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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.

Huff claims pole with record lap

November 16th, 2012

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Huff claims pole with record lap

Rob Huff took another step towards securing his maiden World Touring Car Championship drivers’ crown with a fourth consecutive pole position at Macau. The Briton, fastest in both qualifying sessions, eclipsed reigning world champion Yvan Muller by 0.722s with a new lap record of 2m29.422s “The guys at Chevrolet have done an incredible job over the last eight years,” said Huff, “and to finish it off with a fourth pole position at Macau, a circuit that is one of my favourites, is something I am really happy about.

Da Costa takes provisional Macau pole

November 15th, 2012

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Da Costa takes provisional Macau pole

Antonio Felix da Costa grabbed provisional pole position for Formula 3′s Macau Grand Prix, with the top three covered by just 0.021 seconds after Thursday’s action. The Portuguese, a star in Formula Renault 3.5 and GP3 this season, put the time in during a late restart to the session with just six minutes remaining.

Williams works to determine cause of fire

May 13th, 2012

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Williams works to determine cause of fire

The Williams team is working with the fire services and the police to determine the root cause of the fire that broke out after the Spanish Grand Prix. Williams said the fire, which erupted some 90 minutes after the team had won its first race since 2004, had originated from the fuel area. The Grove squad confirmed four members of the team were injured in the incident

Bahrain rules out cancelling grand prix

April 20th, 2012

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Bahrain rules out cancelling grand prix

Bahrain’s Crown Prince has ruled out any talk of cancelling this weekend’s grand prix, after suggesting that such a move would be a victory for protestors. Despite rising concerns in the paddock about safety , and calls from British politicians for the race to be called off , Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa insisted it was vital the event went ahead. “I think cancelling just empowers extremists,” he said, during a press conference in the Bahrain paddock

Force India member leaves Bahrain

April 19th, 2012

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A member of the Force India team has returned home from the Bahrain Grand Prix in the wake of fellow team members getting involved in an incident on the way home from the circuit on Wednesday night. A hire car with four Force India mechanics was accidentally caught up in a clash between protestors and police on the main motorway in to Manama

Amnesty: Bahrain no better than 2011

April 13th, 2012

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Amnesty: Bahrain no better than 2011

Amnesty International claims the situation in Bahrain has not improved since the 2011 grand prix was cancelled – and says Formula 1 risks being used as a political tool by allowing next weekend’s race to go ahead. After weeks of debate and controversy, the FIA announced on Friday that there was no reason why the 2012 Bahrain GP could not take place as scheduled on 20-22 April. But human rights group Amnesty released a briefing on the Bahrain situation later in the day, in which it accused the Gulf state’s government of trying to present an image of change rather than tackling its issues, and suggested F1 was a factor in this process

FIA reassured Bahrain GP will be safe

April 12th, 2012

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FIA reassured Bahrain GP will be safe

The FIA has been reassured that Bahrain will be safe for next weekend’s grand prix, despite concerns about the situation there. Ahead of crunch meetings between teams and Formula 1 bosses in China this weekend to discuss whether or not the race goes ahead, FIA president Jean Todt has been told that matters are not as bad as some have portrayed. In a letter that was sent to him on Wednesday by former UK head of counter terrorism John Yates, Todt was informed that there was no major worry

Ecclestone ‘can’t force’ Bahrain choice

April 10th, 2012

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Ecclestone ‘can’t force’ Bahrain choice

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has said that he cannot force teams to race in the Bahrain Grand Prix if they do not want to go, amid growing concerns over further unrest in the troubled Gulf state. F1′s teams have so far backed the FIA and the Sakhir circuit chiefs to make the right decision as to whether the event should take place on April 22, and to ensure the safety of attending personnel. However some teams are known to have concerns about racing in Bahrain at this time

Hill calls for Bahrain GP rethink

April 5th, 2012

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Hill calls for Bahrain GP rethink

Damon Hill believes there should now be a rethink about the hosting of the Bahrain Grand Prix – just a few months on from giving his full support to the event. The former world champion visited Bahrain late last year and delivered a full endorsement of the benefits of the grand prix taking place. However, with troubles still ongoing in the Gulf state just a few weeks before the scheduled race, he now thinks the sport’s bosses should give second thoughts to the race taking place.

Latvala: Conditions were appalling

March 30th, 2012

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Jari-Matti Latvala says his Rally of Portugal crash came in some of the most difficult driving conditions he has ever experienced. The Finn was leading the rally when he slid off the road near the end of Friday’s opening stage

Ecclestone: No fears over Bahrain GP

February 15th, 2012

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Ecclestone: No fears over Bahrain GP

Bernie Ecclestone says Formula 1 teams have absolutely no concerns about the situation in Bahrain, and insists the race will go ahead as planned. “We are planning to go.

