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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.

Vettel: Red Bull not lone tyre critic

May 22nd, 2013

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Vettel: Red Bull not lone tyre critic

Sebastian Vettel insists that Red Bull is not alone in being unhappy about Pirelli’s tyres, and thinks it unfair his team are being singled-out as whiners. Rivals have criticised Red Bull’s outspoken views on the impact of more aggressive tyres this year, even though it is leading the constructors’ championship and Vettel is on top of the drivers’ standings. The team’s stance was further questioned after the Spanish Grand Prix when owner Dietrich Mateschitz suggested F1 was no longer ‘racing’ because Vettel stopped four times – even though he adopted a similar tactic to win the race in 2011.

Speed increases NASCAR programme

May 22nd, 2013

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Speed increases NASCAR programme

Scott Speed is adding up to 10 further NASCAR Sprint Cup events to his schedule after his recent top-10 finish at Talladega secured extra backing for his Leavine Family Racing Ford Fusion. The ex-Toro Rosso Formula 1 racer now plans to combine top-level US stock car racing with a Global Rallycross Championship campaign for the rest of the season. His ninth-placed Cup finish at Talladega and victory in the opening GRC event at X Games Brazil last month have boosted his chances of extra outings, including this week’s Charlotte NASCAR round.

McLaren expects ’15 Honda exclusivity

May 22nd, 2013

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McLaren expects ’15 Honda exclusivity

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has confirmed that McLaren will have exclusive use of Honda Formula 1 engines in 2015 and that other teams may only race with the Japanese units “in due course”. Honda announced its F1 comeback with McLaren last week, but also left the door open to supplying other squads . “The agreement governing engine supply was actually there to prevent one manufacturer working with too many of the best teams,” said Whitmarsh in an interview for this week’s episode of The Racer’s Edge .

Buller joins Fortec for British F3

May 21st, 2013

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Buller joins Fortec for British F3

Northern Irish Formula 3 racer Will Buller is a last-minute addition to the entry list for this weekend’s British F3 International Series opener at Silverstone, and will drive a Fortec Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes. Buller, 20, has been contesting this year’s F3 European Championship in a T-Sport Dallara-Nissan.

High-deg racing ‘not boring’ for drivers

May 20th, 2013

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High-deg racing ‘not boring’ for drivers

Formula 1 is still as exciting in the cockpit this season as it has been in recent campaigns regardless of high tyre wear, claims Paul di Resta. Amid an ongoing debate about whether or not Pirelli’s high-degrading tyres have taken away some of the thrill of racing, di Resta is in no doubt that things are just as good this season as they have been before.

Berton secures first Superstars win

May 19th, 2013

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Berton secures first Superstars win

Giovanni Berton took his first Superstars International Series race win in the second encounter in Brno, a race in which title contender Tonio Liuzzi crashed out in dramatic fashion. Berton took BMW’s first win in more than a season in commanding style, charging his way from sixth on the grid to the lead within half a lap. Once in front, he made sure he stayed there, even surviving a mid-race safety car – sparked by a crash between ‘Diabolik’ (Ferlito Jaguar) and Max Mugelli (Dinamic BMW) – to take a 2.3s win.

Biagi dominates race one at Brno

May 19th, 2013

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Biagi dominates race one at Brno

Thomas Biagi was in a class of his own on his way to victory in the first Superstars International Series race of the weekend at Brno.

Huge fines, penalties for WTCC field

May 18th, 2013

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Huge fines, penalties for WTCC field

FIA stewards have handed out massive fines and grid penalties to myriad drivers following the comedic finish to World Touring Car qualifying at the Salzburgring . The entire Q2 field ended up missing out on the chance to post a final flyer as they jostled for the perfect slipstreaming position, with speeds falling to as low as 32km/h. Traffic, caused by drivers backing each other up, was also an issue in Q1.

Biagi snatches last-gasp Brno pole

May 18th, 2013

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Biagi snatches last-gasp Brno pole

Thomas Biagi took a last-gasp pole position for the first Superstars International Series race at Brno.

