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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.

R5 cars to go head-to-head in Ypres

June 13th, 2013

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R5 cars to go head-to-head in Ypres

M-Sport and Peugeot’s R5 cars will go head-to-head for the first time on this month’s Ypres Rally. Because neither the Fiesta R5 or the 208 T16 are homologated yet, neither car will run competitively, but they will run sequentially through the Belgian stages, offering the first insight into which is the quicker of the two in the all-new category

M-Sport unveils its Fiesta R5

June 12th, 2013

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M-Sport unveils its Fiesta R5

M-Sport became the first company to launch an R5 rally car, when the Fiesta R5 was unveiled in Cumbria. The team, which prepares and runs the factory Qatar M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRCs, began testing the R5 car in January and has already taken 18 deposits

Shortened Acropolis ‘showed its teeth’

June 6th, 2013

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Shortened Acropolis ‘showed its teeth’

Acropolis Rally organisers reckon the early upsets on last weekend’s event proved that shortening the route had not diminished the rally’s challenge.

Ostberg promises flat-out approach

June 5th, 2013

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Ostberg promises flat-out approach

Mads Ostberg says he is ready to throw caution to the wind in an effort to get his first season as a factory driver back on track at the Rally d’Italia later this month.

Teams welcome revised GB route

April 18th, 2013

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Teams welcome revised GB route

World Rally Championship team principals have welcomed plans to move this year’s Rally GB out of Cardiff.

M-Sport R5 could make Corsica debut

April 17th, 2013

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M-Sport R5 could make Corsica debut

M-Sport’s Ford Fiesta R5 could make its public debut on next month’s Tour de Corse.

M-Sport reassures ‘incredible’ Ostberg

March 9th, 2013

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M-Sport reassures ‘incredible’ Ostberg

M-Sport team boss Malcolm Wilson has urged his lead driver Mads Ostberg not to be downcast despite seeing Sebastien Ogier pull away in the Rally Mexico lead. Ostberg led the event for two stages and posted fastest times on four to bring his Fiesta RS WRC home 33.0 seconds adrift of Ogier’s Volkswagen.

M-Sport to race in British GT

March 7th, 2013

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M-Sport to race in British GT

The M-Sport World Rally squad will race in the 2013 British GT Championship as it prepares for Bentley’s return to sportscar racing later in the year, AUTOSPORT magazine has revealed. Ford’s long-time World Rally Championship partner will field a solo 2013-spec Audi R8 LMS ultra for former MG factory driver Warren Hughes and Dutch amateur Rembert Berg, starting at the opening round of the series at Oulton Park on April 1. M-Sport will build and run the new Bentley Continental GT3 racer , due to hit the track at the end of the summer, and has put together a programme in the British series in order to learn about circuit racing

Tidemand’s form surprised M-Sport

February 14th, 2013

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Tidemand’s form surprised M-Sport

M-Sport boss Malcolm Wilson said Pontus Tidemand’s performance on his World Rally Car debut in Sweden last weekend came as a total surprise. The 22-year-old Swede made the big step up from the WRC Academy, where he finished third in 2012, to drive a privately-entered top-class Ford for his home rally .

M-Sport sure Ostberg still in the hunt

February 8th, 2013

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M-Sport sure Ostberg still in the hunt

Qatar M-Sport team principal Malcolm Wilson is confident Mads Ostberg is still a threat for Rally Sweden victory despite a water leak on Friday morning . Ostberg suffered problems throughout the morning, with the water pressure dropping and the water temperature rising to 140 degrees on the day’s opening test.

Ostberg welcomes Monte’s fifth place

January 20th, 2013

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Ostberg welcomes Monte’s fifth place

Qatar M-Sport team leader Mads Ostberg says his fifth position on the Monte Carlo Rally was as much as he could have expected on his debut as the team’s new leader. Ostberg’s Monte debut drew praise from his team principal Malcolm Wilson, especially with the 24-year-old Fiesta RS WRC driver scoring a fastest time on the event as well.

Wilson: Loeb’s exit ‘fantastic’ for WRC

January 14th, 2013

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Wilson: Loeb’s exit ‘fantastic’ for WRC

M-Sport boss Malcolm Wilson believes Sebastien Loeb’s departure from full-time competition in the World Rally Championship will be “fantastic” for the sport. Nine-time world champion Loeb heads into this week’s Monte Carlo Rally preparing to make one of only four starts in the WRC in 2013 as he switches his focus to a potential World Touring Car Championship attack for next year. Wilson, who has fought against Loeb and Citroen throughout the Frenchman’s reign as champion, is expecting a wide-open title fight to breathe some life back into the WRC.

M-Sport reveals 2013 Fiesta WRC

January 10th, 2013

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M-Sport reveals 2013 Fiesta WRC

M-Sport has revealed its 2013 Ford Fiesta for this year’s World Rally Championship at AUTOSPORT International. The team’s WRC future was placed in doubt over the winter following the announcement that Ford would withdraw its factory support at the end of 2012

M-Sport to help develop Bentley GT3

December 17th, 2012

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M-Sport to help develop Bentley GT3

Bentley has entered into a technical partnership with M-Sport to develop its new Continental GT3 racer. Ford’s long-term partner in the World Rally Championship has been signed up as Bentley gears up to enter the GT3 arena at the end of the 2013 season. M-Sport will “assist with the design of specialist components and offer focused technical expertise during the development of the programme”, according to a statement from Bentley.

Novikov and Neuville join M-Sport

December 15th, 2012

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Novikov and Neuville join M-Sport

Evgeny Novikov and Thierry Neuville will contest all 13 rounds of next year’s World Rally Championship with M-Sport. Novikov, 22, and Neuville, 24, join Mads Ostberg and Nasser Al-Attiyah at the team

M-Sport secures Qatar Ford WRC deal

November 26th, 2012

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M-Sport secures Qatar Ford WRC deal

Ex-Ford works team M-Sport has confirmed that it has secured Qatar backing to run a three-car squad in the 2013 World Rally Championship. Qatar had been rumoured as the backer for the British-based team since Ford withdrew its support last month

Solberg declares he will drive for free

November 25th, 2012

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Solberg declares he will drive for free

Former World Rally champion Petter Solberg is ready to drive for free to retain his WRC place next season.

M-Sport Fiesta R5 already in demand

November 21st, 2012

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M-Sport Fiesta R5 already in demand

M-Sport has revealed it is already taking orders for its new Ford Fiesta R5, despite cars not being available for another five months. The Cumbrian firm is nearing completion of the first Fiesta R5, a category which many feel is the future of the World Rally Car.

Wilson hails Ford WRC era

November 12th, 2012

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Wilson hails Ford WRC era

Ford team principal Malcolm Wilson paid tribute to the Blue Oval’s commitment to the World Rally Championship after its last rally in Spain. Ford announced last month that it would quit the series as title sponsor of the M-Sport run team, ending a 16-year association with the Cumbrian firm

Solberg crash ‘very disappointing’

November 9th, 2012

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Solberg crash ‘very disappointing’

Ford team principal Malcolm Wilson has talked of his disappointment at Petter Solberg’s second-stage departure from the Rally of Spain this morning. The Norwegian’s factory Fiesta RS WRC had been running fourth after the opening stage this morning, before he stopped 18.63km into the 26.59km test