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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.

Da Costa to sit in for Foresti in GP3

July 29th, 2010

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Da Costa to sit in for Foresti in GP3

Antonio Felix da Costa will deputise for Lucas Foresti at this weekend’s GP3 round in Hungary. The Portuguese driver – who currently competes in the Formula 3 Euro Series – will join GP3 outfit Carlin whilst Foresti fulfils his British F3 duties at Spa.

Juncadella returns with Tech1

July 6th, 2010

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Juncadella returns with Tech1

Daniel Juncadella will return to the GP3 Series after reaching an agreement with the Tech1 Racing team. The Spaniard had competed in the season-opening race at Barcelona, before switching his focus to the Formula 3 Euro Series with Prema Power Team.

Bottas claims maiden F3 Euro win

July 4th, 2010

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Valtteri Bottas took his maiden victory in the Formula 3 Euro Series in race two at the Norisring. The Finn took a relatively comfortable win ahead of Signature pairing Marco Wittmann and Edoardo Mortara, as the top three drivers from race one worked their way through to all make the podium in the reversed grid race as well. Bottas got from sixth on the grid to third at the start, and began hunting down race leader Alexander Sims once the two of them had passed early leader Roberto Merhi.

Mortara wins first Norisring Euro F3 race

July 3rd, 2010

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Edoardo Mortara took a lights-to-flag victory in the first Formula 3 Euro Series race of the weekend at the Norisring on Saturday.

Mortara clinches Norisring Euro F3 pole

July 2nd, 2010

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Formula 3 Euro Series championship leader Edoardo Mortara took pole position for race one at the Norisring in a frantic qualifying session. The Signature driver held the top spot for the majority of the session after setting an impressive early benchmark.

Gutierrez fastest in Valencia GP3 practice

June 25th, 2010

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Current points leader Esteban Gutierrez has started this weekend’s Valencia round off by topping the times in this afternoon’s free practice session. The Mexican managed a best lap of 1m59.459s to leave him 0.266s clear of ART team-mate Alexander Rossi, with Carlin’s Dean Smith just behind him

Merhi to make GP3 debut in Valencia

June 24th, 2010

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Merhi to make GP3 debut in Valencia

An unexpected call up from the Atech CRS GP team will allow Spanish Formula 3 Euro Series race winner Roberto Merhi to make his GP3 debut at the Valencia Street Circuit this weekend. Merhi was invited by the British squad to participate in last week’s GP3 collective test at his home circuit of Cheste, Valencia’s permanent track. The Spaniard delivered a strong showing, missing out on the fastest time of the day due to a red flag when on a hot lap

Mortara wins and extends Euro F3 lead

May 22nd, 2010

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Mortara wins and extends Euro F3 lead

Edoardo Mortara extended his championship lead in the Formula 3 Euro Series with a lights-to-flag victory at Valencia on Saturday. The Signature driver kept the pursuing ART cars of Valtteri Bottas and Alexander Sims at a safe distance throughout the race, meaning that he did not have to resort to any defensive driving at any point. Bottas, who took up the chase once front row starter Daniel Juncadella served a drivethrough penalty for jumping the start, got the gap down to as little as half a second with a series of fastest laps in the early stages, but he was never close enough to attempt a pass

Wittmann wins Hockenheim F3 race one

April 24th, 2010

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Marco Wittmann headed a Signature 1-2 at Hockenheim on Saturday morning in round three of the Formula 3 Euro Series, leading home Edoardo Mortara to claim his first win in the category. Poleman Wittmann got too much wheelspin at the start, allowing fellow front-row starter Daniel Juncadella (Prema) to lead into Turn 1

Gearing error costs Sims

April 9th, 2010

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Alexander Sims expects to be closer to the leading pace during Saturday’s Formula 3 Euro Series season opener, after a gearing error left him nearly one second adrift of pole position at Paul Ricard on Friday. The British driver has been tipped as one of the title favourites following his switch from Mucke Motorsport to the multiple title-winning ART outfit

Rosenzweig stays with Carlin for FR3.5

March 4th, 2010

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Rosenzweig stays with Carlin for FR3.5

Jake Rosenzweig will remain with Carlin for a second year as he makes the move up to Formula Renault 3.5 for the 2010 season. The American racer competed with Carlin in last year’s Formula 3 Euro Series, scoring one podium finish at Zandvoort. Rosenzweig also ran in the invitation class of the British F3 round at Spa-Francorchamps, finishing fifth in his first race in the series

Gutierrez to work with Sauber

February 26th, 2010

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Gutierrez to work with Sauber

Sauber is to take Mexican driver Esteban Gutierrez under its wing this season, with the GP3 driver joining the Formula 1 squad to observe at some race weekends and being put on the same training programme as race drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Pedro de la Rosa. Gutierrez tested for BMW Sauber in last winter’s young driver sessions as a reward for winning the 2008 Formula BMW Europe title. He will move from the Formula 3 Euro Series to the new GP3 championship with ART this year.

Caldarelli switches to Italian F3

February 17th, 2010

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Caldarelli switches to Italian F3

Former Formula 3 Euro Series driver Andrea Caldarelli is to move to the Italian F3 Championship with Prema this year. Caldarelli, a former member of Toyota’s young driver programme, is returning to Prema after previously driving for the team’s Formula Renault arm. The 20-year-old Italian started out in the F3 Euro Series midfield last year with SG Formula before making a late-season breakthrough that included a front row qualifying position and podium finish in the first Catalunya race

Pla joins Sims and Bottas at ART

February 17th, 2010

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Pla joins Sims and Bottas at ART

ART has confirmed that rookie Jim Pla will complete its Formula 3 Euro Series line-up for 2010 – as predicted by AUTOSPORT magazine last year – joining returnees and title favourites Valtteri Bottas and Alexander Sims.

Prema signs Marroc for Euro Series

February 8th, 2010

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Prema Powerteam has announced Frenchman Nicolas Marroc will join the team for the Formula 3 Euro Series this year. Twenty-three year-old Marrow joins Spaniard Daniel Juncadella, who also confirmed at the team earlier today. Marrow competed in the German F3 Cup last season, finishing in 12th position

Juncadella joins Prema for Euro F3

February 8th, 2010

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Spaniard Daniel Juncadella will join Prema Powerteam for the upcoming 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series season. The 19-year-old, who finished in second place in the Formula BMW Europe Series last year, had already tested for the team in December at Estoril.

Euro Series to race at Magny-Cours

January 29th, 2010

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Magny-Cours has been added to the Formula 3 Euro Series calendar for the 2010 season. The DTM-support series has added the round in France following the DTM’s deal to hold its season finale on a Shanghai street circuit

Williams signs Bottas as test driver

January 29th, 2010

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Williams signs Bottas as test driver

Williams has signed Formula 3 Euro Series frontrunner Valtteri Bottas as its official test driver for the 2010 Formula 1 season.

Sims: Only title will suffice in 2010

January 14th, 2010

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Alexander Sims has declared that he is out to win this year’s Formula 3 Euro Series title as he prepares for his second season in the championship.

Munoz to race Euro for Mucke

December 22nd, 2009

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Colombian racer Carlos Munoz will compete for Mucke Motorsport in the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series. The 17-year-old is set to compete for the German squad – which finished second in the championship in 2009 with Christian Vietoris – joining the team’s roaster of drivers that already includes Spaniard Roberto Merhi.