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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.

Neate’s Cruze debut hits delays

April 15th, 2013

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Neate’s Cruze debut hits delays

British Touring Car racer Andy Neate’s new Chevrolet Cruze will not make its debut until the Oulton Park round in June. The former works MG driver set up his own IP Tech Race Engineering team to run a new NGTC Cruze for this season. The squad, which will run under the Team Club 44 banner, had planned to appear at the Donington Park round this weekend, after a testing programme.

Analysis: Lowe’s exit a blow to McLaren

February 25th, 2013

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Analysis: Lowe’s exit a blow to McLaren

McLaren may have been putting on a brave face on Paddy Lowe’s defection to Mercedes on Monday, but there is no hiding from the fact that his departure is a blow. That is not just a perception from those outside the corridors of Woking either, because it was Jenson Button who prophetically suggested late last year that a Lowe exit would be a much bigger loss for the outfit than losing Lewis Hamilton

Bamboo Engineering to enter GP3

February 18th, 2013

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Bamboo Engineering to enter GP3

World Touring Car Championship squad Bamboo Engineering will enter the GP3 Series this year after taking over the Atech CRS team. The outfit was formed by Richard Coleman midway through 2009 out of the ashes of Tempus Sport, and has competed in British and World Touring Cars since. Coleman said: “We’re thrilled to be competing in one of the world’s finest single-seater formulas

Delta-ADR returns to WEC for 2013

January 16th, 2013

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Delta-ADR returns to WEC for 2013

The newly-renamed Delta-ADR team that finished second in LMP2 in last year’s World Endurance Championship is returning to the series in 2013. Silverstone-based Delta-ADR submitted an entry for the WEC, which includes the Le Mans 24 Hours in June, ahead of Wednesday’s closing date.

Symonds’ return a boost for Marussia

December 21st, 2012

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Symonds’ return a boost for Marussia

Timo Glock expects Pat Symonds’ clearance to return to the Formula 1 paddock in 2013 to be a major boost to Marussia. Symonds was banned from F1 in the wake of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix scandal, in which he was one of those held responsible for Nelson Piquet being asked to deliberately crash his Renault to trigger a safety car that would help team-mate Fernando Alonso win . Although not permitted to attend grands prix in that period, Symonds was given clearance to work as a consultant to F1 teams – a role he has performed for Marussia.

Cecotto fastest as Jerez GP2 test ends

November 23rd, 2012

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Cecotto fastest as Jerez GP2 test ends

Johnny Cecotto Jr was quickest in both sessions as GP2 finished its last test of 2012 at Jerez. After winning in Monaco during his season with Addax this year, Cecotto switched to Arden for the final day of the test, having driven for Carlin on Thursday

Evans to drive for DAMS at Jerez test

November 20th, 2012

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Evans to drive for DAMS at Jerez test

GP3 champion Mitch Evans will drive for GP2 champion squad DAMS in this week’s test for the senior series at Jerez. DAMS took Romain Grosjean and Davide Valsecchi to the last two GP2 titles, as well as winning the teams’ crown this year. Evans will also have another GP2 day with his GP3 squad Arden , which ran him for his maiden GP2 outings in October’s Barcelona tests

Valente put to back of Shanghai grid

November 3rd, 2012

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Valente put to back of Shanghai grid

Hugo Valente has been sent to the back of the grid for his debut World Touring Car Championship weekend at Shanghai.

Abu Dhabi Friday quotes: Marussia

November 2nd, 2012

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Timo Glock – 20th/21st: “A typical Friday really, although in FP1 I ran some developments for next year.

Filippi sets GP2 test pace at Barcelona

October 30th, 2012

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Filippi sets GP2 test pace at Barcelona

Luca Filippi was fastest in GP2′s first post-season test at Barcelona on Tuesday.

BMW labels DTM return a huge success

October 11th, 2012

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BMW labels DTM return a huge success

BMW motorsport director Jens Marquardt believes the manufacturer’s return season in the DTM can be classed as a huge success, whatever the outcome of next weekend’s title-decider at Hockenheim. Bruno Spengler heads to the final round of the season just three points behind Mercedes’ championship leader Gary Paffett, having slashed the gap from 40 just four races in. But Marquardt insisted that a title for the Canadian would simply be a bonus in an otherwise impressive return season after 20 years away from the DTM

Valsecchi champion as Chilton wins

September 22nd, 2012

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Carlin’s Max Chilton won the first-ever GP2 feature race at Singapore’s Marina Bay circuit, as Davide Valsecchi was confirmed as 2012 champion by finishing fourth. Chilton grabbed the lead from the start, while poleman Luca Filippi (Coloni) bogged down badly and dropped to seventh.

Chilton takes pole before spin

September 7th, 2012

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Chilton takes pole before spin

Max Chilton will start the GP2 feature race at Monza from pole position, despite ending the session in the gravel at the Parabolica. Carlin driver Chilton was attempting to improve on his 1m31.886s pole position time in the closing moments.

Marussia to use Williams KERS in 2013

August 29th, 2012

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Marussia to use Williams KERS in 2013

Marussia will use the Williams Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) when it adds the device to its car for the first time in 2013. The decision was revealed by Marussia consultant Pat Symonds in a interview released by the team, in which Symonds also confirmed that Marussia would continue with Cosworth engines for a fourth season. “Yes we will be using KERS next year,” said Symonds

Gutierrez cruises to sprint race win

July 29th, 2012

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Gutierrez cruises to sprint race win

Esteban Gutierrez scored a dominant GP2 Series sprint race victory at the Hungaroring on Sunday morning, his third win of the season for Lotus.

Kral fastest in Hungary GP2 practice

July 27th, 2012

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Josef Kral set the fastest time in free practice ahead of qualifying for round 17 of the GP2 Series at the Hungaroring on Friday morning. Addax racer Kral, who has failed to score a point all season with last year’s teams’ championship-winner, repeated his feat of setting fastest time in practice from Barcelona back in May. His 1m29.573s was 0.159 seconds faster than Racing Engineering’s Fabio Leimer, and both of these times were set just after the halfway point of the session

Cecotto wins with slick-tyre gamble

July 21st, 2012

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Cecotto wins with slick-tyre gamble

Johnny Cecotto Jr won the 15th round of the GP2 Series, his second feature race victory of the year, at Hockenheim on Saturday afternoon after a brave gamble on slick tyres on an initially wet track worked a treat. Starting three quarters of an hour after Formula 1 qualifying concluded, the track was damp but not wet enough for a safety car start, so the feature race grid formed up using treaded rubber – all except for Cecotto and Stephane Richelmi, whose Addax and Trident cars started on slicks.

Britain Sunday quotes: Marussia

July 8th, 2012

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Timo Glock – 18th: “In general a tough week for us.

Leimer takes pole at wet Silverstone

July 6th, 2012

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Leimer takes pole at wet Silverstone

Fabio Leimer will start from pole position in Saturday’s GP2 Series feature race at Silverstone after setting the fastest time in qualifying on a very wet track. Leimer was in imperious form behind the wheel of his Racing Engineering machine, at one point holding pole position by 2.288 seconds. His eventual margin was trimmed back to 0.915s, with nearest challenger Johnny Cecotto Jr overcoming a brief off at Village and his car coasting to a halt, before recovering to finish the session in second

Razia wins thrilling GP2 sprint race

June 24th, 2012

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Luiz Razia scored a sensational victory in Sunday morning’s sprint race at the Valencia street circuit, the 12th round of the GP2 Series, taking the lead with only seven corners remaining from longtime leader James Calado. Calado (Lotus GP) led the majority of the race, which was punctuated by two early safety cars.