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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.

Sato and Viso retain KV seats

February 4th, 2011

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Sato and Viso retain KV seats

Takuma Sato and EJ Viso will stay on with KV Racing Technology for the 2011 IndyCar season, with both now running in Lotus colours. Group Lotus had announced last year that it would be expanding its partnership with KV in advance of its move into engine and aero kit supply under the 2012 rules, and KV has now confirmed that it will be Viso’s entry that joins Sato’s under the Lotus banner.

SH Racing enters Indy with KV

October 8th, 2010

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SH Racing enters Indy with KV

New IndyCar team SH Racing has announced a tie-up with KV Racing Technology to field a single car in the 2011 Indianapolis 500. SH is a partnership between James Sullivan, whose background is in Motocross, Supercross and the X-Games, and TJ Humphreys, a successful businessman in the sports nutrition industry.

Lotus to expand KV partnership

September 28th, 2010

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Lotus to expand KV partnership

Lotus Motorsport will expand its IndyCar partnership with KV Racing in 2011 and has confirmed that it will design bodywork for the new-for-2012 next generation IndyCar Series rules. The company, which in its original incarnation won the 1965 Indianapolis 500, returned to American motorsport in a sponsorship and technical support deal with KV this season. The tie-up saw Takuma Sato running a classic green Lotus livery on his Dallara IndyCar for his rookie season.

Moraes released after hospital checks

September 19th, 2010

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Moraes released after hospital checks

Mario Moraes has been released from hospital uninjured following his crash in today’s IndyCar Series race at Motegi. The KV Racing driver made hard rearward contact with the Turn 2 wall in the incident on lap 66.

Castroneves heads Penske 1-2-3

September 18th, 2010

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Castroneves heads Penske 1-2-3

Helio Castroneves will start from pole at Motegi for the fourth time in five years after leading a Penske one-two-three sweep in IndyCar qualifying. Last year Penske had been unable to match its arch-rival Ganassi at the Japanese track, but so far this weekend it has emphatically turned the tables – leading both practice sessions and then showing dominant qualifying pace. The team’s main title contender Will Power took third on the grid, behind Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe, for his first start at Motegi.

Castroneves sneaks Kentucky win

September 5th, 2010

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Castroneves sneaks Kentucky win

Helio Castroneves snatched victory at Kentucky Speedway with a canny fuel strategy, staying out as the rest of the leaders had to make last minute pitstops. An additional stop during a mid-race yellow had put the Penske driver out of sequence with the rest of the pack.

Carpenter takes shock Kentucky pole

September 3rd, 2010

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Carpenter takes shock Kentucky pole

Ed Carpenter claimed his first ever IndyCar pole position in a qualifying session full of surprises at Kentucky Speedway. Points leader Will Power was denied pole by Carpenter’s superb run, but still earned a front row slot on a day when most of the regular frontrunners underperformed – including his title rival Dario Franchitti, who was only 11th.

Franchitti fastest between showers

September 3rd, 2010

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Dario Franchitti was quickest in a rain-interrupted IndyCar practice session at Kentucky Speedway. After 20 minutes of clear running initially, moisture and debris at Turn 1 forced the first yellow, before a long rain shower led to a pause of nearly half an hour.

Franchitti tops opening practice

August 20th, 2010

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Franchitti tops opening practice

Last year’s winner Dario Franchitti edged out championship leader Will Power in Friday IndyCar practice at Sears Point. Just 0.0041 seconds separated the Ganassi and Penske drivers, as Power got straight onto the pace on his return to the track where he suffered a serious back injury last year.

Power takes yet another pole

August 7th, 2010

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Will Power shrugged off his hefty morning practice crash to claim his seventh pole of the IndyCar season. Penske’s championship-leading Australian was fastest in the top 12 sesson, then after initially keeping a low profile in the Fast Six pole shoot-out, he blasted to the top spot with a 1m07.1997s. Power deposed Dario Franchitti (Ganassi), who had only just taken first place from the impressive Takuma Sato, as KV’s former grand prix driver showed his best IndyCar form yet to claim the inside second row place.

Briscoe quickest as Power crashes

August 7th, 2010

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Ryan Briscoe grabbed the fastest time in a frenetic end to Saturday morning IndyCar practice at Mid-Ohio, while his championship-leading Penske team-mate Will Power had a heavy crash. Power was on his eighth lap of the session when he went off at Turn 1 and had a violent rearward impact with the tyre barriers.

KV Racing Has Strong Showing

July 27th, 2010

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KV Racing Has Strong Showing

EDMONTON, Alberta — When Jimmy Vasser became a team owner, he wanted to one day emulate a team owner that he achieved much of his success with as a driver — Chip Ganassi. And while Vasser’s KV Racing Technology team was a winner in Champ Car and has been competitive in IndyCar, the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season has been too much like Ganassi’s 2005 IndyCar campaign with a series of crashed race cars and costly equipment. That certainly isn’t what Vasser had in mind when he wanted to be compared Ganassi

Franchitti quickest in opening practice

July 23rd, 2010

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Franchitti quickest in opening practice

Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon gave Ganassi a one-two in the first free practice session at Edmonton.

Power back on top at Watkins Glen

July 4th, 2010

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Power back on top at Watkins Glen

Will Power extended his IndyCar Series points lead with a commanding victory at Watkins Glen. The Australian led home his countryman and Penske team-mate Ryan Briscoe in a one-two, with the latter passing Dario Franchitti for the runner-up spot on the final lap. The race was a close fought battle between Penske and Ganassi from the outset

Franchitti fastest at Indy in Carb Day practice

May 28th, 2010

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Dario Franchitti led Scott Dixon in a Ganassi one-two on Carb Day – the final practice session before Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. This morning’s traditional one-hour practice period is the only opportunity for teams to do any mileage between the end of qualifying and the race itself.

Tracy caught out by temperature at Indy

May 24th, 2010

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Tracy caught out by temperature at Indy

A ‘heartbroken’ Paul Tracy said handling changes caused by Bump Day’s unexpectedly hot weather led to his failure to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. The former Champ Car champion had been competitive in practice, but failed to make the top 24 on Pole Day, thanks in part to a gearbox issue on his first run. His Bump Day qualifying attempt was off the pace and in the final minutes he found himself on the bubble in 33rd

Castroneves leads Friday practice

May 21st, 2010

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Castroneves leads Friday practice

Last year’s winner Helio Castroneves was quickest on the final day of practice ahead of qualifying for the 2010 Indianapolis 500. The Brazilian, who also took pole in 2009 prior to notching up his third Indy win, led a Penske one-two ahead of his championship-leading team-mate Will Power

Dixon fastest in Wednesday Indy practice

May 19th, 2010

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Dixon fastest in Wednesday Indy practice

Scott Dixon continued to the set the pace throughout this week’s Indianapolis 500 practice, shaving seventh hundreds of a second off his best Tuesday time to lead the field again on Wednesday. The 2008 Indy 500 winner jumped to the top of the timesheet inside the first hour with a 226.971mph lap that would stand unbeaten for the rest of the day. There were long periods of quiet on the track throughout the six hour session as teams limited their running.

Dixon tops Tuesday Indy practice

May 18th, 2010

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Dixon tops Tuesday Indy practice

Scott Dixon set the fastest lap of Tuesday’s running during this week’s Indianapolis 500 practice.