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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.

Nissan set to unveil Garage 56 entry

June 13th, 2013

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Nissan set to unveil Garage 56 entry

Nissan will unveil a mock-up of its Garage 56 experimental racer for the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours next week. The Japanese manufacturer will reveal details of the Garage 56 project, which was announced in February , on Friday ahead of this year’s 24 Hours.

Aston trio dominate Blancpain

June 2nd, 2013

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Aston trio dominate Blancpain

The factory Aston Martin V12 Vantage driven by Darren Turner, Frederic Makowiecki and Stefan Mucke claimed a dominant victory in the second round of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Silverstone. The Aston, which was a late entry for the event, led all but the first 13 laps of the three-hour race on the way to a 20-second victory ahead of two WRT Audi R8 LMS ultras. Turner started the winning car from pole position, but lost out to Lucas Ordonez in the RJN Nissan GT-R at the first corner.

PierGuidi puts Ferrari on BES pole

April 14th, 2013

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PierGuidi puts Ferrari on BES pole

Ferrari was the car to beat at Monza in qualifying for the opening Blancpain Endurance Series race of 2013. Alessandro PierGuidi headed the times at the end of the third part of qualifying when the cars were at their lightest and the Italian was able to find a reasonably clear lap amid the 60-strong field.

Nissan GT Academy in FIA GT attack

March 8th, 2013

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Nissan GT Academy in FIA GT attack

Five winners of the Nissan GT Academy will team up for an attack on this year’s FIA GT and Blancpain Endurance Series. The British RJN squad will field a pair of Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3s across the two sister series for a roster of drivers that includes the first Academy winner, Lucas Ordonez, and the four drivers who came out on top in the 2012 contests

Kelly squad thrilled with Nissan debut

March 5th, 2013

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Kelly squad thrilled with Nissan debut

Rick Kelly believes Nissan has given itself the perfect platform to improve across the season following its V8 Supercars debut in Adelaide.

Nissan to build electric Le Mans car

February 26th, 2013

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Nissan to build electric Le Mans car

Nissan will contest the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2014 with an all-electric contender that will take the ‘Garage 56′ entry reserved for an experimental car. Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn announced that the company would be back at Le Mans next year with “a pioneering Nissan race car showcasing electric technology and with zero emissions”

Mardenborough joins Carlin in F3

February 21st, 2013

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Mardenborough joins Carlin in F3

Nissan GT Academy graduate Jann Mardenborough will move to Formula 3 this season, as predicted by AUTOSPORT, having been signed as part of Carlin’s European series line-up. AUTOSPORT revealed last month that Mardenborough was bound for F3 after a single year in car racing, having started out in the British GT Championship as part of Nissan’s programme for computer gamers trying to break into real-life motorsport

Bright leads V8 test, Nissan in top five

February 16th, 2013

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Bright leads V8 test, Nissan in top five

Jason Bright was fastest as Nissan proved immediately quick in the first official test of V8 Supercars’ new era at Sydney Motorsport Park on Saturday. The official pre-season test day was the first time that all four marques participating in the 2013 championship had run together on track.

JRM to field Nissans in Blancpain series

February 4th, 2013

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JRM to field Nissans in Blancpain series

The British JRM Racing squad will field two Nissan GTR-Rs in the 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series. JRM, which last year competed in the World Endurance Championship with an HPD ARX-03a LMP1, is entering the Blancpain to showcase the 2013-specification Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3, which it has jointly developed with Nissan motorsport arm NISMO.

Black Falcon Mercedes wins Dubai 24

January 12th, 2013

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Black Falcon Mercedes wins Dubai 24

The Black Falcon Mercedes team repeated its 2012 victory in this year’s Dubai 24 Hours with Khaled Al Qubaisi, Sean Edwards, Jeroen Bleekemolen and Bernd Schneider. In a race marked by a high attrition rate, the four drivers racked up a total of 600 laps. The team had worked through two days and nights to get the car ready after losing its original machine in a test crash on Wednesday.

