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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.

Greaves out of Spa WEC

May 4th, 2013

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Greaves out of Spa WEC

The Greaves Zytek LMP2 squad has withdrawn from today’s Spa round of the World Endurance Championship. The British team’s Zytek-Nissan Z11SN sustained chassis damage in a crash during qualifying on Friday evening and could not be repaired in time for this afternoon’s six-hour race

FIA’s new GT Series hits entry target

March 22nd, 2013

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FIA’s new GT Series hits entry target

FIA GT Series boss Stephane Ratel has hit his target of achieving more than 20 full-season entires for the new championship .

FIA ‘right to charge rich teams more’

November 6th, 2012

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FIA ‘right to charge rich teams more’

FIA president Jean Todt thinks it is only right that the richest Formula 1 teams and drivers pay a greater fee to compete in the world championship from next year. A major hike in the entry fees for the 2013 championship have been imposed as part of a move by the FIA to increase the revenue it generates from the sport

Teams facing dramatic entry fee hike

November 2nd, 2012

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Teams facing dramatic entry fee hike

Formula 1 teams have been officially notified of a dramatic rise in the entry fees for next year’s world championship, as AUTOSPORT predicted in September .

Pic reprimanded over FP3 incident

October 6th, 2012

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Pic reprimanded over FP3 incident

Charles Pic has been reprimanded, and his Marussia team fined 5,000 Euro, after his near miss with Lewis Hamilton in final free practice for the Japanese GP. Hamilton was left angry after he encountered Pic’s slow car on the entry to the chicane while he was on a fast lap on Saturday morning

Top F1 teams face entry fee hike

September 4th, 2012

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Top F1 teams face entry fee hike

Formula 1′s frontrunning teams could face a dramatic increase in entry fees for next year’s championship if plans being considered by the FIA come off. As part of the ongoing negotiations between the teams, Bernie Ecclestone and the FIA to frame a new Concorde Agreement for 2013 , talks have edged towards agreeing potential income that the governing body would like to receive from F1 entrants and the sport’s commercial rights holder

Maldonado fined for Perez incident

July 8th, 2012

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Maldonado fined for Perez incident

Pastor Maldonado was handed a 10,000 Euro fine and given a reprimand by the race stewards for his part in a collision with Sergio Perez during the British Grand Prix. Perez was left furious after the coming-together – urging the FIA to teach Maldonado a lesson following a spate of crashes so far this season. But after a detailed look at the incident on Sunday, the stewards elected to fine the Williams driver in stead

Brundle: LMP2 field rivals Group C

June 5th, 2012

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Brundle: LMP2 field rivals Group C

Le Mans returnee Martin Brundle reckons the LMP2 class in this year’s 24-hour race rivals the halcyon days of Group C for competitiveness.

Audi heads 2012 Le Mans entry list

February 2nd, 2012

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Audi heads 2012 Le Mans entry list

Audi heads the entry for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours with a four-car assault that will include two hybrid versions of its R18 coupe. The German manufacturer has opted to split its entry between its new diesel-electric hybrid, which has been testing since last autumn, and a conventional turbodiesel version of the R18. Audi Sport boss Wolfgang Ullrich said: “The first test results [of the hybrid] are very encouraging and we are intrigued to see just how this technology performs on the race track at Le Mans

Concerns over Ste. Devote asphalt

May 25th, 2011

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Concerns over Ste. Devote asphalt

Formula 1 drivers have admitted that there is some concern about the state of the asphalt on the entry to Ste. Devote at Monaco, after the track surface had to be relaid on Tuesday night because of a truck fire.

Raikkonen seals WRC return

January 10th, 2011

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Raikkonen seals WRC return

Kimi Raikkonen will return to the World Rally Championship this year after his entry for the season-opening Rally Sweden was lodged on Tuesday. As AUTOSPORT revealed last month , Raikkonen has agreed terms to compete in a Citroen DS3 WRC for 2011 – although the deal has not yet been officially confirmed. While the lack of an official announcement has prompted speculation about his future, Raikkonen’s plans were made clearer on Tuesday when his entry in a Citroen was submitted ahead of the final deadline

Solberg gets deal in time for Sweden

January 10th, 2011

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Solberg gets deal in time for Sweden

Petter Solberg will start this year’s World Rally Championship in a Citroen DS3 WRC, despite missing the closing date for entries on the first event. Rally of Sweden entries closed this afternoon, reportedly without an entry from Solberg – but the Norwegian’s team manager Ken Rees has confirmed to AUTOSPORT that the former world champion will start the season opener in an all-new DS3

Hamilton: Fourth was the maximum

October 23rd, 2010

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Hamilton: Fourth was the maximum

Lewis Hamilton accepted that fourth position on the grid was the best he could have achieved in qualifying for the Korean Grand Prix on Saturday, although he also revealed he was disappointed not to have been closer to pole position. The 2008 world champion had shown strong form through practice and was quickest in Q1, but in the end was outpaced by the two Red Bulls and Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari – which he said afterwards his McLaren had no answer for. “Of course we wanted to be on pole,” Hamilton told the BBC .

Q and A with Mike Gascoyne

October 14th, 2009

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Conducted and provided by the Lotus F1 Team press office. Q.

Vettel: Pitlane speed measuring wrong

October 2nd, 2009

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Sebastian Vettel wants the FIA to change the way that the pitlane speed limit is measured in the wake of the penalty he was issued during the Singapore Grand Prix. The Red Bull Racing driver’s hopes of victory were dashed when he was handed a drive-through penalty for exceeding the speed limit in the pits after his final stop. Post-race analysis of Vettel’s car by Red Bull Racing showed that his car had never actually exceeded doing 100 km/h limit in the pits

Theissen confirms Ferrari engine deal

September 24th, 2009

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Theissen confirms Ferrari engine deal

Mario Theissen has confirmed that the BMW Sauber team will be Ferrari powered if it is confirmed in the 2010 field under its new ownership. After BMW’s decision to withdraw from Formula 1, the squad has been rescued by the Qadbak investment group, but its chances of racing next season depend on the FIA convincing the rest of the pitlane to allow the entry to expand to 14 teams, or another team dropping out