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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.

Spain practice quotes: Pirelli

May 10th, 2013

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Paul Hembery: “The first race of the European season is always a significant one, with most of the teams introducing key upgrades.

Neate to miss BTCC opener

March 21st, 2013

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Neate to miss BTCC opener

Andy Neate’s new IP Race Engineering squad will miss the opening round of the British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch. The outfit, which was established by former MG works driver Neate during the winter, will instead debut at Donington Park’s second round in April with a single NGTC Chevrolet Cruze for the team boss

Ducati test seat a step forward – Pirro

December 26th, 2012

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Ducati test seat a step forward – Pirro

Michele Pirro insists joining Ducati as a test rider does not represent a backward step even though it will leave him without a full-time race programme for the first time in more than a decade. The Italian competed for Gresini in MotoGP’s CRT class in 2012, effectively finishing best of the rest behind Aspar duo Aleix Espargaro and Randy de Puniet.

Espargaro: Beating de Puniet was huge

December 18th, 2012

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Espargaro: Beating de Puniet was huge

Aleix Espargaro insists beating Aspar team-mate Randy de Puniet was just as rewarding as becoming the first winner of MotoGP’s new CRT class. While the 23-year-old Spaniard had just 21 MotoGP races to draw upon before 2012, de Puniet entered his seventh straight year in the top flight at the start of this season

Ferrari says Massa supports penalty call

November 18th, 2012

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Ferrari says Massa supports penalty call

Ferrari says Felipe Massa fully backs its decision to deliberately give him a gearbox penalty for the United States Grand Prix in order to boost his team-mate Fernando Alonso’s Formula 1 championship hopes. Massa falls from sixth on the grid to 11th as a result of the move, while Alonso is elevated from eighth to seventh. A statement from Ferrari expressed the team’s gratitude to Massa, and emphasised that the Brazilian was in total agreement

Marussia ‘now faster than Caterham’

November 17th, 2012

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Marussia ‘now faster than Caterham’

Marussia team boss John Booth believes the United States Grand Prix qualifying results show his squad is now faster than rival Caterham.

Vergne, Ricciardo have Red Bull chance

November 2nd, 2012

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Vergne, Ricciardo have Red Bull chance

Scuderia Toro Rosso duo Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo have been told that they have a genuine chance of a seat at Red Bull in the future, provided they impress next year. Vergne and Ricciardo both had new deals announced in the build-up to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after a rookie campaign where both have shown flashes of promise. Red Bull boss Christian Horner believes that the pair are ‘real talents’ – but said they will only get the chance of a step up to a Red Bull seat if they show real potential

Snegirev returns to Formula 2

April 23rd, 2012

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Snegirev returns to Formula 2

Max Snegirev will compete in the rest of the Formula 2 Championship, starting at the Algarve circuit next weekend. The 24-year-old Russian finished 18th in the series last year, but has started 2012 in Auto GP and missed the F2 season-opener at Silverstone earlier this month as it clashed with the latter championship’s Valencia event. “I am pleased to return to Formula 2 this year and look forward to driving the updated car,” Snegirev said.

ELMS forced to cancel Zolder round

April 2nd, 2012

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ELMS forced to cancel Zolder round

A lack of entries has forced the organisers of the European Le Mans Series to cancel the second round of the championship, which was to be held at Zolder on May 20. Just 21 cars took part in the opening race at Paul Ricard last weekend and only 19 entries were registered for the Belgian race. Following a meeting between ELMS promoter Patrick Peter, ACO vice president Pierre Fillon, FIM WEC general manager Gerard Neveu and ACO sports director Vincent Beaumesnil (ACO Sports Director) at Ricard, and in consultation with the teams, it was decided to write off the event

FIA expects 2013 exhaust rule changes

March 11th, 2012

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FIA expects 2013 exhaust rule changes

Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting has admitted that further adjustments to the sport’s exhaust regulations are likely to be required for 2013 to stop teams finding ways of replicating the effect of the blown diffuser. Changes to the rules this year are aiming to make it impossible for exhaust gases to be directed in a way that helps the underfloor aerodynamic performance, but there have been suggestions that some teams are finding ways to achieve a similar effect within the revised rules

Vergne: STR7 instantly impressive

February 10th, 2012

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Vergne: STR7 instantly impressive

Jean-Eric Vergne says he instantly felt comfortable in Toro Rosso’s STR7, which he is confident will give the squad a good base for the forthcoming season. Although the Frenchman has little race experience in Formula 1 he has tested several times for both Toro Rosso and Red Bull – including a three-day stint for the championship-winning team in last year’s Abu Dhabi young driver tests. He says that experience has bolstered his conviction that the team has a strong starting point with their 2012 design.

Lotus reshuffles management team

January 31st, 2012

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Lotus reshuffles management team

Lotus has boosted its management structure with the appointment of Thomas Mayer as its new chief operating officer. Mayer will take the position previously held by Patrick Louis, who steps up to the role of chief executive officer

Brazil Sunday quotes: Pirelli

November 27th, 2011

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Paul Hembery: “This didn’t turn out to be the race that most people expected, with the predicted rain holding off. At the last race of the season there were a few mechanical issues for some cars, but our tyres were completely reliable – as they have been all year, with no structural failures – and we achieved our objective of having a performance gap of less than a second between the compounds, which should be the case next year as well

Brazil Friday quotes: Pirelli

November 25th, 2011

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Paul Hembery: “This weekend is our last chance to test our new compounds until official testing starts in February, so we intend to make the most of it. We’ve got some reasonably significant changes planned for next year.

Di Resta: No Q3 lap the best strategy

November 12th, 2011

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Di Resta: No Q3 lap the best strategy

Paul di Resta says his decision not to run in Q3 will give him an “optimum strategy” to score points in tomorrow’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Scot decided against going out in the final qualifying segment in order to save tyres for the race

RBR says curfew rules need tweaking

September 27th, 2011

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RBR says curfew rules need tweaking

Red Bull Racing believes that Formula 1′s curfew regulations still need tweaking after the controversy at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. Several F1 personnel were caught out by the timetable in Singapore and broke F1′s curfew – with Red Bull Racing, Mercedes GP and Virgin Racing all initially being told that they had used up one of their ‘jokers’ in the process. After complaining to the FIA and proving that the marketing personnel who had entered the track had nothing to do with the operation of the car, it was agreed that the outfits had not breached the rules.

Hartley returns to GP2 with Ocean

August 25th, 2011

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Hartley returns to GP2 with Ocean

Brendon Hartley will return to the GP2 Series at Spa this weekend with the Ocean Racing Team.

Rossi wants more Ducati progress

July 26th, 2011

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Rossi wants more Ducati progress

Valentino Rossi insists his Ducati team must do more in order to make progress towards the front despite admitting he felt more comfortable during last weekend’s race in Laguna Seca. The Italian, who has struggled with his bike this year, finished in sixth place in the United States Grand Prix after using the Ducati GP11.1, the development bike based on the 2012 chassis

Rosberg expected more from 2010

October 19th, 2010

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Rosberg expected more from 2010

Nico Rosberg admits he expected more from the 2010 season, although he concedes he is happy to have performed strongly compared to team-mate Michael Schumacher.

Sato still chasing an F1 return

October 9th, 2009

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Sato still chasing an F1 return

Takuma Sato says he is determined to return to racing in 2010 – and that he will only look at options beyond Formula 1 when all hopes of a grand prix drive have been exhausted. The Japanese driver has not raced since his Super Aguri team folded before the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix, and he missed out on a Toro Rosso seat for this year after a winter testing shoot-out with Sebastien Buemi and Sebastien Bourdais. Sato has attended several IndyCar races and been linked to a seat with Gil de Ferran’s planned team