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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.

Monaco qualifying quotes: McLaren

May 25th, 2013

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Sergio Perez – 7th: “It’s not great to cross the finish line, feel like you’ve just done a mega lap, and find that you’re only seventh. “Still, I put in a really strong performance here today, and I felt like I’d really maximised the full potential of the car. “We know we’re not quite there yet performance-wise, so we need to keep pushing.

Rosberg still cautious over race pace

May 11th, 2013

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Rosberg still cautious over race pace

Spanish Grand Prix poleman Nico Rosberg has voiced a word of caution despite leading a Mercedes one-two in qualifying at Barcelona . Rosberg, who outpaced team-mate Lewis Hamilton for his third career Formula 1 pole, said that the harsh lesson he suffered when he fell from pole to ninth place in Bahrain meant that Mercedes would go into Sunday’s race with a wary eye on tyre degradation.

Mercedes duo cautious over win chance

April 12th, 2013

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Mercedes duo cautious over win chance

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton believe it is too early to start thinking of fighting victory in the Chinese Grand Prix despite Mercedes’ strong start to the weekend. The duo were comfortably quickest in the opening practice session before finishing fourth and seventh in the afternoon . Rosberg dominated the Shanghai event last year from pole position, but the German insists he is not getting carried away

Malaysia practice quotes: Ferrari

March 22nd, 2013

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Fernando Alonso – 4th/4th: “Today, the car worked well in all conditions and that is very good news for us. This circuit is more representative than Australia for evaluating the car’s performance and so it was important to understand here today if the positive feelings from the winter were not just an illusion. On my lap on the Medium tyres, I did not have the right balance, otherwise I could have managed to improve, as I did on the Hards and I could probably have been on the “front row.” Now we must see how tomorrow goes, when it could rain at any moment and on a track where tyre degradation is much higher than in Melbourne

Mercedes progress now real – Rosberg

March 1st, 2013

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Mercedes progress now real – Rosberg

Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes will not suffer a repeat of turning a promising winter test programme into disappointment this year. Last year, the team headed to Melbourne positive about its Formula 1 chances after some confidence-inspiring running in pre-season testing. But problems with the tyres and reliability left it struggling to score points in the opening two races before its victory in China

F1 teams under pressure in final test

February 27th, 2013

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F1 teams under pressure in final test

The final pre-season Formula 1 test kicks off at Barcelona on Thursday amid fears that the vital four days of running will be hit by bad weather conditions. With a threat of rain on both Thursday and Friday, teams face the prospect of having to condense much of their final on-track preparations of the season into only two full days of dry running over the weekend.

Da Costa delighted with testing form

November 7th, 2012

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Da Costa delighted with testing form

Antonio Felix da Costa was delighted after making the most of his second day of testing for Red Bull in Abu Dhabi. The Formula Renault 3.5 race winner was in action for the second consecutive day of work during the young driver test at the Yas Marina circuit, and the Portuguese put Red Bull on top of the times by nearly half a second from McLaren’s Oliver Turvey

Alonso won’t rely on rivals’ mistakes

September 1st, 2012

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Alonso won’t rely on rivals’ mistakes

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari cannot rely on mistakes from its rivals to hold on to the championship lead . The Spaniard is starting ahead of several of his closest title rivals in Belgium. Alonso qualified sixth but will gain a place from Pastor Maldonado’s grid penalty

Kobayashi stunned to qualify second

September 1st, 2012

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Kobayashi stunned to qualify second

Qualifying second for the Belgian Grand Prix was completely unexpected, according to Kamui Kobayashi. The Sauber driver secured the best starting spot of his Formula 1 career at Spa Francorchamps, his Q3 time good enough to put him on the front row next to polesitter Jenson Button. But Kobayashi admitted that while he was ecstatic with the result, it was an unexpected one.

Hungary Saturday quotes: Caterham

July 28th, 2012

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Heikki Kovalainen – 19th: “It’s been a positive day today.

