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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.

iRacer Profile – Teemu Lappalainen

by David Phillips on January 14th, 2012

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Away from the sim machine, Teemu Lappalainen is the shy and retiring type; the sort of fellow who likes to sit on the beach — in anonymity.  Turn the Finn lose on the tracks of iRacing.com, however, and he is anything but shy . . . or retiring.  After finishing sixth in the HPD ARX01c’s inaugural season of the iRacing.com Prototype/GT Challenge, he’s out to do far better in 2011 Season 4.  As the light at the end of the seasonal tunnel grows ever brighter he finds himself in the midst of a torrid tussle for the overall championship.  Heading into the penultimate weekend of the season, Lappalainen occupied fifth spot in the standings behind Roderic Kreunen, Darren Marsh, Pascal Dupers and Cristian Lorente.  However, he’s just ten markers behind [...]

Luhr and Krumm win in Portugal

May 8th, 2011

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Luhr and Krumm win in Portugal

JR Motorsports took its second GT1 World Championship win of the weekend in the main race at Portimao, with Lucas Luhr and Michael Krumm triumphing after their team-mates Richard Westbrook and Peter Dumbreck hit gearbox problems. The latter pair had led a JR Nissan one-two through the first stint, but as the stops neared it became clear that their #22 car had an issue developing

Ecclestone ‘more hopeful’ on Bahrain GP

February 18th, 2011

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Ecclestone ‘more hopeful’ on Bahrain GP

Bernie Ecclestone insists he is becoming more hopeful that the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix will be able to go ahead as planned, and that the political situation in the region will calm – despite continuing unrest. Concern has been growing over whether both the Bahrain Formula 1 race on 11-13 March and the final pre-season test at the Sakhir track on 3-6 March should take place following tension that saw several fatalities and large numbers of injuries when security forces dispersed protesters in Manama on Thursday. Angry crowds have today gathered at the funerals of some of those killed in the violence, while pro-government demonstrations have also been held in Manama

Portimao set to join F1 testing roster

October 12th, 2010

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Portimao set to join F1 testing roster

The Portimao track in Portugal looks set to join the Formula 1 pre-season testing roster next year, AUTOSPORT has learned, as teams close in on finalising the build-up programme to the 2011 campaign. F1 teams agreed recently that there would remain four official pre-season tests next year from February until early March. And although this year’s testing build-up took place exclusively in Spain, for 2011 teams are edging closer seeing Portugal and Bahrain added to the schedule.

Palmer takes another F2 pole at Portimao

July 4th, 2010

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Palmer takes another F2 pole at Portimao

Jolyon Palmer is set up for a double victory at Portimao after claiming pole position for Sunday’s Formula 2 race. The championship leader used his qualifying boosts to set a time quarter of a second quicker than anyone else and seal his fifth pole of the year. Philipp Eng set the second quickest time, but will be relegated 10 places on the grid following his clash with Dean Stoneman on Saturday.

Eng penalised for Stoneman F2 clash

July 4th, 2010

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Eng penalised for Stoneman F2 clash

Philipp Eng was stripped of his sixth place in Saturday’s Formula 2 race at Portimao when he received a 20-second penalty for hitting Dean Stoneman.

Palmer takes fourth F2 pole

July 3rd, 2010

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Palmer takes fourth F2 pole

Jolyon Palmer claimed his fourth Formula 2 pole position of the season at Portimao this morning, pinching the top spot from practice pace-setter Benjamin Bailly. Palmer left it late to extract the best from his set of new tyres and toppled Bailly, who had been quickest in every session up until qualifying, from his perch. Jack Clarke and Nicola de Marco will share the second row of the grid for this afternoon’s first race, just 0.018s and 0.024s slower than Bailly’s time

Coulthard open on racing future

April 23rd, 2010

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Coulthard open on racing future

David Coulthard says he is keeping an open mind about his future, ahead of his first race for 18 months in the DTM opener at Hockenheim this weekend. The former grand prix driver will contest this season with Mercedes but he told this week’s AUTOSPORT magazine that he isn’t yet set on a full-time return to racing beyond 2010. “By the time I get to lap 19 at Hockenheim, that will be one more than the consecutive number of laps I’ve ever done in a DTM car,” he told AUTOSPORT.

