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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.

Russian Time keen to be F1 launchpad

March 5th, 2013

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Russian Time keen to be F1 launchpad

New GP2 team Russian Time hopes a tie-up with single-seater squad Motopark Academy can help it set up a ladder to get Russian drivers into Formula 1. The outfit makes its GP2 test debut today at Barcelona with Tom Dillmann and Luciano Bacheta, but team boss Igor Mazepa told AUTOSPORT.com.ru that the long-term plan is to have a Russian driver line-up. The team, which has taken iSport’s entry, will be run by Motopark boss Timo Rumpfkeil.

Eriksson steps up to GP3 with Status

January 25th, 2013

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Eriksson steps up to GP3 with Status

German Formula 3 champion Jimmy Eriksson will step up to the GP3 Series this year with Status GP. Eriksson, 21, will become the first Swede to race in GP3 this year and is the first driver confirmed in the Status line-up for 2013. “I’m very excited about this new challenge and about the prospect of racing in a championship which is part of the Formula 1 experience,” said Eriksson.

Merhi wins again at Hockenheim

October 22nd, 2011

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Merhi wins again at Hockenheim

Roberto Merhi resisted intense pressure from Felix Rosenqvist to score his 10th F3 Euro Series win of the year in the first race at Hockenheim. Merhi, who secured the title last time out at Valencia, made a rocket start from pole position, and the Prema Powerteam driver held a 1.5s lead at the end of the first lap.

Merhi takes title with win

October 2nd, 2011

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Merhi takes title with win

Roberto Merhi wrapped up the F3 Euro Series title with a dominant victory in the final race of the weekend at Valencia.

Merhi takes dominant win

August 6th, 2011

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Merhi takes dominant win

Roberto Merhi dominated the opening F3 Euro Series race of the weekend at the Nurburgring by leading home Daniel Juncadella for a Prema Powerteam one-two. The Spaniard did not make the greatest of getaways and had to stick resolutely to the inside of the track at Turn 1 to prevent the fast-starting Felix Rosenqvist from stealing his second place.

Merhi takes first Spielberg race

June 4th, 2011

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Merhi takes first Spielberg race

Roberto Merhi took his fourth F3 Euro Series victory of the year at Spielberg to increase his championship lead to 33 points over Marco Wittmann. After starting from the front row, the Spaniard out-dragged his Prema team-mate Daniel Juncadella off the line to take the lead at the first corner and built a 1.6-second lead inside the first three laps. Juncadella reduced the gap back down to 1.1s with a number of superb mid-race lap times, but despite setting personal best sector times during each of the last six laps, was unable to close much further as Merhi matched him tenth for tenth and drove on to victory in the first race of any kind to be held on the recently-reopened circuit

Raimondo joins Prema in Euro Series

June 2nd, 2011

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Raimondo joins Prema in Euro Series

Gianmaro Raimondo has joined Prema Powerteam in time for this weekend’s F3 Euro Series round at Spielberg. The Canadian began the season with Team Motopark and took a best finish of second place behind his team-mate Kimya Sato in the reversed grid race at Zandvoort.

Kimaya Sato scores maiden win

May 14th, 2011

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Kimaya Sato scores maiden win

Kimiya Sato broke his F3 Euro Series duck with a lights-to-flag victory in the reversed grid race at Zandvoort. The Japanese driver started from pole position, alongside his Motopark team-mate Gianmarco Raimondo, and was never headed.

Juncadella wins final Ricard race

April 3rd, 2011

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Juncadella wins final Ricard race

Daniel Juncadella passed his Prema team-mate Roberto Merhi with three laps to go to claim victory in the third and final Formula 3 Euro Series race at Paul Ricard in France. The Prema drivers had been the class of the field during the Sunday morning race as polesitter Merhi and his Spanish compatriot Juncadella pulled away of the pack, which was led by Signature’s Marco Wittmann.

Merhi takes Ricard F3 poles

April 1st, 2011

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Roberto Merhi claimed his maiden Formula 3 Euro Series pole positions after dominating qualifying for the opening round of the season at Paul Ricard in France. The Prema Powerteam driver’s pace-setting time of 1m51.511s came on his final lap of the session and ensured that he would start the weekend’s third race – the feature event – from the front of the grid. Additionally, his second quickest time, which was less than 0.2s slower, secured him the front spot for the opening race of the season on Saturday.

Vanthoor tops Valencia F3 test

March 14th, 2011

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Formula 3 veteran Laurens Vanthoor was the quickest man during Euro Series testing at Valencia on Monday. The Signature driver completed 68 laps in his Dallara-Volkswagen on a track that began wet, but dried out steadily during the day, and set the pace in a time of 1m35.264s. Swede Felix Rosenqvist was second quickest, 0.485 seconds behind, in his Mucke Motorsport Dallara and was the best of the Mercedes-powered drivers during the day.

Manor reveals 2011 GP3 line-up

February 25th, 2011

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Manor reveals 2011 GP3 line-up

Manor Racing has retained Rio Haryanto and Adrian Quaife-Hobbs for a second season in the GP3 Series, and added former Formula 3 Euro Series driver Matias Laine. Indonesian 18-year-old Haryanto was Manor’s lead GP3 driver last year, taking fifth in the championship and winning the second race at Istanbul