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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.

DTM launches new American series

March 27th, 2013

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DTM launches new American series

DTM America is on course to start within the next three years after a collaborative agreement was signed on Tuesday. The DTM-organising ITR, Grand-Am and IMSA, which will become the sanctioning body of next year’s merged United SportsCar Racing series, were party to what was billed as a “technical licence and co-operation agreement”.

Hamlin punished for NASCAR criticism

March 7th, 2013

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Hamlin punished for NASCAR criticism

Denny Hamlin has been fined $25,000 by NASCAR for criticising the quality of racing with the new Gen-6 car over the opening two events. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was issued with the penalty after NASCAR determined that the remarks he made in pit road after last weekend’s Phoenix race were in breach of section 12-1 of the series rule book, which covers actions detrimental to stock car racing

Daytona 500 to go ahead as planned

February 24th, 2013

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Daytona 500 to go ahead as planned

Sunday’s 55th running of the Daytona 500, American racing’s biggest stock car event, will go ahead despite 28 fans being injured in a violent crash at the end of Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series event. A section of debris fencing near the start/finish line was torn down in the last-lap crash, and a wheel flew over the fencing, resulting in 14 fans requiring hospital treatment with two of them reportedly suffering critical injuries – one of them life-threatening. The remaining 14 were treated at on-site medical facilities

Allmendinger reinstated by NASCAR

September 18th, 2012

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Allmendinger reinstated by NASCAR

AJ Allmendinger has been reinstated from his indefinite suspension from NASCAR and can return to competition, the sanctioning body announced on Tuesday. The 30-year-old has successfully completed NASCAR’s Substance Abuse Policy Road to Recovery Programme after first being temporarily suspended on July 7

Gordon hopes Busch learns lessons

June 8th, 2012

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Gordon hopes Busch learns lessons

Jeff Gordon believes Kurt Busch’s suspension is a step backwards in the 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion’s career but still hopes he can bounce back and show his best on the track again. Busch is currently serving a suspension after NASCAR ruled he violated a probation status by verbally abusing a journalist last week at Dover. Previous pitroad incidents at Darlington had prompted action from the sanctioning body but officials deemed the Phoenix driver’s behaviour last weekend deserved further reprimand

Busch fined for pit road incident

May 16th, 2012

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Busch fined for pit road incident

Kurt Busch has been fined by NASCAR for a pit road incident last weekend following the conclusion of Saturday’s Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway. The 2004 champion hit the back of Ryan Newman’s Stewart Haas Chevy on pit road and crew members from his team and Newman’s were later involved in a scuffle. Busch had been a top-ten contender before a late spin, while Newman also spun behind him trying to avoid hitting the #51 car of Busch, but their incidents seemed unrelated to the post-race issue, which was under investigation from NASCAR

IndyCar schedules Honda hearing

April 25th, 2012

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IndyCar schedules Honda hearing

IndyCar has scheduled a hearing for the protest filed by Chevrolet over the series decision to allow Honda to make a parity-based change to its turbocharger ahead of this weekend’s race in Sao Paolo. The hearing will take place in Indianapolis on Thursday, and will consist of a three-person panel made up of a representative selected by Honda, a representative selected by General Motors, and a representative mutually agreed on by both manufacturers. Randy Bernard, CEO of IndyCar, said: “It is IndyCar’s job to review, enforce and uphold the current rules.

Ecclestone gives Austin new deadline

November 30th, 2011

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Ecclestone gives Austin new deadline

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has given Austin organisers another week to try and save the 2012 United States Grand Prix. “The deadline hasn’t been met, so we are still trying to make it happen,” Ecclestone told The Associated Press on Wednesday, when the original deadline expired. “They need to get some money and a pen as soon as possible

Austin GP chiefs in push to save race

November 24th, 2011

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Austin GP chiefs in push to save race

Austin Grand Prix chiefs say they are ready to pay the sanctioning fee for next year’s Formula 1 race in the United States – but will only sign a contract on their own terms. Amid growing uncertainty about the future of the event, with Bernie Ecclestone suggesting the event will be dropped at next month’s meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council, the Circuit of the Americas has declared itself prepared to sort out a last minute deal to prevent that happening. In a statement that was issued on Thursday, Austin race organisers revealed that they were willing to pay the sanctioning fee for next year’s race immediately, as well as sort out a payment schedule for future events