Marussia targets second test for new car

January 20th, 2012

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Marussia targets second test for new car

Marussia is planning to run its 2012 car at the second pre-season test at Barcelona, with technical consultant Pat Symonds revealing it will be virtually an all-new design from last year’s chassis. With Symonds having taken over the technical direction of the outfit following the departure of Nick Wirth, the team has been making the most of a tie-up with McLaren to produce a car that will deliver a good step forward

Abu Dhabi Saturday quotes: Pirelli

November 12th, 2011

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Paul Hembery: “Today was probably the tightest battle for pole position that we have seen all year. We saw from free practice yesterday that we were set for a very close fight between Red Bull Racing and McLaren and this turned out to be the case, with both teams making the most of the soft tyres in particular.

Magnussen moves to FR3.5 with Carlin

October 20th, 2011

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Magnussen moves to FR3.5 with Carlin

British Formula 3 runner-up Kevin Magnussen will remain with Carlin for an attack on the 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series. Magnussen tested for the champion team at Barcelona on October 11-12, setting the fastest time on the first day at the wheel of reigning champion Robert Wickens’ car

Gutierrez to race with ART in 2012

September 27th, 2011

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Gutierrez to race with ART in 2012

Esteban Gutierrez will race with the Lotus ART team again during the 2012 GP2 season, it was announced on Tuesday. The Mexican finished in 13th position in the 2011 season with the team, scoring one win and two podiums during his rookie campaign

Italy Friday quotes: Pirelli

September 9th, 2011

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Pirelli’s Motorsport Director Paul Hembery: “Conditions were particularly tough today because of the heat at Monza as well as the usual high speeds, so we didn’t see much evolution of the track from the morning to the afternoon. Despite this heavy punishment, the tyres performed well – especially the medium, with Lewis Hamilton making the most of the cooler conditions in the morning.

Merhi seals Silverstone pole

September 9th, 2011

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Merhi seals Silverstone pole

Runaway F3 Euro Series championship leader Robert Merhi will start from pole for the fourth time this season after a dominant display in Silverstone qualifying. The 20-year-old Spaniard rose to the top of the timesheets in the final five minutes, making the most of his fresh rubber to set a 1m52.868s. Prema’s Daniel Juncadella and Mucke’s Felix Rosenqvist led the response but Merhi was the only driver able to break the 53 mark – a point he underlined with a second lap good enough for pole.

McLaren: F1 should embrace digital age

July 15th, 2011

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McLaren: F1 should embrace digital age

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh believes Formula 1 now stands at a crossroads in terms of making the most of the possibilities it has on the Internet. With an increasing focus from teams about how to make better use of the Internet and social media, Whitmarsh reckons that all stakeholders in the sport should shoulder some responsibility for delivering what fans now want

Alonso: Grid not representative of pace

May 28th, 2011

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Alonso: Grid not representative of pace

Fernando Alonso believes the grid for the Monaco Grand Prix does not represent to true pecking order, as he reckons Lewis Hamilton should have been on pole. Several drivers were hindered by the stoppage caused by Sergio Perez’s crash with over two minutes of the session remaining. That meant their final runs were not fast enough, and drivers like Hamilton were unable to set a significant time

Ganassi Signs Rahal For IndyCar Slate

December 16th, 2010

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Ganassi Signs Rahal For IndyCar Slate

Chip Ganassi Racing has signed second-generation American driver Graham Rahal to drive in the IZOD IndyCar Series next year. (Ron McQueeney/IndyCar Photo) INDIANAPOLIS — As expected by many, second-generation IndyCar Series driver Graham Rahal has joined Chip Ganassi Racing with the formation of Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing. Ganassi’s IZOD IndyCar Series stable will expand to four cars with the addition of the new team, which will be sponsored by TBC Retail Group

Ganassi expands to four cars for 2011

December 16th, 2010

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Ganassi expands to four cars for 2011

Chip Ganassi will field four cars in IndyCar next season, with Graham Rahal and Charlie Kimball joining Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti. Rahal, 21, who became IndyCar’s youngest ever winner at 19 with victory at St Petersburg in 2008, drove for four different teams this year. “This is the kind of opportunity every driver dreams of,” Rahal said