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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.

WRC poised for crunch FIA meeting

May 15th, 2013

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WRC poised for crunch FIA meeting

The FIA is presenting its plans for the immediate future of the World Rally Championship in Paris this week. Led by its rally director Jarmo Mahonen, the FIA has joined forces with WRC promoters Red Bull Media House and Sportsman Media and British sports consultancy firm Portas to produce a document outlining the way forward for the series. Mapping out the WRC’s future There had been growing disquiet in the service park surrounding the lack of movement from both the FIA and the promoters, but recent meetings have relieved that pressure

DTM set to switch to turbo engines

May 3rd, 2013

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DTM set to switch to turbo engines

The DTM is set to ditch V8 engines in favour of two-litre turbos within three seasons as part its drive to become a global formula. The series has set a target of 2016 to go down the same route as Super GT in Japan, which next year will adopt small-capacity, direct-injection four-cylinder turbos for its GT500 class.

F1′s new cars set for January test

April 26th, 2013

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F1′s new cars set for January test

Formula 1′s new cars are set to run for the first time in January next year as teams work on finalising a revamped pre-season build-up for the new 2014 regulations. With the switch to 1.6-litre V6 turbo power units prompting all-new cars for next season, teams have already been discussing a totally revised testing plan ahead of the campaign in a bid to ensure that everyone is as ready as possible for the first race.

Bahrain seeking season-opening slot

April 19th, 2013

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Bahrain seeking season-opening slot

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone is open to the idea of making the Bahrain Grand Prix the season opener again. With Bahrain’s track boss Zayed Alzayani saying he would be keen on the idea of his event becoming the first race again – as it was in 2006 and ’10 – Ecclestone himself has not ruled the idea out. “We could do, I suppose, couldn’t we?” Ecclestone said, speaking to reporters at the Bahrain GP on Friday.

Rossi returns to GP2 with Caterham

April 17th, 2013

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Rossi returns to GP2 with Caterham

Alexander Rossi will return to GP2 racing after the Caterham team announced he will replace Ma Qing Hua from this weekend’s Bahrain race. American Rossi had been appointed as Caterham Formula 1 team’s reserve driver alongside Ma at the start of last month. On Wednesday, Caterham announced that Rossi will move to the GP2 squad for the remainder of the 2013 season, having missed the first race at Sepang

Sainz tipped to add F3 campaign

April 15th, 2013

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Sainz tipped to add F3 campaign

Carlos Sainz Jr looks increasingly likely to join Red Bull junior stablemate Tom Blomqvist in EuroInternational’s European Formula 3 line-up, AUTOSPORT has learned. Sainz contested a race-winning dual campaign in British and European F3 last season, and is one of the expected pacesetters in the GP3 Series this season with MW Arden. He was present at last weekend’s Silverstone round of the FIA F3 European Championship, while EuroInternational’s spare Dallara-Mercedes lay in the awning – with a Red Bull livery

China race quotes: Toro Rosso

April 14th, 2013

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Daniel Ricciardo – 7th: “I am really pleased to score my first points of the season and to confirm the qualifying performance.

Raikkonen says 2014 plans wide open

April 11th, 2013

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Raikkonen says 2014 plans wide open

Kimi Raikkonen says he is open-minded about his plans for the 2014 Formula 1 season, amid new speculation linking him to a Red Bull future. With renewed focus on Red Bull’s driver line-up following Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber’s team orders furore in Malaysia, Red Bull chief Dietrich Mateschitz was quoted in the German media as saying Raikkonen was “always a candidate” for a seat in his squad. But Raikkonen said he was still far from entering into any talks over 2014 deals

Sutil expected much better qualifying

March 23rd, 2013

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Sutil expected much better qualifying

Adrian Sutil believes Force India could have delivered another strong performance in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix had it not rained. The German, who caused a stir when he led much of the Melbourne race last weekend, reckoned he was in the mix for a top five slot on the Sepang grid before the weather intervened

Malaysia qualifying quotes: Caterham

March 23rd, 2013

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Charles Pic – 20th: “We had a very good FP3, really making progress, especially on the long runs, but I don’t think there was a lot more we could have done today in qualifying. I had a lot of understeer on my first run so we adjusted the pressures for the second run but I still couldn’t dial out the understeer so with the performance gap to the cars ahead we probably finished up about as well as we could have hoped.

