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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.

Maldonado hits new high following win

May 14th, 2012

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Maldonado hits new high following win

Pastor Maldonado reached a new high in the Castrol EDGE Rankings following his surprise maiden victory in the Spanish Grand Prix. The 27-year-old became the first Venezuelan to win in Formula 1, and in the process delivered Williams its first grand prix win since 2004, after holding off a late charge from the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso.

Perez soars, Vettel slides in Malaysia

March 26th, 2012

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Perez soars, Vettel slides in Malaysia

Sergio Perez surged to an all-time high in the Castrol EGDE Rankings on the back of his outstanding drive in a remarkable Malaysian Grand Prix. The Mexican came within a small mistake of his first ever grand prix victory, as bold calls in changeable conditions thrust him into a spectacular and unlikely fight for the lead with Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard had looked likely to drop behind Perez such was the latter’s pace in the Sauber, but seven laps from the end – and within DRS range – he touched the kerb on the approach to the back straight and ran wide, effectively ending his victory bid.

Rankings: Latvala counts cost of crash

January 23rd, 2012

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Rankings: Latvala counts cost of crash

Jari-Matti Latvala tumbled down the Castrol EDGE Rankings after rolling out from the lead of the WRC’s Monte Carlo opener.

Rankings: Button steals past Hamilton

November 28th, 2011

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Rankings: Button steals past Hamilton

Jenson Button made good on his outstanding end to the 2011 season by ousting McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton from third in the Castrol EDGE Rankings – the first time since the Rankings began that Hamilton has finished behind his team-mate. Eight podiums in the final nine races for Button meant that Hamilton’s advantage in the Rankings had been coming under increasing threat as the season drew to a close

Rankings: Loeb falls despite title

November 14th, 2011

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Rankings: Loeb falls despite title

Sebastien Loeb dropped to an all-time low of ninth in the Castrol EDGE Rankings after retiring from the season-ending Rally of Great Britain in bizarre circumstances. Despite the retirement however Loeb was still able to clinch a record eighth WRC crown, after the only man capable of stopping him – Ford’s Mikko Hirvonen – was also forced out of the rally. The pair, separated by just eight points heading into the rally, had been locked in a fight for the lead until Hirvonen’s retirement, which came just after he had edged ahead on the Dyfi East stage

Rankings: Massa clash costs Hamilton

November 1st, 2011

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Rankings: Massa clash costs Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton’s clash with Felipe Massa in the Indian Grand Prix, the latest in a string of altercations between the two this season, caused both drivers to fall in the Castrol EDGE Rankings. On lap 24 Hamilton pulled alongside Massa heading into Turn 5, but the Brazilian was on the more grippy side of the track and refused to cede ground. The result was the sixth instance of contact between the pair this season, although on this occasion both were able to continue.

Power passes Franchitti in Rankings

September 5th, 2011

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Power passes Franchitti in Rankings

Will Power will be hoping the 2011 IndyCar title race mirrors the Castrol EDGE Rankings after getting the upper hand over chief rival Dario Franchitti this week. Power took a comprehensive victory in the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix to cut his points deficit to Franchitti to just five points. Three rounds ago, the gap had been 62

Button displaces Power in Rankings

August 8th, 2011

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Button displaces Power in Rankings

Will Power dropped behind Jenson Button in the Castrol EDGE Rankings and lost ground in the 2011 IndyCar championship after falling foul of a late safety car period at Mid-Ohio. With Button claiming a superb win in changeable weather at the Hungaroring last weekend, both Power and his title rival Dario Franchitti had to place well in IndyCar’s visit to Mid-Ohio to avoid dropping behind the Briton in the Rankings

Rankings: Button and Muller on the up

August 2nd, 2011

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Rankings: Button and Muller on the up

Jenson Button broke back into the Castrol EDGE Rankings top eight courtesy of his perfectly judged victory in changeable weather conditions in Hungary. A run of bad luck – including consecutive retirements at Silverstone and the Nurburgring – had dropped Button to a two-year low of ninth in the Rankings, but Hungary proved the perfect tonic as Button once again showcased his ability to win in the trickiest of conditions in what was his 200th grand prix start. The win not only reinvigorated Button’s challenge in the 2011 championship, but moved him back to eighth ahead of NASCAR’s Carl Edwards.