Wittmann flies to Macau pole

November 18th, 2011

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Wittmann flies to Macau pole

Marco Wittmann grabbed pole position for the Macau Grand Prix with a stunning late effort in qualifying on Friday. The German, who had been quickest in the morning practice session, was locked in a major battle with Robert Merhi throughout the 30-minute fight for grid positions. Merhi appeared to have stolen the top spot in the closing stages, but Wittmann saved his best for last to steal pole position by just 0.064 seconds.

Teams seek calendar clarification

September 25th, 2011

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Teams seek calendar clarification

Formula 1 teams are to seek clarification from Bernie Ecclestone about the state of the 2012 calendar, because they insist that it was ratified without their support. As part of the Concorde Agreement, the document that binds F1 together, teams have to give approval to a calendar if there are more than 17 races and if more than half the races take place outside of Europe and the United States

FIA will still monitor Bahrain situation

June 6th, 2011

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FIA will still monitor Bahrain situation

FIA president Jean Todt has left the door open for a potential rethink on the Bahrain Grand Prix returning to the calendar this year if having the race there proves too ‘risky’ for Formula 1. With the governing body’s decision to reinstate the Bahrain Grand Prix onto the 2011 schedule having drawn widespread criticism, and with drivers and teams seeking assurances about the safety of themselves and their personnel if the race does go ahead, Todt says that the FIA will continue to monitor the political situation in the build-up to the race. “If we have clear evidence that there is a risky situation this will obviously be taken into consideration,” Todt told the BBC .

Busch apologises for speeding violation

May 25th, 2011

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Busch apologises for speeding violation

Kyle Busch has publicly apologised for a speeding violation on Tuesday near Charlotte while test driving a new sports car on public roads. The NASCAR star was reportedly stopped by police on Tuesday afternoon after being spotted driving a yellow Lexus LFA at 128 mph in a 45 mph zone. He was handed a citation to the Iredell County court, before being released by the police

Ecclestone launches attack on Todt

March 24th, 2011

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Ecclestone launches attack on Todt

Formula 1 commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone has launched an attack on FIA President Jean Todt, comparing him unfavourably with his predecessor Max Mosley. “Jean Todt is a poor man’s Max,” Ecclestone told the Daily Express

Solberg’s co-driver in surprise debut

February 13th, 2011

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Solberg’s co-driver in surprise debut

Petter Solberg’s co-driver Chris Patterson says the knowledge that he would have to hand over the driving for the final stage of Rally Sweden did not affect Solberg’s performance on the opening World Rally Championship round of the season today. Northern Irishman Patterson was forced to switch seats before SS22 after Solberg was caught speeding on Friday afternoon.

Stewart laments incident in Australia

January 21st, 2011

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Stewart laments incident in Australia

Tony Stewart has expressed his regret at getting into an off-track incident in Australia last week, while competing in a sprint car event at Sydney Speedway. The two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion was reportedly questioned by local police last Saturday after having a physical altercation with track co-owner Bret Morris following a dispute over safety conditions at the track, which was affected by heavy rain. Stewart, who returned to the US last weekend, confirmed on Thursday at Daytona that he was involved in the confrontation and then questioned by the police over the incident.

Muller fastest in disrupted qualifying

November 19th, 2010

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Muller fastest in disrupted qualifying

Yvan Muller was fastest in an incident-filled first qualifying session for the World Touring Car Championship finale at Macau on Friday, as fading light forced organisers to delay the shoot-out element until Saturday. The 30-minute session was blighted by four red flags and, with the lack of light making it impossible to complete the shoot-out, race officials took the decision to delay that element until Saturday. The top drivers had completed just one flying lap when the first red flag came out

Bottas leads first practice at Macau

November 18th, 2010

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Valtteri Bottas was fastest in a crash-filled first practice session for the Macau Grand Prix – but there was only 0.010 seconds separating him from his nearest rival, last year’s winner Edoardo Mortara. With track conditions very slippery for the opening action of the end-of-season blue-riband F3 race, Bottas slowly dialled himself in as he got used to his new Prema Powerteam outfit. With laptimes steadily improving throughout the session, Bottas moved to the top of the timesheet with 10 minutes remaining – shortly before practice was brought to a premature halt when Signature’s Daniel Abt crashed into the barriers at R Bend