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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.

Calado to be managed by Nicolas Todt

April 30th, 2013

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Calado to be managed by Nicolas Todt

James Calado’s career will be overseen by Nicolas Todt, with the GP2 racer having joined Todt’s All Road Management stable. Todt already manages Formula 1 drivers Felipe Massa, Jules Bianchi and Pastor Maldonado, and is confident Calado can join them

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.

Daly returns to GP3 with ART

April 25th, 2013

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Daly returns to GP3 with ART

Conor Daly will return to the GP3 series this year after extending his partnership with the ART Grand Prix team. The American competed with the French squad during the 2012 season, finishing in sixth position in the standings. Daly raced with the Hilmer team in the GP2 season opener at Sepang, but was replaced by Formula Renault 3.5 champion Robin Frijns for the second round in Bahrain

Lewis to replace Wehrlein in F3

April 8th, 2013

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Lewis to replace Wehrlein in F3

American Michael Lewis is to return to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship starting from this weekend’s second round at Silverstone. As exclusively predicted in AUTOSPORT magazine on March 28 , the 22-year-old Californian will take the Mucke Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes seat vacated by Monza race winner Pascal Wehrlein, who is moving to the DTM with Mercedes. Lewis was runner-up in the Italian F3 Championship with Prema Powerteam in 2011 before moving up to European F3 with the same team last year, finishing eighth in the Euro Series and ninth in the European championship.

Karthikeyan extends Auto GP deal

April 3rd, 2013

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Karthikeyan extends Auto GP deal

Narain Karthikeyan has confirmed to AUTOSPORT that he will continue in Auto GP with Zele Racing at Marrakech this weekend. The former HRT Grand Prix driver competed in last month’s Monza opener after agreeing a late one-round deal to drive for Michael Zele’s team

Budget key to Lotus’s title challenge

March 29th, 2013

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Budget key to Lotus’s title challenge

Lotus’s chances of hanging on in the 2013 Formula 1 title battle depends on its financial resources, reckons Romain Grosjean. Kimi Raikkonen’s Australian Grand Prix victory announced Lotus as a championship contender this year

Grosjean says car issues now resolved

March 23rd, 2013

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Grosjean says car issues now resolved

Romain Grosjean believes the car issues that affected his Australian Grand Prix and practice in Malaysia have now been resolved. Although the Frenchman could only qualify 11th at Sepang having mistimed his Q2 run in changing weather, he is now much happier with his Lotus. “We’re keeping our fingers crossed but finally we’ve come back to where we like,” said Grosjean

Malaysia qualifying quotes: McLaren

March 23rd, 2013

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Jenson Button – 8th: “I don’t think we can really expect to qualify any better than P8 right now – but, having said that, to be just two-tenths off the guy who won last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix [Kimi Raikkonen] in Q3 can’t be too bad. “Q3 was wet today, of course, but during Q1 and the first half of Q2 it appeared that perhaps we’re now a little more competitive in the dry than we were this time last weekend. We’re still not quick, but the guys are doing a fantastic job to get everything they can out of our car.

Vettel tipped for Malaysian win

March 22nd, 2013

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Vettel tipped for Malaysian win

Sebastian Vettel is the overwhelming favourite to win the Malaysian Grand Prix, according to players of the Castrol EDGE Grand Prix Predictor . The world champion missed out on victory from pole position in Australia last weekend, but at the time of writing, 51 per cent of the game’s players had picked him to win, with a further 29 per cent opting for Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.

Button becomes a GPDA director

March 22nd, 2013

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Button becomes a GPDA director

Jenson Button has become a director of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA), AUTOSPORT can reveal, replacing Felipe Massa. The vote was taken in a meeting of drivers’ body at Sepang on Friday

Australia race quotes: McLaren

March 17th, 2013

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Jenson Button – 9th: “Having won the Australian Grand Prix three times so far in my career – in 2009, 2010 and 2012 – you’d have to say that today’s ninth place isn’t really much to write home about.

Hulkenberg: missing race a bitter blow

March 17th, 2013

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Hulkenberg: missing race a bitter blow

Nico Hulkenberg said he was bitterly disappointed after being unable to start the Australian Grand Prix because of a problem with his Sauber. The German had qualified in 11th place for his first race for the Swiss squad, but a hydraulic problems meant he could not make it to the grid in time.

Hamilton: fifth exceeds expectations

March 17th, 2013

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Hamilton: fifth exceeds expectations

Lewis Hamilton described fifth place in the Australian Grand Prix as way above Mercedes’ pre-season expectations, but also admitted he was surprised by the pace of some rivals. Hamilton and Mercedes ended qualifying as the ‘best of the rest’ behind the dominant Red Bulls. But in the race he lost out to the Ferraris and eventual winner Kimi Raikkonen’s Lotus in the opening laps.

Hamilton lauds ‘incredible’ Mercedes

March 17th, 2013

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Hamilton lauds ‘incredible’ Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton labelled his third place on the Australian Grand Prix grid as an incredible result for his Mercedes debut. The Briton, moving from McLaren to Mercedes this year, will start from the second row of the grid after being beaten only by the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.

Alonso: practice confirmed Ferrari pace

March 15th, 2013

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Alonso: practice confirmed Ferrari pace

Fernando Alonso said Friday practice in Melbourne confirmed his belief that while Ferrari is in much better shape than a year ago, beating Red Bull will still be a very tall order.

Raikkonen thinks Lotus has reduced gap

March 15th, 2013

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Raikkonen thinks Lotus has reduced gap

Kimi Raikkonen thinks that Lotus is closer to the front than it was this time last year, but concedes that Sebastian Vettel is clearly ahead. With the opening practice day for the Australian Grand Prix pointing towards Red Bull being clear at the front , Raikkonen sees nothing to suggest that his outfit is not in the chasing pack behind.

Morbidelli keeps Audi Italia drive

February 26th, 2013

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Morbidelli keeps Audi Italia drive

Ex-Formula 1 driver Gianni Morbidelli will continue with Audi Sport Italia in the Superstars Series for a third season. Morbidelli has been a Superstars regular since 2007, winning the Italian title every year from ’07-09 and adding the International crown in the latter year. He rejoined the Audi fold in 2011 after a two-year BMW stint, but has yet to take a race win since his return.

Lopez wins Senna 1991 gloves auction

February 26th, 2013

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Lopez wins Senna 1991 gloves auction

Lotus owner Gerard Lopez has paid £22,000 for a pair of gloves worn by the late Ayrton Senna during his title-winning 1991 campaign. The gloves were auctioned in aid of the Grand Prix Mechanics Charitable Trust at a Motor Sport Magazine Hall of Fame event in London on Monday night. The framed gloves had been donated by former McLaren team co-ordinator Jo Ramirez.

Ecclestone wants long Melbourne deal

February 26th, 2013

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Ecclestone wants long Melbourne deal

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone insists he is willing to extend Melbourne’s grand prix contract for the long term. Melbourne’s future as a grand prix venue has come under increasing doubt, with Ecclestone hinting at the start of the 2012 season that the race could be dropped and that F1 could walk away from Australia when the current contract expires in 2015

Dave Charlton 1936-2013

February 25th, 2013

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Dave Charlton 1936-2013

South African racing legend Dave Charlton, who started in 11 world championship grands prix from 1967-1975, died last weekend at the age of 76.