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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.

Marquez downplays Austin test pace

March 19th, 2013

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Marquez downplays Austin test pace

Marc Marquez has played down the significance of his performance at what he labelled a ‘fictitious’ Austin MotoGP test. The Honda rider, who graduates to the premier class after winning last year’s Moto2 title, set the pace on all three days at the US track.

Marko: Alonso’s approach too political

January 8th, 2013

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Marko: Alonso’s approach too political

Sebastian Vettel beat Fernando Alonso to the 2012 Formula 1 title because his Ferrari rival meddled too much in politics and psychological warfare, reckons Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmet Marko. Reflecting on the 2012 world championship battle in the latest edition of Red Bull’s in-house magazine the Red Bulletin , Marko argued that Alonso got distracted by off-track aspects while Vettel focused solely on driving

Jaafar moves to FR3.5 with Carlin

January 7th, 2013

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Jaafar moves to FR3.5 with Carlin

British Formula 3 runner-up Jazeman Jaafar will step up to Formula Renault 3.5 with Carlin for this season. The Malaysian, who has raced for the team for the previous three seasons in F3, will stay with the British outfit after testing for its FR3.5 squad at the end of last year. “I’m very excited to be making the move up to Formula Renault 3.5 with Carlin which is obviously a team I know very well,” said the 20-year-old.

Lorenzo: Ducati masked Rossi’s pace

December 27th, 2012

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Lorenzo: Ducati masked Rossi’s pace

Jorge Lorenzo feels Ducati’s struggles over the past two MotoGP seasons have masked 2013 Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi’s true pace. The seven-time champion won twice and claimed 10 podiums during his final year with Yamaha in 2010, finishing third in the championship. Following his switch to Ducati he has experienced the first two winless seasons of his MotoGP career, with just three podiums – only one of them in the dry – to boast

Stoner lacked confidence in final race

November 11th, 2012

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Stoner lacked confidence in final race

Casey Stoner confessed that he rode scared in Valencia as concern for his injured ankle influenced his performance in his MotoGP farewell.

Hamilton: McLaren had dominant car

November 4th, 2012

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Hamilton: McLaren had dominant car

Lewis Hamilton reckons McLaren had a dominant car in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and would have delivered a one-two finish with a trouble-free weekend. Having taken pole at Yas Marina , Hamilton was pulling away at the front of the field when what he reported as a fuel pressure issue forced his retirement on lap 20. His team-mate Jenson Button finished fourth.

Wilson: Young guns saving Ford’s face

October 19th, 2012

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Wilson: Young guns saving Ford’s face

M-Sport team principal Malcolm Wilson says Evgeny Novikov and Ott Tanak have saved Ford’s fortunes after factory drivers Petter Solberg and Jari-Matti Latvala’s Rally Italia mistakes. Novikov and Tanak, who drive for the second-string M-Sport line-up, hold second and third respectively. Adapta Ford’s Mads Ostberg was in the running for second before dropping back with a failing rear differential.

Earnhardt says he must raise game

September 26th, 2012

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Earnhardt says he must raise game

Dale Earnhardt Jr believes he needs to step up his performance in order to fight for this year’s title, although he believes his team needs to keep a measured approach to the remaining Chase races. The Hendrick Motorsports driver enjoyed a very consistent regular season, capped by his first win in nearly four years, but the first two Chase events have yet to show he has the potential to be a strong contender for the title .

Bird: Too early to judge upgrades

September 12th, 2012

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Bird: Too early to judge upgrades

Sam Bird says it is still too early to judge the performance of the Mercedes updates following the first day of testing at Magny-Cours. Mercedes introduced new Coanda-effect exhausts in the morning of the first day of work and then tested the squad’s new double-DRS .

