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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.

Bryant-Meisner joins British F3 field

May 17th, 2013

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Bryant-Meisner joins British F3 field

German Formula 3 Cup contender John Bryant-Meisner is to contest the opening round of the British Formula 3 International Series at Silverstone next weekend. The 18-year-old Swede will join the grid for the May 25/26 event in his Performance Racing Dallara powered by the German F3 spec Volkswagen engine, and hopes to complete the rest of the British F3 rounds too. Bryant-Meisner lies third in the German F3 points after winning the reversed-grid races at each of the opening two rounds.

Stanaway starts comeback in Porsche

March 12th, 2013

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Stanaway starts comeback in Porsche

Richie Stanaway will make first race start since his back-breaking Formula Renault 3.5 crash at Spa last June at this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. Stanaway, 21, will compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia races that will support the main event, driving for Team Kiwi Racing

Binder keeps Lazarus seat for 2013

January 17th, 2013

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Binder keeps Lazarus seat for 2013

Rene Binder has retained his Lazarus seat for the 2013 GP2 campaign.

Pommer dominates in Hungary

September 9th, 2012

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Pommer dominates in Hungary

Markus Pommer drove what has to be the best drive of his career, on the way to a stunning victory in the second Formula 2 race in Hungary. The German started from pole , and held the lead into the first corner, from where he was never challenged.

Stanaway injures back at Spa

June 3rd, 2012

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Stanaway injures back at Spa

Formula Renault 3.5 driver Richie Stanaway sustained fractured vertebrae in his crash in Sunday’s rain-affected race at Spa. The Lotus racer was launched over the back of Carlos Huertas’ car on the approach to Les Combes.

F2 adds Buttarelli, Mirocha, Abadin

April 13th, 2012

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F2 adds Buttarelli, Mirocha, Abadin

Samuele Buttarelli, Kevin Mirocha and Jose Luis Abadin have all made last-minute entries into the Formula 2 Championship ahead of this weekend’s Silverstone season-opener.

Lotus joins forces with Gravity-Charouz

March 2nd, 2012

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Lotus joins forces with Gravity-Charouz

Lotus has joined forces with Gravity-Charouz Racing to compete in the 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series. The team will race under the Lotus name and with a Czech license. New Zealand’s Richie Stanaway and Danish driver Marco Sorensen will be at the wheel of Lotus’ two black and gold Formula Renault 3.5 single-seaters.

Holzer to lead Kodewa WEC line-up

February 24th, 2012

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Thomas Holzer will be the lead driver in the Lotus-backed Kodewa team’s LMP2 programme in the World Endurance Championship.

23rd Award winner to be announced

December 4th, 2011

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23rd Award winner to be announced

Young British drivers Emil Bernstorff, Tom Blomqvist, Alex Lynn, Scott Malvern, Oliver Rowland and Dino Zamparelli will find out tonight which of them has won the 2011 McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award at the annual AUTOSPORT Awards in London. The victor will join the likes of David Coulthard, Dario Franchitti, Jenson Button, Gary Paffett and Paul di Resta on the list of winners of the prestigious award, which this year features a cash prize of £100,000 as well as the traditional McLaren Formula 1 test, plus full BRDC membership, Puma racewear for a year, and a TW Steel watch. The six contenders were assessed in Mercedes DTM, Formula 2 and McLaren GT3 machinery over two days at Silverstone last month

Williamson heads FIA Academy

November 18th, 2011

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Williamson heads FIA Academy

McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award winner Lewis Williamson has been named as one of 18 drivers chosen for the 2012 FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy. The 21-year-old Briton, who was a race-winner with Arden in GP3 this year and recently tested a McLaren Formula 1 car, came through four days of on and off-track testing, which was assessed by the Institiute’s performance managers; Alex Wurz and Robert Reid. Among the other drivers selected for the Academy were Formula Renault UK champion Alex Lynn, Formula 2 race-winner Ramon Pineiro and Irish rally driver Craig Breen, who triumphed in a Race of Champions-style contest that concluded the assessment stage.

Rookie trio test DTM BMW

October 14th, 2011

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Rookie trio test DTM BMW

Rene Rast, Jean-Karl Vernay and Richie Stanaway all made their DTM test debuts for BMW at Lausitz earlier this week. The trio said that they had enjoyed their first taste of the M3, which is built to the championship’s new for 2012 technical regulations, and which was also driven by Andy Priaulx, Augusto Farfus, Jorg Muller and Dirk Werner

Munoz heads first Pau qualifying

May 21st, 2011

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Signature’s Carlos Munoz topped the timing screens in the first of today’s two qualifying sessions for Sunday’s Pau Grand Prix. Munoz is one of the few entrants with experience of the track, having scored a pair of podiums in the Formula Renault 2.0 WEC’s visit to the circuit in 2009. In a reverse of yesterday’s free practice results, the Colombian had the edge on team-mate Marco Wittmann

Aleshin to race in German F3

April 22nd, 2011

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Aleshin to race in German F3

Reigning Formula Renault 3.5 champion Mikhail Aleshin will participate in this year’s German Formula 3 series. The Moscow driver will race Russian team Stromos Artline’s Arttech F24 Mercedes. Aleshin competed in the Oschersleben final with the team last year, and has agreed to continue in a development driver role

Dillmann signs with Carlin for GP3

March 2nd, 2011

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Dillmann signs with Carlin for GP3

German Formula 3 champion Tom Dillmann will race in GP3 this season with Carlin. The 21-year-old Frenchman was an F3 Euro Series regular for several years before switching to the German championship last season and clinching his first title in car racing. “The last three seasons have been very difficult for me due to budget problems but this has only made me stronger as a driver,” said Dillmann.

Rosenqvist joins Mucke in Euro F3

January 28th, 2011

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Rosenqvist joins Mucke in Euro F3

Swedish driver Felix Rosenqvist will move up from German Formula 3 to the F3 Euro Series with Mucke Motorsport this year. The 19-year-old was fifth in last season’s German championship, and then took ninth in the Macau Grand Prix

Mucke signs Steindl for GP3

November 26th, 2010

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Mucke signs Steindl for GP3

Mucke Motorsport has signed Willi Steindl to its 2011 GP3 Series line-up.

Tung closes on FAZZT IndyCar deal

November 23rd, 2010

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Tung closes on FAZZT IndyCar deal

Renault Formula 1 test driver Ho-Pin Tung looks set to become the first Chinese IndyCar racer next year, with the FAZZT team declaring that it wants to run a second car for Tung after he tested for the squad at Sebring last weekend.