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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 and Roush earn All-Star pole

May 17th, 2013

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Edwards and Roush earn All-Star pole

Carl Edwards and Roush Fenway claimed pole position for Saturday night’s non-championship NASCAR All-Star race at Charlotte as the new qualifying system proved a hit. Drivers had to complete three flying laps including a mandatory four-tyre-change pitstop to set a qualifying time.

Bahrain qualifying quotes: Marussia

April 20th, 2013

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Jules Bianchi – 20th: “After a positive start to the season, I think it has perhaps been a little frustrating for all of us that we have hit upon a circuit that is not so well-suited to our car. This happens – up and down the pitlane – but we have done a good job to stay focused and do what we can to make the best of it here. The balance problems we experienced yesterday were quite pronounced and gave us a tough start, but I think the direction we have taken to resolve them is a good one.

Bahrain practice quotes: Marussia

April 19th, 2013

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Max Chilton – 21st/20th: “I’m pleased that I was able to complete plenty of running in both sessions today. This is especially important given the tough conditions we are facing, which are obviously impacting quite a lot on the way the car is behaving here.

Neate’s Cruze debut hits delays

April 15th, 2013

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Neate’s Cruze debut hits delays

British Touring Car racer Andy Neate’s new Chevrolet Cruze will not make its debut until the Oulton Park round in June. The former works MG driver set up his own IP Tech Race Engineering team to run a new NGTC Cruze for this season. The squad, which will run under the Team Club 44 banner, had planned to appear at the Donington Park round this weekend, after a testing programme.

ERC chief expects 2014 breakthrough

April 10th, 2013

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ERC chief expects 2014 breakthrough

The fruits of the European Rally Championship’s revamp will really be seen in 2014, says organiser Francois Ribeiro, who predicts that next year will be the greatest in the series’ 60-year history. Ribeiro believes the onset of R5 category cars allied to the already strong base of Super 2000 and Regional Rally Car machinery will transform the ERC into a hotbed of competition

Malaysia practice quotes: Marussia

March 22nd, 2013

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Jules Bianchi – 20th/18th: “I’m happy with the work we have been able to complete today, but it’s always difficult to end Friday without a clear picture of where we stand and where there are still so many variables to consider.

Qualifying postponed to Sunday morning

March 16th, 2013

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Qualifying postponed to Sunday morning

Qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix will be postponed until 11am local time on Sunday morning due to heavy rain showers in Melbourne. A delayed Q1 managed to take place, but the start of Q2 was repeatedly put back due to the weather conditions

Da Costa takes charge on day two

March 9th, 2013

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Da Costa takes charge on day two

Antonio Felix da Costa dominated the second day of Formula Renault 3.5 testing at Paul Ricard on Saturday, leading the way by half a second. The Red Bull junior driver came out on top in a frantic finish to the test, as teams closed out their running in France with qualifying simulations

Williams sure of victory opportunities

March 8th, 2013

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Williams sure of victory opportunities

Williams believes there will be opportunities for it to win again in Formula 1 this year, especially in the early season races.

Kosciuszko to run first, Hirvonen last

March 7th, 2013

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Kosciuszko to run first, Hirvonen last

Polish Mini driver Michal Kosciuszko will lead the field into Thursday night’s opening Rally Mexico stage in Guanajuato, following the running order selection for the third round of the 2013 World Rally Championship. Kosciuszko’s decision was made for him after his slowest time in qualifying, with all of the other drivers electing to run as far down the order as possible in an effort to avoid sweeping the surface of the road clean

V8 chairman Strong dies

March 3rd, 2013

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V8 chairman Strong dies

V8 Supercars chairman James Strong died in Melbourne on Sunday at the age of 68. Strong had only taken over the running of the series in November 2012, when he replaced former chief Tony Cochrane.

Bottas welcomes pitstop practice

February 22nd, 2013

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Bottas welcomes pitstop practice

Valtteri Bottas believes that his rain-disrupted final morning of running in the Barcelona test allowed him to improve his pitstop skills. The Finn has not raced in GP2 or Formula Renault 3.5, so has little experience of making in-race pitstops ahead of his grand prix debut in Australia next month. But with Williams always planning to conduct extensive pit-stop practices today after sending its full race team to the final day of the test and still able to work on that despite the bad weather, Bottas has been able to improve that aspect of his game

Sutil has seat fitting with Force India

February 14th, 2013

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Sutil has seat fitting with Force India

Adrian Sutil has had a seat fitting for Force India ahead of a possible outing for the Silverstone squad in next week’s Barcelona test. The German is a strong contender for the vacant seat alongside Paul di Resta, with Jules Bianchi also in the running . The team is not expected to make any announcements about its second driver this week, but confirmed its plans for the Barcelona test would be revealed on Monday

Raikkonen encouraged by Lotus form

February 11th, 2013

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Raikkonen encouraged by Lotus form

Kimi Raikkonen is confident that Lotus can continue its strong opening to the 2013 season when Formula 1 travels to Barcelona in little more than one week. The Finn went fastest on the fourth and final day at Jerez following a short run on the soft compound. He was also fourth fastest on his first day in the car, while team-mate Romain Grosjean topped the running on the second day.

Revamped ELMS gets 29 entries

February 8th, 2013

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Revamped ELMS gets 29 entries

A total of 29 entries have been received for the relaunched European Le Mans Series in 2013. The entry, which includes 11 cars in the top LMP2 division, secures the immediate future of a championship that was hit by a series of race cancellations last year.

Ecclestone confirms 19 races for 2013

February 5th, 2013

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Ecclestone confirms 19 races for 2013

Formula 1 will stick to 19 races this season after failing to find a replacement for New Jersey, supremo Bernie Ecclestone says. Ecclestone and the FIA had reshuffled the calendar in a bid to slot in a 20th race on July 21, but despite talks with Turkey, Austria and Portugal no deal could be reached.

Brawn ‘will stay as long as he chooses’

January 24th, 2013

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Brawn ‘will stay as long as he chooses’

Ross Brawn insists he will not be ousted from the Mercedes Formula 1 team and will stay at the helm as long as he chooses.

WTCC considers ‘push-to-pass’ system

January 4th, 2013

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WTCC considers ‘push-to-pass’ system

The World Touring Car Championship is considering introducing a ‘push-to-pass’ system as part of its next generation regulations. The series will revamp its Super 2000 rules package for 2014, with changes including power increases and styling alterations to give the cars a more ‘aggressive’ look.

Frijns backs Magnussen, da Costa

January 1st, 2013

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Frijns backs Magnussen, da Costa

Formula Renault 3.5 champion Robin Frijns believes that Kevin Magnussen and Antonio Felix da Costa will lead the fight to succeed him in the series this year.

Ecclestone: I could be forced out

December 30th, 2012

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Ecclestone: I could be forced out

Bernie Ecclestone has admitted that he would likely be removed from his role as Formula 1 supremo if he faces further action over the Gerhard Gribkowsky bribery case. Ecclestone is still awaiting news from German prosecutors over whether or not they intend to charge him amid allegations that he paid a bribe to Gribkoswky over the sale of F1 to CVC in 2006