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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.

Warwick joins stewards for Germany

July 28th, 2010

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Warwick joins stewards for Germany

Derek Warwick will join the stewards’ panel for this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Warwick is the third British ex-grand prix driver to advise race officials this year, after former world champions Damon Hill and Nigel Mansell advised in Monaco and at Silverstone respectively. Warwick competed in Formula 1 from 1981 to 1993, during which time he drove for Toleman, Brabham, Lotus, Arrows and Renault, with whom he nearly won the 1984 British Grand Prix

Peugeot identifies Le Mans problems

July 8th, 2010

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Peugeot identifies Le Mans problems

Peugeot has identified the cause of the failures that wrecked its Le Mans 24 Hours bid this year.

Mansell joins stewards for Silverstone

July 7th, 2010

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Mansell joins stewards for Silverstone

Former world champion Nigel Mansell is the latest driver to join the stewards’ panel this season. The 1992 title-winner will be the drivers’ representative in the stewards’ office at Silverstone this weekend. Mansell won the British Grand Prix four times during his career, with three of those victories coming at Silverstone in 1987, ’91 and ’92

Mansell back in action for Hungary

June 29th, 2010

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Mansell back in action for Hungary

The Beechdean Mansell Motorsport team has announced that it will return to competitive action in Hungary in August following its Le Mans crash. Nigel Mansell damaged the Ginetta Zytek GZ09S car in a high-speed crash in the early hours of the Le Mans 24 Hours, something that forced the team to miss the next race of the Le Mans Series in Portugal

Magnussen aims high in Cup debut

June 19th, 2010

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Magnussen aims high in Cup debut

Jan Magnussen hopes to be able to get a top-ten finish on his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut at Sears Point on Sunday. The Danish driver qualified 32nd on Friday, driving the #09 Phoenix Racing Chevy, with technical support from Hendrick Motorsports. Magnussen’s NASCAR deal came together thanks to his links with General Motors through the Le Mans Series, which led to testing outings on road courses with the manufacturer’s top team in the Sprint Cup

Sarrazin returns for Ypres rally

June 17th, 2010

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Sarrazin returns for Ypres rally

Stephane Sarrazin will return to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge for the Ypres Rally next weekend. The factory Peugeot racer, who retired from the lead of last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours, finished fourth in the IRC-opening Monte Carlo Rally in January.

Audi considering closed-top car

June 17th, 2010

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Audi considering closed-top car

Le Mans winner Audi is considering a coupe body shape for its next LMP1 car, this week’s AUTOSPORT magazine reveals. Audi Sport boss Wolfgang Ullrich has hinted that he no longer considers it viable to return to the Le Mans 24 Hours with a open-top car

Strakka boss hails ‘amazing’ win

June 15th, 2010

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Strakka boss hails ‘amazing’ win

Strakka Racing team boss Piers Phillips has hailed his team’s remarkable LMP2 class win at the 78th Le Mans 24 Hours as “amazing.” The British team defeated pre-event favourite Highcroft Racing to win the class, recording the highest ever finish for an LMP2 car at Le Mans by taking fifth overall.

Q and A: Davidson on Le Mans dramas

June 14th, 2010

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Q and A: Davidson on Le Mans dramas

Anthony Davidson went through it all during his first Le Mans 24 Hours with Peugeot; leading the race, car failure, charging back towards the lead, clashing with GT cars and ultimately retiring short of the finish. After the race, he gave AUTOSPORT his thoughts on the event. Q.

Davidson thrilled with performance

June 14th, 2010

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Davidson thrilled with performance

Anthony Davidson was delighted with his personal performance in this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, despite his #1 Peugeot retiring after leading. The Briton’s best run was a quadruple stint during his car’s charge back towards the lead on Sunday morning, following a four-lap delay to an electrical problem. He consistently lapped four seconds faster than the leading Audis throughout his three-hour stint and handed the car over to Alex Wurz as he homed in on the second-placed #8 Audi, only for the engine to let go early in Wurz’s stint.

