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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.

Shedden wins after Plato puncture

May 5th, 2013

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Shedden wins after Plato puncture

Gordon Shedden won the final, reversed-grid, British Touring Car race at Thruxton after another late puncture for a leader, this time Jason Plato. The reigning champion started seventh and made up places as polesitter Jack Goff’s Vauxhall Insignia was bullied down the order and eventually off the track. Adam Morgan held the lead initially, but the Ciceley Toyota Avensis then went wide at Church and had to pit to have its radiator cleared.

Neal claims 50th BTCC victory

May 5th, 2013

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Matt Neal took his 50 British Touring Car race victory after a dramatic final lap at Thruxton. The works Honda driver was briefly relegated to fourth on the first lap, before contact between Jason Plato’s MG and Gordon Shedden allowed him into second

Jordan beats works Hondas to pole

May 4th, 2013

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Jordan beats works Hondas to pole

Andrew Jordan scored his second British Touring Car pole of the season at Thruxton as Honda Civics dominated qualifying. Gordon Shedden set the pace early on, with the help of a tow from works Honda team-mate Matt Neal.

Turkington gives new BMW first win

April 21st, 2013

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Turkington gives new BMW first win

Colin Turkington took his first victory since returning to the British Touring Car Championship by winning the reversed-grid race at Donington Park. The result was also the maiden win for WSR’s new NGTC BMW. Turkington jumped poleman Tom Onslow-Cole’s Team Hard VW Passat and drove away from the field.

Shedden holds off Jordan in race one

April 21st, 2013

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Shedden holds off Jordan in race one

Gordon Shedden got his British Touring Car title defence under way with victory in the first race at Donington Park. Shedden had a torrid time at the Brands Hatch season opener, but the works Honda driver had no success ballast heading into Donington and duly qualified on pole

Neal wins ahead of charging Shedden

March 31st, 2013

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Neal wins ahead of charging Shedden

Honda salvaged a difficult opening weekend to its 2013 British Touring Car campaign with a one-two in the reversed-grid race three. Despite both starting on the new soft tyre, which was expected to degrade, Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden came through to make amends for their problems earlier in the meeting. Neal’s Civic got away well from row two, crucially jumping the harder tyre-shod cars of Adam Morgan (Ciceley Toyota) and a slow-starting Sam Tordoff (works MG) to run second behind Mat Jackson’s Motorbase Ford Focus.

Plato doubles up at Brands Hatch

March 31st, 2013

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Plato doubles up at Brands Hatch

Jason Plato made it two wins from two in the second British Touring Car Championship race of 2013 at Brands Hatch. Poleman Plato’s MG6 held off another fast getaway from Rob Austin’s Audi before pulling clear.

Plato survives last-corner clash to win

March 31st, 2013

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Plato survives last-corner clash to win

Jason Plato won the first British Touring Car race of 2013 at Brands Hatch despite being punted off at the last corner.

Jordan on pole as snow hits qualifying

March 30th, 2013

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Jordan on pole as snow hits qualifying

Andrew Jordan took pole position for the first British Touring Car race of 2013 at Brands Hatch. In a session threatened by snow, the name at the top of the timesheets changed constantly early on

Jordan tops Donington test

March 21st, 2013

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Jordan tops Donington test

Andrew Jordan set the pace in the British Touring Car Championship’s official pre-season test at Donington Park on Thursday. The Eurotech Racing driver took his Honda Civic around the track in 1m10.358s around 90 minutes into the four-hour session, knocking Jason Plato off the top soot. Plato’s time was just 0.071 seconds shy of the reigning independents’ champion’s, and was also inside his pole position mark of 2012 at the same circuit.

Gow hails 2013 BTCC entry

March 21st, 2013

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Gow hails 2013 BTCC entry

British Touring Car boss Alan Gow has hailed the new NGTC rules after announcing a capacity grid at the 2013 media day.

Tordoff joins MG for BTCC

January 31st, 2013

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Tordoff joins MG for BTCC

Sam Tordoff will partner Jason Plato at MG in the British Touring Car Championship this year. Tordoff, a four-time Porsche Carrera Cup race winner, believes he can fight at the front once he has settled in to the Triple 8 Engineering-run squad. “We’ve got to be on the podium and winning races,” he told AUTOSPORT.

Collard says Turkington lifts WSR

January 18th, 2013

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Collard says Turkington lifts WSR

British Touring Car race-winner Rob Collard is certain the return of Colin Turkington will boost the WSR squad for 2013. Collard finished fifth in the standings last season, driving one of WSR’s turbocharged S2000 BMW 320sis.

Plato: MG much improved for 2013

January 13th, 2013

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Plato: MG much improved for 2013

Jason Plato believes the Triple 8 MG will be significantly stronger in the 2013 British Touring Car Championship, even though it was already quick enough to challenge for the title in its debut season. Plato took the MG to victory in only its third start , and pushed Honda duo Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal for the championship. Speaking on the AUTOSPORT Stage with KX at AUTOSPORT International, Plato said that despite the MG’s strong 2012 pace, it had a lot of room for improvement.

MG team boss welcomes rule tweaks

November 21st, 2012

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MG team boss welcomes rule tweaks

MG’s British Touring Car team boss Ian Harrison has welcomed the championship’s rule changes for 2013.

Shedden: I’ll need to improve for 2013

October 24th, 2012

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Shedden: I’ll need to improve for 2013

Newly-crowned British Touring Car champion Gordon Shedden believes he will have to be even better next year to retain his crown. Shedden took eight wins on his way to securing his first BTCC title at Brands Hatch last weekend in his works NGTC Honda Civic. Team boss Steve Neal has already tipped the 33-year-old to take more titles, but Shedden believes he will have to up his game to beat the likes of team-mate Matt Neal and MG star Jason Plato in future.

Shedden claims title as Smith wins

October 21st, 2012

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Gordon Shedden clinched his first British Touring Car title in a wet second race at Brands Hatch, taking second behind new BTCC winner Aron Smith. The rear-wheel-drive WSR BMW of Tom Onslow-Cole jumped into the lead at the start, with Smith’s Motorbase Ford and Matt Neal’s Honda battling for second.

Neal wins to stay in title race

October 21st, 2012

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Neal wins to stay in title race

Reigning British Touring Car champion Matt Neal kept himself in 2012 title contention with a fine victory in wet conditions on the Brands Hatch GP circuit. Neal’s works Honda Civic started the first BTCC race of the day from third on the grid, but immediately jumped to second as front-row man Andrew Jordan (Eurotech Honda) suffered with wheelspin. Poleman Tom Onslow-Cole initially pulled away in his rear-wheel-drive WSR BMW, but Neal soon reeled him in.

Onslow-Cole captures pole in thriller

October 20th, 2012

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Onslow-Cole captures pole in thriller

Tom Onslow-Cole took pole position in a thrilling British Touring Car session on the Brands Hatch GP circuit. Onslow-Cole’s WSR BMW suffered a broken throttle cable at the start of the session, while Jason Plato’s works MG and then Andrew Jordan’s Eurotech Honda Civic set the early pace. After a red flag, caused by Chris James (ES Racing Vauxhall Vectra) going off at Surtees, championship contender Matt Neal moved to pole in his Honda Civic.

Jordan lowers benchmark at Brands

October 20th, 2012

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Jordan lowers benchmark at Brands

Andrew Jordan topped the second British Touring Car free practice session on the Brands Hatch GP circuit. The Eurotech Honda driver was quickest on the drying track heading into the final few minutes before a whole series of improvements shuffled the order