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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.

Graf defeats Heidfeld at Long Beach

April 21st, 2013

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Pickett Racing played the perfect strategy to claim a comfortable American Le Mans Series victory on the streets of Long Beach.

Hunter-Reay takes Barber pole

April 6th, 2013

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Hunter-Reay takes Barber pole

Ryan Hunter-Reay survived a late challenge from Will Power to claim pole position for this weekend’s IndyCar race at Barber Motorsports Park. In a drama-filled session, the reigning champion moved to the top late in the ‘Fast Six’ with a best lap of 1m07.0871s, but then had to watch as Power squeezed in one final flying lap. The Australian’s efforts fell short though, and he was forced to settle for second with a time 0.2s down on Hunter-Reay’s.

Malaysia qualifying quotes: Williams

March 23rd, 2013

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Pastor Maldonado – 16th: We were unlucky with the timing of the rain in Q2 which meant we were forced to abort the lap. The car felt better on track and there was a chance we could have been fighting to get into Q3. We still have work to do to improve the car and close the gap, but we will work hard now to prepare for the race tomorrow

Maldonado: Williams car is undriveable

March 16th, 2013

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Maldonado: Williams car is undriveable

Pastor Maldonado declared that Williams has taken a huge step backwards this season after being eliminated from Australian Grand Prix qualifying in Q1.

Lowndes wins wild first Sydney race

December 1st, 2012

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Lowndes wins wild first Sydney race

Craig Lowndes denied Tim Slade victory in a wild first V8 Supercars race around Sydney’s Homebush street track. Amid extreme heat, multiple safety cars and plenty of incident, the event turned into a fuel economy run at the finish, with all the leaders nursing their cars to the flag. Lowndes and Triple 8 team-mate Jamie Whincup had made rapid progress up the order from their 16th and 14th places on the grid

US Saturday quotes: Williams

November 17th, 2012

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Pastor Maldonado – 10th: The performance wasn’t there yesterday so today was much better for us. Unfortunately in Q3 the grip wasn’t there, as it was difficult to get the tyres working correctly.

Keselowski shrugs off poor qualifying

October 27th, 2012

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Keselowski shrugs off poor qualifying

NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase leader Brad Keselowski is sure he will be able to recover from his worst qualifying of the season during Sunday’s race at Martinsville, which he will start from 32nd on the grid. The Penske racer continued a streak of four consecutive weeks of qualifying 20th or worst with his result in Martinsville qualifying on Friday. But this starting position could prove the toughest to overcome as the track is NASCAR’s shortest and slowest oval venue

Marquez comes from back to victory

October 14th, 2012

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Marc Marquez came from the back of the field to claim his eighth victory of the Moto2 season at Motegi. The result gives Marquez a shot at clinching the world championship in Malaysia next week, despite title rival Pol Espargaro’s best efforts to hang on to him

Schumacher ‘delayed by Hamilton’

October 6th, 2012

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Schumacher ‘delayed by Hamilton’

Michael Schumacher believes it would have been possible for him to go into Q3 at Suzuka had he not found Lewis Hamilton in front during his flying lap. The seven-time world champion, who will retire from Formula 1 at the end of the year, qualified in 13th position, but will be sent to the back of the grid following the penalty he was given in Singapore for crashing into the back of Jean-Eric Vergne’s Toro Rosso. Schumacher admitted he did not expect a great result given the nature of the circuit, but he did feel it was possible to do better.

Webber says three-stop plan an error

July 29th, 2012

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Webber says three-stop plan an error

Mark Webber admitted that Red Bull was expecting its rivals to suffer higher tyre wear when it opted for a three-stop strategy in the Hungarian Grand Prix. Webber had made it through from 11th on the grid to fifth but his final stop dropped him back to eighth

Vilander leads all-Ferrari front row

July 7th, 2012

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Vilander leads all-Ferrari front row

AF Corse Ferrari driver Toni Vilander claimed his second pole position of this season’s FIA GT1 World Championship at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve. The Finn, who was also on pole at the opening round of the championship at Nogaro, set a best time of 1m44.730s around the 2.89-mile Portuguese circuit. That put him almost a second clear of Enzo Ide in the second AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia.

