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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.

Rossi thinks he has made breakthrough

June 20th, 2013

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Rossi thinks he has made breakthrough

Valentino Rossi believes a breakthrough he made in Wednesday’s Aragon test could bring a turnaround in his difficult MotoGP season. Since taking second place in Qatar in his first race back at Yamaha, Rossi has struggled to make an impression, with qualifying being a particular weak point.

Rossi targets immediate fightback

June 11th, 2013

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Rossi targets immediate fightback

Valentino Rossi says it is imperative to fight back from his first-lap crash at Mugello and end a string of poor results in MotoGP’s forthcoming race at Barcelona.

Rossi: first-lap crash a racing incident

June 3rd, 2013

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Rossi: first-lap crash a racing incident

Valentino Rossi believes his first-lap crash with Alvaro Bautista in his home MotoGP race at Mugello was ultimately a racing incident. The Italian had lost ground from his third-row grid slot and found himself alongside Bautista, on the outside line, heading into Turn 3, Poggia Secco

Rossi: podium would suffice at Mugello

May 28th, 2013

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Rossi: podium would suffice at Mugello

Valentino Rossi has warned his Italian fans that a podium finish is the best he can hope for at Mugello this weekend. The Italian legend won every MotoGP round at the track from 2002 to ’08.

Rossi celebrates set-up breakthrough

May 17th, 2013

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Rossi celebrates set-up breakthrough

Valentino Rossi believes he made a breakthrough with his Yamaha in Friday practice at Le Mans and should be more competitive than in his last two races. The seven-time MotoGP champion has not been on the podium since his first race back with Yamaha in Qatar

Rossi surprised Honda had the edge

May 5th, 2013

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Rossi surprised Honda had the edge

Valentino Rossi was surprised that Honda had the edge over Yamaha in Sunday’s MotoGP race at Jerez. Rossi and factory Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo lost out to the works Hondas of Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez, with the latter beating Lorenzo to second place in controversial circumstances .

Rossi plays down qualifying crash

May 4th, 2013

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Rossi plays down qualifying crash

Valentino Rossi does not think his heavy crash at the end of Jerez MotoGP qualifying will have any impact on his race prospects.

Rossi admits race pace a concern

May 3rd, 2013

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Rossi admits race pace a concern

Valentino Rossi fears he will not be able to sustain a strong race pace throughout Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix unless he can get to grips with this weekend’s tyre choice. Rossi was third and fourth in the two Friday practice sessions at Jerez, as his Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo led the way .

Marquez warns against big expectations

April 30th, 2013

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Marquez warns against big expectations

Marc Marquez believes maintaining a level-headed approach will be imperative for MotoGP’s visit to Jerez this weekend.

Rossi sure Austin slump not a trend

April 30th, 2013

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Rossi sure Austin slump not a trend

Valentino Rossi is confident that he will be “fine” now that MotoGP is back in Europe after a disappointing performance in the last round in America. Rossi had made a spectacular start to his return to Yamaha when he surged through the field to take second in the Qatar season-opener. But he struggled at the following race at Austin , where amid a weekend of brake problems he could only qualify eighth and finish sixth

Rossi blames brake issue for poor race

April 22nd, 2013

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Rossi blames brake issue for poor race

Valentino Rossi said a brake issue compounded what was already a difficult MotoGP weekend for himself and Yamaha at Austin. After battling through to secure a podium in the first race of his Yamaha return, Rossi headed to Texas aware that Honda could dominate given its pre-season form at the circuit

Rossi returns to GP2 with Caterham

April 17th, 2013

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Rossi returns to GP2 with Caterham

Alexander Rossi will return to GP2 racing after the Caterham team announced he will replace Ma Qing Hua from this weekend’s Bahrain race. American Rossi had been appointed as Caterham Formula 1 team’s reserve driver alongside Ma at the start of last month. On Wednesday, Caterham announced that Rossi will move to the GP2 squad for the remainder of the 2013 season, having missed the first race at Sepang

Yamaha not daunted by Honda US pace

April 16th, 2013

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Yamaha not daunted by Honda US pace

Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi insist Yamaha has not given up on victory at Austin despite Honda’s domination of pre-season testing at the Texan circuit. Marc Marquez put Honda on top on all three days of March running , with Lorenzo half a second and Rossi more than 1.1s in arrears.

Rossi thrilled to prove his pace

April 7th, 2013

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Rossi thrilled to prove his pace

The ecstatic Valentino Rossi thanked Yamaha for giving him a second chance in MotoGP after he battled to second in Qatar on his return to the team. Rossi had only qualified sixth, and although he jumped to fourth on the first lap, he found himself back in eighth soon afterwards when he slid off the road trying to pass Andrea Dovizioso’s Ducati. He was able to battle back to claim second from Honda’s star rookie Marc Marquez with two laps to go, completing a Yamaha one-two behind the dominant Jorge Lorenzo.

Traffic costs Rossi in Qatar

April 6th, 2013

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Traffic costs Rossi in Qatar

Valentino Rossi believes traffic cost him a spot on the front two rows of the grid for the opening MotoGP race of the season, the Qatar Grand Prix. After an unsuccessful two-year spell with Ducati, Rossi has returned to Yamaha – the manufacturer with which he won four of his seven top-class world titles – for 2013.

Rossi hails Marquez’s performance

April 5th, 2013

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Valentino Rossi says the advantage Marc Marquez held over his fellow Honda riders in Friday MotoGP practice in Qatar proves that the Spanish rookie is a serious threat to the establishment. Marquez was fastest in both Friday sessions at Losail, while his factory Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa struggled for pace, failing to get into the top five in either session. Rossi said Marquez had benefited from slipstreaming his Yamaha in practice two, but that his pace was real

Rossi expecting to start on defensive

April 3rd, 2013

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Rossi expecting to start on defensive

Valentino Rossi expects to be on the defensive in his first MotoGP race back at Yamaha in Qatar this weekend. The seven-time champion got ever closer to the front during winter testing, topping the final test at Jerez last month, but admits that Losail has always been a relatively weak track for him, although he has three wins there.

Rossi says test pace is a turning point

March 24th, 2013

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Rossi says test pace is a turning point

Valentino Rossi believes he made an important set-up breakthrough as he returned to the top of the timesheets on day two of Jerez MotoGP testing. The seven-time series champion had trailed team-mate Jorge Lorenzo since returning to Yamaha from Ducati over the winter. But when the field finally had some dry running at Jerez on Sunday, Rossi emerged fastest, beating Lorenzo by 0.015 seconds.

Yamaha unveils 2013 MotoGP bike

March 22nd, 2013

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Yamaha unveils 2013 MotoGP bike

Yamaha has unveiled its new livery for the bikes Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi will compete with in the 2013 MotoGP World Championship. The team, the last factory outfit to reveal its new livery, made the unveiling on the eve of the final pre-season test at Jerez

Rossi, Ma named Caterham reserves

March 1st, 2013

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Rossi, Ma named Caterham reserves

The Caterham team has appointed Alexander Rossi and Ma Qing Hua as its reserve drivers for the 2013 Formula 1 season. The American and the Chinese will join race drivers Charles Pic and Giedo van der Garde at the team