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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.

Ganassi confirms Briscoe for Indy 500

April 12th, 2013

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Ganassi confirms Briscoe for Indy 500

Ganassi has confirmed that Ryan Briscoe will join the team in a fourth car for next month’s Indy 500, as predicted by AUTOSPORT last week. Briscoe will drive the No.8 entry alongside Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon and Charlie Kimball in a deal that reunites him with the team that he began his IndyCar career with in 2005

Briscoe set for Ganassi Indy 500 seat

April 7th, 2013

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Briscoe set for Ganassi Indy 500 seat

Ryan Briscoe is expected to return to Ganassi’s IndyCar line-up for a one-off appearance at the Indianapolis 500 in May. The Australian, currently out of a drive after Penske scaled down to two full-time cars at the end of last year, spent a season with Ganassi in 2005. That stint ended with a heavy crash at Chicagoland that ruled him out of the final two rounds, but the 31-year-old has reportedly agreed terms to be reunited with the team in a fourth car at Indianapolis.

Rahal not ruling out return to Ganassi

March 7th, 2013

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Rahal not ruling out return to Ganassi

Graham Rahal has not ruled out a return to the Ganassi IndyCar team in the future, although he remains convinced that moving on was the best option at this point in his career.

Taylor crew ahead in Daytona fog

January 27th, 2013

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Taylor crew ahead in Daytona fog

Max Angelelli led the Daytona 24 Hours in thick fog at three-quarters distance aboard Wayne Taylor Racing’s Dallara-Chevrolet.

Franchitti, Montoya sign up for Daytona

December 18th, 2012

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Franchitti, Montoya sign up for Daytona

Ganassi IndyCar and NASCAR stars Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon, Juan Pablo Montoya and Jamie McMurray will once again join the squad’s Daytona 24 Hours line-up. Former IndyCar champions Franchitti and Dixon join McMurray and BMW factory DTM and American Le Mans Series driver Joey Hand in the #02 Ganassi Riley-BMW. Montoya will team up with Ganassi’s multiple Grand-Am champions Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas plus IndyCar driver Charlie Kimball in the #01 entry.

Ganassi proud of Zanardi gold

September 6th, 2012

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Ganassi proud of Zanardi gold

Alex Zanardi’s former CART team boss Chip Ganassi has praised the Italian following his handbike victory at the Paralympics on Wednesday. The two-time CART champion won the gold medal in the H4 time trial at Brands Hatch, 11 years after losing his legs in a Champ Car crash at the Lausitz oval.

IndyCar drivers hail Sonoma changes

August 18th, 2012

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IndyCar drivers hail Sonoma changes

Sonoma’s recent track revisions met with a positive response as IndyCar drivers tested at the Californian circuit ahead of next weekend’s race. As revealed by AUTOSPORT, Turns 7, 9 and 11 were all remodelled in the hope of increasing overtaking opportunities following consultation with drivers, officials and team bosses .

Castroneves fends off Sato for win

July 22nd, 2012

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Castroneves fends off Sato for win

Helio Castroneves denied Takuma Sato a maiden IndyCar victory in a close-fought battle around the Edmonton airport circuit. Castroneves and Sato had made the lead contest their own in the final stint, but the Brazilian was forced to work hard to keep Sato behind him. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan driver was the quickest driver on the circuit towards the end of the race and closed down a gap of more than three seconds to get close enough to have a couple of lunges at his Penske rival

Franchitti tops tight final practice

July 21st, 2012

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Franchitti tops tight final practice

Dario Franchitti led Scott Dixon to a Ganassi one-two in the third IndyCar practice session at Edmonton. On a drying track, the name at the top of the timing screens changed constantly in the final few minutes before Franchitti made the spot his own with a 1m16.8904s, bettering Dixon’s time by 0.0263 seconds

Hunter-Reay wins again in Toronto

July 8th, 2012

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Hunter-Reay wins again in Toronto

Ryan Hunter-Reay completed a hat-trick of IndyCar wins and moved into the championship lead with victory in this weekend’s race around the streets of Toronto. Andretti Autosport driver Hunter-Reay, who came into the weekend having won the last two outings at Milwaukee and Iowa, benefited from pitting just before Ganassi’s Graham Rahal crashed and brought out a yellow flag early on, which put him in a good positon to capitalise when the cars that had stayed out made their own stops under caution a couple of laps later.