Rankings: Hamilton on comeback trail

July 25th, 2011

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Rankings: Hamilton on comeback trail

Lewis Hamilton reclaimed fifth in the Castrol EDGE Rankings following a scintillating performance in the German Grand Prix. The Briton provided the perfect tonic to his and McLaren’s recent struggles with astounding performances in qualifying and the race, taking his second win of the season in style with decisive moves on Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso. Victory not only reignited Hamilton’s title ambitions, but put him level with Stirling Moss’ tally of 16 grands prix victories and allowed him to move back into the Rankings top five – an honour he had held for more than 12 months before Dario Franchitti demoted him to sixth

Rankings: Muller into top 60

July 18th, 2011

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Rankings: Muller into top 60

Yvan Muller’s emphatic World Touring Car Championship double at Donington Park last weekend allowed him to break into the Castrol EDGE Rankings top 60. In what was the WTCC’s first visit to the circuit following a five-year spell at Brands Hatch, Muller claimed pole position and both race victories to move closer to championship leader Rob Huff, with whom he clashed in the second race.

Rankings: Spengler rockets up

July 4th, 2011

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Rankings: Spengler rockets up

The weather may not exactly have fitted the occasion, but Bruno Spengler made light of a rain-shortened DTM race at the Norisring to take the race victory, championship lead and his best Rankings spot to date in one fell swoop. Rain was the big challenge at the famous German circuit, but Spengler led the whole race aside from his pitstops, denying his Mercedes team-mate Jamie Green a fourth consecutive victory at the track

Rankings: Ogier on the march

June 20th, 2011

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Rankings: Ogier on the march

The Castrol EDGE Rankings this week contain the usual melange of high risers and sharp fallers, but this time around there is also something rather unexpected. The man on the move in the right direction is undoubtedly Citroen rally star Sebastien Ogier, whose win on the Acropolis lifts him five places to a best-ever 12th spot in the Rankings.

Rankings: Keselowski, Tomczyk move up

June 6th, 2011

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Rankings: Keselowski, Tomczyk move up

An ultra-busy weekend of motorsport brought some unexpected race winners and, consequently, some large leaps in the Castrol EDGE Rankings.

Rankings: Hamilton, Rosberg move up

May 23rd, 2011

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Rankings: Hamilton, Rosberg move up

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are the major movers in the higher echelons of the Castrol EDGE Rankings this week after the Spanish Grand Prix.

Rankings: Huff moves up again

May 16th, 2011

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Rankings: Huff moves up again

Drivers from the two leading European-based Touring Car championships are making waves in the Castrol EDGE Rankings this week, with World Touring Car Championship leader Rob Huff and DTM race winner Mike Rockenfeller both on the move. Huff’s weekend of domination at Monza, where he recorded two wins from pole position in his works Chevrolet Cruze, promotes him six places in the Rankings to 54th. He moves ahead of DTM ace Timo Scheider, NASCAR man David Reutimann, Formula 1 racer Jaime Alguersuari, IndyCar poster girl Danica Patrick and Grand-Am top dogs Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, who suffered a rare defeat this weekend at Virginia International Raceway

Rankings: Loeb puts F1 men in shade

May 9th, 2011

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Rankings: Loeb puts F1 men in shade

Sebastien Loeb put the Formula 1 men in the shade this weekend in the Castrol EDGE Rankings, with the Citroen star’s victory on Rally d’Italia promoting him from fifth to third. Loeb has elevated himself over Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton on a bad weekend for the Englishman

Vergne on the march in Rankings

May 2nd, 2011

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Vergne on the march in Rankings

The second round of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit provided the big risers in the Castrol EDGE Rankings this weekend. Carlin drivers Jean-Eric Vergne and Robert Wickens took a win and a second place apiece. Frenchman Vergne, a Red Bull protege, therefore rises 11 places to 62nd, while Canadian Wickens is up 14 places to 92

Petrov gets big Rankings rise

March 29th, 2011

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Petrov gets big Rankings rise

Vitaly Petrov was the big climber in the Castrol EDGE Rankings this week as his Formula 1 maiden podium finish gained him 10 places.

Kahne closes on Rankings top 30

March 15th, 2011

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Kahne closes on Rankings top 30

Kasey Kahne closed in on a spot in the top 30 of the Castrol EDGE Rankings with a commanding NASCAR Truck Series victory at Darlington last weekend. The 30-year-old American was due to have a week off from his regular Sprint Cup activities, but instead accepted a ride with rival Kyle Busch’s squad and promptly won on what was only his second Truck Series start since 2004. Kahne’s victory did not improve his 35th position in the Castrol EDGE Rankings, but it did boost his score, meaning that he heads to this weekend’s Bristol Sprint Cup event with a chance of overhauling Tony Kanaan, Rubens Barrichello, Matt Kenseth, Clint Bowyer and Ryan Hunter-Reay as he bids to crack the top 30 for the first time since last August.