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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.

Spain qualifying quotes: Marussia

May 11th, 2013

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Jules Bianchi – 20th: “We had a good Free Practice 3 session this morning and the changes we had made seemed to move us on quite a bit from yesterday. We found more grip but the car is still not well-balanced and this is the most I could get from it today. The balance was quite variable in the first and last sector on different laps and I’m still not happy in the high-speed corners

Huff amazed by Munnich’s progress

April 23rd, 2013

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Huff amazed by Munnich’s progress

Rob Huff believes the progress and form of his new squad Munnich Motorsport is already raising eyebrows along the World Touring Car pitlane. The defending champion confirmed his shock switch to SEAT machinery less than one month before the season kicked off at Monza. His car was only completely finished four days before the Italian opener

Malaysia practice quotes: Williams

March 22nd, 2013

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Pastor Maldonado – 12th/16th: We didn’t have the pace today unfortunately.

Red Bull ignoring rivals’ test pace

February 19th, 2013

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Red Bull ignoring rivals’ test pace

Sebastian Vettel insists Red Bull is not wasting any time worrying about the progress of rival Formula 1 teams and has confidence in its own development plans. While other teams have changed philosophies and radically redesigned their 2013 challengers , the RB9 has remained largely an evolution of its all-conquering predecessor

Piquet gets full-time Nationwide deal

February 9th, 2013

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Piquet gets full-time Nationwide deal

Nelson Piquet Jr will continue his progress through the NASCAR ranks in 2013 after sealing a full-time Nationwide Series deal.

Red Bull ‘in better shape than last year’

February 6th, 2013

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Red Bull ‘in better shape than last year’

Mark Webber believes Red Bull has made a more satisfying start to the 2013 Formula 1 campaign than it did to last year’s title-winning season. The Australian said the reliability of the RB9 was especially pleasing, having racked up 101 laps – the most of any driver – on the second day at Jerez. After two days of testing last year, Webber’s RB8 was the fastest of the new cars, although he was delayed by three hours on the first day waiting for new parts.

Marquez plays down rapid start

February 5th, 2013

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Marquez plays down rapid start

Marc Marquez has played down the significance of his strong showing in MotoGP testing at Sepang, despite finishing the day delighted with his progress. The Moto2 champion, making his MotoGP debut this year with the Honda team, finished the first day of testing in Malaysia third quickest, less than half a tenth of a second behind team-mate and pacesetter Dani Pedrosa. Marquez, who had not ridden the bike since the end of last year, insisted he still has a long way to go despite his promising pace.

Lotus simulator now up and running

November 22nd, 2012

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Lotus simulator now up and running

Lotus’s hopes of making further progress on track next season have been boosted with its new simulator now fully up and running. After months of development, Romain Grosjean was the first of its race drivers to try out the new simulator in Enstone ahead of the United States Grand Prix. The Frenchman said that there was still more calibration work to do before the team could be satisfied it was ready but, by the start of next season, the outfit should be on a good development path with it.

KV expects de Silvestro to thrive

October 30th, 2012

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KV expects de Silvestro to thrive

KV Racing Technology expects new signing Simona de Silvestro to take a major step forward under the tutelage of team-mate Tony Kanaan. The team announced on Monday that de Silvestro will leave HVM to become Kanaan’s team-mate in a slimmed-down two-car line-up for the 2013 IndyCar Series, as predicted by AUTOSPORT last week . The deal also includes de Silvestro’s long-time supporter Imran Safiulla becoming a team principal at Kevin Kalkhoven and Jimmy Vasser’s squad

Hamlin concedes title hopes are gone

October 29th, 2012

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Hamlin concedes title hopes are gone

Denny Hamlin admits he will have to wait another year in order to fight for his maiden Sprint Cup title after electrical issues hampered his progress in an eventful race at Martinsville. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver endured a tough afternoon

Frijns set for long-term Sauber deal

October 26th, 2012

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Frijns set for long-term Sauber deal

Robin Frijns is set for a long-term role with Sauber, provided his run in the Abu Dhabi young driver test proves a success. The 21-year-old, who was recently crowned Formula Renault 3.5 champion in controversial circumstances , is scheduled to drive for Sauber for one day. AUTOSPORT understands that the team plans to tie him down to a long-term deal having been impressed with his progress over the past three years, during which he has won the Formula BMW Europe, Formula Renault Eurocup and Formula Renault 3.5 title

Razia reckons F1 graduation in sight

October 19th, 2012

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Razia reckons F1 graduation in sight

Luiz Razia is upbeat about the progress he is making in talks with Formula 1 teams about 2013 race seats.

Villeneuve extends V8 Supercars deal

July 17th, 2012

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Villeneuve extends V8 Supercars deal

Jacques Villeneuve will continue to race in the V8 Supercars series in the upcoming two races following his maiden outing in the Townsville 400. The former Formula 1 world champion joined Kelly Racing for the Townsville event, where he failed to finish the first race and was 24th in the second

De Villota undergoes further surgery

July 6th, 2012

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De Villota undergoes further surgery

Maria de Villota has undergone further surgery for her facial injuries after doctors were sufficiently happy with her progress to permit the operation. Since the operation, her condition has improved and she is now serious but stable. A Marussia team statement released on Friday night said the next phase of surgery on her injuries was successfully and promptly completed.

Alonso: Ferrari needs more speed

July 5th, 2012

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Alonso: Ferrari needs more speed

Fernando Alonso says that in order for him to win theChampionship Ferrari will need to further improve the F2012, despite the progress in recent races. The Spaniard took his second win of the season in the European Grand Prix and now leads the championship by 20 points. Alonso, however, struggled in qualifying at Valencia and he said that there are a number of cars that are faster and that the priority must be to close the gap, although the gap is much closer than it was in Australia.

Webber welcomes fourth in ‘crazy’ race

June 24th, 2012

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Webber welcomes fourth in ‘crazy’ race

Mark Webber described his progress from 19th on the grid to fourth place in the European Grand Prix as a ‘crazy’ outcome – but still felt the race would have been even more enjoyable if he had not needed to take care of the Pirelli tyres.

Europe preview quotes: HRT

June 15th, 2012

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Pedro de la Rosa: “Just like in Barcelona, I’m really looking forward to racing in front of our home fans in Valencia. At the Valencia Street Circuit we will encounter high air and track temperatures so the brakes will be put through their paces once again, but we’re confident we can make the necessary modifications to overcome the problems we experienced in Canada

Maldonado upbeat about Williams pace

May 24th, 2012

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Maldonado upbeat about Williams pace

Spanish Grand Prix winner Pastor Maldonado says the signs are there that he can reproduce the form that took him to victory in Barcelona after ending the first day’s practice at Monaco fifth fastest. The Williams driver, who was also fifth quickest in the morning session on Thursday, reported that his car had given him reason to feel confident on a track he loves and excels on.

Rosberg: Fast-corner speed an issue

May 3rd, 2012

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Rosberg: Fast-corner speed an issue

Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes has made good progress in understanding tyres at this week’s Mugello test – but thinks his team needs to do more to improve its high-speed corner performance. With its experience in the first four races showing how important tyre management is, Rosberg and Mercedes spent a lot of time on the final day working on improving its knowledge of that area. Speaking at the conclusion of testing, Rosberg said he was upbeat about what could be expected for the next race in Spain – although he was well aware that other progress was needed

China Saturday quotes: Marussia

April 14th, 2012

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Timo Glock – 21st: “A very difficult Saturday for me today.