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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.

Bahrain qualifying quotes: Lotus

April 20th, 2013

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Kimi Raikkonen – 9th: “It wasn’t the easiest qualifying session after a weekend which hasn’t been the easiest so far either. Yesterday it was difficult at times to find the balance with the car and I found that again today. This morning it felt good and we didn’t do too bad in free practice, but we didn’t quite get it right this afternoon.

Sauber positions down to Q2 yellows

October 13th, 2012

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Sauber positions down to Q2 yellows

Sauber is adamant that its midfield qualifying positions for the Korean Grand Prix are solely due to yellow flags interrupting Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi’s Q2 laps, rather than any lack of pace in the car. Perez and Kobayashi will start 12th and 13th respectively at Yeongam. They were among several drivers affected when Daniel Ricciardo’s gearbox-hampered Toro Rosso prompted yellows at the end of Q2.

Ferrari: Different approach needed now

October 8th, 2012

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Ferrari: Different approach needed now

Ferrari has conceded that it needs to revise its approach to the world championship battle in the wake of Fernando Alonso’s disastrous Japanese Grand Prix. Alonso’s lead in the title race has been cut to just four points after he crashed out at the first corner at Suzuka and closest rival Sebastian Vettel delivered a crushing victory

Italy Friday quotes: Caterham

September 7th, 2012

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Heikki Kovalainen – 18th: “A much better Friday than we’ve had for a while.

Belgium Friday quotes: Marussia

August 31st, 2012

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Charles Pic – 1st: “It feels great to be back racing again after the long break.

Penske keep Hornish Jr. for Loudon

July 9th, 2012

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Penske keep Hornish Jr. for Loudon

Sam Hornish Jr. will continue to drive the #22 Penske Racing car at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend

DAMS plays down winless weekends

May 29th, 2012

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DAMS plays down winless weekends

DAMS team boss Jean Paul Driot believes his squad has not lost any of its early season form despite failing to add to its victory tally in the past two GP2 events. Davide Valsecchi won three of the opening five races to jump into a dominant position in the championship, getting DAMS off to a great start in its bid to repeat its 2011 title success with Romain Grosjean

Stoner tips 2012 to be closer

April 3rd, 2012

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Stoner tips 2012 to be closer

Casey Stoner believes the 2012 MotoGP title race will prove to be more competitive than the dominant campaign he achieved last year. Stoner claimed his second world title, and his first for Honda, at a canter last year, winning 10 races and claiming 12 pole positions along the way.

Ricciardo upbeat about new Toro Rosso

February 22nd, 2012

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Ricciardo upbeat about new Toro Rosso

Daniel Ricciardo is confident Scuderia Toro Rosso has produced a car that will enable it to move up the order in 2012. After some positive early indications from the new STR7 during the first tests at Jerez and Barcelona, Ricciardo feels that the team can achieve its ambition of finishing in the top seven teams this year

Rossi joins Lotus for Abu Dhabi test

November 3rd, 2011

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Rossi joins Lotus for Abu Dhabi test

American driver Alexander Rossi will join Team Lotus for the young driver test at Abu Dhabi, the outfit has announced. The American, who had made his F1 debut with BMW Sauber in 2009 during testing, will also be racing in the Abu Dhabi GP2 event with Caterham Team AirAsia. Rossi took third place in this year’s Formula Renault 3.5 series, also becoming the top rookie with two victories and six podiums

Kubica 2012 decision due within weeks

September 29th, 2011

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Kubica 2012 decision due within weeks

Robert Kubica will be ready to inform Renault about his chances of being fit to race in 2012 within the next six weeks, says his manager Daniele Morelli.

Rossi wraps up Ducati’s Mugello test

June 16th, 2011

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Rossi wraps up Ducati’s Mugello test

Valentino Rossi and Ducati wrapped up a three-day testing session at the Mugello circuit on Wednesday. Under clear skies, the Ducati rider took over from team-mate Nicky Hayden to complete 80 laps of the Italian track on the GP12 bike

Barrichello happy to end point drought

May 29th, 2011

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Barrichello happy to end point drought

Rubens Barrichello welcomed his first points of the season after ending Williams’s drought in the Monaco Grand Prix. The Brazilian finished in ninth position, putting an end to Williams’s worst start to a Formula 1 season, with the team having failed to score in the first five races. Barrichello admitted he was sorry he gained a place after the retirement of team-mate Pastor Maldonado but was pleased to finally get some points

Renault recapturing driver chemistry

April 25th, 2011

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Renault recapturing driver chemistry

Renault boss Eric Boullier believes his team is now close to rediscovering the team/driver chemistry that is needed to challenge for victories in Formula 1 – following the nightmare loss of Robert Kubica on the eve of the campaign. The Enstone-based outfit was rocked in February when lead driver Kubica was seriously injured in a rally crash, which left him in hospital for 10 weeks and will likely keep him out of action for the rest of the year

Maldonado: Points realistic at Sepang

April 4th, 2011

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Maldonado: Points realistic at Sepang

Williams rookie Pastor Maldonado believes qualifying and finishing in the top 10 is a reasonable goal for his second grand prix in Malaysia this weekend. The GP2 champion made a sensible Formula 1 debut in Melbourne with 15th place on the grid, although a transmission problem ended his race early

Virgin sure 2010 issues now resolved

February 13th, 2011

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Virgin sure 2010 issues now resolved

Virgin technical director Nick Wirth says the MVR-02′s first week of testing has confirmed hopes that it is a big step forward over the team’s 2010 car – and that most of the reliability issues that compromised Virgin’s rookie season have been resolved. Timo Glock and Jerome D’Ambrosio’s times at Jerez this week indicated that Virgin had closed the gap on the rest of the field, with Glock able to get up to eighth on Saturday with a time within 1.8 seconds of the pace

Williams frustrated by rear wing issue

February 10th, 2011

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Williams frustrated by rear wing issue

Williams technical director Sam Michael conceded Thursday proved to be a disappointing day for the team after being unable to get significant running done. Pastor Maldonado completed an installation lap early on, but then spent most of the day in the garage as the team worked to solve an issue with the rear wing actuator.

Mercedes optimistic after practice

November 12th, 2010

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Mercedes optimistic after practice

Mercedes is optimistic after a positive showing in the first two practice sessions for the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher only finished 10th and 11th respectively, but the drivers’ happiness with the set-up choices were enough to make the team feel happy ahead of the weekend. “We made some good progress today and are definitely going the right way with the set-up

Ducati ‘must improve for Rossi’

November 10th, 2010

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Ducati ‘must improve for Rossi’

Ducati’s sporting boss Filippo Preziosi says it is already clear that the team needs to make changes and improvements to its bike to ensure new signing Valentino Rossi can get the most out of it. Rossi completed his first two days of running with Ducati at Valencia this week

Italy Friday quotes: Virgin

September 10th, 2010

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Timo Glock – 21st: “Not a bad first day. In the first Free Practice session we had a pretty normal programme for Monza, which went well and the car felt quite okay. In Free Practice 2 we made an aero change, which was really low downforce and not the right way to go, so unfortunately we lost some time