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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.

Kubica can surpass Raikkonen – Loeb

May 13th, 2013

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Kubica can surpass Raikkonen – Loeb

Sebastien Loeb is confident Robert Kubica can surpass Kimi Raikkonen’s achievements and establish himself as a frontrunner in the World Rally Championship.

Ogier leads into Saturday in Portugal

April 12th, 2013

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Ogier leads into Saturday in Portugal

Sebastien Ogier extended his lead over Dani Sordo to 4.4 seconds after finishing second-fastest on the superspecial that closed Friday’s Rally Portugal running. The Volkswagen driver found two seconds on his Citroen rival over the 3.27 kilometre Lisboa stage.

Ogier leads from Sordo in Portugal

April 12th, 2013

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Ogier leads from Sordo in Portugal

Sebastien Ogier benefited from Mads Ostberg’s crash and then held off a charging Dani Sordo to lead Rally Portugal after SS4. Ostberg had grabbed the lead from Ogier after SS2 but then rolled 13 kilometres into the following stage

Ostberg crashes from Portugal lead

April 12th, 2013

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Ostberg crashes from Portugal lead

Mads Ostberg has crashed out from the lead of Rally Portugal on SS3. The M-Sport Ford driver had edged 3.9s clear of the field after stage two, Ourique, and was then among the fastest drivers through the first three splits of stage three. Thirteen kilometres in, however, he rolled his Fiesta after pushing too hard through a left-hander.

Ostberg grabs early lead from Ogier

April 12th, 2013

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Ostberg grabs early lead from Ogier

Mads Ostberg grabbed the Rally of Portugal lead from Sebastien Ogier at the end of stage two on Friday morning. Ogier had already looked capable of delivering a third straight dominant win when he came through the opening Mu stage four seconds clear of nearest rival Ostberg

Meeke in line for Finland WRC return

March 20th, 2013

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Meeke in line for Finland WRC return

Kris Meeke is in line for a sensational return to the World Rally Championship, driving a factory Citroen DS3 WRC on Rally Finland in the summer. Meeke, a former works Mini driver in the WRC, is on Citroen team principal Yves Matton’s shortlist for the Finland seat, replacing Khalid Al-Qassimi in the additional factory Citroen entered under the Abu Dhabi banner

Kubica to contest WRC2 with Citroen

March 4th, 2013

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Kubica to contest WRC2 with Citroen

Robert Kubica will compete in the World Rally Championship’s WRC2 category this year driving for Citroen. The ex-Formula 1 driver has chosen a season of rallying over circuit racing for his return to regular competition , having competed in a handful of rallies towards the end of last year including two in a Citroen C4 WRC . Kubica will drive a Citroen DS3 RRC (Regional Rally Car) on seven WRC rounds this year

Torrential rain could hinder leaders

March 30th, 2012

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Torrential rain could hinder leaders

The second day of the Rally of Portugal will start in some of the wettest conditions for the World Rally Championship in recent years, which could work to the detriment of the current leaders. The torrential rain which arrived in the Algarve area last night has continued into this morning, with the stages north of the rally’s Faro base turning extremely muddy. In these conditions, the best place on the road is at the front of the field, with the gravel stages worsening in condition with every car that passes.

Ford, Citroen split on running order

March 28th, 2012

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Ford, Citroen split on running order

Ford and Citroen have taken totally opposing decisions regarding the running order for tomorrow night’s opening loop of Rally of Portugal stages, with the factory Fiestas at the back of the pack and the DS3s at the front. Jari-Matti Latvala was first to select his position on the road, courtesy of his fastest time on the qualifying stage this morning. The Finn confirmed Ford’s strategy by picking 17th on the road

Rally Portugal to water night stages

March 28th, 2012

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Rally Portugal to water night stages

The organisers of the Rally of Portugal will water Thursday night’s three dark stages in an effort to contain the dust problem on this fourth round of the World Rally Championship. Dark stages on warm gravel rallies have historically caused problems with hanging dust and when the Acropolis Rally included one night-time test last year, the WRC crews were up in arms, accusing the Greek organisers of putting their safety at risk

Loeb backs revised tyre WRC rules

March 27th, 2012

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Loeb backs revised tyre WRC rules

