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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.

Muller holds off Tarquini in race one

June 3rd, 2012

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Muller holds off Tarquini in race one

RML Chevrolet’s Yvan Muller extended his lead at the head of the World Touring Car Championship drivers’ standings after claiming his sixth victory of the season at the Autodromo Algarve.

Tarquini claims Algarve pole

June 2nd, 2012

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Tarquini claims Algarve pole

Lukoil Racing’s Gabriele Tarquini claimed his second World Touring Car Championship pole position of the season at the Algarve. The Italian had earlier dominated free practice one, but feared a factory Chevrolet resurgence in qualifying. The expected threat failed to materialise however, with the 2009 WTCC champion emerging fastest in both Q1 and Q2 and edging out Chevrolet’s championship leader Yvan Muller by 0.266s in the decisive second qualifying session.

Muller edges Menu in second session

June 2nd, 2012

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Muller edges Menu in second session

World Touring Car Championship leader Yvan Muller produced a last lap effort to knock comic book character Michel Vaillante – or rather RML Chevrolet team-mate Alain Menu sporting contact lenses and dyed hair – from the top spot in the second free practice session at Algarve. Swiss racer Menu edged out Muller for first place shortly after the mid-way mark of the half hour session, recording a lap 0.071 seconds ahead of the triple world champion. The Frenchman left it until his last run to offer a response, but Muller’s fastest time of 1m55.590s remained over a second slower than Lukoil Racing’s Gabriele Tarquini’s benchmark time from free practice one

Tarquini pulls clear in practice one

June 2nd, 2012

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Lukoil Racing’s Gabriele Tarquini demonstrated impressive early pace in the opening World Touring Car Championship free practice session at the Algarve.

Ecstatic Michelisz takes home victory

May 6th, 2012

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Ecstatic Michelisz takes home victory

Local star Norbert Michelisz caused euphoria in the Hungaroring’s packed grandstands by delivering his second reversed grid World Touring Car victory. From fifth on the grid, the Hungarian extracted excellent traction from his rear-wheel drive Zengo Motorsport BMW to power into the lead at Turn 1. Michelisz staged an immediate breakaway, assisted by the presence of Spanish teenager Pepe Oriola in second

Muller pips Tarquini in practice

May 5th, 2012

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RML Chevrolet’s World Touring Car Championship points leader Yvan Muller edged out a resurgent Gabriele Tarquini in opening free practice for round five at the Hungaroring. Frenchman Muller was 0.065 seconds faster than last weekend’s Slovakia Ring race-winner Tarquini in the improving Lukoil SEAT Leon

Thompson impressed by Lada efforts

May 4th, 2012

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Thompson impressed by Lada efforts

James Thompson says making it to the Hungarian round of the World Touring Car Championship this weekend is already an “epic” achievement for the Lada Sport team.

New Honda gets maiden test run

February 22nd, 2012

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New Honda gets maiden test run

Honda’s new Civic British Touring Car hit the track for the first time at Brands Hatch on Tuesday. Defending champion Matt Neal, who will again be partnered at the Team Dynamics-run Honda Racing squad by Gordon Shedden this year, completed around 50 laps of the Indy circuit in the NGTC-spec machine, which is, like its predecessor, powered by a Neil Brown-prepared turbo engine. Team principal Steve Neal told AUTOSPORT: “It was more of a shakedown than a proper test.

Morgan has first BTCC Toyota test

February 19th, 2012

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Morgan has first BTCC Toyota test

British Touring Car rookie Adam Morgan had his first test in an NGTC Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis last Friday. The 23-year-old, who earned his BTCC place by winning the 2011 Ginetta GT Supercup that supports the series, drove alongside team-mate Tony Hughes in the latter’s 2011 machine at Donington Park.

Honda to enter WTCC

February 3rd, 2012

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Honda to enter WTCC

Honda will enter the World Touring Car Championship later this year with a works programme based around its Civic model. The Japanese manufacturer plans to take in “a string of events” later in the season before committing to a full, two-car campaign in 2013

Thompson makes WTCC comeback

February 2nd, 2012

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Thompson makes WTCC comeback

James Thompson will return to the World Touring Car Championship with Lada this year, this week’s AUTOSPORT magazine can reveal.

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

Thompson to test for Speedworks

December 12th, 2011

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Thompson to test for Speedworks

James Thompson will test Speedworks Motorsport’s Toyota Avensis British Touring Car at Donington Park on Thursday.

Wheldon kart race raises UKP20k

December 6th, 2011

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Wheldon kart race raises UKP20k

The cream of British motorsport talent raised around £20,000 for the Alzheimer’s Society as they came together to celebrate the life of Dan Wheldon in a charity karting event at Daytona Motorsport’s Milton Keynes venue in the UK on Monday night. The over-subscribed event, organised by Wheldon’s friend and Lotus GT racer Johnny Mowlem, was won by 2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button, who shared a kart with Wheldon’s father Clive in their DW Lionheart team. Button and Wheldon were assisted in no small part by the Cash for Penalties system – which allowed teams to pay bribes to make sure their rivals were black-flagged and docked laps – and justifiably so

Neal takes pole for Race 1

October 15th, 2011

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Matt Neal has qualified on pole in the last British Touring Car qualifying session of the season at Silverstone this afternoon. The battle for pole looked like it would boil down to a fight between title outsider Mat Jackson and championship contender Gordon Shedden’s Honda Civic. Shedden set the pace during the first runs, before Jackson took provisional pole with 59.391s

Jackson quickest in FP2 at Silverstone

October 15th, 2011

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Jackson quickest in FP2 at Silverstone

Mat Jackson topped the second British Touring Car free practice session at Silverstone this afternoon.

Thompson returns with Motorbase

October 12th, 2011

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Thompson returns with Motorbase

James Thompson will make a surprise return to the British Touring Car Championship at Silverstone this weekend with the Motorbase Ford team. The two-time series champion will drive the team’s third turbocharged Focus – as raced by Michael Caine at the past two rounds – in a bid to boost Mat Jackson’s hopes of winning both the overall and independent drivers’ championships

Triple 8 to run NGTC car in 2012

September 20th, 2011

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Triple 8 to run NGTC car in 2012

Triple 8 Engineering will remain in the British Touring Car Championship next year with a car built to the series’ NGTC technical regulations. The team, which took its first win of the season courtesy of James Nash at Rockingham last weekend, has not confirmed which car it will build, but did pledge its future to the tin-top series. Triple 8 has always run Vauxhall machinery since entering the BTCC as the manufacturer’s works team in 1997 and currently runs a pair of ex-works Vectras powered by the NGTC-spec TOCA engine

Neal fit to race at Knockhill

August 31st, 2011

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Neal fit to race at Knockhill

Matt Neal will continue his British Touring Car Championship title challenge at Knockhill this weekend, despite breaking his right hand recently. Neal, who lies 3rd in the championship behind Mat Jackson and his Honda team-mate Gordon Shedden, had been a doubt for the round after sustaining the injury in a martial arts training session

Triple 8 heads to Middle East

August 29th, 2011

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Triple 8 heads to Middle East

Legendary British Touring Car squad Triple 8 Engineering is to expand into the Middle East later this year by competing in the UAE Touring Car Championship. Ian Harrison’s multi championship-winning squad will bring its pair of Super 2000-spec Vauxhall Vectras, each powered by an NGTC-spec TOCA engine, to the championship, which is due to run between October and next April. “We have seen the UAE touring car series grow dramatically over the past couple of years and it’s clearly a series with a bright future,” said Harrison