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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.

Jackson, Caine join large BTCC field

March 21st, 2013

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Jackson, Caine join large BTCC field

Ollie Jackson and Michael Caine have secured late entries for the British Touring Car Championship. British GT champion Caine (pictured) will drive an NGTC-spec Ford Focus for Motorbase Performance, his campaign starting at Donington Park’s second round of the season in April. Caine drove an S2000 Focus for the same team in two rounds of the 2011 season

Button defends McLaren atmosphere

March 14th, 2013

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Button defends McLaren atmosphere

Jenson Button says Lewis Hamilton’s criticisms of McLaren are unjust and insists the squad offers its drivers “phenomenal freedom”. Since moving to Mercedes, Hamilton has intimated that he found McLaren too restrictive and demanding, particularly in regard to sponsor commitments. “I think the focus on the driver, the driver’s performance, and the driver being ready for the job at hand is one thing that I’m noticing is quite a little bit better here,” he said of Mercedes.

Wilson: Loeb’s exit ‘fantastic’ for WRC

January 14th, 2013

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Wilson: Loeb’s exit ‘fantastic’ for WRC

M-Sport boss Malcolm Wilson believes Sebastien Loeb’s departure from full-time competition in the World Rally Championship will be “fantastic” for the sport. Nine-time world champion Loeb heads into this week’s Monte Carlo Rally preparing to make one of only four starts in the WRC in 2013 as he switches his focus to a potential World Touring Car Championship attack for next year. Wilson, who has fought against Loeb and Citroen throughout the Frenchman’s reign as champion, is expecting a wide-open title fight to breathe some life back into the WRC.

Arena WTCC programme suspended

January 7th, 2013

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Arena WTCC programme suspended

Work on Arena Motorsport’s World Touring Car programme has been suspended, as the team seeks to secure major backing for the year. Ford recently withdrew its technical support for the team, which fielded Tom Chilton and James Nash last year

Button: McLaren season still on track

October 11th, 2012

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Button: McLaren season still on track

Jenson Button is adamant that McLaren’s season is not at risk of being derailed by Red Bull’s form and talk of tension between him and team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Button moved on Thursday to brush off talk that there is any friction between himself and Hamilton over comments posted by his team-mate on Twitter earlier this week

Di Resta ignoring speculation

September 6th, 2012

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Di Resta ignoring speculation

Paul di Resta insists that he will not allow himself to be distracted by speculation about the possibility of joining a top team in 2013. The Scot has been linked extensively to both McLaren and Mercedes, with both teams known to rate him highly

Newsham wins Knockhill finale

August 26th, 2012

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Dave Newsham took his second British Touring Car victory in the reversed-grid race at Knockhill.

Collard doubles up at Knockhill

August 26th, 2012

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Collard doubles up at Knockhill

Rob Collard took his second British Touring Car victory of the Knockhill weekend in race two. Despite running 45kg of success ballast for winning the first encounter, Collard led throughout, gradually edging away from WSR BMW team-mate Tom Onslow-Cole. Local ace Gordon Shedden also ran third for the whole race in his works Honda Civic, but could not challenge the BMWs.

Collard prevails in dramatic opener

August 26th, 2012

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Collard prevails in dramatic opener

Rob Collard led a WSR BMW one-two in a dramatic first British Touring Car race at Knockhill. The rear-wheel-drive S2000 turbo outdragged poleman Jason Plato’s NGTC MG6 at the start and was 1.6 seconds clear at the end of lap one.

Atkinson nets Mini WRC drive

August 16th, 2012

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Atkinson nets Mini WRC drive

Chris Atkinson will drive Team Portugal’s Mini in the remaining rounds of the World Rally Championship replacing Armindo Araujo. The former Subaru works driver has started two events this year: Rally Mexico with the Monster Ford team and Rally Finland in a Citroen DS3. Araujo was expected to stay with the team all season, but the squad said it wanted to give him a break to “regain his focus”.