Franchitti pips Power in pole battle

July 7th, 2012

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Franchitti pips Power in pole battle

Dario Franchitti produced a last-gasp effort to deny Will Power pole position in qualifying for this weekend’s IndyCar race on the Toronto street circuit. Power (Penske) had moved to the top of the screens with his last flying lap, but Ganassi driver Franchitti’s decision to stay out for one more stab at the top spot and was rewarded with a 59.3510s, putting him ahead of Power by just 0.02 seconds.

Franchitti stays on top in Toronto

July 6th, 2012

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Franchitti stays on top in Toronto

Dario Franchitti continued to set the pace on the opening day of practice for this weekend’s IndyCar race in Toronto, the Scot backing up his fastest time in the morning by again going quickest in the second session. Franchitti delivered a best time of 1m00.2786s to put himself ahead of Schmidt Hamilton’s Simon Pagenaud by 0.1 seconds, although the Ganassi driver was forced to sit out the closing minutes after glancing the barriers.

Montoya confident EGR is improving

June 23rd, 2012

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Montoya confident EGR is improving

Juan Pablo Montoya remains confident changes to his team will bear fruit during the year, following a disappointing NASCAR Sprint Cup season thus far for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. During the winter Earnhardt Ganassi hired a new technical director, new team manager and a new crew chief for Montoya, as team boss Chip Ganassi attempted to move on from what he described as a “pathetic” 2011 and return to the form that saw EGR taking four victories and challenging for the championship in 2010. Fifteen races into the 2012 season, drivers Jamie McMurray and Montoya rank 18th and 19th in the points respectively, their best results being a seventh for the American, the 2010 Daytona 500 winner, and two eighth places for Montoya, the latest coming last week at Michigan.

IndyCar: Dixon penalty a mistake

June 17th, 2012

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IndyCar: Dixon penalty a mistake

IndyCar race director Beaux Barfield says that a combination of human error and a computer glitch were responsible for Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon mistakenly being issued with a drive-through penalty at Milwaukee. Dixon was penalised for jumping a restart, despite that restart being waved off moments later when leader Helio Castroneves went too early, meaning that the actual restart did not come until the following lap. According to Barfield, the timing system and replay system in race control had fallen out of synch by 36s, which meant that the first restart on the replay system corresponded almost exactly with the second restart on the timing system

Hunter-Reay wins as rain hits Milwaukee

June 16th, 2012

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Hunter-Reay wins as rain hits Milwaukee

Ryan Hunter-Reay took his first victory of the year in a rain-delayed IndyCar race at Milwaukee. Rain showers half an hour before the scheduled start time forced a 90 minute delayed to allow the weather to improve and the track to be cleared. Once things got underway Hunter-Reay was in contention from the opening stages, but he only took the lead for the first time when Helio Castroneves slowed on lap 141

Wilson earns first oval victory

June 10th, 2012

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Wilson earns first oval victory

A late mistake by Graham Rahal helped Justin Wilson to take his first oval win in a dramatic IndyCar race at Texas on Saturday night.

Dixon wins disrupted Detroit race

June 3rd, 2012

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Dixon wins disrupted Detroit race

Scott Dixon won a bizarre IndyCar race around the streets of Belle Isle in Detroit, where severe problems with the track surface forced a two-hour delay just as the event approached its scheduled halfway point. Ganassi driver Dixon started from pole and led every lap, but the race will be remembered for the enormous strips of asphalt that were torn from the track’s surface, forcing race control to call for a red flag to allow track workers to implement a fix. The trackwork came too late for Andretti Autosport’s James Hinchcliffe, who hit a chunk of the debris and was spat into the tyres on lap 45

Dixon edges Power for Detroit pole

June 2nd, 2012

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Dixon edges Power for Detroit pole

Scott Dixon will start Sunday’s IndyCar race in Detroit from pole position after winning a close battle with Will Power in qualifying at Belle Isle.

Sato: No animosity with Franchitti

June 2nd, 2012

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Sato: No animosity with Franchitti

Takuma Sato says that there are no hard feelings between himself and Dario Franchitti about their final-lap crash while fighting for the lead in last weekend’s Indy 500.

Franchitti lauds Honda’s fightback

May 28th, 2012

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Franchitti lauds Honda’s fightback

Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti has paid tribute to engine manufacturer Honda for the technical step that it was able to take between qualifying last week and Sunday’s race. Franchitti and Ganassi team-mate Scott Dixon qualified in the middle of the field on a grid where rival Chevrolet had locked out nine of the top 10 places. But the Scot, who became the 10th third-time winner of the race with his victory, said that he was surprised by the extent to which Honda had managed to turn things around.