Sebastien Loeb has praised the change of tyre usage regulations for this season’s World Rally Championship – stating that last season’s rules were dangerous. On certain rounds of this year’s WRC, the crews are permitted 10 tyres which can be used in exceptional conditions

FIA approves 2012 WRC calendar

April 14th, 2011

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FIA approves 2012 WRC calendar

The FIA has confirmed the calendar for next year’s World Rally Championship – as predicted by AUTOSPORT last month. The 12 countries included in the 2012 schedule are: Abu Dhabi, Argentina, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Norway. As expected, Argentina and Great Britain are asterixed on the list with the caveats: ‘Subject to confirmation and approval of the Event Business Plan [Rally GB] and format [Argetina].’ Argentina is to run a long-distance event, which is rumoured to be going into Uruguay.

Ogier fastest in Rally Portugal shakedown

March 23rd, 2011

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Ogier fastest in Rally Portugal shakedown

Last year’s Rally Portugal winner Sebastien Ogier continued where he left off on the 2010 event – by topping this evening’s shakedown stage. The Citroen driver collected his maiden World Rally Championship victory on the event last May and then set the fastest time around the three-mile shakedown test, which is being run tonight to make way for an opening stage in the nation’s capital city Lisbon tomorrow

Ford promises Fiesta will get faster

March 8th, 2011

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Ford promises Fiesta will get faster

Ford’s Malcolm Wilson says there is more performance to come from the Fiesta RS WRC – but the drivers will have to wait until Rally d’Italia before they feel the real benefit of the tweaks. The homologation on the engines for the all-new World Rally Cars will be set at the end of April – and Wilson says the Cumbrian-based team will be working flat-out on the 1.6-litre motor up until the deadline. After completing a one-two-three result on the opening round of the World Rally Championship in Sweden, Ford was left trailing the Citroens in Mexico last week

Customer Mini to compete from Portugal

January 4th, 2011

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Customer Mini to compete from Portugal

The first customer-run Mini will join the World Rally Championship before the works team this year, with Brazilian Daniel Oliveira set to begin his campaign on Rally Portugal in March. The 25-year-old Brazilian, who competed in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2010, has agreed a deal with Prodrive to enter a Super 2000-spec Mini on the third event of the WRC season, before switching to a WRC-spec version later in the year. Oliveira will be co-driven by Portugal’s Carlos Magalhaes, the pair having driven together in the IRC last year

Meeke: Ogier will boost Peugeot

June 4th, 2010

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Kris Meeke has believes that having Rally of Portugal winner Sebastien Ogier in the Peugeot team for this week’s Rally d’Italia-Sardegna will be a big boost for the French team.

Raikkonen to get more testing

June 2nd, 2010

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Raikkonen to get more testing

Kimi Raikkonen will test his Red Bull Citroen C4 WRC more over the second half of the season – with 10 days of running time in the car being set aside to get the Finn up to speed for the next seven rallies. Raikkonen ended last week’s Rally of Portugal in 10th place, but Citroen Junior Team manager Benoit Nogier said it was tough to expect anything more from the largely inexperienced Finn. The former Formula 1 world champion has only just completed his seventh round of the World Rally Championship

Loeb: Ogier now my biggest rival

May 30th, 2010

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Loeb: Ogier now my biggest rival

Sebastien Loeb reckons Rally of Portugal winner Sebastien Ogier has become his toughest rival in the World Rally Championship.

Q and A: Citroen boss on Ogier vs Loeb

May 29th, 2010

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The Rally of Portugal is turning into a fascinating shoot-out between Citroen’s current superstar Sebastien Loeb and its future championship hope Sebastien Ogier – with young Junior Team driver Ogier taking a 21-second advantage over established legend Loeb into the final day.

Ogier holds Loeb at bay after day two

May 29th, 2010

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Ogier holds Loeb at bay after day two

Sebastien Ogier will take a 21-second lead into the final day of the Rally of Portugal, having matched the chasing Sebastien Loeb’s pace on the second afternoon. With Ogier (Citroen Junior) running first on the road today, Loeb (Citroen) had been able to close in. But after slashing the gap between them from 46s to 23s on the morning loop, Loeb could not make the same gains in the afternoon, with Ogier actually extending his lead on one stage.