Motorbase brings out NGTC Ford

August 11th, 2012

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Motorbase brings out NGTC Ford

British Touring Car squad Motorbase Performance will give its new NGTC Ford Focus its race debut at Snetterton this weekend. Motorbase has run turbocharged S2000 Ford Focuses since the start of last year, but lead driver Mat Jackson will be at the wheel of the new car for the rest of the season

McLaren in big development push

July 5th, 2012

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McLaren in big development push

McLaren is targeting a raft of upgrades for the British and German Grands Prix in a big development push that it hopes will get it back to the head of the world championship table. With Red Bull Racing having raised the stakes with an overhaul of its RB8 in Valencia that helped Sebastian Vettel dominate before he retired with an alternator failure, McLaren’s own technical staff have been working hard to improve the performance of its car too.

Vettel flattered by Domenicali’s praise

June 21st, 2012

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Vettel flattered by Domenicali’s praise

Sebastian Vettel says he is flattered by Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali’s suggestion that he and Fernando Alonso could work well together. Comments from Domenicali saying that the two world champions could “coexist” at Ferrari were published on the team’s website after they appeared in German publications Sport Bild and Auto Bild

Brundle feels ‘back in the groove’

June 14th, 2012

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Brundle feels ‘back in the groove’

Martin Brundle says he feels back ‘in the groove’ after the first day’s practice for the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours with the Greaves Motorsport squad. The 1990 winner is sharing an LMP2 Nissan-powered Zytek with his son Alex and Lucas Ordonez, and set the car’s fastest time in free practice – a 3m41.426s – on Wednesday. And while the Sky Formula 1 commentator admitted it took some time to find his rhythm in traffic after 11 years away from La Sarthe, even after the test day, he says he feels confident he is on top of his game now.

Nash joins the WTCC with Arena

February 8th, 2012

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Nash joins the WTCC with Arena

British Touring Car race winner James Nash has joined Arena Motorsport’s assault on the World Touring Car Championship for 2012.

MacDowall to test for Motorbase

February 7th, 2012

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MacDowall to test for Motorbase

Alex MacDowall will test for Motorbase Performance at Brands Hatch on Wednesday in a bid to decide whether to race in the British or World Touring Car Championship this year. MacDowall, 21, raced for the works Chevrolet squad in last year’s BTCC, but following the withdrawal of the RML-run team a week ago, he will try out one of Motorbase’s Ford Focus STs at the Kent circuit

Aon shakedown WTCC Focus

January 4th, 2012

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Aon shakedown WTCC Focus

Team Aon’s new Ford Focus World Touring Car enjoyed a successful first shakedown at Ford’s technical centre at Dunton, Essex, just before the Christmas break. The car, based on the Global Ford Focus which won twice in the BTCC in 2011, conforms to WTCC regulations including a 1.6 engine and spec Yokahama rubber.

Hirvonen in emotional M-Sport farewell

December 23rd, 2011

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Hirvonen in emotional M-Sport farewell

World Rally Championship runner-up Mikko Hirvonen has talked of an emotional visit to M-Sport earlier this week, when he went to say goodbye to his former team. Hirvonen flew to Britain earlier this week to pay tribute to the Ford and M-Sport, with whom he finished runner-up to Sebastien Loeb in this year’s championship. The Finn subsequently announced he would be joining his long-term rival at Citroen, and has already tested the DS3 WRC which he will drive from next month onwards.

Busch vows to put Johnson row behind

September 15th, 2011

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Busch vows to put Johnson row behind

Kurt Busch hopes to keep his cool in this year’s Chase and put his feud with Jimmie Johnson to rest as he vows to make the most of his chance of winning a second Sprint Cup title this year. Last weekend at Richmond, Busch and the reigning champion clashed on the track twice, igniting once again a feud that has been on for a couple of years already. Earlier this season they had a heated discussion following a race at Pocono, after they made contact on the track while battling for position in the closing laps.

F1 teams get reduced camber limit

September 6th, 2011

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F1 teams get reduced camber limit

Formula 1 teams have been issued with a more conservative camber recommendation by Pirelli for this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, AUTOSPORT can reveal, to prevent a repeat of the tyre controversy that erupted in Belgium. With the build-up to the Spa event being overshadowed by a tyre blistering issue suffered chiefly by Red Bull Racing, as a result of it going beyond the camber limit laid down before the event, Pirelli has reacted swiftly for the high-speed Monza venue. AUTOSPORT understands that teams have been told by Pirelli that the maximum limit it wants to see used at Monza is 3.75 degrees – which is a level that it feels will ensure no overheating problems on the straights but will also not hinder teams through the high-speed corners or chicanes.