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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.

Pic: Caterham must focus on itself

May 3rd, 2013

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Pic: Caterham must focus on itself

Caterham should waste no time worrying about the gap to the established outfits right now and instead needs to keep its focus on longer term gains, reckons Charles Pic. On the back of an encouraging step forward delivered by updates at the Bahrain Grand Prix, a more extensive development package is set for introduction in Spain next week. Pic was able to outqualify both Marussias at Sakhir for the first time this year, and he has high hopes that a push forward is now being delivered

Hyundai strengthens WRC team

April 9th, 2013

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Hyundai strengthens WRC team

Hyundai has filled several more senior positions as its recruitment drive for its new i20 World Rally Championship programme in 2014 continues. Ypres Rally organiser and former Toyota, Peugeot and Michelin man Alain Penasse is to become Hyundai’s team manager, while Stephane Girard becomes engine manager, working alongside chief designer Bertrand Vallat, whose last project was the Peugeot 207 S2000. Team boss Michel Nandan, appointed in January, said the appointments proved Hyundai would be well-placed to take on the established WRC manufacturers

New F1 team set to be revealed

April 1st, 2013

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There will be a new F1 team on the grid in 2014, AUTOSPORT can reveal. Dupont F1 claims to have the funding in place to match its ambitious aims of challenging the established race winners

Marquez will change MotoGP – Hayden

March 16th, 2013

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Marquez will change MotoGP – Hayden

Marc Marquez has the potential to change the face of MotoGP, reckons Ducati rider Nicky Hayden. The 2010 125cc champion and last year’s Moto2 title-winner has been consistently impressive since stepping up to MotoGP with Honda over the winter.

O’Neill gives up on BTCC hopes

February 22nd, 2013

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O’Neill gives up on BTCC hopes

British Touring Car race winner Paul O’Neill has given up on chasing a seat in the series for this season. O’Neill, who contested two BTCC rounds last year, had been hoping to sign a deal with Speedworks Motorsport for 2013, but has not been able to raise the budget

Revolution ‘not necessary’ at Ducati

January 16th, 2013

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Revolution ‘not necessary’ at Ducati

Ducati’s new MotoGP boss Bernhard Gobmeier says he will build on the team’s existing strengths rather than making a complete fresh start. Gobmeier supplanted Filippo Preziosi at the end of last season as Ducati reshuffled its staff following its acquisition by Audi and its lack of success with Valentino Rossi. “We will try to base everything on the good things we have – which have to be kept and remain,” Gobmeier said at the Wrooom media event, attended by AUTOSPORT

Lorenzo: No wall with Rossi

December 17th, 2012

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Lorenzo: No wall with Rossi

Jorge Lorenzo insists there will be no repeat of the acrimony that divided Yamaha the last time he and Valentino Rossi were team-mates.

MP Motorsport joins GP2 field

November 25th, 2012

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MP Motorsport joins GP2 field

Dutch team MP Motorsport will take Coloni’s place in the GP2 Series field for 2013. The new squad has already signed Daniel de Jong as its first driver. MP started in Formula Ford in the mid-1990s, before establishing a strong presence in Formula Renault.

Honda aims to win first race in 2013

August 10th, 2012

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Honda aims to win first race in 2013

Honda’s World Touring Car Championship team boss Alessandro Mariani has set out a bold aim to win the opening race of next season, despite the new Civic WTCC having only hit the track a week ago. Mariani, whose JAS team is running Honda’s works operation from its Italian base, said following the Civic’s first proper test at Vallelunga that the programme has all the ingredients necessary – including drivers Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro – to challenge the established teams when it runs full-time in 2013. “Although Honda is not putting any pressure on us, we would like to achieve some good results, and our true goal is winning the first race in 2013,” Mariani said

Ezpeleta sure Argentina will be ready

June 30th, 2012

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Ezpeleta sure Argentina will be ready

MotoGP commercial chief Carmelo Ezpeleta is confident that the Termas de Rio Hondo track will be ready for grand prix motorcycle racing’s return to Argentina in early 2013. The venue is currently only used for domestic racing and will require a substantial upgrade before it can host MotoGP next year. The event organisers were present at this weekend’s Dutch TT to provide an update on progress

Kovalainen giving Caterham time

June 22nd, 2012

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Kovalainen giving Caterham time

