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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.

Massa gets new chassis after crash

June 4th, 2013

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Massa gets new chassis after crash

Felipe Massa will get a new chassis for the Canadian Grand Prix as his car was too badly damaged in its Monaco crash . The Brazilian had two heavy impacts at Sainte Devote during the Monte Carlo weekend. A crash in final practice ruled him out of qualifying, and then his race ended with another accident at the same spot.

Massa leaves hospital after accident

May 26th, 2013

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Massa leaves hospital after accident

Felipe Massa has been released from hospital after his Monaco Grand Prix accident. The Ferrari driver slammed into the barriers on the approach to Sainte Devote at the start of lap 29

Hamilton gets five-place grid penalty

April 20th, 2013

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Hamilton gets five-place grid penalty

Lewis Hamilton will receive a five-place grid drop for the Bahrain Grand Prix as the Mercedes team has had to change his gearbox prior to qualifying. Hamilton’s car suffered a left-rear tyre failure at the end of final practice , and also incurred suspension damage in the incident. Mercedes has had to change the car’s left rear corner as a result, and the team confirmed to AUTOSPORT that the gearbox would also have to be replaced

China qualifying quotes: Force India

April 13th, 2013

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Paul di Resta – 11th: “I think P11 is a reasonable result considering the difficulties we had during final practice where our performance level dropped away. The changes we made ahead of qualifying improved things and in the end I just missed out on making Q3

Grosjean blames de la Rosa for clash

November 24th, 2012

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Grosjean blames de la Rosa for clash

Romain Grosjean felt Pedro de la Rosa was at fault in their collision in Q1 at Interlagos. The Lotus was trying to slip inside the HRT on the run onto the pits straight when they clashed, squeezing Grosjean into the pit entry barrier and damaging his front wing. De la Rosa continued with damage to his HRT, but was left last on the grid, while Grosjean could only manage 18th so was eliminated.

No penalties for Perez and Pic clash

November 17th, 2012

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No penalties for Perez and Pic clash

The United States Grand Prix stewards have decided not to take any action against Sergio Perez or Charles Pic over their collision in final practice . Pic’s Marussia was punted into a spin at Turn 7 when Sauber driver Perez tried to pass down the inside. Although Perez made his move from a long way back, Pic was on a slow lap at the time and running off the pace

Surprised Vettel plays down car problem

November 3rd, 2012

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Surprised Vettel plays down car problem

Sebastian Vettel was left perplexed by Red Bull’s instruction to stop his car following the end of qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but doubts it will prove significant. The German driver, the winner of the previous four races, had to settle for third position on the Yas Marina grid , having been unable to match the pace of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and his own team-mate Mark Webber

Hulkenberg: Seventh well deserved

October 7th, 2012

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Hulkenberg: Seventh well deserved

Nico Hulkenberg labelled his seventh-place finish in the Japanese Grand Prix as a well-deserved and unexpected result following his penalty.

Pic accepts penalty is fair

September 22nd, 2012

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Pic accepts penalty is fair

Charles Pic says he accepts the penalty he got for his incident during final practice for the Singapore Grand Prix.

Rosberg gets gearbox change penalty

September 1st, 2012

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Rosberg gets gearbox change penalty

Nico Rosberg will take a five-place grid penalty for the Belgian Grand Prix after requiring a gearbox change.

Hulkenberg to take five-place penalty

July 7th, 2012

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Nico Hulkenberg will take a five-place grid penalty for the British Grand Prix after his Force India team elected to change the gearbox on his car.

Mercedes expects stronger race form

June 10th, 2012

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Mercedes expects stronger race form

Mercedes is still hopeful that it can deliver a strong performance in the Canadian Grand Prix, despite a disappointing qualifying performance. On a weekend when many expected the team to fight for pole position and victory, Nico Rosberg could manage no better than fifth on the grid, with Michael Schumacher down in ninth after failing to start his final flying lap on time.

Button eyes pole despite problems

June 8th, 2012

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Button eyes pole despite problems

Jenson Button is fully focused on fighting for pole position in Canada, despite missing most of Friday’s second practice session due to an oil leak. The McLaren driver missed all but the last 15 minutes of the afternoon practice session thanks to the problem, and wound up ninth fastest after completing just 14 laps.

Karthikeyan gets permission to race

May 12th, 2012

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Karthikeyan gets permission to race

Narain Karthikeyan will be allowed to take part in the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday despite having failed to set a time within the 107 per cent in qualifying. The Indian finished 8.5 seconds off the pace in Q1 after having to stop his car before he could complete a second run

Stoner says traffic hid true pace

April 6th, 2012

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Stoner says traffic hid true pace

Casey Stoner says he did not have a chance to show his and Honda’s true pace in final practice in Qatar – but that despite being beaten by Jorge Lorenzo and Cal Crutchlow’s Yamahas in session three, he is getting happier and happier with his bike. Reigning champion Stoner led the way in the first two practice sessions, before falling to third in Friday’s final 45 minutes.

Pedrosa hopes Stoner can be caught

September 17th, 2011

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Dani Pedrosa believes he can still get on terms with Casey Stoner in the Aragon Grand Prix if he can make some final tweaks to his Honda’s set-up. Although Stoner has set an extremely fast pace all weekend, Pedrosa has not let him get away – beating the Australian in Friday morning practice and taking second in final practice and qualifying. In all sessions so far, Stoner has started out with a massive advantage before being reeled in by Pedrosa.

Under-pressure RBR breaks curfew

July 30th, 2011

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Under-pressure RBR breaks curfew

Red Bull Racing broke Formula 1′s curfew limit for the first time on Friday night ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix as team members worked extra hours to make set-up changes to its car. After a first day that had left Sebastian Vettel adamant that the outfit needed to raise its game, the team elected not to stop work during the restricted 2am-8am limit in a bid to improve its performance ahead of final practice and qualifying.

Franchitti pips Sato in final practice

June 18th, 2011

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Dario Franchitti was quickest again in final practice ahead of qualifying for the IndyCar Series’ Milwaukee round. For much of the session, it looked like KV Racing Technology might come away with an encouraging one-two. The field was split into two groups, each getting half an hour of running, and KV’s Tony Kanaan was fastest in the first half, before his team-mate Takuma Sato hit the front in the second segment

Lorenzo expected pole challenge

June 4th, 2011

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Jorge Lorenzo admitted that the had hoped to be a greater threat for Catalunya Grand Prix pole, but was satisfied with third in the end given a lack of grip during qualifying. The world champion was very close to benchmark Casey Stoner’s pace in final practice, but could not replicate that form in qualifying, where he just beat Yamaha team-mate Ben Spies and Honda’s Andrea Dovizioso to third.

Barbera sure he can stay near top

March 20th, 2011

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Hector Barbera is confident that he has the race pace to build on his surprise sixth place on the Qatar Grand Prix grid. The Aspar rider equalled his MotoGP career-best qualifying position at Losail on Saturday night, as he produced a shock by outpacing all the other Ducatis in the field