Auto GP opener moves to Brno

February 25th, 2010

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The new Auto GP series has announced a change of date and venue for its inaugural round. The category had been scheduled to make its debut at Portimao in Portugal on 17-18 April, but it will now begin at Czech track Brno one week later instead

Stefan GP cancels Portimao test

February 22nd, 2010

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Stefan GP cancels Portimao test

Stefan GP has abandoned plans to test at Portimao in Portugal this week after failing to secure a supply of tyres to run on, AUTOSPORT can reveal. The Serbian-based team has its new car, the Toyota-based Stefan 01, all ready to hit the track following a fire-up in Cologne last week, but its failure to obtain tyres from Formula 1′s official tyre supplier Bridgestone has scuppered its bid to begin testing. Bridgestone is only contracted to supply F1 tyres to those outfits that have an entry to the world championship, and the Japanese tyre manufacturer was unable to provide alternative GP2 rubber at such short notice

Stefan to test car at Portimao this month

February 2nd, 2010

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Stefan to test car at Portimao this month

Stefan GP has announced it will test its first Formula 1 car later this month in Portugal, as it continues to push with its plans to race in the sport this year despite not having an entry. Following today’s announcement that the Serbia-based squad will send equipment to Bahrain for the first of the season, the team said it will test its car at Portimao on 25-28 February.

GP3 announces 2010 calendar

December 21st, 2009

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The GP3 calendar was announced today for the championship’s inaugural season next year. The schedule consists of eight races, seven of which will take place in support of European grands prix. Barcelona will host the opening round in May, then GP3 will support the GP2 standalone event at Portimao in June.

Palmer fastest on day two in Portugal

December 12th, 2009

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Palmer fastest on day two in Portugal

Jolyon Palmer ended up fastest in the final Formula 2 test of the year at Portimao today. The 18-year-old, who finished 21st in this season’s standings, set two laps good enough to beat his rivals at the Algarve track, with a 1m35.519s securing the top spot.

Vasiliauskas tops first day at Portimao

December 11th, 2009

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Vasiliauskas tops first day at Portimao

Kazim Vasiliauskas set the fastest time of the first day of this week’s Formula 2 test at Portimao. The Lithuanian, who finished seventh in F2 this season, went quickest in the final hour’s running during the afternoon session. Newly-crowned McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award winner Dean Smith finished the test in second place.

Van der Zande added to F2 test line-up

December 10th, 2009

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Van der Zande added to F2 test line-up

Formula 3 race-winner Renger van der Zande is the latest driver to commit to this week’s Formula 2 test at Portimao.

Summerton joins Portimao F2 test

December 9th, 2009

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Summerton joins Portimao F2 test

American Jonathan Summerton will take part in the Formula 2 test at Portimao later this week. The 21-year-old has raced in the United States for the past two seasons, but is keen on a Formula 1 future and has been mentioned as a target for the new US F1 team. Summerton was a race-winner in the Formula 3 Euro Series and A1GP earlier in his career before returning to America.

Tappy will test at Portimao

December 8th, 2009

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Tappy will test at Portimao

Duncan Tappy will join this week’s official Formula 2 test at the Portimao circuit in Portugal. The 25-year-old Briton, who won the Formula Renault UK title in 2007, is considering joining the series for 2010 and will get his first taste of the F2 car on Friday and Saturday. “I’m weighing up my options for 2010 and there was the opportunity to spend two days in the F2 car,” Tappy told AUTOSPORT

Smith to join Portimao test

December 8th, 2009

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Smith to join Portimao test

McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award winner Dean Smith will join the Formula 2 series later this week for the championship’s test at the Portimao circuit. Th Briton, who won the prestigious award on Sunday evening, will get his first taste of the F2 machinery at the Portuguese circuit on 11 and 12 December. The Formula Renault UK title winner admitted he is excited about the test.

Clarke to join Valencia F2 test

December 2nd, 2009

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Clarke to join Valencia F2 test

Former Champ Car racer Dan Clarke is eyeing a move into Formula 2 next season and has signed up for the series’ first winter test at Valencia this week. The 26-year-old Briton raced for the HVM/Minardi Team USA outfit in Champ Car in 2006 and 2007, and for Team Great Britain in A1GP in 2008. He is also a former British F3 race winner and Formula Ford Festival winner.

Durango to miss Portimao as well

September 16th, 2009

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Durango to miss Portimao as well

Durango has announced that it will skip the GP2 Series finale at Portimao this weekend. The team had already been forced to sit out the Monza event due to the aftermath of Stefano Coletti’s massive accident at Spa.