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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.

Audi unveils long-tail R18 WEC car

April 25th, 2013

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Audi unveils long-tail R18 WEC car

Audi has unveiled an experimental long-tail version of its R18 e-tron quattro hybrid sports car that could race at the Le Mans 24 Hours this year. The car will be raced at Spa during the second round of the World Endurance Championship next month

Treluyer, Fassler, Jarvis win Sebring

March 17th, 2013

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Treluyer, Fassler, Jarvis win Sebring

Audi claimed its 11th victory in the Sebring 12 Hours at the end of a thrilling race between its R18 e-tron quattros. Benoit Treluyer, Marcel Fassler and Oliver Jarvis claimed victory in the opening round of the American Le Mans Series by just under eight seconds over the sister car shared by Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Lucas di Grassi. The two Audi LMP1 turbodiesels swapped positions throughout the 12 Hours before the winning car moved to the front in the penultimate hour and Treluyer was able to hold off a challenge from Kristensen

Audi takes early command at Sebring

March 16th, 2013

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The two Audi R18s headed the leaderboard at the end of the opening hour of the Sebring 12 Hours.

Graf puts Pickett on top at Sebring

March 13th, 2013

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Graf puts Pickett on top at Sebring

The Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD topped the times on the second day of testing ahead of this weekend’s Sebring 12 Hours in the hands of Klaus Graf. The German set the best time of the day aboard the car he shares with Lucas Luhr and Romain Dumas in the American Le Mans Series season opener.

Audi’s di Grassi leads Sebring test

March 12th, 2013

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Audi’s di Grassi leads Sebring test

Audi newcomer Lucas di Grassi ended up fastest on the first day of official testing ahead of this weekend’s Sebring 12 Hours. The Brazilian, who has been signed by Audi for 2013 after a starring performance on a one-off guest outing at last year’s Sao Paulo World Endurance Championship round, headed the timesheets on a 1m46.262s on his first acquaintance with the Sebring International Raceway. Di Grassi is sharing his Audi R18 e-tron quattro with Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen this weekend

Audi braced for ‘emotional’ Sebring

March 8th, 2013

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Audi braced for ‘emotional’ Sebring

Audi believes this year’s Sebring 12 Hours will be an emotional occasion as the firm prepares to enter the race for the final time with LMP1 machinery. The German manufacturer has scored 10 wins in the American event, which it first entered in 1999. LMP1 cars will not be eligible at Sebring after this season, as the race will form part of the unified sportscar series (when the American Le Mans Series merges with Grand-Am) from 2014

Dusseldorp/Makowiecki win in Russia

September 2nd, 2012

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Hexis McLaren duo Stef Dusseldorp and Fred Makowiecki ensured their status as GT1 World Championship contenders with a commanding performance in Russia. After a miserable weekend in Slovakia, where the duo failed to pick up a single point, a win in the main event at Moscow Raceway moved them to within 17 points of the championship leaders. As in the qualifying race, the championship race began behind a safety car due to the poor weather conditions.

Audi wins Moscow GT1 qualifying race

September 2nd, 2012

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Stephane Ortelli and Laurens Vanthoor claimed WRT Audi’s first World GT1 win since the opening round, as they prevailed in a damp qualifying race at Moscow Raceway. A brief burst of rain minutes beforehand forced the race to start behind the safety car, with all the cars on wet tyres. Gregoire Demoustier’s Hexis McLaren and Filip Salaquarda’s AF Corse Ferrari both missed their braking points at the first corner when the safety car came in, allowing Oliver Jarvis to take advantage and move his Audi in to the lead.

Buurman and Bartels win main event

August 19th, 2012

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Buurman and Bartels win main event

Yelmer Buurman and Michael Bartels completed a near-perfect weekend for the Vita4One BMW squad by claiming victory in the GT1 World Championship main event at the Slovakia Ring. The duo, also victorious in Saturday’s qualifying race, controlled proceedings from the outset and looked to be cruising to another BMW 1-2 finish when a late safety car interrupted proceedings. Brought out seven minutes from the flag in response to Alvaro Parente losing several chunks of rear bodywork when he ran wide at the chicane, the safety car proved acrimonious as it pulled in – unexpectedly for some – to allow a final-lap dash to the chequered flag

