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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.

Speed wins Brazil X Games gold

April 21st, 2013

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Speed wins Brazil X Games gold

Former Formula 1 driver Scott Speed has won gold in the rallycross element of the Brazilian X Games today. Speed, a rallycross rookie, upset the formbook by defeating a host of rally drivers and star names including Travis Pastrana, Ken Block and Tanner Foust. All three men were eliminated in an accident in the final

Vatanen tips Loeb to win Pikes Peak

April 17th, 2013

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Vatanen tips Loeb to win Pikes Peak

Former World Rally Champion Ari Vatanen has tipped Sebastien Loeb to set a new benchmark time for the Pikes Peak Hillclimb this year. The nine-time champion will compete in the unlimited class of this year’s June 30 event, driving a Peugeot 208 T16 .

Loeb to enter 2013 Pikes Peak

March 28th, 2013

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Loeb to enter 2013 Pikes Peak

Nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb will compete in this year’s Pikes Peak hillclimb for Peugeot. Loeb will drive a purpose-built 208 T16 Pikes Peak in the unlimited class. AUTOSPORT revealed on Wednesday that Peugeot was evaluating a return to the hillclimb challenge.

Loeb says Ogier is out of reach

February 8th, 2013

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Loeb says Ogier is out of reach

Nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb says his countryman and Rally Sweden rival Sebastien Ogier is impossible to catch. Volkswagen driver Ogier has enjoyed the perfect day from the perfect position on the road to establish a 31.4-second lead over his former team-mate and Citroen star Loeb. Ogier has been fastest in all-but one of today’s forest stages run around the town of Hagfors.

Loeb has not lost motivation

October 12th, 2012

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Loeb has not lost motivation

Nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb says he starts next weekend’s Rally d’Italia as determined as ever to secure victory in Sardinia.

Gronholm confirms racing return

May 16th, 2012

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Gronholm confirms racing return

Two-time World Rally Champion Marcus Gronholm has confirmed he will return to motorsport and contest a full programme of Global Rallycross events in America this year. Gronholm will form part of the Best Buy Team along with British driver David Binks.

Solberg wins Fafe Rally Sprint

March 26th, 2012

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Solberg wins Fafe Rally Sprint

Former World Rally Champion Petter Solberg took his first win in Ford colours yesterday, beating Sebastien Loeb to Fafe Rally Sprint victory by just two hundredths of a second. The Rally Sprint, which was run over the legendary Fafe stage, was introduced as a warm-up for this week’s Rally of Portugal – and as a way for the organisers to engage with fans in the north of the country. The stage was last used as part of the WRC round in 2001, the last year the Rally of Portugal ran in the north, since its return to the calendar in 2007 it has been based in Faro on the Algarve.

Gronholm confirms GRC presence

February 21st, 2012

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Gronholm confirms GRC presence

Double World Rally Champion Marcus Gronholm has been confirmed alongside British driver David Binks as part of a two-car Best Buy Racing team in the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship. Gronholm, who won three GRC rounds last season, will drive a Ford Fiesta prepared by Olsbergs Motor Sport Evolution on every round of this year’s series

Al-Attiyah secures works Citroen drive

December 15th, 2011

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Al-Attiyah secures works Citroen drive

Citroen has confirmed it will field a third DS3 World Rally Car for Nasser Al-Attiyah from the second round of next year’s World Rally Championship. The seven-time Middle East Rally Champion will drive a Qatar-backed Citroen in exactly the same specification as that of eight-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb and his new Finnish team-mate Mikko Hirvonen. Olivier Quesnel, Citroen Racing team principal said: ‘We’re pleased to announce the arrival of Nasser Al-Attiyah at Citroen Racing

X-raid to run five Minis on Dakar

November 4th, 2011

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X-raid to run five Minis on Dakar

Team X-raid will field five Minis on next year’s Dakar Rally as part of a full-scale assault on the South American-based event. The team, which will be among the favourites for victory in the absence of Volkswagen, gave Mini All4 Racing its debut on the event last year; Guerlain Chicherit destroying his car after rolling while testing on a mid-rally rest day. Now it is back with four more of the cars, with the lead entry to be driven by long-time X-raid driver Stephane Peterhansel, who has three Dakar wins in cars plus six on bikes to his name.

FIA vice-president tests WRC Mini

June 1st, 2011

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FIA vice-president tests WRC Mini

FIA vice-president for sport and 14-time Middle East Rally Champion Mohammed Ben Sulayem tested Mini’s John Cooper Works WRC at Warwick yesterday. Ben Sulayem drove the Mini at Prodrive’s asphalt test track and admitted he had enjoyed his first taste of the new generation of World Rally Cars. “It’s the first time I have had a chance to drive a new World Rally Car,” he said.

Basso eager for IRC return

May 24th, 2011

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Double European Rally Champion Giandomenico Basso has talked of his pleasure at driving for the Proton team ahead of his return to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge on next week’s Yalta Rally. The 37-year-old Italian had been facing a season on the sidelines before he returned to the IRC – a series he won in 2006 – with the Malaysian manufacturer earlier this year. His first outing in a Satria Neo S2000 brought a ninth place finish on the Rally Islas Canarias, but Basso is sure there’s more to come

DMACK tyres to make WRC debut

February 4th, 2011

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DMACK tyres to make WRC debut

Chinese tyre firm DMACK will make its debut on next week’s Rally Sweden, running its tyres on the Ford Fiesta S2000 of former Junior World Rally champion Martin Prokop. DMACK and Michelin are the only tyre companies available to WRC competitors this season and the Chinese firm has put together its WRC range in just five months.

Loeb says he won’t race at Le Mans

January 26th, 2011

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Loeb says he won’t race at Le Mans

Sebastien Loeb has ruled out racing in the Le Mans 24 Hours this year, despite speculation linking him with a return to the event. The seven-time world rally champion contested Le Mans with the Pescarolo team in 2005 and 2006, finishing second overall in the latter event.

Ogier says he will take more risks

September 30th, 2010

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Ogier says he will take more risks

Sebastien Ogier has vowed to take more risks on this week’s Rally of France, which gets underway with a ceremonial start in Strasbourg this evening. The 26-year-old Frenchman scored his first podium finish on an asphalt round of the World Rally Championship on last month’s Rally Germany, but feels he has more speed to come

Vatanen announces vice-presidents

September 4th, 2009

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FIA presidential candidate Ari Vatanen has announced the seven candidates he is putting forward as his vice-presidents for mobility. The former world rally champion will be backed in his campaign for the October 23 election by Ivan Dibos from Peru, Mike Harris from Australia, Earl Jarrett from Jamaica, Niklaus Lundsgaard-Hansen from Switzerland, Peter Meyer from Germany, Tim Shearman from Canada and Maria Spetz from Sweden. Speaking about the cabinet members, Vatanen said: “This is a first-class team and all its members came on board spontaneously because they all want to make a change together with me.

FOTA to meet with Vatanen, Todt

August 27th, 2009

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Formula 1 team principals are to meet with FIA presidential hopeful Ari Vatanen at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, AUTOSPORT has learned, before seeing his rival Jean Todt later in the year. The Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) has agreed to meet with Vatanen on Saturday at Spa-Francorchamps to discuss the former world rally champion’s proposals for the future of the governing body. Although teams have no say in the outcome of the election, with the presidency decided by FIA member clubs, the F1 team principals are still eager to see what the potential future presidents have to say about their plans