Massa: Current form key to future

September 10th, 2012

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Massa: Current form key to future

Felipe Massa believes that his strong performances in the last two races have delivered a big boost to his hopes of staying at Ferrari next season. The Brazilian has nearly doubled his season’s points tally with a fifth at Spa and a fourth place in the Italian GP at a time when his Ferrari bosses have demanded he produce results if he is to justify his place there . Speaking after the Monza race, where he moved aside for Alonso, Massa said: “I think it is definitely very important to get results from these two weeks, and it is important for the future.

Whitmarsh defends Hamilton’s move

July 22nd, 2012

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Whitmarsh defends Hamilton’s move

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has defended Lewis Hamilton after he was accused of pulling a “stupid” move when unlapping himself during the German Grand Prix . Hamilton lost time early in the race with a puncture, but emerged from the pits behind Vettel, who was chasing Fernando Alonso for the lead and decided to unlap himself on the Red Bull driver. “Racing drivers race,” said Whitmarsh

Raikkonen sure more to come in 2012

July 7th, 2012

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Raikkonen sure more to come in 2012

Kimi Raikkonen says it is a case of ‘good, but could do better’ when assessing his performance in the first half of his comeback season on the eve of the ninth round of this year’s campaign at Silverstone. The 2007 world champion, who has finished on the podium three times since he came back to Formula 1 following a two-year spell in the WRC, says that while he is pleased with the results he has achieved so far with Lotus, he is also frustrated by the knowledge that he could have done even better

Button hopes to turn things around

June 7th, 2012

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Button hopes to turn things around

Jenson Button says that he needs to deliver a good result for McLaren in Canada this weekend after qualifying in 13th position in Monaco last time out. The McLaren driver failed to finish in Monaco and has only picked up two points since the third round of the season in China and now lies seventh in the drivers’ championship, 31 points off Fernando Alonso, who has been dogged by an uncompetitive Ferrari for much of the season.

Wilson disappointed with Tanak

May 2nd, 2012

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Wilson disappointed with Tanak

M-Sport managing director Malcolm Wilson has called on Ott Tanak to up his performance after the Estonian’s disappointing result on last week’s Rally Argentina.

Gonzalez pleased despite lack of running

May 2nd, 2012

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Gonzalez pleased despite lack of running

Rodolfo Gonzalez declared himself happy with his performance in his first outing with the Caterham team at Mugello on Tuesday. The Venezuelan, who had tested for the team when it was Lotus last year, admitted however that he was frustrated by the lack of running after torrential rain hindered the teams’ progress

Vergne: STR understands China issues

April 20th, 2012

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Vergne: STR understands China issues

Jean-Eric Vergne is confident his Toro Rosso team can get its China updates to work despite a difficult first weekend with them. The team introduced several upgrades for last weekend’s race at Shanghai, but struggled to make them work properly and its form dropped in comparison with the previous races. Vergne finished the race in 16th position, with team-mate Daniel Ricciardo one place further down.

Fisher thrilled with Newgarden

March 25th, 2012

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Fisher thrilled with Newgarden

Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing team boss Sarah Fisher hailed rookie Josef Newgarden’s IndyCar debut in St Petersburg, which ended with the 21-year-old finishing 11th despite the team having come into the weekend with just four days of testing under its belt.

Bennani stays with Proteam for 2012

January 23rd, 2012

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Bennani stays with Proteam for 2012

Mehdi Bennani will stay with the Proteam BMW squad for 2012. The 28-year-old Moroccan joined Proteam last year, finishing seventh in the Yokohama Trophy. His best result came in Macau, when he finished sixth in the season finale

Senna surprised to reach top ten

November 26th, 2011

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Senna surprised to reach top ten

Bruno Senna said he was surprised by his performance in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix after reaching the top ten. The Renault driver qualified in ninth position after a strong showing, but he conceded it was an unexpected result given his team’s recent struggles

Barrichello elated with qualifying lap

November 26th, 2011

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Barrichello elated with qualifying lap

Rubens Barrichello declared himself delighted with his performance in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday. The Williams driver will start the race from 12th position, the Brazilian very happy with his final run in the second qualifying segment.