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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.

Vandoorne fastest in Monaco

May 23rd, 2013

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Vandoorne fastest in Monaco

McLaren junior driver Stoffel Vandoorne topped Formula Renault 3.5 free practice in Monaco on Thursday. The Fortec driver – racing in Monaco for the first time – was one of several rookies to shine in the session before putting in a decisive lap with seven minutes remaining to go fastest. Vandoorne was then involved in a scary incident that brought the session to a premature end with around two minutes remaining.

Yelloly returns to FR3.5 for Monaco

May 21st, 2013

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Yelloly returns to FR3.5 for Monaco

Formula Renault 3.5 race winner Nick Yelloly will return to the series for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix support race with Zeta Corse. The Briton, who finished fifth in the championship last season with Comtec Racing, received a last-minute call-up from the Italian team to replace Mihai Marinescu. He will partner fellow GP3 racer Carlos Sainz Jr, who landed a one-off deal with the team last week.

Buller joins Fortec for British F3

May 21st, 2013

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Buller joins Fortec for British F3

Northern Irish Formula 3 racer Will Buller is a last-minute addition to the entry list for this weekend’s British F3 International Series opener at Silverstone, and will drive a Fortec Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes. Buller, 20, has been contesting this year’s F3 European Championship in a T-Sport Dallara-Nissan.

Maldonado banking on Monaco expertise

May 21st, 2013

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Maldonado banking on Monaco expertise

Pastor Maldonado is hopeful his Monaco expertise will allow him to score the Williams team’s first points of the season in Sunday’s race. The Venezuelan has a good record at Monaco, with wins in both Formula Renault 3.5 and GP2 as well as a sensational run to sixth place in his first F1 appearance before being taken out by Lewis Hamilton.

Sainz joins Monaco FR3.5 field

May 17th, 2013

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Sainz joins Monaco FR3.5 field

Red Bull backed racer Carlos Sainz Jr will drive for Zeta Corse in the Monaco Grand Prix-supporting Formula Renault 3.5 race. Sainz, who is racing full-time in GP3 this year, takes over the second seat at the team, which has already been raced by Emmanuel Piget and Matheo Tuscher this season. With GP3 not returning to Monaco this year after the series held a round there for the first time last season, the FR3.5 race gives Sainz an opportunity to gain experience on the famous street circuit.

Spain race quotes: Caterham

May 12th, 2013

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Charles Pic – 17th: “I’m really happy with today’s performance. Finishing 17th doesn’t really tell the whole story as we ended the race right behind one of the Williams cars which shows that we’ve made some good progress this weekend. The blue flags didn’t help as without them I’d have had a much better chance of overtaking him, but it was still good that I could attack him in the last few laps.

Nasr dominates practice for Carlin

May 10th, 2013

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Nasr dominates practice for Carlin

Felipe Nasr set the fastest time by over three quarters of a second in the free practice session for the third race weekend of the GP2 Series season at Barcelona. Track conditions were dry following the first Formula 1 session , and conditions were ideal for quick times from the off. Jolyon Palmer was first to set the fastest time for Carlin, soon toppled by reigning Formula Renault 3.5 champion Robin Frijns (Hilmer).

Kiss eyes Hungary FR3.5, GP3 runs

May 8th, 2013

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Kiss eyes Hungary FR3.5, GP3 runs

Former GP3 race-winner Tamas Pal Kiss is targeting further single-seater outings at the Hungaroring this season, after a strong showing at his home track on his Auto GP debut last weekend. Kiss finished second fastest in Auto GP’s two Saturday free practice sessions before qualifying on the front row for Sunday’s feature race.

Lancaster returns to GP2 with Hilmer

May 8th, 2013

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Lancaster returns to GP2 with Hilmer

Jon Lancaster will return to GP2 with the Hilmer team at Barcelona this weekend. The 24-year-old Briton last competed in the series with Ocean in Malaysia last season. He will drive the #23 car occupied by Pal Varhaug in the opening rounds.