Ekstrom frustrated by Q4 slump

June 30th, 2012

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Ekstrom frustrated by Q4 slump

Mattias Ekstrom described Norisring DTM qualifying as “the biggest disappointment for a long time,” after his pole position hopes vanished in Q4. The Swede had set the pace in the second and third sections of qualifying – including a 48.822-second lap that was the fastest of the weekend so far – and was therefore the last man to set his Q4 time, which was the slowest of the four drivers that made it through to the one-lap shoot-out. After being beaten by HWA Mercedes drivers Gary Paffett and Jamie Green and RBM BMW’s Augusto Farfus, the Abt Audi driver was at a loss to describe what had gone wrong, saying: “I had a clean lap, but it just wasn’t quick enough

Perez ‘stronger’ on Monaco return

May 18th, 2012

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Perez ‘stronger’ on Monaco return

Sergio Perez says he returns to the Monaco Grand Prix a much stronger driver one year on from his horrifying crash in qualifying. The Mexican made it through to Q3 in Monaco last season, but lost control of his Sauber as he hit the brakes on the section of track of track after the tunnel.

Audi takes one-two in GT1 opener

April 8th, 2012

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Audi takes one-two in GT1 opener

The WRT Audi team secured a one-two finish in the first race of the GT1 World Championship season at Nogaro. Tomas Enge had rapidly battled through to the lead of the event’s damp qualification race for Reiter Lamborghini in the opening stint, but his relatively inexperienced team-mate Albert von Thurn und Taxis was always going to face a tough task to hold his pursuers back when he took over for the run to the flag

Ford: Hirvonen’s engine too damaged

November 11th, 2011

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Ford: Hirvonen’s engine too damaged

Ford technical director Christian Loriaux has revealed details of the engine problem which halted Mikko Hirvonen’s World Rally Championship title challenge on Rally GB today, explaining that the damage was just too severe to contemplate a return under superally. The radiator on Hirvonen’s car was damaged when he spun on the Dyfnant test this morning. The Finn made it through the stage, but retired on the following road section after the engine lost all its water.

Hamilton shrugs off qualifying issues

September 24th, 2011

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Hamilton shrugs off qualifying issues

Lewis Hamilton said he was not too frustrated by the fuelling problem that ended his Singapore Grand Prix qualifying early, as he is confident that his McLaren’s race pace will allow him to quickly move up from fourth. The Briton was only able to get one early run in during Q3 as the team was unable to get sufficient fuel into the car for a second attempt.

Button: Damage cost me shot at win

August 28th, 2011

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Button: Damage cost me shot at win

Jenson Button believes he could have challenged for victory had he not been caught up in the first-corner carnage at Spa-Francorchamps. The McLaren driver made it through to third place despite having only qualified 13th. But Button was convinced he had the pace to battle Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, regardless of his starting position, had he not needed to make an early pitstop to attend to damage from the multi-car contact at La Source

Briscoe hoping to match 2008 win

August 6th, 2011

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Ryan Briscoe is aiming to repeat his Mid-Ohio success of 2008 by converting his front-row starting berth into victory. Having just made it through into the final six shoot-out, Briscoe proved Scott Dixon’s main challenger for pole position – at least until the Kiwi “blew us away.” Briscoe therefore was forced to settle for second, the same position he won from in 2008

Di Resta: No luck in qualifying result

July 9th, 2011

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Di Resta: No luck in qualifying result

Paul di Resta is confident that his sixth place on the grid for his maiden home grand prix is a legitimate reflection of Force India’s pace at Silverstone and owes little to the rain in qualifying. Having made it through to Q3 in Britain, di Resta went on to grab a third row spot alongside countryman Jenson Button’s McLaren

Liuzzi thrilled to be on Sepang grid

April 9th, 2011

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Liuzzi thrilled to be on Sepang grid

Tonio Liuzzi was delighted with his Hispania team’s performance in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix. The Italian and team-mate Narain Karthikeyan, who failed to qualify for the opening race of the season, will be able to race tomorrow after running inside the 107 per cent time