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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.

Prodrive working on 2015 Dakar entry

May 16th, 2013

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Prodrive working on 2015 Dakar entry

Prodrive has confirmed it is working on a Dakar entry for 2015. The British-based firm has already completed initial modelling work for a car, but it’s not yet known whether the project will become a manufacturer car entry or a Prodrive buggy. Prodrive staff members were present in South America in January , reporting back on what was needed for the firm’s first assault on a cross-country rally car.

WTCC still expects new manufacturers

May 15th, 2013

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WTCC still expects new manufacturers

World Touring Car promoter Marcello Lotti insists there is still strong interest from a number of manufacturers in joining the series next year. The FIA announced last December that it intended to open up regulations and allow more powerful, aero-dependent cars on the grid for 2014

Loeb rules out 2014 Dakar bid

May 9th, 2013

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Loeb rules out 2014 Dakar bid

Sebastien Loeb has quelled speculation that he will contest the 2014 Dakar Rally in a Red Bull squad alongside Carlos Sainz and Nasser Al-Attiyah. Al-Attiyah confirmed his team would be running a third buggy in South America next January and added that Loeb would be an ideal candidate for the seat.

Giovanardi returns to Superstars

May 3rd, 2013

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Giovanardi returns to Superstars

Fabrizio Giovanardi will return to competition this year after announcing he will rejoin the Superstars series this month. The Italian, who has nine major tin-top titles to his name including two BTCC crowns, raced in the series in 2010 and will be joining the Petri Corse team driving a Porsche Panamera S at Brno later this month. Giovanardi is the only driver to have won with the Panamera in the Superstars series so far

Megatron to enter Porsche Supercup

March 22nd, 2013

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Megatron to enter Porsche Supercup

The US Megatron organisation that badged the BMW turbo engines run by the Arrows grand prix team in 1987-88 is returning to the Formula 1 bill in the Porsche Supercup this season.

Stanaway, DAMS to switch to Porsches

March 18th, 2013

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Stanaway, DAMS to switch to Porsches

Richie Stanaway will switch from single-seaters to the Porsche Supercup this year with DAMS, which will also compete in the championship for the first time. The 21-year-old New Zealander, who has not raced since breaking his back in a Formula Renault 3.5 crash at Spa last year, will partner Porsche Junior driver Michael Christensen at the French team.

Starworks says WEC programme is on

March 13th, 2013

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Starworks says WEC programme is on

The US Starworks Motorsport squad is still aiming to defend its World Endurance Championship LMP2 title, despite being unable to firm up its programme one month ahead of the season opener at Silverstone. Team boss Peter Baron described a return to the P2 ranks in the WEC “as still on” even though he admitted that Starworks has neither the budget nor a car in place

Campos to field SEATs in WTCC

March 9th, 2013

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Campos to field SEATs in WTCC

Campos Racing will join the World Touring Car Championship this year to run SEATs in partnership with former works squad SUNRED. Adrian Campos revived his eponymous operation in 2011 and has since fielded cars in Auto GP and Formula 3. SUNRED chief Joan Orus has merged his squad with Campos’s and will head up its touring car programme, which will also include a single car in the European Touring Car Cup

Revised DeltaWing makes test debut

March 8th, 2013

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Revised DeltaWing makes test debut

The new version of the experimental DeltaWing has successfully completed a shakedown test ahead of its debut in next weekend’s Sebring 12 Hours.

Loeb tests Citroen touring car

March 5th, 2013

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Loeb tests Citroen touring car

Sebastien Loeb put the first miles on the basis of Citroen’s new World Touring Car Championship contender in a test at the end of last month. The nine-time World Rally Champion recently tested a prototype racing car based on the Citroen DS3 WRC in which he took his last two world rally titles. Just like the current world touring car rules, the World Rally Championship operates a 1.6-litre turbocharged formula

Nissan to build electric Le Mans car

February 26th, 2013

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Nissan to build electric Le Mans car