Muller secures third pole of 2013

May 18th, 2013

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Muller secures third pole of 2013

Yvan Muller captured his third World Touring Car pole of 2013 in emphatic style at the Salzburgring. The Frenchman carried his practice form into the knockout session, and on fresh rubber – and with a tow from RML team-mate Tom Chilton – set a new record of 1m25.756s

Lynn claims maiden win at Brands

May 18th, 2013

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Lynn claims maiden win at Brands

Alex Lynn claimed his maiden win in the Formula 3 European Championship after leading from start to finish at Brands Hatch on Saturday morning. From pole position, Lynn held off the challenge of championship-leading Prema team-mate Raffaele Marciello at the first corner. The Italian put the local man under pressure throughout the race, and from before mid-distance the leading pair of Dallara-Mercedes cars had to deal with a host of lapped traffic.

Turvey takes another ELMS pole

May 18th, 2013

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Oliver Turvey maintained his 100 per cent prototype qualifying record by claiming pole position for the second round of the European Le Mans Series at Imola. The McLaren Formula 1 test and development driver, who has joined the Jota Sport Zytek LMP2 squad for this season, topped the times by more than half a second to follow up on his pole at the Silverstone season opener last month. His 1m34.343s pole lap aboard the Jota Zytek-Nissan Z11SN he shares with Simon Dolan compared with the 1m34.914s set by Mathias Beche in the TDS Racing ORECA-Nissan 03

Bryant-Meisner joins British F3 field

May 17th, 2013

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Bryant-Meisner joins British F3 field

German Formula 3 Cup contender John Bryant-Meisner is to contest the opening round of the British Formula 3 International Series at Silverstone next weekend. The 18-year-old Swede will join the grid for the May 25/26 event in his Performance Racing Dallara powered by the German F3 spec Volkswagen engine, and hopes to complete the rest of the British F3 rounds too. Bryant-Meisner lies third in the German F3 points after winning the reversed-grid races at each of the opening two rounds.

Analysis: tyre change tech challenges

May 15th, 2013

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Analysis: tyre change tech challenges

Pirelli’s decision to change its tyres from the Canadian Grand Prix onwards will potentially have a far-reaching effect. Tyres are an integral part of the car’s design, affecting the aerodynamics and the suspension. With changes to the construction moving back towards the 2012 tyre specification, married to the current compounds, teams will be heading back to their computer screens to re-optimise their cars around the modified tyres

Korjus on standby for British F3 seat

May 15th, 2013

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Korjus on standby for British F3 seat

Barcelona GP3 qualifying pacesetter Kevin Korjus is waiting in the wings to join the Double R Racing squad for at least some British Formula 3 International Series rounds.

IndyCar hires Walker for new role

May 13th, 2013

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IndyCar hires Walker for new role

IndyCar has confirmed that Derrick Walker will join the series as its president of operations and competition after the Indianapolis 500. The long-time team owner and manager will be responsible for all technical and competition aspects of the series

Aston plans factory entry for Spa 24

May 13th, 2013

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Aston plans factory entry for Spa 24

Aston Martin Racing is planning to field a factory entry in the Spa 24 Hours in July. AMR is finalising a deal to join forces with the Belgian GPR Racing squad to mount an attack on the blue-riband round of the Blancpain Endurance Series on July 27/28 with a solo Vantage V12 GT3

Carpenter fastest as Indy commences

May 12th, 2013

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Carpenter fastest as Indy commences

Ed Carpenter opened the 2013 Indianapolis 500 by going fastest on the first day of practice on Saturday. The owner/driver’s 220.970mph lap was just 0.05mph quicker than second-fastest Josef Newgarden’s effort for Sarah Fisher Hartman, with Andretti rookie Carlos Munoz claiming the third-best time

Steele, new RGM team to enter BTCC

May 10th, 2013

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Steele, new RGM team to enter BTCC

Former single-seater racer Aaron Steele plans to contest the British Touring Car Championship next year. The 2008 McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award finalist will race in two rounds of the European Touring Car Championship this season ahead of his BTCC campaign

Ericsson leads all-DAMS front row

May 10th, 2013

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Ericsson leads all-DAMS front row

Marcus Ericsson will start round five of the 2013 GP2 Series at Barcelona from pole position, leading a one-two for reigning champion DAMS ahead of team-mate Stephane Richelmi. Ericsson, who had not scored a point this season until taking the four for pole position – his first-ever in the series – left it late to grab the top spot, having previously led the way for much of the session only for Richelmi to look like he had snatched it late on