Sato snatches Hungaroring victory

May 5th, 2013

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Sato snatches Hungaroring victory

Kimiya Sato snatched an unlikely victory from pitstop-delayed Hungaroring pacesetter Vittorio Ghirelli in a battling performance in Sunday’s opening race of the weekend. The result is Sato’s fifth consecutive podium, and extends the German Formula 3 graduate’s lead in the drivers’ standings to 14 points over third-placed Hungaroring finisher Sergio Campana. Sato made a flying start from third on the grid to cut between polesitter Ghirelli and Auto GP debutant Tamas Kiss into the lead

Ghirelli carries dominant form to pole

May 4th, 2013

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Ghirelli carries dominant form to pole

Vittorio Ghirelli recorded his maiden Auto GP pole position at the Hungaroring on Saturday.

Moreau targets 2014 return to action

May 3rd, 2013

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Moreau targets 2014 return to action

French sportscar racer Guillaume Moreau has targeted a return to the race track in 2014 in the wake of his back-breaking accident at last year’s Le Mans Test Day. Moreau, who is back at a race meeting for the first time at this weekend’s Spa World Endurance Championship round, is still undergoing rehabilitation for the injuries sustained aboard his OAK Pescarolo-Judd 01 LMP1 prototype in June 2012

Walker retains Delta-ADR WEC drive

April 30th, 2013

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Walker retains Delta-ADR WEC drive

Briton James Walker will remain with the G-Drive/Delta-ADR LMP2 squad for the remaining six-hour races on the World Endurance Championship schedule, starting this weekend at Spa. Walker, 29, has secured a deal to continue with the team for all the races bar the Le Mans 24 Hours after taking a class victory on his prototype debut at the Silverstone WEC opener earlier this month.

Kvyat gets Euro F3 outing with Carlin

April 30th, 2013

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Kvyat gets Euro F3 outing with Carlin

Red Bull junior Daniil Kvyat is to make his Formula 3 debut this weekend in the European championship round at Hockenheim. The 18-year-old Russian, who is the reigning Formula Renault ALPS champion, is racing in the GP3 Series this season, but is to compete in Germany as a one-off with the Carlin team

Renault unsure about engine problems

April 29th, 2013

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Renault unsure about engine problems

Renault is unsure of the cause of the engine problem that led to Sunday’s Formula Renault 3.5 running to be reduced as a precaution. Second qualifying and race two were reduced in length at Aragon last weekend as a reaction to several cars suffering high oil consumption in race one, causing reliability issues. Renault and its FR3.5 engine partner Zytek have started an investigation into the problem, the cause of which was not immediately clear in Spain.

Webber sees bright future for F4

April 28th, 2013

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Webber sees bright future for F4

Mark Webber believes the new BRDC Formula 4 Championship has a bright future after attending the inaugural event at Silverstone.

Nato on pole for race two at Aragon

April 28th, 2013

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Nato on pole for race two at Aragon

Formula Renault 3.5 rookie Norman Nato took pole for race two at Aragon in a chaotic wet qualifying session on Sunday morning. The Frenchman came out on top in a session blighted by red-flag stoppages, while his DAMS team-mate and championship leader Kevin Magnussen will start from the back after he spun into the gravel in the treacherous conditions. Nato set his best time in the longest run of activity without a stoppage, initially edging Stoffel Vandoorne for pole before Magnussen’s spin brought out the red flag.

Da Costa sent to the back of grid

April 27th, 2013

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Da Costa sent to the back of grid

Antonio Felix da Costa has been put to the back of the grid for the first Formula Renault 3.5 race at Aragon after his car ran out of fuel in qualifying. The Red Bull junior stopped on track following the chequered flag, and was unable to get his car back to the pits after setting the third fastest time in the session. Just like in Formula 1, FR3.5 rules require teams to be able to produce a fuel sample from a car after qualifying.

Magnussen secures Aragon FR3.5 pole

April 27th, 2013

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Magnussen secures Aragon FR3.5 pole

Kevin Magnussen continued his dominance of this weekend’s Formula Renault 3.5 action at Aragon by taking pole position for race one.

McKee seals GP3 move with Bamboo

April 26th, 2013

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McKee seals GP3 move with Bamboo

Melville McKee has sealed his move to GP3 with the Bamboo team.