Bleekemolen takes Dubai pole

January 11th, 2013

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Bleekemolen takes Dubai pole

Dutch driver Jeroen Bleekemolen claimed pole position for the eighth running of the Dubai 24 Hours with a lap of 1m59.104s for Black Falcon Mercedes. Bleekemolen is again sharing driving duties with Briton Sean Edwards and UAE driver Khaled Al-Qubaisi, 2012′s winning line-up. For this year’s race, they are joined by multiple DTM champion Bernd Schneider

Kelly sure Nissan can be competitive

December 3rd, 2012

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Kelly sure Nissan can be competitive

Rick Kelly is convinced Nissan’s new V8 Supercar challenger has the potential to be competitive in its debut season next year. Kelly got his first taste of the Altima on Sunday, in a short demonstration run which followed the car being displayed at the Sydney Telstra 500. 2006 champion Kelly, whose Kelly Racing team will run four Altimas in the series next year, said he had been massively encouraged by his first run.

Nissan unveils 2013 V8 Supercar

October 30th, 2012

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Nissan unveils 2013 V8 Supercar

Nissan has unveiled the car it will race in the V8 Supercars championship in 2013. The Altima model was revealed at a launch event in Melbourne on Tuesday, ahead of the manufacturer’s return to the championship with a four-car entry run by Kelly Racing. “This is the proudest day in the relatively short history of our team, as well as one of the most significant days in recent times for the sport of V8 Supercars,” said former Bathurst winner and team racing director Todd Kelly.

DeltaWing ‘has single-seater future’

October 15th, 2012

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DeltaWing ‘has single-seater future’

Don Panoz believes the DeltaWing can still have a future in single-seater competition. The car was originally conceived as a replacement for last year’s IndyCar chassis , but after losing out to the Dallara DW12 found its way into competition via the Le Mans ‘Garage 56′ concept. Panoz reckons there could still be an appetite for the car, which has raced as the Nissan DeltaWing in sportscars this year, to be used in single-seaters.

Pizzonia joins Conquest for Laguna

May 9th, 2012

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Pizzonia joins Conquest for Laguna

Antonio Pizzonia will make his endurance racing debut in the American Le Mans Series with Conquest, the team has announced. The 31-year-old former Formula 1 driver will be the team’s third driver for this weekend’s round of the ALMS at Laguna Seca.

Ordonez joins DeltaWing test roster

May 4th, 2012

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Ordonez joins DeltaWing test roster

Lucas Ordonez will drive the Nissan DeltaWing in the coming weeks after being added to the programme’s test and development line-up. The 27-year-old Spaniard has close links with Nissan, having began his racing career in its GT Academy in 2008 and helped the Nissan-powered Sigantech squad clinch last year’s LMP2 crown in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. Now he will join DeltaWing race driver Marino Franchitti at Magny-Cours and Aragon as the test programme ramps up ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Motoyama joins DeltaWing line-up

April 26th, 2012

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Motoyama joins DeltaWing line-up

Three-time Super GT champion Satoshi Motoyama is to return to the Le Mans 24 Hours after an absence of 12 years at the wheel of the Nissan DeltaWing. Nissan-contracted Motoyama will share the lightweight DeltaWing prototype with Michael Krumm, with whom he is racing in Super GT this year, and Marino Franchitti at Le Mans on June 16/17

GT Academy goes global

April 16th, 2012

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GT Academy goes global

Nissan and Playstation have expanded the GT Academy to incorporate four separate competitions covering Europe, Germany, USA and Russia. GT Academy has produced four graduates since 2008 and all of them have a race programme with Nissan for 2012.

Nissan to power DeltaWing

March 13th, 2012

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Nissan to power DeltaWing

Nissan has signed up as a partner in the DeltaWing project and will supply the engine for the radical lightweight Le Mans 24 Hours contender. Nissan will provide the DeltaWing’s 1.6-litre direct injection turbocharged powerplant, which will be badged after the Japanese manufacturer’s DIG-T (Direct Injection Gasoline – Turbocharged) technology. The 300bhp engine has already run in the car during the first shakedown of the DeltaWing at Buttonwillow in California earlier this month

Nissan rules out major programme

February 24th, 2012

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Nissan rules out major programme

Nissan has ruled out a major international motorsport programme in the near future. The Japanese manufacturer revealed last year that it was looking at a number of options for its first global factory campaign since its attack on the 1999 Le Mans 24 Hours. Those options included LMP1 prototypes, the DTM, the World Rally Championship and the World Touring Car Championship.