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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.

Ghirelli storms to victory in race two

May 5th, 2013

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Ghirelli storms to victory in race two

Vittorio Ghirelli claimed his maiden Auto GP victory after producing a charging performance from seventh on the reversed grid at the Hungaroring.

Ghirelli carries dominant form to pole

May 4th, 2013

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Ghirelli carries dominant form to pole

Vittorio Ghirelli recorded his maiden Auto GP pole position at the Hungaroring on Saturday.

Ghirelli still quickest in Hungary

May 4th, 2013

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Vittorio Ghirelli completed a clean sweep of fastest times from Auto GP sessions at the Hungaroring by carrying his dominant Friday testing form into Saturday’s pair of half-hour free practice sessions. The Italian recorded the fastest lap of the weekend in free practice one with a time of 1m32.662s

Bacheta wins reversed-grid race

April 7th, 2013

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Bacheta wins reversed-grid race

Reigning Formula 2 champion Luciano Bacheta claimed victory in a delayed and crash-strewn reversed grid Auto GP race in Marrakech. Over half the field was eliminated in accidents, but polesitter Bacheta kept a level head and avoided contact in a wheel-to-wheel battle with Andrea Roda to take his maiden Auto GP win. Roda exercised caution in his duel with Bacheta, but was called in to serve a drive-through penalty for his part in a race-ending collision with early leader Antonio Spavone.

Campana grabs maiden Auto GP pole

April 6th, 2013

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Campana grabs maiden Auto GP pole

Former Italian Formula 3 champion Sergio Campana recorded his maiden Auto GP pole position at Marrakech on Saturday afternoon. The half-hour session was stopped twice, but Campana and former HRT Formula 1 driver Narain Karthikeyan appeared unfazed by the red flags to stage a close fight for pole position throughout.

Marrakech Friday cancelled

April 5th, 2013

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Marrakech Friday cancelled

Heavy rain has forced the cancellation of the Auto GP and World Touring Car Championship running scheduled for the Marrakech circuit on Friday. Auto GP organisers cancelled the opening free practice session earlier in the day due to the amount of standing water around the circuit Moulay el Hassan. With further storms hitting the track during the day, and the water showing no signs of subsisding, the rest of the day’s action has now given way.

Campana wins opening Auto GP race

March 23rd, 2013

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Campana wins opening Auto GP race

Sergio Campana scored a dominant debut victory for Auto GP newcomer Ibiza Racing in Monza’s opening round of the 2013 series. Last year’s Marrakech Auto GP winner only received the call to race for restaurateur Giuseppe Cipriani’s team on Wednesday, and is fighting to secure a permanent seat in the championship. The 2011 Italian Formula 3 champion carefully negotiated a thrilling three-car fight with polesitter Riccardo Agostini and Kimiya Sato to move into the lead on the second lap.

Agostini takes debut AutoGP pole

March 22nd, 2013

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Auto GP debutant Riccardo Agostini will head an all-Italian front two rows for Saturday afternoon’s opening race of 2013. The Manor MP Motorsport driver demoted his predecessor as Italian Formula 3 champion, Sergio Campana, from the head of the timing screens just four minutes from the end of the half-hour session. Agostini improved on his provisional pole time on his following tour, and achieved the honour of being the only man under the 1m36s barrier after recording a lap of 1m35.782s.

Visoiu on top early on at Monza

March 22nd, 2013

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Visoiu on top early on at Monza

Robert Visoiu set the pace in the opening Auto GP free practice session of the 2013 at Monza. The Romanian rookie and Ghinzani Motorsport – with which he has graduated from Italian Formula 3 – is one of the few combinations to have tested Auto GP’s heavily-revised car before arriving at Monza

Thumbs up for new Auto GP car

December 8th, 2012

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Thumbs up for new Auto GP car

The revised Auto GP car received a favourable reaction from drivers during its second day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya on Friday. The new model was driven by reigning Auto GP champion Adrian Quaife-Hobbs and former Formula Renault 3.5 racer Vittorio Ghirelli at the final post-season test.