Nissan will contest the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2014 with an all-electric contender that will take the ‘Garage 56′ entry reserved for an experimental car. Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn announced that the company would be back at Le Mans next year with “a pioneering Nissan race car showcasing electric technology and with zero emissions”

Erebus’s V8 Mercedes unveiled

February 14th, 2013

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Erebus’s V8 Mercedes unveiled

Erebus Motorsport’s all-new Mercedes V8 Supercar was launched in Australia on Thursday. The three E63 AMGs, which are built to V8 Supercars’ new Car of The Future regulations, were presented along with drivers Maro Engel, Tim Slade and Lee Holdsworth. Team owner Betty Klimenko said: “At the Bathurst 12 Hours last year I spoke with a representative from AMG and he told me ‘I don’t believe this will ever happen.’ “This project has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember and tonight this dream has become a reality; there is a bit of a sense of disbelief that we’re here.

Viso lands Andretti Autosport seat

February 7th, 2013

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Viso lands Andretti Autosport seat

EJ Viso has been named as the driver of Andretti Autosport’s long-anticipated fourth entry in a car jointly run by Andretti and former Lotus-aligned squad HVM. “After five years in the series I believe I have found the right environment and look forward to having Ryan [Hunter-Reay], James [Hinchcliffe] and Marco [Andretti] as teammates,” said Viso. “I’m very proud to be able to move into the 2013 season with this new relationship; it’s a dream come true.” The deal returns the reigning champion team Andretti Autosport to its traditional stable of four full-time cars after it scaled back to three for the 2012 season

Panoz takes DeltaWing in-house

February 6th, 2013

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Panoz takes DeltaWing in-house

Don Panoz has firmed up his plans to continue racing with the revolutionary lightweight DeltaWing, starting on schedule at next month’s Sebring 12 Hours. Sources close to Panoz have confirmed to AUTOSPORT that his plans to have the first production version of the DeltaWing on the grid at Sebring are on time

Ferrari stays realistic on goals for F138

February 1st, 2013

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Ferrari stays realistic on goals for F138

Ferrari believes the priority for its 2013 car must be to match its rivals at the front of the field, rather than surpass them. Fernando Alonso narrowly missed out on the world championship to Sebastian Vettel last year, but the team’s 2012 car was rarely on the pace of the other frontrunning teams

Sainz wants to return to the Dakar

January 23rd, 2013

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Sainz wants to return to the Dakar

Former Dakar Rally winner Carlos Sainz says his early retirement from this year’s event has not dissuaded him from returning with Nasser Al-Attiyah’s Qatar Red Bull buggy project in 2014. Having led after the opening stage , Sainz dropped out of Dakar with an engine fault . His team-mate Al-Attiyah suffered a similar issue later in the rally and also retired.

Pirelli wants ‘right’ F1 deal

January 14th, 2013

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Pirelli wants ‘right’ F1 deal

Pirelli wants to stay in Formula 1 for several years, but only as long as it makes sense financially, according to its motorsport boss Paul Hembery. The Italian tyre manufacturer returned to the sport in 2011 after a 20-year absence. Its supply contract expires at the end of this season

Hyundai appoints Nandan as boss

January 11th, 2013

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Hyundai appoints Nandan as boss

Hyundai has appointed veteran engineer Michel Nandan as team principal for its new World Rally Championship outfit. The Korean manufacturer announced last September that it would end a long break from the series with a full-time return to competition in 2014 based around its i20 model .

M-Sport to help develop Bentley GT3

December 17th, 2012

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M-Sport to help develop Bentley GT3

Bentley has entered into a technical partnership with M-Sport to develop its new Continental GT3 racer. Ford’s long-term partner in the World Rally Championship has been signed up as Bentley gears up to enter the GT3 arena at the end of the 2013 season. M-Sport will “assist with the design of specialist components and offer focused technical expertise during the development of the programme”, according to a statement from Bentley.

Toseland aiming for land speed record

December 4th, 2012

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Toseland aiming for land speed record

Two-time World Superbike champion James Toseland will spearhead a British attempt to break the motorcycle land speed record.