Heikki Kovalainen is willing to give Caterham time to prove that it can make the progress he wants to see, after enduring a frustrating start to his 2012 campaign. The Finn had hoped for Caterham to be challenging the established teams in the midfield this season, but the team’s CT01 has fallen short of expectations and is still lacking pace. With high hopes that updates scheduled for the next two races can give the team the step up it needs, however, Kovalainen says he is not yet at the stage of being frustrated

Bourdais predicts eventful race

April 14th, 2012

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Bourdais predicts eventful race

IndyCar drivers are predicting an eventful race at Long Beach on Sunday, with no fewer than 14 cars from the 26-strong entry having been issued with 10-place grid penalties for unauthorised engine changes. Chevrolet ordered all of its 11 cars to change their engines after the failure of James Hinchcliffe’s unit during testing at Sears Point last week, while Lotus-powered drivers Oriol Servia (Dreyer & Reinbold), and Dragon Racing team-mates Sebastien Bourdais and Katherine Legge have also had to swap units since the previous round at Barber Motorsports Park. No Honda-powered cars have been affected.

Kobayashi fastest as Barcelona test ends

February 24th, 2012

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Kobayashi fastest as Barcelona test ends

Kamui Kobayashi put Sauber at the top of the timesheets as Formula 1′s second pre-season test closed. The Japanese driver managed a 1m22.312s on Pirelli’s soft compound in the final hour of the morning, the fastest time set over all four days in Barcelona. Having ended the morning fastest, Kobayashi’s time came under little threat in the afternoon as teams followed the established pattern of focusing on long runs.

Van der Garde gets Caterham test role

February 4th, 2012

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Van der Garde gets Caterham test role

Giedo van der Garde will be the Caterham Formula 1 team’s reserve driver for the 2012 season. The 26-year-old Dutchman has raced in GP2 since winning the 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 title, and was fifth in the ’11 GP2 standings.

Fernandes: destiny in our hands now

November 8th, 2011

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Fernandes: destiny in our hands now

Team Lotus has now laid the foundations to help it build a better future following its name change switch to Caterham for next year, reckons team principal Tony Fernandes. The move, approved by the Formula 1 Commission last week, means that Fernandes’ operation has use of a moniker and brand that it is completely in control of – so will be able to use it more effectively that it ever could Lotus

Lotus: Giant killing unlikely in Italy

September 2nd, 2011

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Lotus: Giant killing unlikely in Italy

Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes says the target for his team at next weekend’s Italian Grand Prix is simply to get both cars to the chequered flag – as he does not think the nature of the Monza track will allow it challenge the established teams ahead.

Stoner quickest in Misano practice

September 2nd, 2011

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Casey Stoner waited until the last possible moment of first practice to set the pace in the San Marino MotoGP at Misano as the HRC Hondas, as usual, set the standard.

Refreshed Rossi seeks Brno progress

August 9th, 2011

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Refreshed Rossi seeks Brno progress

Valentino Rossi says he has been re-energised by the summer break, as he looks to Brno to help re-establish Ducati’s fight back against the established Moto GP order. The Italian has struggled with the Ducati bike this year, most recently finishing 30s down on race winner Casey Stoner despite set-up improvements at Laguna Seca

Priaulx confident of DTM success

July 15th, 2011

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Priaulx confident of DTM success

Andy Priaulx is confident that he can achieve success in the DTM, after being named as one of BMW’s drivers for its comeback year in 2012. The Brit has been a BMW factory driver since 2003 and had won three World Touring Car Championships and a European crown for the German manufacturer in that time. But Priaulx, whose efforts in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup this year has taken BMW into second place in the manufacturers’ standings in the GTE class, is not underestimating the effort that it will take to turn the new M3 DTM into a race-winning car

Gascoyne: Sepang better for Lotus

April 3rd, 2011

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Gascoyne: Sepang better for Lotus

Lotus technical chief Mike Gascoyne is confident that his team will be in a stronger position in Malaysia, both because it is identified and fixed its Melbourne issues, and because he believes the Sepang track will play to the T128′s strengths. After a winter in which Lotus hoped it had made enough progress to challenge the likes of Toro Rosso and Force India in the midfield pack, the team was disappointed to find itself back in its 2010 position – behind the established teams but ahead of Virgin – in Australia. Gascoyne felt that Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen had shown better form in the grand prix, and said that Lotus had rectified the glitches that interrupted its running in Melbourne.