Andretti: Wheldon crash a ‘one-off’

October 18th, 2011

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Andretti: Wheldon crash a ‘one-off’

IndyCar racing legend and former F1 world champion Mario Andretti has backed the safety systems at Las Vegas Motor Speedway following Dan Wheldon’s fatal crash on Sunday, and believes the accident was a “freakish” one-off. Speaking exclusively on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight on Monday, Andretti said he was surprised that more drivers did not suffer serious injuries in the horrific multi-car crash in the IndyCar season finale that claimed Wheldon’s life

Childress faces punishment for clash

June 5th, 2011

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Childress faces punishment for clash

Team owner Richard Childress is facing punishment by NASCAR for a physical altercation with Kyle Busch on Saturday afternoon at Kansas Speedway. The sanctioning body summoned both Childress and Busch on Sunday morning – with Busch’s team boss Joe Gibbs also attending – following reports that stated that the 65-year-old team owner had attacked Busch physically in the garage area

Busch apologises for speeding violation

May 25th, 2011

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Busch apologises for speeding violation

Kyle Busch has publicly apologised for a speeding violation on Tuesday near Charlotte while test driving a new sports car on public roads. The NASCAR star was reportedly stopped by police on Tuesday afternoon after being spotted driving a yellow Lexus LFA at 128 mph in a 45 mph zone. He was handed a citation to the Iredell County court, before being released by the police

NASCAR warns Montoya, Newman

May 7th, 2011

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NASCAR has warned Juan Pablo Montoya and Ryan Newman about taking their conflict further, with their meeting with officials at Darlington having failed to settle their feud.

Helton Discusses NASCAR Changes

January 21st, 2011

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Helton Discusses NASCAR Changes

NASCAR President Mike Helton speaks to the media about the upcoming NASCAR season at Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Friday.

HANS Developing Safety Products For NASA

December 22nd, 2010

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ATLANTA — HANS Device inventor Dr. Robert Hubbard is working with NASA and NASCAR in an effort to improve crash restraints for astronauts

Date For 63rd Little 500 Set

November 24th, 2010

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Date For 63rd Little 500 Set

Jacob Wilson (87) battles Eric Gordon during the 62nd running of the Pay Less Little 500 at Anderson (Ind.) Speedway. (David Sink Photo) ANDERSON, Ind

Harvick: Team-mates could decide title

November 21st, 2010

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Harvick: Team-mates could decide title

Kevin Harvick believes team-mates could play a decisive role in the NASCAR Cup title decider at Homestead on Sunday. The Richard Childress Racing driver is 46 points behind Chase leader Denny Hamlin heading into the last race of the season, which means he has to count on his rivals’ results in order to win his maiden Cup title. Harvick believes his only real chance to beat the other two challengers is to take victory in Sunday’s race and expect both Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson to make mistakes

Cup Drivers Still Having At It

November 1st, 2010

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Cup Drivers Still Having At It

NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers race four-wide during the Amp Energy Juice 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway Sunday. (Todd Warshaw/Getty Images Photo) TALLADEGA, Ala. — The theme of the 2010 NASCAR season has been “Have at it, Boys” as NASCAR basically let the drivers settle some of their differences on the race track rather than have the sanctioning body officiate disputes

Hamlin, Newman fined by NASCAR

July 30th, 2010

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Hamlin, Newman fined by NASCAR

Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman were fined for derogatory comments made against NASCAR, both drivers confirmed on Friday at Pocono. Although NASCAR did not disclose any penalties to the media like it usually does with any rules violations, news surfaced during the week that two Sprint Cup drivers had been fined for making negative comments about the sanctioning body in public. NASCAR would only confirm that they had taken action against some drivers, but did not reveal any details.

Magnussen unhurt in last lap crash

October 11th, 2009

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Jan Magnussen escaped uninjured from his violent accident at the end of yesterday evening’s Laguna Seca American Le Mans Series round. The Corvette driver was spun into the wall as he battled with Flying Lizard Porsche’s Joerg Bergmeister for the GT2 class victory on the run to the line. Magnussen was taken to the circuit’s medical centre for checks where it was confirmed that he had not been hurt, and the Dane and co-driver Johnny O’Connell were still classified second.