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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.

Audi takes early command at Sebring

March 16th, 2013

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The two Audi R18s headed the leaderboard at the end of the opening hour of the Sebring 12 Hours.

Pruett and Ganassi lead into night

January 27th, 2013

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Pruett and Ganassi lead into night

Scott Pruett and Chip Ganassi Racing topped the leaderboard of Daytona 24 Hours at one-third distance. Pruett led the race behind the safety car aboard the #01 Riley-BMW MkXXVI by less than a second from the Wayne Taylor Racing Dallara-Chevrolet DP01 in the hands of Max Angelelli.

Latvala concedes WRC title fight

June 22nd, 2012

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Latvala concedes WRC title fight

Jari-Matti Latvala has admitted his challenge for this year’s World Rally Championship is finished after a troubled opening day on Rally New Zealand. The Finn started the Auckland-based event 74 points adrift of Sebastien Loeb, but his failure to remain in the lead fight in New Zealand has prompted the Rally Sweden winner to throw the towel in.

Latvala definitely out of leg two

March 30th, 2012

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Latvala definitely out of leg two

Ford has confirmed that Jari-Matti Latvala has retired from the second day of the Rally of Portugal. The Finn crashed his Fiesta RS WRC off the road close to the end of the opening stage this morning. It had been hoped that the Finn might get the car back on the road, but the police in the stage are not allowing spectators to help

Torrential rain could hinder leaders

March 30th, 2012

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Torrential rain could hinder leaders

The second day of the Rally of Portugal will start in some of the wettest conditions for the World Rally Championship in recent years, which could work to the detriment of the current leaders. The torrential rain which arrived in the Algarve area last night has continued into this morning, with the stages north of the rally’s Faro base turning extremely muddy. In these conditions, the best place on the road is at the front of the field, with the gravel stages worsening in condition with every car that passes.

Sebring: Audi 1-2-3 after first hour

March 17th, 2012

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Sebring: Audi 1-2-3 after first hour

Allan McNish led an Audi one-two-three by just over 38 seconds on the one-hour mark of the Sebring 12 Hours, the opening round of the new FIA World Endurance Championship. McNish, who is sharing the #2 Audi R18 TDI with Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello, led the early going before pitting during the first safety-car period.

Storms could shake up Mexico order

March 10th, 2012

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Storms could shake up Mexico order

There is concern that passing rainstorms could affect the leaderboard of Rally Mexico on Saturday. The Leon-based event has not seen rain in seven years, but all that could change on day two courtesy of a cold front moving through the country.

Wilson: Monte still wide open

January 18th, 2012

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Wilson: Monte still wide open

Ford team principal Malcolm Wilson says the heavy snow forecast for the French Alps means the Monte Carlo Rally remains wide open. Five-time Monte winner Sebastien Loeb holds a one-minute lead for Citroen at the top of the timesheets tonight, but wintry weather is expected to arrive on the stages tomorrow and those conditions make tyre choices even more critical

Gutierrez leads GP2 practice

November 11th, 2011

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Pre-race favourite Esteban Gutierrez dominated free practice for this weekend’s non-championship GP2 event in Abu Dhabi. The ART driver went to the top of the times with 20 minutes left of the session, with a lap that then put him 1.5 seconds clear of the field. This displaced GP2 rookie Tom Dillmann, driving for iSport, from the top of the leaderboard after the Frenchman set the pace during the early running.

India Saturday quotes: Renault

October 29th, 2011

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Bruno Senna – 14th: “That was definitely disappointing.

Mikkelsen not planning to back off

October 8th, 2011

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Rally of Scotland leader Andreas Mikkelsen says he will remain at maximum attack to try and extend his advantage at the front of the field. Mikkelsen had been embroiled in a battle with Guy Wilks until the Peugeot driver dropped his 207 S2000 on the Errochty stage, leaving Mikkelsen’s Skoda UK Motorsport Fabia with a 28.6-second advantage

Pescarolo makes victorious return

April 3rd, 2011

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Pescarolo makes victorious return

Sportscar legend Henri Pescarolo’s team made a triumphant return to racing after a season away with victory in the opening round of the Le Mans Series at Paul Ricard. Pescarolo Team’s eponymous Judd-powered LMP1, driven by Christophe Tinseau, Julien Jousse and Emmanuel Collard, came from the back of the grid (where it had been demoted after post-qualifying scrutineering) to first place in fewer than 20 laps and maintained its position at the top of the leaderboard for the remainder of the six-hour race.

Ganassi #01 leads after eight hours

January 30th, 2011

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Ganassi #01 leads after eight hours

The lead Chip Ganassi Racing entry held a narrow lead in the Daytona 24 Hours at one-third distance.

Rankings: Bouffier soars up the order

January 24th, 2011

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Rankings: Bouffier soars up the order

The Monte Carlo Rally could not have better illustrated motorsport’s capacity to surprise and delight – and shock and disappoint.

Solberg rues wrong set-up choice

October 23rd, 2010

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Solberg rues wrong set-up choice

Petter Solberg has admitted his chances of winning this week’s Catalunya Rally were unwittingly doomed at his pre-event test, when he picked the wrong transmission settings for his Citroen. Solberg has moved up two places on the leaderboard through today’s six stages, but now faces a big fight to keep Spain’s Dani Sordo out of the runner-up spot tomorrow.

Block delayed in service

October 2nd, 2010

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Block delayed in service

Ken Block’s return to the Rally de France stages did not go quite to plan this morning, with the American driver dropping five places in service after the team was forced to replace a hydraulic actuator on his Ford Focus RS WRC. The Gymkhana star had suffered a problem with the hydraulics on the final stage of day one, forcing him to use the car’s manual gearshift rather than the hydraulically assisted version. The car’s differentials were also affected, making the car more difficult to drive in what was arguably the toughest stage of the day.

Johnson puzzled by lost pace

October 5th, 2009

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Johnson puzzled by lost pace

Jimmie Johnson was left puzzled by his sudden lack of pace in the closing stages of Sunday’s Sprint Cup race after looking like the car to beat in the early going. From eleventh on the grid, Johnson climbed the order to lead the race as soon as lap 62 and alternated the top spot with Greg Biffle from then on. Later he slid down the leaderboard following a four-tyre stop under caution on lap 147, while seven cars jumped ahead of him by changing two only.