Vita4One BMW one-two in Slovakia

August 18th, 2012

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The Vita4One BMWs took an ultimately comfortable one-two finish in the GT1 World Championship qualifying race at the Slovakia Ring. Team boss Michael Bartels led from pole position and initially had to fend off a four-car train, led by Markus Winkelhock’s Munnich Mercedes, with the second BMW of Mathias Lauda, WRT Audi driver Oliver Jarvis and Winkelhock’s team-mate Thomas Jager on their tails

First GT1 win for Mercedes SLS

July 7th, 2012

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The All-Inkl Mercedes squad took its first victory of the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship at the Algarve circuit in Portugal on Saturday. Marc Basseng and Markus Winkelhock claimed a clear win in the qualifying race at the wheel of their Mercedes SLS AMG. They finished eight seconds up on the Vita4One BMW Z4 shared by Michael Bartels and Yelmer Buurman, which was a similar margin ahead of the WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra driven by Oliver Jarvis and Frank Stippler.

Kristensen set for Spa 24 Hours debut

June 24th, 2012

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Kristensen set for Spa 24 Hours debut

Le Mans legend Tom Kristensen is to make his debut in the Spa 24 Hours in the last weekend of July. The 44-year-old Dane, an eight-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours, will join recent double la Sarthe winners and Audi team-mates Marcel Fassler and Andre Lotterer in one of Team Phoenix’s R8 LMS ultras. “I’m hugely excited, because it’s something completely new for me,” said Kristensen

Duval fastest in rain-hit warm up

June 16th, 2012

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Loic Duval put the #3 Audi R18 Ultra on top of a chaotic, rain-hit warm up ahead of the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours. The Frenchman’s late effort ensured Audi locked out the top four positions ahead of the two Toyota TS 030 hybrids, although the Japanese marque had opted to only set two flying laps at the session’s close. The strategy seemed well judged considering the early chaos

Hexis McLaren completes the double

May 27th, 2012

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Hexis McLaren completes the double

The Hexis McLaren of Fred Makowiecki and Stef Dusseldorp completed a perfect weekend at Navarra, winning the main race of the GT1 World Championship weekend.

Hexis gives McLaren first GT1 win

May 26th, 2012

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Hexis gives McLaren first GT1 win

Hexis Racing gave the McLaren MP4-12C its first win in international motorsport in fine style in the GT1 World Championship qualifying race at Navarra. After a stunning opening stint from Stef Dusseldorp, which saw the #1 car climb to second from the back of the grid, Fred Makowiecki took over and passed team-mate Gregoire Demoustier to move into the lead and dominate the remainder of the race. Demoustier’s co-driver Alvaro Parente had started the second McLaren, and took the lead at Turn 3 after an over-ambitious Ford GT of Milos Pavlovic had forced Mike Parisy’s Porsche wide, opening the gap for Parente to dive through

Lamborghini takes Navarra pole

May 26th, 2012

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Darryl O’Young will start on pole position for the World GT1 qualifying race at Navarra, after his Reiter Lamborghini team-mate Peter Kox set the fastest time ahead of the third round of the championship. On a circuit where the Lamborghini Murcielago has dominated in GT1′s past two visits, Kox ensured the Gallardo would continue its predecessor’s form by setting the fastest time in the opening segment of qualifying. O’Young took over and guided the car into the pole position shoot-out, where Kox finished four tenths ahead of the rest of the pack

Lotterer keeps Audi e-tron on top

May 3rd, 2012

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Andre Lotterer set the fastest lap of the weekend so far during a shortened second practice session for the World Endurance Championship six-hour race at Spa Francorchamps as Audi once again dominated the top spots.

Audi hybrid leads first Spa practice

May 3rd, 2012

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Audi dominated the first free practice session for the World Endurance Championship six hour race at Spa Francorchamps with Benoit Treluyer setting the pace in one of the R18 e-tron quattro hybrid cars. The French driver’s time of 2m04.434s was not quite matched by compatriot Romain Dumas in the conventional R18 Ultra – which was 0.044 seconds slower

Jarvis: Spa will be a learning race

April 27th, 2012

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Jarvis: Spa will be a learning race

Oliver Jarvis says he is treating his debut in Audi’s factory sportscar squad at Spa next weekend as a learning experience ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The Briton is racing as part of the German’s squad’s works LMP1 line-up for the first time this year, starting with the Spa 6 Hours

Porsche on pole at damp Zolder

April 21st, 2012

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Porsche on pole at damp Zolder

New Zealander Matt Halliday claimed a maiden FIA GT1 World Championship pole position aboard the Exim Bank Team China Porsche at Zolder.