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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.

Breen leads Latvian ERC round

February 1st, 2013

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Craig Breen leads Rally Liepaja-Ventspils after the opening afternoon of round two of the European Rally Championship in Latvia. The reigning Super 2000 World Rally champion is kicking off his Peugeot ERC programme on the gravel and snow event.

Vettel quickest again in final practice

October 27th, 2012

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Vettel quickest again in final practice

Sebastian Vettel continued his and Red Bull’s perfect start to the Indian Grand Prix weekend by once again setting the pace in the final practice session. The German hit the front 25 minutes into the session and was never then displaced, despite being one of the last to switch onto soft rubber.

Stoner ‘not comfortable’ at Mugello

July 15th, 2012

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Stoner ‘not comfortable’ at Mugello

Casey Stoner admitted that he was never comfortable with his Honda during the Mugello MotoGP race after only finishing eighth. The reigning world champion lost ground with a mid-race trip off the road, and had qualified a disappointing fifth. Although Stoner conceded after qualifying that title rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa seemed to be out of reach this weekend, he said he had hoped to at least salvage a podium from the race.

Grosjean: All to play for in race

July 8th, 2012

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Grosjean: All to play for in race

Romain Grosjean thinks there is still everything to play for in the British Grand Prix despite throwing away his chances of a good grid slot with a spin in qualifying. The Lotus driver had appeared to be a contender for a front row slot after showing some strong form in both practice and early qualifying, but he was unable to take part in the shoot out for the final slots after spinning in to the gravel at Club at the end of Q2. Despite that, Grosjean believes the mixed weather conditions that are expected for the race mean that there is still plenty he can do from ninth place on the grid.

Latvala: Fast drivers will run at back

June 20th, 2012

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Latvala: Fast drivers will run at back

Ford’s Jari-Matti Latvala expects the lead drivers to be running further down on the road after qualifying for Rally New Zealand tomorrow. There had been an expectation that the recent heavy rain would make the drivers favour running first on the road, but Latvala says the loose gravel on Friday’s southerly stages will be too tough in anything but near-monsoon conditions

Hexis McLaren on pole in Slovakia

June 9th, 2012

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Hexis McLaren on pole in Slovakia

Frederic Makowiecki took a last-gasp pole position for Hexis McLaren ahead of the FIA GT World Championship qualifying race in Slovakia. The Frenchman’s 2m01.652s lap – the fastest by anybody all weekend – was just enough to deny Yelmer Buurman, in the Vita4One BMW, of the top spot in a dramatic final segment of the session.

Audi’s Rockenfeller heads practice one

June 1st, 2012

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Audi’s Rockenfeller heads practice one

Mike Rockenfeller put Audi on top of the timesheets in the first DTM practice session at Spielberg as several Mercedes drivers – including championship leader Gary Paffett – went off. Paffett left the road at the entrance to the left-handed Lauda Kurve 25 minutes into the session, understeering off into the gravel and stopping just short of the tyre barrier. His HWA Mercedes team-mates Ralf Schumacher and Jamie Green had lesser offs at the same corner later in the session; Schumacher taking a high-speed trip through the gravel before rejoining the circuit and Green limiting his excursion to the grass at the corner’s exit

Tarquini ends Chevy winning streak

April 29th, 2012

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Tarquini ends Chevy winning streak

Gabriele Tarquini put an end to Chevrolet’s unbeaten run of victories in the 2012 World Touring Car Championship by leading Lukoil Racing team-mate Aleksei Dudukalo in a SEAT Leon WTCC one-two in the series’ first race at the Slovakia Ring.

Menu leads Slovakia practice two

April 28th, 2012

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Menu leads Slovakia practice two

Chevrolet’s Alain Menu topped the timesheets in World Touring Car free practice two at the Slovakia Ring. The Swiss racer, who is chasing a 24-point deficit to team-mate Yvan Muller in the drivers’ standings, recorded a fastest time of 2m13.837s. Reigning world champion Muller finished 0.477 seconds behind Menu in second position

Bianchi apologises for crash

February 9th, 2012

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Bianchi apologises for crash

Jules Bianchi has apologised to Force India after crashing early on in the third day of Formula 1 pre-season testing at Jerez.

Rosberg goes quickest on day three

February 9th, 2012

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Rosberg goes quickest on day three

Nico Rosberg ensured Mercedes ended day three of pre-season testing at Jerez on top, while Romain Grosjean’s Lotus was the fastest of the 2012-spec cars.

Q and A with Ken Block

September 29th, 2011

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Q and A with Ken Block

After a troublesome asphalt debut in the Fiesta RS WRC in Germany, Ken Block tested his Ford ahead of this week’s Rallye de France. AUTOSPORT caught up with the American

Castroneves gets post-race penalty

September 18th, 2011

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Castroneves gets post-race penalty

Helio Castroneves has lost his seventh place at Motegi for passing JR Hildebrand under yellow on the final lap of the race. The Brazilian drops to 22nd as a result, but more significantly the penalty elevates Dario Franchitti to eighth – which brings the champion’s deficit to new series leader Will Power down to 11 points with two races to go. Franchitti lost the IndyCar championship lead to Power today when the Australian finished second behind Scott Dixon, while Franchitti was delayed when he triggered a multi-car collision at a mid-race restart.

Merhi doubles up at Nurburgring

August 6th, 2011

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Merhi doubles up at Nurburgring

Roberto Merhi strengthened his grip on the F3 Euro Series by taking his seventh win of the year in race two at the Nurburgring in ultra-tricky conditions. The Prema Powerteam driver started eighth on the partially-reversed grid, but lay second after the opening complex of corners – helped in no small part by a great getaway and by polesitter Kimiya Sato driving straight into the gravel at the first corner as rain began to fall.

Venturini wins hard-fought race two

July 31st, 2011

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Venturini wins hard-fought race two

Giovanni Venturini withstood heavy and race-long pressure to win in a rain-affected second Auto GP race at Oschersleben. The Italian started from pole under the reverse grid rules, but did not have to worry about the run down to the first corner as the first three laps of the race were held behind the safety car.

Vinales takes 125cc pole in Germany

July 16th, 2011

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Maverick Vinales took his third pole position of the 125cc season in qualifying at the Sachsenring. The rising Spanish star put in a 1m27.477s to come out on top of a tough battle with Aspar’s Hector Faubel, who then somehow managed to stay upright and on the bike during a wild high-speed ride through the gravel as he tried to respond

Michelisz penalised for collision

June 19th, 2011

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Norbert Michelisz has been handed a 30-second penalty by race stewards following the second World Touring Car Championship race at Brno.

Q and A: Kristensen on his DTM return

June 18th, 2011

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Q and A: Kristensen on his DTM return

Tom Kristensen is making a one-off return to the DTM at Lausitz this weekend while regular Abt Audi driver Mike Rockenfeller rests after his horrifying Le Mans 24 Hours accident last week. The veteran Dane impressed everyone by breaking a two-year lay-off from the series to go quickest in Friday practice at the German circuit. After qualifying seventh on the grid, AUTOSPORT caught up with the eight-time Le Mans winner for a chat.

H22: Lotterer hangs on in the rain

June 12th, 2011

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H22: Lotterer hangs on in the rain

Andre Lotterer has had to tread delicately in the #2 Audi through the 22nd hour at Le Mans after rain enveloped the circuit.

H1: McNish crashes out of Le Mans

June 11th, 2011

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Audi runs 1-2 at the Le Mans 24 Hours with the course neutralised after Allan McNish suffered a high-speed accident in the #3 R18. Timo Bernhard leads from Benoit Treluyer, with the Peugeot of Franck Montagny running third