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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.

Marciello stripped of race-three win

May 19th, 2013

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Marciello stripped of race-three win

Formula 3 European Championship leader Raffaele Marciello has been excluded from his victory in Sunday morning’s race at Brands Hatch. Scrutineers found that the width of his first-gear ratio was below the minimum allowed measurement of 12.75mm. The foundations of the Italian’s victory were laid when he beat poleman Alex Lynn away from the start

Lynn claims maiden win at Brands

May 18th, 2013

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Lynn claims maiden win at Brands

Alex Lynn claimed his maiden win in the Formula 3 European Championship after leading from start to finish at Brands Hatch on Saturday morning. From pole position, Lynn held off the challenge of championship-leading Prema team-mate Raffaele Marciello at the first corner. The Italian put the local man under pressure throughout the race, and from before mid-distance the leading pair of Dallara-Mercedes cars had to deal with a host of lapped traffic.

Ghirelli storms to victory in race two

May 5th, 2013

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Ghirelli storms to victory in race two

Vittorio Ghirelli claimed his maiden Auto GP victory after producing a charging performance from seventh on the reversed grid at the Hungaroring.

Ghirelli carries dominant form to pole

May 4th, 2013

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Ghirelli carries dominant form to pole

Vittorio Ghirelli recorded his maiden Auto GP pole position at the Hungaroring on Saturday.

Turkington gives new BMW first win

April 21st, 2013

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Turkington gives new BMW first win

Colin Turkington took his first victory since returning to the British Touring Car Championship by winning the reversed-grid race at Donington Park. The result was also the maiden win for WSR’s new NGTC BMW. Turkington jumped poleman Tom Onslow-Cole’s Team Hard VW Passat and drove away from the field.

Tincknell secures home F3 victory

April 13th, 2013

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Tincknell secures home F3 victory

Harry Tincknell took his maiden Formula 3 European Championship win at Silverstone on Saturday morning, heading Alex Lynn for an all-British one-two. Carlin driver Tincknell led away from pole in his Dallara-Volkswagen, and held firm against his countryman, despite never leading Lynn’s Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes by more than a second at any stage. It was the first British win in a European F3 race since Johnny Dumfries triumphed at Jarama in 1984.

Hamilton determined to stay in front

April 13th, 2013

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Hamilton determined to stay in front

Lewis Hamilton is hopeful he can score his first win with Mercedes in the Chinese Grand Prix after securing pole position for the Shanghai race on Saturday. The Briton, who has switched from McLaren to Mercedes for this year, beat Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen to the top spot to secure his maiden pole with the German squad in just his third event with the team. Hamilton admitted he was overjoyed at the result

McLaughlin makes history with V8 win

April 13th, 2013

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McLaughlin makes history with V8 win

Scott McLaughlin became the youngest race winner in V8 Supercars history as he took his maiden win in a points race at Pukekohe on Saturday morning.

Espargaro beats Redding in thriller

April 7th, 2013

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Espargaro beats Redding in thriller

Pol Espargaro resisted enormous pressure from a dogged Scott Redding to win the Moto2 season-opener in Qatar.

Nykjaer takes maiden WTCC victory

April 7th, 2013

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Nykjaer takes maiden WTCC victory

Michel Nykjaer denied Honda’s new World Touring Car project a first victory by defeating Gabriele Tarquini in a truncated opener on the streets of Marrakech. The Italian had led away from pole but soon came under heavy pressure from Nykjaer’s Nika Chevrolet, which had slipped ahead of James Nash and into second as the field ran through Turn 1-3 for the first time. Several times Nykjaer managed to pull alongside Tarquini on the straights, only for the Italian to resist his advances into the braking zones, but on lap six he finally found a way through on the run down to the final chicane to take his maiden WTCC win.

