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David Phillips
Editor and ChiefDavid 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 WriterChris 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 Writer19 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 WriterJason 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 WriterI 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 WriterI 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 WriterI 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 WriterNathan'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 WriterBorn 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 WriterJordan 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 WriterBorn 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 WriterKenneth 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 WriterI 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 WriterAfter 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.
Penske Adds IZOD As IndyCar Sponsor
December 6th, 2010
Penske Racing has added IZOD to its growing list of sponsors for its three IZOD IndyCar Series teams. (Dan Helrigel/IndyCar Photo) NEW YORK — Penske Racing received a lot of good news in a week’s time, culminating with Monday’s announcement that Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation reached a multi-year agreement with the team for its IZOD brand to sponsor Team Penske and its drivers
Meijer Joins Penske IndyCar Program
December 1st, 2010
All three of Penske Racing's IZOD IndyCar Series teams will receive backing from Meijer during the 2011 season.
Massa climbs up in Castrol Rankings
July 26th, 2010
Felipe Massa may not have won the German Grand Prix, but the Ferrari driver was still the biggest gainer in the Castrol Rankings top 100 this week.
The Brazilian led more laps than anyone else at Hockenheim and, even after allowing his team-mate Fernando Alonso passed him, was able to finish second.
Dixon awarded controversial win
July 26th, 2010
Scott Dixon was awarded victory at Edmonton after Helio Castroneves had the win taken away, having been adjudged to have blocked his team-mate Will Power. Castroneves crossed the line first, having snatched the lead from Power late on. But the chequered flag was held back for Dixon, who had also slipped past Power, as the officials stopped scoring Castroneves on the final lap as a punishment for an allegedly illegal defensive move, dropping him to 10th
Power scores another Edmonton pole
July 24th, 2010
IndyCar championship leader Will Power set himself up for a repeat of his dominant 2009 Edmonton victory by topping qualifying at the Canadian airport track. There was no stopping the Australian in the session, which remained dry despite storm warnings and some extremely foreboding black clouds over the circuit.
Penske blitzes final Edmonton session
July 24th, 2010
Helio Castroneves led the way in another Penske clean sweep in final free practice session before IndyCar qualifying at Edmonton. The Brazilian took first place ahead of championship leader and Friday pacesetter Will Power, who he had deposed with a 1m01.9802s lap just over halfway through the morning. Both improved during a final minute burst following a late yellow, but Castroneves was able to maintain his lead with a time of 1m01.6642s, ahead of Power and Penske’s third driver Ryan Briscoe as the team filled the top three positions for a second straight session
Power leads Penske practice sweep
July 23rd, 2010
Penske took a one-two-three in Friday afternoon practice at Edmonton’s airport track.
Franchitti quickest in opening practice
July 23rd, 2010
Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon gave Ganassi a one-two in the first free practice session at Edmonton.
Notes: Patrick Finishes Strong Sixth
July 20th, 2010
TORONTO — Few drivers in the IZOD IndyCar Series needed a better finish than Danica Patrick. Despite her star-power as the most visible driver in IndyCar and her attempt at competing in a limited NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule, this has been a frustrating season for the female race driver.
Rankings: Alonso climbs into top 10
July 19th, 2010
Fernando Alonso took advantage of some dismal results for IndyCar men Ryan Briscoe and Scott Dixon to move into the top 10 of the Castrol Rankings for the first time. Briscoe finished two laps down at the Canadian street circuit after being spun out of the top six by Graham Rahal, while Dixon retired after a collision with Ryan Hunter-Reay.
Wilson tops final Toronto practice
July 17th, 2010
Justin Wilson will go into Toronto qualifying among the favourites for pole after a superb performance in final practice this morning.
Rankings: Franchitti set to lose ground
July 16th, 2010
Only a victory at Toronto this weekend will prevent IndyCar Champion Dario Franchitti from losing ground in the Castrol Rankings. The British driver started from pole at Toronto last year and led more than half the race on his way to a dominant victory. Because of that, he is defending a near-perfect score from the 2009 event
The New IndyCar Chassis: What They’re Saying
July 15th, 2010
The announcement of the new IZOD IndyCar Series chassis made waves yesterday throughout the auto racing world. Below are quotes from a number of players in the racing industry discussing the announcement.
One-twos for iRacers
by David Phillips on July 6th, 2010
The calendar may have said it was the 4th of July, but it was a weekend of one-twos for iRacers. Friday night saw Dale Earnhardt Jr. score the 23rd win NASCAR Nationwide Series win of his career at Daytona International Speedway ahead of fellow iRacer Joey Logano. Making Earnhardt’s win all the more special was the fact that his winning Chevrolet was done-up in a retro-Wrangler livery, complete with the #3 made famous by his late father. Earnhardt went on to finish fourth in Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 race to move into eleventh spot in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings and join fellow iRacing member Jimmie Johnson among the dozen drivers currently heading the race for the Chase. Then on Sunday iRacers Will Power and Ryan Briscoe scored a [...]
Button slips down Castrol Rankings
July 6th, 2010
Jenson Button slipped a spot in the Castrol Rankings this week as his lack of activity played into the hands of IndyCar Champion Dario Franchitti.
Power back on top at Watkins Glen
July 4th, 2010
Will Power extended his IndyCar Series points lead with a commanding victory at Watkins Glen. The Australian led home his countryman and Penske team-mate Ryan Briscoe in a one-two, with the latter passing Dario Franchitti for the runner-up spot on the final lap. The race was a close fought battle between Penske and Ganassi from the outset
Power on pole as Penske dominates Watkins Glen
July 3rd, 2010
Penske took its first top three sweep since returning to a three-car line-up as Will Power led Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe in Watkins Glen qualifying.
Viso cleared to drive after Watkins Glen accident
July 3rd, 2010
EJ Viso has been cleared to drive in qualifying at Watkins Glen this afternoon after his morning practice accident, and will be able to continue in KV Racing’s back-up car.
Kanaan Breaks Lengthy Drought
June 20th, 2010
By Bruce Martin NEWTON, Iowa — In a battle of Brazilian boyhood pals, Tony Kanaan got the best of Helio Castroneves, making the race-winning pass in the third turn with 10 laps to go. Kanaan drove on victory in Sunday’s Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by Pioneer at Iowa Speedway. It was Kanaan’s first IZOD IndyCar Series win since Richmond (Va.) Int’l Raceway in June 2008