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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.

Marciello stripped of race-three win

May 19th, 2013

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Marciello stripped of race-three win

Formula 3 European Championship leader Raffaele Marciello has been excluded from his victory in Sunday morning’s race at Brands Hatch. Scrutineers found that the width of his first-gear ratio was below the minimum allowed measurement of 12.75mm. The foundations of the Italian’s victory were laid when he beat poleman Alex Lynn away from the start

Marciello beats Lynn in race two

May 18th, 2013

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Marciello beats Lynn in race two

Ferrari junior driver Raffaele Marciello turned the tables on Alex Lynn by winning the second race of the Formula 3 European Championship weekend at Brands Hatch. The Italian once again got a better start than poleman Lynn, but this time was able to sweep around the outside of the sister Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes before turning into the first corner. Championship leader Marciello’s lead grew nearly to five seconds, but Lynn began to slash into the gap when the leader became mired in lapped traffic.

Lynn claims maiden win at Brands

May 18th, 2013

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Lynn claims maiden win at Brands

Alex Lynn claimed his maiden win in the Formula 3 European Championship after leading from start to finish at Brands Hatch on Saturday morning. From pole position, Lynn held off the challenge of championship-leading Prema team-mate Raffaele Marciello at the first corner. The Italian put the local man under pressure throughout the race, and from before mid-distance the leading pair of Dallara-Mercedes cars had to deal with a host of lapped traffic.

Lynn takes Brands F3 pole hat-trick

May 17th, 2013

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Lynn takes Brands F3 pole hat-trick

Alex Lynn took a triple pole position for this weekend’s Formula 3 European Championship races at Brands Hatch. Local man Lynn had a thrilling battle with Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes team-mate Lucas Auer in the first even-numbered session, edging out the Austrian by 0.049 seconds. Their times were easily faster than championship leader Raffaele Marciello, who topped the odd group, in which times were slower before the track rubbered in

Auer sets practice pace at Brands Hatch

May 17th, 2013

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Auer sets practice pace at Brands Hatch

Lucas Auer set the fastest time during the 80 minutes of free practice ahead of this weekend’s Formula 3 European Championship round at Brands Hatch. The Austrian, who has never raced at Brands but learned the 1.2-mile Indy circuit a couple of months ago in a test in a Formula Renault BARC car, edged out Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes team-mate Raffaele Marciello by 0.049 seconds

Guimaraes joins British F3 grid

May 10th, 2013

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Guimaraes joins British F3 grid

Felipe Guimaraes has joined Fortec Motorsport to contest the British Formula 3 International Series. The 22-year-old Brazilian, a race winner in South American F3 this season and a podium finisher in A1GP, will drive the Dallara-Mercedes campaigned so far this year in European F3 by Dmitry Suranovich and Ed Jones. Guimaraes, who has also raced in GP3, Formula 3000 and Indy Lights, is currently in the middle of a two-day test at Pembrey alongside Fortec’s European F3 regulars Felix Serralles, Josh Hill and Pipo Derani.

Marciello survives spin to win race one

May 4th, 2013

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Marciello survives spin to win race one

Raffaele Marciello survived a mid-race spin to win the first of three Formula 3 European Championship races at a wet Hockenheim on Saturday morning. The Italian dominated from pole position , making a strong start and pulling out a five-second gap by the end of the opening lap.

Marciello dominates F3 practice

May 3rd, 2013

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Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello dominated Formula 3 European Championship practice at Hockenheim on Friday. The championship leader topped both sessions at the German circuit, setting the best time of 1m33.941 in FP2 in his Prema Powerteam Dallara Mercedes. A surprising second fastest was Daniil Kvyat, who is making his category debut with Carlin this weekend

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

Marciello wins Silverstone finale

April 14th, 2013

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Marciello wins Silverstone finale

Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello took victory in Sunday’s final FIA Formula 3 European Championship race of the weekend at Silverstone. Marciello did it in dramatic fashion, hunting down long-time leader Felix Rosenqvist and sweeping ahead on the outside into Stowe Corner on the penultimate lap. Rosenqvist, from third on the grid, had launched his Mucke Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes ahead of the polesitting Prema Powerteam Dallara-Merc of Alex Lynn and front-row starter Marciello.

Rosenqvist wins action-packed race

April 13th, 2013

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Rosenqvist wins action-packed race

A pair of stunning overtaking moves gave Felix Rosenqvist victory in a breathtaking second Formula 3 European Championship race at Silverstone. The Swede beat polesitter Harry Tincknell into the first corner, but relinquished the lead at the end of an early safety-car period; being overtaken by Tincknell and Will Buller at the restart

Tincknell, Lynn claim Silverstone poles

April 12th, 2013

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Tincknell, Lynn claim Silverstone poles

Harry Tincknell and Alex Lynn led a British domination of Formula 3 European Championship qualifying at Silverstone as each took pole positions for this weekend’s races.

Rosenqvist tops Silverstone practice

April 12th, 2013

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Rosenqvist tops Silverstone practice

Felix Rosenqvist topped practice for round two of the Formula 3 European Championship at Silverstone on Friday morning. The Swede hauled his Mucke Motorsport Dallara Mercedes to the head of the timesheets right at the end of a drying second session with a time of 2m10.632s to knock Double R’s Antonio Giovinazzi off the top spot

Marciello claims truncated race three

March 24th, 2013

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Marciello claims truncated race three

Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello took his second win of the opening round of the Formula 3 European Championship at Monza in a race that disappointingly featured just five racing laps.

Marciello on Monza race three pole

March 22nd, 2013

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Marciello on Monza race three pole

Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello stole the show in final qualifying for this weekend’s Formula 3 European Championship opener at Monza by taking pole position for Sunday’s third race. Italian blitzed his way to the top in his Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes by 0.165 seconds over Pascal Wehrlein, who earlier took pole for races one and two . Marciello was happy with his performance at the end of a day that has given him top-three starting positions for all three races.

Buller fastest for T-Sport at Monza

March 19th, 2013

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Buller fastest for T-Sport at Monza

Formula 3 veteran Will Buller kept his T-Sport Dallara and its ThreeBond Nissan engine on top as he headed the final FIA F3 European Championship pre-season test at Monza.

Buller puts T-Sport, Nissan on top

March 9th, 2013

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Buller puts T-Sport, Nissan on top

Will Buller showed why he is regarded as a dark horse for this year’s Formula 3 European Championship by setting the fastest time of the two-day official test at Barcelona.

Mardenborough joins Carlin in F3

February 21st, 2013

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Mardenborough joins Carlin in F3

Nissan GT Academy graduate Jann Mardenborough will move to Formula 3 this season, as predicted by AUTOSPORT, having been signed as part of Carlin’s European series line-up. AUTOSPORT revealed last month that Mardenborough was bound for F3 after a single year in car racing, having started out in the British GT Championship as part of Nissan’s programme for computer gamers trying to break into real-life motorsport

Lynn, Tincknell open to British F3

January 29th, 2013

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Lynn, Tincknell open to British F3

Formula 3 aces Alex Lynn and Harry Tincknell have both said that they could be open to contesting the slimline four-round British F3 International Series this season. The two Britons, who each won races in their domestic F3 championship last year, are looking increasingly likely to compete against each other in the European F3 Championship in 2013. While Lynn’s deal with Prema Powerteam was announced last November, Tincknell is still weighing up options for the coming campaign.

Double R signs duo for British F3

December 18th, 2012

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Double R signs duo for British F3

British Formula 3 International Series team Double R Racing will run Italian Antonio Giovinazzi and Indonesian Sean Gelael in 2013.