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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.

Neal claims 50th BTCC victory

May 5th, 2013

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Matt Neal took his 50 British Touring Car race victory after a dramatic final lap at Thruxton. The works Honda driver was briefly relegated to fourth on the first lap, before contact between Jason Plato’s MG and Gordon Shedden allowed him into second

Jordan leads all-Honda top three

May 4th, 2013

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Andrew Jordan topped British Touring Car practice at Thruxton, leading a Eurotech Honda one-two. Sam Tordoff’s MG set the pace before a red flag, caused when Matt Neal’s works Honda Civic stopped with an apparent electrical issue, but Jordan moved to the top shortly after the restart. Jordan was the only man to lap in under 1m18s and set several times good enough to go fastest.

Jordan triumphs in race two

April 21st, 2013

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Jordan triumphs in race two

Andrew Jordan won the second British Touring Car race at Donington Park to strengthen his bid for the overall title. The reigning Independents’ champion made a good start but couldn’t quite outdrag polesitter Gordon Shedden’s works Honda Civic to lead. Jordan’s challenge had to be put on hold as a startline clash involving James Kaye (AmD VW Golf) and David Nye (Welch Ford Focus) brought out the safety car

Wood loses S2000 class victory

March 31st, 2013

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Wood loses S2000 class victory

British Touring Car Jack Sears Trophy frontrunner Lea Wood has lost his class victory from race three at Brands Hatch.

Shedden excluded, loses podium

March 31st, 2013

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Shedden excluded, loses podium

Reigning champion Gordon Shedden has been excluded from his third place in the second race at Brands Hatch.

Hill tests Motorbase Ford

November 8th, 2012

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Hill tests Motorbase Ford

Teenagers Jake Hill and Tom Grainger made their British Touring Car test debuts with Motorbase Performance at Brands Hatch this week. Hill, 18, finished seventh in the BTCC-supporting Ginetta G55 Supercup despite missing the opening three rounds

Wrathall takes maiden win in finale

October 21st, 2012

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Frank Wrathall took his first British Touring Car victory in the reversed-grid race in the 2012 finale at Brands Hatch. Wrathall inherited the lead when polesitter Mat Jackson suffered a throttle problem on his NGTC Motorbase Ford Focus. The Dynojet Toyota Avensis extended its lead over Matt Neal’s Honda Civic to take victory in appalling conditions by nearly seven seconds.

Plato charges from 20th to victory

October 7th, 2012

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Jason Plato took a sensational victory in the reversed-grid British Touring Car race at Silverstone as he and Mat Jackson starred.

Smith defends role in Plato clash

August 27th, 2012

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Smith defends role in Plato clash

British Touring Car driver Aron Smith has defended his actions in the first race at Knockhill after Jason Plato called for his licence to be revoked. Plato’s works MG6 and Smith’s Motorbase Ford Focus were fighting over second early in the race when several clashes ended with Plato being sent into the barriers at Clark’s. Smith was handed three points on his licence and fined £500

Shedden boosts points lead with win

June 10th, 2012

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Shedden boosts points lead with win

Gordon Shedden extended his British Touring Car Championship lead by winning the second race at Oulton Park on Sunday afternoon.

Plato fastest as Jackson crashes

June 9th, 2012

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Plato fastest as Jackson crashes

Jason Plato topped the second British Touring Car free practice session at Oulton Park today.

Plato dominates first Oulton practice

June 9th, 2012

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Plato dominates first Oulton practice

Jason Plato dominated the first British Touring Car free practice session at Oulton Park. The works MG6 driver set the pace early on in the damp session, lapping around a second faster than the field

Shedden charges to victory in race two

April 29th, 2012

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Shedden charges to victory in race two

Gordon Shedden has scored a superb victory in the second British Touring Car race at Thruxton. Having charged from 18th to sixth in the first race, the works Honda driver was quickly on the move at the start of the second encounter, held in even worse conditions. After two laps behind the safety car, Mat Jackson’s Motorbase Ford Focus built an impressive 2.8s lead at the end of the first racing lap.

Jackson stripped of race three win

April 15th, 2012

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Jackson stripped of race three win

Mat Jackson has lost his victory in the final British Touring Car Championship race of the day at Donington Park after his car was found to have broken the series’ technical rules.

Jackson takes second Donington win

April 15th, 2012

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Jackson takes second Donington win

Mat Jackson took his second win of the day in a dramatic British Touring Car Championship reversed-grid race at Donington Park on Sunday. A fast start from row two gave the Motorbase Ford Focus driver the lead into Redgate, but a slide when Jackson got there allowed Dave Newsham’s ES Racing Vauxhall Vectra and Rob Collard’s WSR BMW to go by. A mistake by Collard at the Old Hairpin on lap three caused mayhem.

Newsham fastest in second practice

April 14th, 2012

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Newsham fastest in second practice

Dave Newsham was quickest in the second British Touring Car free practice session at Donington Park on Saturday afternoon. The ES Racing Vauxhall Vectra driver, who took his first series pole at the Brands Hatch season opener, recorded a time of 1m10.967s. That was just 0.065s slower than Matt Neal’s lap record.

Plato takes victory in brand new MG

April 1st, 2012

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Jason Plato took victory on the first weekend of MG’s return to the British Touring Car Championship in Brands Hatch’s reversed-grid race.

Neal gives NGTC Honda first victory

April 1st, 2012

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Reigning British Touring Car champion Matt Neal gave the new NGTC Honda Civic its first victory in the second race at Brands Hatch. Polesitter and race one winner Rob Collard held the lead at the start in his WSR BMW and had a 1.3-second advantage at the end of the first lap, but was soon closed down. Tom Onslow-Cole initially ran third in his WSR BMW, but he had jumped the start

Collard wins dramatic first BTCC race

April 1st, 2012

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Collard wins dramatic first BTCC race

Rob Collard won the first British Touring Car race of the season at Brands Hatch on Sunday afternoon after a dramatic fight. Collard’s rear-wheel-drive WSR BMW, running a turbo engine for the first time, jumped from third to second on the run to Paddock at the start. When polesitter Dave Newsham (ES Racing Vauxhall Vectra) had a small slide at Paddock, Collard got a run on the climb to Druids.

Jordan fastest as new cars impress

March 31st, 2012

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Jordan fastest as new cars impress

Andrew Jordan topped the second free practice session at Brands Hatch as the new British Touring Cars showed their pace for the first time. As in the morning session, Rob Austin’s revised NGTC Audi was rapid early on, but this time he was soon pushed back by the Honda Civics