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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.

WRC poised for crunch FIA meeting

May 15th, 2013

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WRC poised for crunch FIA meeting

The FIA is presenting its plans for the immediate future of the World Rally Championship in Paris this week. Led by its rally director Jarmo Mahonen, the FIA has joined forces with WRC promoters Red Bull Media House and Sportsman Media and British sports consultancy firm Portas to produce a document outlining the way forward for the series. Mapping out the WRC’s future There had been growing disquiet in the service park surrounding the lack of movement from both the FIA and the promoters, but recent meetings have relieved that pressure

Bahrain race quotes: Ferrari

April 21st, 2013

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Fernando Alonso – 8th: “We definitely didn’t have much luck today and that’s a real shame, at the end of what had been such a positive weekend for me and Felipe up until this afternoon. We had been competitive in free practice and qualifying and we were both expecting to have a good race

Alonso favourite in GP Predictor

April 18th, 2013

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Alonso favourite in GP Predictor

For the first time this season Fernando Alonso goes into a grand prix weekend as favourite, according to the players of the Castrol EDGE Grand Prix Predictor. The Ferrari driver, who scored his first victory of the year in China last weekend, is currently the man deemed most likely to be the first to score multiple victories in 2013, with 34 per cent of users selecting him compared to 33 per cent choosing world championship leader Sebastian Vettel. The Red Bull driver has been the overwhelming favourite going in to the first three races.

Saturday press conference – China

April 13th, 2013

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DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus) 3 – Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari) TV UNILATERAL Lewis, a fantastic, last-minute shoot-out for pole and you won it for your new team. Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, an incredible feeling, so happy to have our first pole for some time

Quaife-Hobbs backs Manor MP to shine

February 21st, 2013

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Quaife-Hobbs backs Manor MP to shine

Auto GP champion Adrian Quaife-Hobbs does not expect Manor MP Motorsport’s status as a rookie GP2 team to hold it back this year.

Michael Schumacher: 2012 in quotes

December 29th, 2012

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Michael Schumacher: 2012 in quotes

The 2012 Formula 1 campaign was the best of Michael Schumacher’s three comeback seasons in terms of his performance level, but was dogged by bad luck and unreliability. Among the highlights of the campaign were a ‘pole position’ in Monaco, a podium in Valencia and the tributes paid as he announced his second retirement. But during the year he also made the headlines for different reasons, including some high-profile mistakes

Gutierrez not certain he’s ready for F1

November 23rd, 2012

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Gutierrez not certain he’s ready for F1

Esteban Gutierrez believes it is too early to say if he is ready to compete in Formula 1 after securing a Sauber race seat for 2013 .

Pirelli defends tyre selection

November 17th, 2012

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Pirelli defends tyre selection

Pirelli has defended its conservative tyre choice for the the United States Grand Prix amid fears that an aggressive selection could have interfered with the Formula 1 World Championship battle. Early running at Austin suggests a one-stop race , with drivers experiencing very little tyre degradation on the new and slippery surface

Pedrosa: Pole lap was utter maximum

November 10th, 2012

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Pedrosa: Pole lap was utter maximum

Dani Pedrosa felt he had absolutely nothing in reserve as he set a new lap record and captured pole position for the final MotoGP race of 2012 at Valencia. With just two minutes to run the Spaniard dropped into the 1m30s bracket, shattering Valentino Rossi’s benchmark from 2006

US preview quotes: Mercedes

November 9th, 2012

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Michael Schumacher: My wife and I have been big fans of the USA, and also of Texas, for many years so I’m particularly looking forward to the race in Austin. I’m really excited to see what kind of track we will find and to see if the American fans will embrace our sport. From the pictures and layouts of the circuit that I have already seen, everything looks very good

The battle for F1′s leading seats is over

October 16th, 2012

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The battle for F1′s leading seats is over

Nico Hulkenberg and Felipe Massa’s imminent deals at Sauber and Ferrari respectively mean the battle for the leading seats in Formula 1 is now over.

Toyota defeats Audi in Fuji thriller

October 14th, 2012

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Toyota defeats Audi in Fuji thriller

Toyota claimed a second FIA World Endurance Championship victory in five attempts in a thrilling battle with Audi at Fuji. After six hours of racing, Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima took the win aboard their TS030 HYBRID by just 11 seconds from the Audi R18 e-tron quattro driven by Andre Lotterer, Benoit Treluyer and Marcel Fassler. Third place went to the second Audi shared by Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen

Pic to get engine-change penalty

October 12th, 2012

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Pic to get engine-change penalty

Charles Pic will incur a 10-place grid penalty for the Korean Grand Prix after his Marussia team decided to change his Cosworth engine overnight on Friday. It is Pic’s ninth engine change of the season, with 2012 regulations stating that drivers must only use eight units through the year. “It is also appropriate at this stage to say that we plan to fit a new engine to Charles’ car this evening in the knowledge that, as his ninth engine of the season, we will incur a 10-place grid penalty on Sunday,” said team principal Jon Booth.

Korea Friday quotes: Marussia

October 12th, 2012

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Timo Glock – 20th: “Not an easy first day for us in Korea. I think we had reasonable pace in FP1 but the car behaviour was already a bit difficult this morning.

Alguersuari to announce plans soon

October 11th, 2012

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Alguersuari to announce plans soon

Jaime Alguersuari says he will announce his future plans “soon” after concluding his work as a Pirelli test driver.

Schwantz in dispute with Austin track

September 8th, 2012

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Schwantz in dispute with Austin track

Former 500cc world champion Kevin Schwantz and the Austin grand prix track have become embroiled in a dispute over the planned MotoGP race at the venue. Schwantz has filed a lawsuit against the Circuit of the Americas

Raikkonen never doubted Lotus potential

August 28th, 2012

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Raikkonen never doubted Lotus potential

Kimi Raikkonen never had doubts Lotus would bounce back from its troubled 2011 campaign – as he insists the team has what it takes to gun for the title. Ahead of what is expected to be a full-on victory bid for Raikkonen and Lotus at the Belgian Grand Prix, the former champion says his Enstone outfit has strengths that can help it overcome bigger budget rivals like McLaren and Ferrari. Speaking exclusively to AUTOSPORT about why he was so keen to sign for Lotus after its difficult time last year, Raikkonen said: “There have been years when I’ve been in top teams and we’ve had a pretty bad year, and then the next year has been completely different.

Bird and Yelloly hoping for home boost

August 23rd, 2012

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Bird and Yelloly hoping for home boost

Formula Renault 3.5 championship contenders Sam Bird and Nick Yelloly are relishing the prospect of competing in front of their home crowd this weekend at Silverstone. ISR driver Bird and Comtec’s Yelloly will be aiming to reel in Dutchman Robin Frijns who sits at the top of the driver’s standings with 111 points

Senna confident of genuine progress

July 29th, 2012

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Senna confident of genuine progress

Bruno Senna is confident of replicating his strong qualifying performance at the Hungaroring across the second half of the 2012 F1 season.

Hungary Saturday quotes: Caterham

July 28th, 2012

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Heikki Kovalainen – 19th: “It’s been a positive day today.