Peugeot surprised by reliability woes

June 14th, 2010

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Peugeot surprised by reliability woes

Anthony Davidson says Peugeot was surprised by the multiple failures its cars suffered in this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours. The factory 908s were dominating the event until one car dropped out with a suspension failure and the other two each retired with blown engines after or while leading. Davidson’s #1 car had run flat-out for half the race distance after losing four laps on Saturday evening with an electrical problem

Meyrick pleased after ‘crazy’ race

June 13th, 2010

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Fourth-placed Andy Meyrick paid tribute to his ORECA team for getting his car to the finish of the Le Mans 24 Hours in fourth place, highest of the petrol-powered cars. The Courage-based chassis suffered the fewest problems of all the petrol LMP1s, overhauling the faster Aston Martins in the second half of the race when the Astons ran into trouble. “Coming here, obviously a good finish is what you hope for, but it’s not what we expected realistically,” he told AUTOSPORT.

Audi admits victory a surprise

June 13th, 2010

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Audi’s drivers have admitted that they were surprised to take a clean sweep of the podium in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas and Mike Rockenfeller clinched their maiden victories after the #1 and #2 Peugeots ran into trouble while leading the race

Highcroft knew Strakka would be strong

June 13th, 2010

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Highcroft Acura driver Marino Franchitti admitted that he was not sure if his team would have been able to beat LMP2 winner Strakka even if it had not suffered a water pressure issue while running second in class two thirds of the way through the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours. The American Le Mans Series frontrunning team eventually finished fourth in class and 25th overall, 71 laps off the lead, after limiting its running in the closing stage to ensure it made the flag

Q and A with Bernhard, Rockenfeller

June 13th, 2010

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Q and A with Bernhard, Rockenfeller

Immediately after the winners’ press conference for the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours, AUTOSPORT caught up with Timo Bernhard and Mike Rockenfeller to get a sense of how it feels to finish first in the world’s most famous race. This is what two thirds of the victorious Audi #9 crew had to say. Q

Q and A with Franck Montagny

June 13th, 2010

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Q and A with Franck Montagny

Franck Montagny and his team-mates Nicolas Minassian and Stephane Sarrazin were dominating the Le Mans 24 Hours until their #2 Peugeot suffered an engine failure. Immediately after the race, Montagny told AUTOSPORT how disappointing that moment had been, but why he was still deeply proud of Peugeot’s efforts this week

Montagny: Peugeot was cruising

June 13th, 2010

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Montagny: Peugeot was cruising

Franck Montagny says his #2 Peugeot crew were taking it easy and cruising towards victory when the car suffered the engine failure that denied it a seemingly-certain Le Mans 24 Hours victory. The #2 led much of the race before the problem, which would eventually rule out three of the four Peugeots in the race and leave the way clear for Audi to take another one-two-three. “We were like five seconds off what we could have done if we’d pushed hard,” Montagny told AUTOSPORT.

GT2 Porsche relieved to be back on top

June 13th, 2010

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Le Mans 24 Hours GT2 winners Wolf Henzler and Marc Lieb were relieved to take Porsche back to the top of the class after two years of Ferrari dominance. The Risi Competizione Ferrari 430 has won the class in the last two races and looked likely to challenge again after fighting the leading works Corvette in the early stages. The #77 Felbermayr Porsche that Henzler and Lieb shared with 2007 class winner Richard Lietz couldn’t match either, but moved forward as the pace of the race took its toll on those ahead

Larbre surprised to win GT1

June 13th, 2010

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Larbre surprised to win GT1

The Larbre Competition team has admitted it was surprised by its Le Mans 24 Hours GT1 class victory. The French outfit’s Saleen S7 – a model which first raced in 1999 – was off the pace of the class frontrunners early in the race, but took advantage when the Aston Martin, three Ford GTs and leading Alphand Corvette all suffered problems. One of the team’s drivers, Julien Canal, conceded that he was not expecting to have a chance of victory.

Kristensen forgives Priaulx over crash

June 13th, 2010

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Eight times Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen says he has forgiven BMW’s Andy Priaulx for the misunderstanding in the fifth hour of the race that cost him a chance of victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Priaulx, limping back to the pits with a puncture, moved off the racing line to allow Kristensen through the inside at the Porsche Curves, but the Audi was already committed to the outside line and ran off the circuit, into the gravel