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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.

Farfus fastest as DTM test concludes

April 12th, 2013

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Farfus fastest as DTM test concludes

Augusto Farfus completed BMW’s domination of this week’s official DTM test at Hockenheim by setting the pace on the final day of pre-season running on Friday. The RBM driver, last year’s highest-scoring rookie in the series, beat his champion stablemate Bruno Spengler by 0.213s in the timesheets, setting the pace in 1m32.976s

Bottas welcomes pitstop practice

February 22nd, 2013

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Bottas welcomes pitstop practice

Valtteri Bottas believes that his rain-disrupted final morning of running in the Barcelona test allowed him to improve his pitstop skills. The Finn has not raced in GP2 or Formula Renault 3.5, so has little experience of making in-race pitstops ahead of his grand prix debut in Australia next month. But with Williams always planning to conduct extensive pit-stop practices today after sending its full race team to the final day of the test and still able to work on that despite the bad weather, Bottas has been able to improve that aspect of his game

Sahlen heads day two of Daytona test

January 6th, 2013

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Sahlen heads day two of Daytona test

Sahlen was fastest on the second day of Daytona 24 Hours testing on Saturday, as Dane Cameron’s morning best proved the day’s benchmark. Cameron set a 1m42.101s lap in the opening session, the first of four during the day. That put his GT graduate team’s Riley-BMW 0.3 seconds clear of the two Ganassi cars in the session, and proved unbeatable for the rest of the day.

Fumanelli sets record pace at Estoril

November 7th, 2012

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Fumanelli sets record pace at Estoril

David Fumanelli topped the times on the second and final day of GP3 post-season testing at the Estoril circuit. The MW Arden driver set his fastest lap in the morning – setting a new GP3 track record – and then retained the top spot when rain hit the Portuguese circuit in the afternoon. His lap of 1m30.261s was less than a tenth of a second quicker than Daniil Kvyat in the second MW Arden machine, with Tio Ellinas third fastest in the Manor car

Razia: Too early to think about 2013

September 12th, 2012

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Razia: Too early to think about 2013

Luiz Razia says that while his test with the Force India Formula 1 team may have come at the right time, he believes it is still too early to be thinking about 2013. The Brazilian is currently second in the GP2 championship with two races to go in Singapore, having lost the points lead to Davide Valsecchi in the previous race at Monza . Razia, who drove F1 machinery in testing last year, returned to the wheel of a grand prix car with Force India at Magny-Cours on Tuesday .

Bird: Too early to judge upgrades

September 12th, 2012

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Bird: Too early to judge upgrades

Sam Bird says it is still too early to judge the performance of the Mercedes updates following the first day of testing at Magny-Cours. Mercedes introduced new Coanda-effect exhausts in the morning of the first day of work and then tested the squad’s new double-DRS .

Loeb fastest in Finland qualifying

August 1st, 2012

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Loeb fastest in Finland qualifying

Sebastien Loeb made the perfect start to this week’s Rally Finland with quickest time on Wednesday evening’s qualifying stage. The Frenchman – the only non-Scandinavian to have won the Jyvaskyla-based event more than once – was 0.555 seconds faster than Ford’s Jari-Matti Latvala. Loeb’s Citroen team-mate Mikko Hirvonen was third fastest, eight tenths of a second down on the defending world champion.

Stoner bemused by Mugello struggles

July 13th, 2012

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Stoner bemused by Mugello struggles

Casey Stoner admits he is struggling with set-up issues which both he and Honda are finding difficult to remedy following a low-key opening to MotoGP’s Italian Grand Prix. The Australian finished second practice almost half a second down on Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo and his own team-mate Dani Pedrosa, a deficit he admitted he was not impressed with

Bacheta fastest in pre-race Spa test

June 19th, 2012

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Bacheta fastest in pre-race Spa test

Formula 2 championship leader Luciano Bacheta was the quickest man in the series’ pre-race test at Spa-Francorchamps on Tuesday.

