British F3

British club racer Kyle Tilley is planning a big step up to contest the British Formula 3 International Series in 2013. Tilley, 22, is taking advantage of the relaxation of car-eligibility rules in the National Class and is planning to run a European F3 Open-spec Dallara F306 with its existing ‘long-life’ Piedrafita-tuned Toyota engine.

Analysis: Ferrari right to be optimistic

January 18th, 2013

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Analysis: Ferrari right to be optimistic

It is all too easy in the days before the new cars hit the race track for the first time to talk up hopes of the forthcoming Formula 1 season. So while it was no surprise to hear Ferrari and Fernando Alonso declaring their optimism for 2013 at its annual Wrooom media event at Madonna di Campiglio this week, behind the soundbites there are genuine reasons to believe that this trust is well placed. The frustration of last season is still running deep at Maranello.

Bennani stays on with Proteam

January 17th, 2013

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Bennani stays on with Proteam

Moroccan driver Mehdi Bennani will stay with Proteam in the World Touring Car Championship for a third successive season.

Honda: Neal, Shedden still improving

December 29th, 2012

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Honda: Neal, Shedden still improving

British Touring Car team boss Steve Neal believes his Honda drivers Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal are still improving as a pairing.

Lotus duo ‘will be much stronger’ in ’13

December 24th, 2012

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Lotus duo ‘will be much stronger’ in ’13

Lotus boss Eric Boullier believes his team will deliver a much stronger Formula 1 campaign in 2013, even if it starts the season with a car that is only as quick as last year’s. The Frenchman is convinced that the progress that his drivers have made, allied to a better technical understanding among the engineers, means the team can move forward even without technical gains. “I would be very happy to start the season with the same car performance we had last year relative to everyone else,” Boullier told AUTOSPORT.

Vandoorne takes Frijns’ place at Fortec

December 21st, 2012

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Vandoorne takes Frijns’ place at Fortec

Fortec has signed Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup champion Stoffel Vandoorne to take title-winner Robin Frijns’ place in its Formula Renault 3.5 line-up.

Newey: Harder to find gains for 2013

December 10th, 2012

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Newey: Harder to find gains for 2013

Adrian Newey has admitted that it is becoming more challenging to find performance gains with the 2013 Red Bull. The maturity of the regulations, which were introduced in 2009, and the lack of rules tweaks for next season mean that teams are chasing ever-shrinking improvements with their cars. The Red Bull has been the dominant force under this rules set, winning the drivers’ and constructors’ championship double three times in four years

2013 Auto GP car to debut at test

December 4th, 2012

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2013 Auto GP car to debut at test

Auto GP’s heavily-revised 2013 car will make its debut in the forthcoming two-day test at Barcelona. As first revealed by AUTOSPORT in August , the car is based on the current Lola-Zytek but features updated sidepods and front and rear aerodynamics

Marussia blames Vergne for losing 10th

November 26th, 2012

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Marussia blames Vergne for losing 10th

Marussia blames Jean-Eric Vergne for costing it 10th in the 2012 Formula 1 constructors’ championship.

Brazil Sunday quotes: Caterham

November 25th, 2012

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Vitaly Petrov – 11th: “What an incredible race. I’m so pleased for the whole team and I want to thank every single one of them for doing such a fantastic job in the conditions today. Seeing what regaining tenth place in the championship meant to everyone when I got back to the garage was really special and I think we deserve it after all the hard work we’ve put in throughout the whole year.

No action on de la Rosa/Grosjean clash

November 24th, 2012

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No action on de la Rosa/Grosjean clash

Romain Grosjean and Pedro de la Rosa have escaped any sanction for their coming together during qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix. De la Rosa moved across on Grosjean on the run up to the start-finish straight after his Lotus rival attempted to dive down the inside of the slower HRT near the entry to the pits.

Drivers want answers over Hartstein

November 24th, 2012

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Drivers want answers over Hartstein

Grand Prix Drivers’ Association chairman Pedro de la Rosa plans to discuss the decision not to give Formula 1′s medical delegate Gary Hartstein a new contract with the FIA. Hartstein, who has held the role since 2005 , revealed that he would not be given a new deal ahead of the United States Grand Prix despite being keen to continue

Grosjean: Podium achievable in Brazil

November 23rd, 2012

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Grosjean: Podium achievable in Brazil

Romain Grosjean believes he can conclude his first full-time season in Formula 1 with a top-three finish in the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Ferrari: Massa form boosts title hopes

November 21st, 2012

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Ferrari: Massa form boosts title hopes

Felipe Massa’s upturn in form is a major boost for Ferrari’s Formula 1 world championship aspirations going into the Brazilian Grand Prix season finale, reckons team boss Stefano Domenicali. Massa’s disappointing performances led to the Brazilian nearly losing his seat during the summer , before Ferrari elected to keep the faith with him for an eighth year .