Briscoe set for Le Mans 24 Hours bow

March 18th, 2013

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Briscoe set for Le Mans 24 Hours bow

IndyCar refugee Ryan Briscoe looks set to contest the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time this season. The former factory Porsche driver, who was left without an IndyCar drive after being released by Penske over the winter, is likely to be named as part of the Level 5 Motorsports LMP2 squad’s Le Mans line-up after a victorious debut with the team in last weekend’s Sebring 12 Hours. Team owner Scott Tucker has indicated that it is his intention to share his solo HPD ARX-03b at Le Mans with Briscoe and Marino Franchitti – a repeat of the winning Level 5 line-up at Sebring – but has so far stopped short of confirming them until he announces his plans for the remainder of the season.

Interview: Indy Lights delay explained

March 5th, 2013

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Interview: Indy Lights delay explained

Plans to introduce a new-spec Indy Lights car will remain on hold until broader decisions are made about the general future of the IndyCar Series, according to Indy Lights director Tony George Jr. Manufacturers were invited to tender for the new chassis and engine package mid-way through last year, with the original intention of introducing the car in 2014 .

Frijns to test Trident GP2 car

February 22nd, 2013

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Frijns to test Trident GP2 car

Formula Renault 3.5 champion Robert Frijns will drive for the Trident GP2 team in next week’s test at Jerez. The Dutchman, who is yet to announce his plans for this year after securing the FR3.5 crown last season, will be joined at the team by Frenchman Nathanael Berthon.

Scorpion Racing in HRT revival bid

January 29th, 2013

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Scorpion Racing in HRT revival bid

A group of Canadian and American investors are pushing to try and secure HRT’s entry slot in Formula 1, AUTOSPORT can reveal, but they may have to wait until 2014 before being allowed to join the grid. Sources have revealed that negotiations to purchase the HRT company and secure an entry are at an advanced stage, and the plan for a team known as Scorpion Racing appears to have the blessing of F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone. However, AUTOSPORT understands that the FIA believes the 12th entry slot for 2013 was closed off when it was informed at the end of last season that HRT had been liquidated

Stoner decided to retire after 2011 title

January 11th, 2013

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Stoner decided to retire after 2011 title

Honda has revealed that Casey Stoner decided 2012 would be his MotoGP farewell as soon he won the ’11 title. HRC chief Shuhei Nakamoto said he spent several months trying to persuade the double world champion to reconsider before Stoner revealed in France last May that he would retire at the end of the year

Fantin joins da Costa at Arden

January 10th, 2013

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Fantin joins da Costa at Arden

Pietro Fantin will partner Antonio Felix da Costa at Caterham Arden during the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 season. Fantin, 20, will graduate to FR3.5 after finishing in sixth position in the 2012 British Formula 3 championship

Cole switches to BTCC with Gilham

January 3rd, 2013

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Cole switches to BTCC with Gilham

Single-seater racer James Cole will switch to the British Touring Car Championship this season, driving one of Tony Gilham’s Vauxhall Insignias. Cole won the British Formula Ford title in 2009 before graduating to British Formula 3 and then Formula 2. The 24-year-old did not race last season, but will return in an NGTC Insignia, alongside Gilham’s other BTCC rookie Jack Goff.

Zanardi open to Daytona 24 Hours

January 2nd, 2013

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Zanardi open to Daytona 24 Hours

Alex Zanardi says he is only interested in one-off racing events, after ruling out a full-season motorsport return in the near future.

Schumacher hints at future Mercedes role

November 26th, 2012

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Schumacher hints at future Mercedes role

Michael Schumacher has hinted that he could retain a role with Mercedes now that he has retired from its Formula 1 team. The seven-time world champion bowed out of his three-year racing comeback with the squad at the end of Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix, where he finished seventh. Schumacher has not been drawn so far on his plans for his second retirement from F1

Mercedes set to ditch Coanda exhaust

November 22nd, 2012

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Mercedes set to ditch Coanda exhaust

Mercedes is set to abandon its Coanda-effect exhaust for the final race of the season in a bid to try and get a better understanding of its tyre situation. After Nico Rosberg reverted to the non-Coanda design in Austin to assist the team’s 2013 development programme, the team has elected to switch both its drivers to the old version for the final weekend of the season.