Lotus: Raikkonen showed his class

January 23rd, 2012

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Lotus: Raikkonen showed his class

Lotus’s trackside operations director Alan Permane said Kimi Raikkonen proved on his first day back in a Formula 1 cockpit that his return to grand prix racing can be a success. Raikkonen is spending two days testing a 2010 Renault at Valencia this week as he settles back into F1 after two seasons in the World Rally Championship. No times were released from today’s test, and Raikkonen’s pace would not be representative as he is using demonstration tyres and an older car, but Permane said his quality had shown through

Test ‘important’ for Ferrari front wing

November 15th, 2011

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Test ‘important’ for Ferrari front wing

The next two days of testing in Abu Dhabi will be important if Ferrari is to get on top of its front wing vibration problem. Jules Bianchi was second fastest, just under one second off pacesetter Jean-Eric Vergne during the first day of young driver testing at Yas Marina.

Barbera ‘excited’ about 2012 Ducati

November 8th, 2011

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Barbera ‘excited’ about 2012 Ducati

Hector Barbera declared himself ‘excited’ about the potential of Ducati’s new 1000cc Desmosedici after testing it for the first time at Valencia on Tuesday. The 25-year-old Spaniard, who only confirmed his deal to join the Pramac Racing squad on the morning of the test, was eighth quickest during the day, 0.3s off the quickest Ducati of Valentino Rossi.

Evans tops first day at Barcelona

October 25th, 2011

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Evans tops first day at Barcelona

Mitch Evans dominated the opening day of GP3 winter testing at Barcelona for the MW Arden squad. The 17-year-old New Zealander, who was a race-winner for the team on his way to ninth in the standings this year, set the pace in a time of 1m39.037s during the afternoon. The morning session started 30 minutes late due to thick fog at the circuit, and when it did get underway, the entire field had to make use of wet weather tyres

Chandhok happy with practice progress

July 22nd, 2011

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Chandhok happy with practice progress

Karun Chandhok declared himself happy with his progress during practice for his first racing weekend since last year. The Lotus driver, replacing Jarno Trulli for this weekend’s race at the Nurburgring, had two productive sessions, finishing as 20th quickest in the afternoon. Although he was one and a half seconds slower then team-mate Heikki Kovalainen, Chandhok said he was pleased with all that he had learned during the day

Monras quickest at Magny-Cours test

May 11th, 2011

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Monras quickest at Magny-Cours test

Miki Monras set the pace in official Formula 2 testing at Magny-Cours on Wednesday. The Spaniard, who already has a win to his name this season from the Silverstone season-opener, lapped the former French Grand Prix venue in 1m30.841s to put his name on top of the timesheets.

Buemi: Poor time not representative

April 8th, 2011

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Buemi: Poor time not representative

Sebastien Buemi says his 18th place in Friday practice does not reflect his and Toro Rosso’s true potential at Sepang. After his strong top 10 form in Melbourne, the Swiss driver was near the tail of the field when he took over from test driver Daniel Ricciardo for this afternoon’s session in Malaysia, but said he had not been able to put a perfect lap together.

Petrov says more to come from Renault

March 25th, 2011

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Petrov says more to come from Renault

Vitaly Petrov is confident that there is more performance to come from Renault tomorrow after setting 12th fastest time in free practice for the Australian Grand Prix. The Russian was eight-thousandths of a second faster than team-mate Nick Heidfeld and was upbeat about the progress that Renault had made during the day

Vettel still quickest in Barcelona test

February 19th, 2011

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Vettel still quickest in Barcelona test

Sebastian Vettel was fastest again on day two of the Barcelona test, as Red Bull went for shorter runs for the first time and gave a hint of its potential.

Renault ‘very positive’ about Heidfeld

February 12th, 2011

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Renault ‘very positive’ about Heidfeld

Renault team boss Eric Boullier said Nick Heidfeld made a very strong first impression as he set the quickest time in testing on his debut with the squad at Jerez today.

Williams frustrated by rear wing issue

February 10th, 2011

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Williams frustrated by rear wing issue

Williams technical director Sam Michael conceded Thursday proved to be a disappointing day for the team after being unable to get significant running done. Pastor Maldonado completed an installation lap early on, but then spent most of the day in the garage as the team worked to solve an issue with the rear wing actuator.