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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.

Edwards on pole as rain hits qualifying

May 4th, 2013

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Edwards on pole as rain hits qualifying

Carl Edwards will start from NASCAR Sprint Cup pole at Talladega by virtue of his practice performance after rain forced the cancellation of Saturday’s qualifying session.

Kenseth beats Roush cars to pole

April 19th, 2013

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Kenseth beats Roush cars to pole

Matt Kenseth set a new track record at Kansas Speedway to claim pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race. Kenseth put in a 28.145s lap in his Joe Gibbs Toyota to push the Roush Fenway Fords of Carl Edwards and Ricky Stenhouse Jr to second and third. Practice pacesetter Edwards had only just knocked his team-mate off pole before Kenseth took top spot with the penultimate run of the session.

Busch converts pole to Texas win

April 14th, 2013

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Busch converts pole to Texas win

Kyle Busch held Martin Truex Jr at bay to claim his second NASCAR Sprint Cup win of the 2013 season in Saturday’s Texas Motor Speedway night race.

Edwards ends victory drought

March 3rd, 2013

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Edwards ends victory drought

Carl Edwards ended a barren run stretching back to March 2011 by winning the season’s second NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Phoenix. Edwards beat erstwhile leader Dale Earnhardt Jr out of the pits in the final stops, then nursed his fuel load to the finish to win for the first time since Las Vegas two years and 70 races ago. Going into the closing laps, the Roush Fenway Ford had Jimmie Johnson’s Hendrick Chevrolet and Brad Keselowski’s Penske Ford hunting it down as the entire field tried to save fuel.

Johnson beats Earnhardt at Daytona

February 24th, 2013

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Johnson beats Earnhardt at Daytona

Jimmie Johnson ended his run of poor Daytona 500 results by holding off Hendrick Chevrolet team-mate Dale Earnhardt Jr to win NASCAR’s premier race for the second time.

Biffle tops final day of Daytona test

January 12th, 2013

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Biffle tops final day of Daytona test

Greg Biffle was quickest among those who stayed on for the final day of NASCAR Sprint Cup pre-season testing at Daytona on Saturday.

Crash interrupts Daytona testing

January 11th, 2013

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Crash interrupts Daytona testing

The second day of NASCAR Sprint Cup testing at Daytona on Friday was marred by a massive accident that has ruled several teams out of the rest of the test. The multi-car crash was triggered when Dale Earnhardt Jr made contact with Marcos Ambrose as a large group of drivers practiced pack drafting

Pastrana secures Nationwide deal

January 3rd, 2013

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Pastrana secures Nationwide deal

X Games and American rallying star Travis Pastrana has secured a full-time NASCAR Nationwide Series deal with Roush Fenway Racing as he bids to break into stock car racing’s top level. Pastrana made a one-off Nationwide start with Roush at Richmond last year, while also contesting several races with a RAB/Michael Waltrip Racing entry. He originally made his name in motocross before adding rallying to his repertoire, ultimately winning four American rally titles, two motocross crowns and multiple X Games medals.

Johnson marches on with Texas pole

November 2nd, 2012

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Johnson marches on with Texas pole

Jimmie Johnson kept his momentum running from last week’s Martinsville win to claim pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase race at Texas. The Hendrick driver bounced back from being only 27th fastest in Friday practice to set a flying lap of 28.261 seconds at an average speed of 191.076 mph

Biffle takes record Charlotte pole

October 12th, 2012

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Greg Biffle claimed his third pole position of the season in qualifying for Saturday night’s fifth NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase round at Charlotte. The Roush Fenway driver, who has had a lacklustre start to his title campaign, set a new track record at the mile-and-a-half speedway with a lap at an average speed of 193.708 mph

Roush duo accept title now unlikely

October 7th, 2012

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Roush duo accept title now unlikely

Roush Fenway drivers Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth believe it will be difficult to get back in NASCAR Sprint Cup title contention as they sit at the bottom of the Chase points standings ahead of Sunday’s race at Talladega. Biffle led the points for most of the regular season but has not enjoyed a strong start to the Chase.

Keselowski saves fuel for Dover win

October 1st, 2012

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Keselowski saves fuel for Dover win

Brad Keselowski claimed his second win in three Chase races by beating his rivals in a fuel-mileage finish in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup round at Dover. The Penske driver reclaimed the lead of the championship with a calculated drive that took him to his fifth win of the year. Keselowski was a top-ifve contender for most of the day but did not look a threat until the final caution waved

Johnson starts Chase with pole

September 15th, 2012

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Johnson starts Chase with pole

Jimmie Johnson will start the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase from pole position after leading Saturday’s qualifying for the play-off opener at Chicagoland. The Hendrick Motorsports driver claimed his second pole of the season and his 11th for a Chase event

Earnhardt: This is my best title shot

September 14th, 2012

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Earnhardt: This is my best title shot

Dale Earnhardt Jr believes he enters this year’s NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup with his best ever shot ever at becoming champion. The Hendrick Motorsports driver has enjoyed his most consistent regular season ever. He heads into the final 10 races of the season seventh in the standings, having scored the second most points of any driver during the first 26 races, beaten only by Roush Fenway’s Greg Biffle.

Edwards to support Roush title bid

September 11th, 2012

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Edwards to support Roush title bid

Carl Edwards has vowed to support his Roush Fenway team-mates during the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase after missing the play-off last Saturday at Richmond.

Kenseth: Title push not compromised

September 7th, 2012

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Kenseth: Title push not compromised

Matt Kenseth does not believe his NASCAR Sprint Cup championship chances will be compromised by his departure to Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of the year. The 2003 champion was finally confirmed as a JGR driver on Tuesday following months of speculation about where he would drive next season, having announced he was leaving Roush Fenway back in June . The 40-year-old is set to be part of this year’s Chase, along with at least one of his Roush team-mate as stablemate Greg Biffle currently leads the points.

Edwards not giving up on Chase spot

September 4th, 2012

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Edwards not giving up on Chase spot

Carl Edwards says he has not given up on securing a place in this year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase despite a costly engine failure at Atlanta on Sunday . The Roush Fenway driver was runner-up in the 2011 title race, only losing out to Tony Stewart on a tie-break. But Edwards has yet to win a race this year, and dropped to 14th in the drivers’ standings when he retired at Atlanta

Biffle confident of title charge

August 30th, 2012

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Biffle confident of title charge

Greg Biffle is confident he will be in the thick of the NASCAR Sprint Cup title battle, having already secured a place in this year’s Chase. The Roush Fenway Ford driver has led the standings for 14 weeks this season – more than any other driver – and became the first to clinch a spot in the 2012 championship play-off following last weekend’s race at Bristol.

Hamlin wins as Chase field forms

August 26th, 2012

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Hamlin wins as Chase field forms

Denny Hamlin claimed his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career win at Bristol while Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Matt Kenseth secured a place in this year’s Chase. In one of the most action-packed races of the season, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Hamlin came out on top from a battle where strategy and track position were key. Hamlin was a top-five runner following the final round of pitstops and challenged Roush Fenway’s Carl Edwards for the lead in the deciding stages, overtaking him after some contact with 39 laps remaining, before pulling away during the final green-flag stretch to the finish.

Martin takes fourth pole of 2012

August 17th, 2012

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Mark Martin claimed his fourth pole position of the season in qualifying for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan.