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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.

Marquez claims Qatar 125cc pole

April 10th, 2010

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Marc Marquez took the first pole of the 125cc season at Losail this evening, leading an all-Spanish front row. Tuenti Derbi’s Pol Espargaro had been on top for much of the session, but was pushed back to fourth late on.

Lorenzo rules out fighting for win

April 9th, 2010

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Jorge Lorenzo has insisted that third place remains the absolute maximum he expects from the Qatar Grand Prix despite getting up to second in Friday practice. The Yamaha rider is still recovering from a hand injury sustained during winter training, and has always maintained that he will happy to leave Losail with a few points. But that didn’t stop him taking second behind Casey Stoner – and ahead of team-mate Valentino Rossi – in opening practice.

Riders content with 11pm Qatar start

April 9th, 2010

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Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden say the moisture issues that caused several accidents in the final test at Losail do not appear to be a problem for this weekend’s race, and that there should not be any need to change the start time of Sunday’s MotoGP season-opening Qatar Grand Prix. Several riders had called for the race to be brought forward from its scheduled 11pm local time start following a string of crashes at Turn 2 in testing, amid suspicions that moisture was forming on the track surface at that spot as temperatures dropped heading into the night. But after a trouble-free practice hour, Rossi expects the race to run to its planned timetable.

Stoner dominates Friday practice

April 9th, 2010

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Stoner dominates Friday practice

Casey Stoner proved unstoppable in the opening practice session of the 2010 MotoGP season under the floodlights at Losail. Ducati rider Stoner has won the last three Qatar Grands Prix and was quickest in the final pre-season test of the winter at the track last month. He only allowed arch-rival Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) a brief moment of glory at the start of this evening’s session, and then beat Rossi’s early benchmark by 0.6 seconds 12 minutes into practice.

Rossi positive over Yamaha form

April 9th, 2010

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Rossi positive over Yamaha form

Valentino Rossi says he is positive of a strong start to the season after an encouraging winter of testing for Yamaha. The nine-time world champion kicks off his title defence in Qatar this weekend, and is confident his team has done its homework during the winter and that his bike will be competitive from the start. Rossi had a difficult time at Losail last year and was unable to match the pace of Ducati rival Casey Stoner.

Dorna open to moving Qatar Grand Prix start time

April 7th, 2010

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Dorna open to moving Qatar Grand Prix start time

Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta says a final decision on the start time of the Qatar Grand Prix will not be taken until conditions at the Losail track have been assessed. A series of accidents in quick succession at Turn 2 during the last test raised fears that moisture might be coming through the track surface at night. Valentino Rossi and Loris Capirossi led calls for the race to be moved forward from its scheduled 11pm local time start to alleviate the problem, and Ezpeleta acknowledged this was a possibility.

MotoGP Riders call for earlier Qatar race start

March 21st, 2010

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MotoGP Riders call for earlier Qatar race start

Leading MotoGP riders are calling for the start time of the season opener in Qatar to be brought forward for safety reasons after several crashes in testing this week. The Losail event is scheduled to run at 11pm local time, but Casey Stoner, who was one of those to fall at Turn 2 along with his Ducati team-mate Nicky Hayden and Tech 3 Yamaha’s Colin Edwards and Ben Spies, thinks track conditions at that time of night are dangerous.

Casey Stoner: Ducati now in better shape

March 20th, 2010

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Casey Stoner: Ducati now in better shape

Casey Stoner believes Ducati ended winter testing in much better shape than it had been at the start of the pre-season build-up in Malaysia last month. The Australian finally halted Valentino Rossi’s run of fastest times in testing when he set the pace at Losail in the last session of the winter on Friday night.

Pedrosa struggles as Dovizioso stars

March 20th, 2010

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The factory Honda riders ended the final week of pre-season MotoGP testing in contrasting situations, as Andrea Dovizioso revelled in the team’s recent progress but his team-mate Dani Pedrosa continued to struggle. Pedrosa has been unhappy with the new bike’s handling for most of testing, and was only 13th in Friday night’s Losail session. But Dovizioso was much happier and took third place behind Ducati’s Casey Stoner and Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi – lapping a second faster than Pedrosa

Rossi buoyed by Qatar test pace

March 20th, 2010

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Rossi buoyed by Qatar test pace

Valentino Rossi said that being on the pace at traditional Ducati and Casey Stoner stronghold Losail this week made him even more confident for the 2010 MotoGP season. The reigning champion was fastest on Thursday in Qatar – where Stoner has won for the past three years – and although he was half a second behind the Ducati on Friday evening, on combined times his day one benchmark remained only a tenth of a second down on Stoner’s best of the week.

Lorenzo gets green light to test in Qatar

March 15th, 2010

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Lorenzo gets green light to test in Qatar

Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo has been given the green light to take part in the final test of the pre-season in Qatar.

Capirossi fired up for final MotoGP test

March 15th, 2010

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Capirossi fired up for final MotoGP test

Loris Capirossi says his is “totally fired up” for the final test of the MotoGP pre-season at Qatar this week. Riders will complete their preparations before the start of the season at the Losail circuit on Thursday and Friday, when they will test under the floodlights before returning to the track three weeks later for the season opener.

Lorenzo determined to return for test

March 10th, 2010

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Lorenzo determined to return for test

Jorge Lorenzo is adamant that he will take part in the final MotoGP winter test in Qatar despite his injuries, but will not be pushing for quick times.

Rossi: New Yamaha is big improvement

February 26th, 2010

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Rossi: New Yamaha is big improvement

Valentino Rossi says he heads for Qatar full of optimism and thrilled with his 2010 bike after his commanding performance in MotoGP pre-season testing so far.

Lorenzo could miss rest of testing

February 17th, 2010

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Lorenzo could miss rest of testing

Jorge Lorenzo could yet miss the final pre-season test in Qatar as well as next week’s Sepang sessions due to his hand injury. The Yamaha rider suffered a fracture in his right hand and a displaced thumb when he fell while training on a motocross bike last Thursday

Qatari Sheikh tries Williams F1 car

December 10th, 2009

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Qatari Sheikh tries Williams F1 car

His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al-Thani became the first Qatari to drive a Formula 1 car when he sampled the Williams team’s 2009 car at Qatar’s Losail circuit today. Skeikh Khalid is a member of Qatar’s ruling family and owner of the Al-Anabi drag racing teams which compete in America and the Middle East. He is also the head of the Qatar Motor City project, which aims to create a major circuit, drag and oval racing destination in the state