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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.

Kenseth defeats Kahne at Kansas

April 21st, 2013

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Kenseth defeats Kahne at Kansas

Matt Kenseth held off a late challenge from Kasey Kahne to take his second NASCAR Sprint Cup victory of the year at Kansas Speedway. Polesitter Kenseth dominated much of the race in his Joe Gibbs Toyota, leading 163 of the 267 laps. He was untouchable until almost half-distance, when divergent pit and tyre strategies among a number of yellows jumbled the lead pack.

Kahne not counting on Chase spot yet

August 18th, 2012

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Kahne not counting on Chase spot yet

Kasey Kahne says he is not counting on having a place in this year’s Chase despite currently being the leading candidate to claim a wildcard entry into the play-off. The Hendrick Motorsports drivers is currently 11th in the standings, almost a full race win in points away from breaking into the top 10, but the victories he claimed at Charlotte and Loudon make him the leader in the wildcard standings. The top 10 drivers in points after 26 races automatically qualify for the championship play-off, while two extra spots are available for drivers with the most victories and placed between 11th and 20th in the championship.

Kahne takes first pole with Hendrick

March 10th, 2012

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Kahne takes first pole with Hendrick

Kasey Kahne claimed his first pole position for Hendrick Motorsports by setting the pace in qualifying for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas. The 31-year-old, who has endured a tough start to his season, pipped local Kyle Busch to pole by 62 thousandths of a second with a record-setting lap at an average speed of 190.456 mph.

Kahne keen on Vegas Indy run

July 31st, 2011

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Kahne keen on Vegas Indy run

Kasey Kahne says it would be a ‘dream’ for him to race in IndyCar as he ponders the possibility of running for the US $5 million prize up for grabs for guest drivers in the IndyCar Series season finale at Las Vegas. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race winner is in the shortlist of drivers who could potentially take on the challenge of beating the IndyCar regulars in October at the 1.5-mile track. The 31-year-old, one of NASCAR’s most popular drivers, says there are still plenty of issues to iron out in order for him to go ahead with his wish of entering the event

Kahne claims record Darlington pole

May 7th, 2011

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Kahne claims record Darlington pole

Kasey Kahne claimed pole position for Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, by setting a new track record at Darlington Raceway. The Red Bull Racing driver bumped Hendrick Motorsports’ Jeff Gordon from the top spot with a lap time of 27.131 seconds at an average speed of 181.254 mph

Kahne hopes knee issue resolved

April 30th, 2011

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Kahne hopes knee issue resolved

Kasey Kahne expects to put his recent knee issues behind him after undergoing yet another operation on his right knee a couple of weeks ago. Last November the Red Bull Racing driver had arthroscopic surgery on both knees in order to remove tissue that had been causing him discomfort, having been diagnosed with Plica Syndrome

Kahne takes first pole at Toyota

November 20th, 2010

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Kahne takes first pole at Toyota

Kasey Kahne claimed his first pole position at the wheel of a Red Bull Racing Toyota, while Jimmie Johnson beat his title rivals in qualifying for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup season finale at Homestead. In only his fifth outing at the wheel of the #83 Camry, Kahne was able to make the most of the improving track conditions late in qualifying to beat the standing benchmark set by last week’s winner Carl Edwards. His lap of 30.525 seconds was at an average speed of 176.904mph

Burton Understands Kahne’s Situation

October 22nd, 2010

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Burton Understands Kahne’s Situation

Kasey Kahne (left) and Jeff Burton suddenly have a lot of things in common. Both drivers have left teams early during their careers in order to get a head start on the upcoming season.

Petty Motorsports Facing Uncertain Future

October 22nd, 2010

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Petty Motorsports Facing Uncertain Future

Kasey Kahne (left) stands with Richard Petty during the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Kahne to finish 2010 with Red Bull

October 21st, 2010

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Kahne to finish 2010 with Red Bull

Kasey Kahne will finish the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season with Red Bull, starting with Martinsville next weekend, the team has announced. Kahne was released from his driving duties by Richard Petty Motorsports on Wednesday night after a fall-out between the two parties last Saturday during the fifth round of the Chase, where Kahne crashed following brake issues.

Kahne released early from RPM

October 21st, 2010

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Kahne released early from RPM

Kasey Kahne has been released from driving duties by Richard Petty Motorsports, the Sprint Cup Series outfit announced Wednesday night. The 30-year-old will depart his current team sooner than expected after a fallout with his squad after last Saturday’s race at Charlotte. His #9 Ford was driven to the checkered flag by JJ Yeley following mid-repairs after Kahne crashed against the wall and into Sam Hornish’s Penske Dodge

NASCAR Notes: Hamlin’s Lead Slips Away

October 5th, 2010

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NASCAR Notes: Hamlin’s Lead Slips Away

WALL BANGER: Denny Hamlin (11) avoids a spinning Kasey Kahne during Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway. (Don Figler Photo) KANSAS CITY, Kan.

Kahne Tops RPM Front Row

October 1st, 2010

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Kahne Tops RPM Front Row

Kasey Kahne led a Richard Petty Motorsports sweep of the front row at Kansas Speedway Friday afternoon. (HHP/Alan Marler Photo) KANSAS CITY, Kan.— Kasey Kahne certainly isn’t driving like someone about to switch race teams.

Kahne not concerned by engine issue

September 25th, 2009

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Kahne not concerned by engine issue

Kasey Kahne is not concerned by the engine issues that left him out of contention at Loudon last weekend, sending him to the back of NASCAR’s Chase standings. The Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge driver retired from the first race of the play-off last week during the early laps of the event due to an engine failure which his team determined was caused by a failing crankshaft. Although the issue was the second one for Kahne during the year it was the first for him and his team during a race, and it came shortly after RPM announced it was switching to Ford power for 2010 following the acquisition of Yates Racing