Salom on Moto3 pole in Qatar

April 6th, 2013

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Salom on Moto3 pole in Qatar

Luis Salom took his maiden Moto3 pole position in a dramatic finale to qualifying for the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix. The 21-year-old Spaniard hit the front on his Ajo KTM with five minutes remaining, knocking Alex Rins’ Monlau-run KTM down to second. Salom, last year’s championship runner-up, then lost the top spot himself to Maverick Vinales, who became the first man to dip below the 2m08s barrier in the session.

Campana grabs maiden Auto GP pole

April 6th, 2013

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Campana grabs maiden Auto GP pole

Former Italian Formula 3 champion Sergio Campana recorded his maiden Auto GP pole position at Marrakech on Saturday afternoon. The half-hour session was stopped twice, but Campana and former HRT Formula 1 driver Narain Karthikeyan appeared unfazed by the red flags to stage a close fight for pole position throughout.

Coulthard takes first full V8 victory

April 6th, 2013

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Fabian Coulthard followed up his breakthrough Melbourne performance with his first win in a V8 Supercars championship round at Symmons Plains.

Hinchcliffe hopes win proves focus

March 25th, 2013

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Hinchcliffe hopes win proves focus

James Hinchcliffe hopes that his maiden IndyCar victory at St Petersburg will silence some of the doubters from earlier in his career, when he suspects that his light-hearted persona was interpreted as not taking his job seriously. After holding held off veteran Helio Castroneves to secure the win , the Canadian said that the manner of the victory should put any lingering questions about his commitment to rest. “I’ve always tried to be myself at the racetrack,” he said

Bacheta sure late deal no hindrance

March 22nd, 2013

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Bacheta sure late deal no hindrance

2012 Formula 2 champion Luciano Bacheta is optimistic his late deal to compete in Auto GP will not hinder his season prospects. The Briton’s move into the series was only announced in the week leading up to Monza’s season opener this weekend, but after completing his maiden laps of the Italian track on Friday is confident he will not suffer too much as a result

Loeb tries Rossi’s Moto2 bike

March 15th, 2013

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Loeb tries Rossi’s Moto2 bike

World Rally legend Sebastien Loeb tried out a Moto2 bike in a test at Paul Ricard earlier this week. French rider Louis Rossi invited his compatriot to sample one of Tech 3′s machines. Although Loeb has now semi-retired from the WRC, his circuit racing is already settled

Coulthard wins Melbourne V8 opener

March 15th, 2013

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Coulthard wins Melbourne V8 opener

Fabian Coulthard claimed his maiden V8 Supercars victory in the opening race of the non-championship event supporting the Australian Grand Prix. The 30-year-old Holden driver converted his first pole position into the lead at the start of the 12-lap race. But his hopes of winning took a big hit when he lost the lead during the flurry of safety car pitstops triggered by Alex Premat crashing at Turn 1 on the second lap after hitting Lee Holdsworth’s Erebus Mercedes as both were exiting the pits

Di Resta wants maiden podium in 2013

March 14th, 2013

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Di Resta wants maiden podium in 2013

Paul di Resta says his primary goal for the 2013 Formula 1 season is to get his maiden podium finish. Force India was generally a points contender in 2012, but whereas fellow upper midfielders Williams and Sauber got a win and podiums respectively, di Resta’s squad never reached such heights. Asked how important a 2013 podium was to him, di Resta replied: “It’s the next thing on my list of achievements.

Super Nova signs Spavone, Ghirelli

March 14th, 2013

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Super Nova signs Spavone, Ghirelli

Reigning Auto GP champion Super Nova has announced an all-Italian driver line-up of Antonio Spavone and Vittorio Ghirelli for the 2013 season. The Norfolk team is also evaluating entering a third car.

Green thinks title is possible in 2013

March 11th, 2013

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Green thinks title is possible in 2013

New Audi driver Jamie Green believes he can win his first DTM title in his maiden season with the manufacturer. Green, who never won the crown during his eight-year stint with Mercedes, switched to Audi during the winter and was announced as a member of the four-car Abt Sportsline squad during last week’s Geneva motor show. “Winning the championship remains my big goal,” said the 30-year-old Briton