Varhaug takes Sonoma Auto GP win

September 22nd, 2012

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Pal Varhaug’s bid to secure the runner-up position in the Auto GP World Series received a huge boost when the Norwegian took his third victory of the season in race one at Sonoma. The Virtuosi UK driver produced a faultless drive after negotiating an opening lap melee to take the lead.

Sirotkin leads first Sonoma practice

September 21st, 2012

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Euronova Racing’s Sergey Sirotkin led the opening Auto GP World Series free practice session at Sonoma, on the championship’s maiden visit to the United States. Sirotkin recorded a fastest lap of 1m27.882s in the final minute of the half-hour session, having exchanged position at the top of the timing screens with 2012 champion Adrian Quaife-Hobbs throughout. Quaife-Hobbs was the only other driver to break into the 1m27s, ending the morning second, just 0.104 seconds behind Sirotkin

Pizzonia to contest Auto GP finale

September 18th, 2012

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Pizzonia to contest Auto GP finale

Former Formula 1 driver Antonio Pizzonia will continue in Auto GP for the season finale at Sonoma this weekend after his double victory on his debut at Curitiba .

Quaife-Hobbs closes on title with pole

July 20th, 2012

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Quaife-Hobbs closes on title with pole

Adrian Quaife-Hobbs claimed his fifth pole position in six races in a closely fought Auto GP World Series qualifying session at Curitiba. The result earns the Briton a point and moves the long standing championship leader a step closer to lifting the title in this penultimate meeting of the season. Series debutant Antonio Pizzonia and former Formula Master champion Chris van der Drift made Quaife-Hobbs work hard for his result

Quaife-Hobbs stays on top in Brazil

July 20th, 2012

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Auto GP title favourite Adrian Quaife-Hobbs repeated his strong morning showing at Curitiba by setting the fastest time in the final free practice session ahead of Friday afternoon’s qualifying. The Briton improved on his earlier free practice one effort by just over a tenth of second to record a lap of 1m12.630s for Super Nova

Quaife-Hobbs claims Algarve win

June 2nd, 2012

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Adrian Quaife-Hobbs converted pole position into his fourth victory of the season at round five of the Auto GP World Series at the Algarve. The Briton was overtaken for the lead into Turn 1 by Campos Racing’s Facu Regalia, but out-braked the Argentinean at the same spot on lap two. Once ahead, Quaife-Hobbs demonstrated strong pace on used medium compounds, and was only troubled passing a stubborn, out of sequence, Francesco Dracone (Virtuosi UK) five laps from home.

Quaife-Hobbs takes Algarve pole

June 1st, 2012

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Quaife-Hobbs takes Algarve pole

Auto GP championship leader Adrian Quaife-Hobbs claimed his fourth pole position of the season courtesy of a controlled performance in qualifying for round six at Algarve. The Briton posted an early effort of 1m33.120s to move into first, and thereafter was never headed

Varhaug tops Auto GP practice one

June 1st, 2012

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Varhaug tops Auto GP practice one

Virtuosi UK’s Pal Varhaug was fastest in the opening Auto GP free practice session at an overcast Algarve circuit. Fresh from victory in the Hungaroring’s reversed-grid race, the Norwegian’s time of 1m32.655s was three tenths faster than championship leader Adrian Quaife-Hobbs. Super Nova racer Quaife-Hobbs had appeared in dominant form during Portimao’s Thursday test, ending the day a second clear of the opposition and 0.012s quicker than Varhaug’s Friday morning time

Quaife-Hobbs leads Hungary practice

May 4th, 2012

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Quaife-Hobbs leads Hungary practice

Auto GP championship leader Adrian Quaife-Hobbs was quickest as the series resumed after its three-week break at the Hungaroring.

Van der Drift wins Auto GP race two

April 15th, 2012

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Chris van der Drift scored his maiden Auto GP victory in a manic reversed-grid race at Marrakech, securing his first win of any kind since sustaining multiple injuries in an enormous Superleague Formula crash at Brands Hatch in 2010. Van der Drift had trailed early leader Sergey Sirotkin by 4.8s when the Russian made his mandatory pitstop on lap 12