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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.

Jordan sets early Brands Hatch pace

March 30th, 2013

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Jordan sets early Brands Hatch pace

Andrew Jordan topped the free practice sessions at the first British Touring Car meeting of 2013 at Brands Hatch.

Neal sets early Brands pace

October 20th, 2012

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Neal sets early Brands pace

Reigning British Touring Car champion Matt Neal was quickest in the first free practice session for the Brands Hatch season finale. The NGTC Honda Civics of Gordon Shedden and Andrew Jordan, running with more turbo boost than they have so far in 2012, set the early pace. Eurotech driver Jordan topped the timesheets for much of the damp session before Shedden recorded a 1m44.996s lap heading into the final 10 minutes

Plato dominates Silverstone qualifying

October 6th, 2012

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Plato dominates Silverstone qualifying

Jason Plato dominated the British Touring Car qualifying session at Silverstone on Saturday to take his fifth pole position of 2012. Plato’s works MG6 set a time of 58.838 seconds early in the session to move to the top of the timesheets. He went on to record eight times good enough for pole, the fastest of which was 58.717s

Plato leads opening practice

September 22nd, 2012

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Jason Plato topped the first British Touring Car practice session at Rockingham on Saturday morning as MG and Honda dominated. Plato’s Triple Eight-run works MG6 was one of the first to post a competitive time and his 1m24.135s stood as the fastest lap for some time. In the final 15 minutes of the 40-minute session, Honda’s Gordon Shedden recorded a 1m23.722, only for Plato to respond immediately with a time of 1m23.524s

Collard doubles up at Knockhill

August 26th, 2012

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Collard doubles up at Knockhill

Rob Collard took his second British Touring Car victory of the Knockhill weekend in race two. Despite running 45kg of success ballast for winning the first encounter, Collard led throughout, gradually edging away from WSR BMW team-mate Tom Onslow-Cole. Local ace Gordon Shedden also ran third for the whole race in his works Honda Civic, but could not challenge the BMWs.

Plato claims wet Knockhill pole

August 25th, 2012

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Plato claims wet Knockhill pole

Jason Plato took pole position in the Knockhill round of the British Touring Car Championship this afternoon. In a wet session, the works Honda of Gordon Shedden initially set the pace until his best of 57.482s was disallowed for exceeding the track limits. That allowed Plato’s works MG6 and Rob Collard (WSR BMW) to battle it out for pole

Collard sets Knockhill practice pace

August 25th, 2012

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Collard sets Knockhill practice pace

Rob Collard emerged fastest from Saturday’s two British Touring Car free practice sessions at Knockhill. The WSR BMWs proved quick around the tight and twisty Scottish track and Collard, Tom Onslow-Cole and Nick Foster all featured near the front. Local man Gordon Shedden (works Honda Civic) and Jason Plato’s MG6 attacked early on in free practice one, but Collard topped the timesheets for much of the session.

Plato secures 70th BTCC win at Croft

June 24th, 2012

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Jason Plato scored his 70th career victory in the British Touring Car Championship when he topped the reversed grid encounter at Croft. The double champion picked his way through the pack after a poor start to make it to fourth place when the safety car appeared on lap six following a crash between backmarkers Liam Griffin and Lea Wood, which resulted in a spectacular fire.

Plato fastest in second Croft practice

June 23rd, 2012

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Plato fastest in second Croft practice

Jason Plato led the way by nearly half a second in the second British Touring Car Championship free practice session at Croft. Although the former champion was not entirely happy with his MG, he was still able to put in a 1m24.817s lap, 0.485 seconds up on second-placed Gordon Shedden’s Honda

Plato pips Neal to Oulton pole

June 9th, 2012

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Plato pips Neal to Oulton pole

MG driver Jason Plato qualified on pole for Sunday’s first British Touring Car race at Oulton Park after a hard-fought session. With the track drying but rain threatening, there was a flurry of activity early on. WSR BMW drivers Tom Onslow-Cole and Rob Collard, Gordan Sheddon (Honda), Andrew Jordan (Eurotech) and Plato all held pole at one time or another in the early stages

Plato fastest as Jackson crashes

June 9th, 2012

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Plato fastest as Jackson crashes

Jason Plato topped the second British Touring Car free practice session at Oulton Park today.

Shedden wins again in race three

April 29th, 2012

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Gordon Shedden took his second British Touring Car victory of the weekend in the third race at Thruxton on Sunday afternoon. The Honda driver started the reversed-grid encounter from ninth, but was fourth at the end of lap one, behind polesitter Tony Gilham (S2000 Honda), team-mate Matt Neal and Frank Wrathall’s Toyota Avensis.

Shedden still quickest at Thruxton

April 28th, 2012

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Shedden still quickest at Thruxton

Gordon Shedden continued to dominate the Thruxton British Touring Car weekend by topping the second free practice session on Saturday afternoon. The works Honda driver had been a second clear of the pack in the first session and repeated the feat in the damp second outing.

Newsham fastest in second practice

April 14th, 2012

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Newsham fastest in second practice

Dave Newsham was quickest in the second British Touring Car free practice session at Donington Park on Saturday afternoon. The ES Racing Vauxhall Vectra driver, who took his first series pole at the Brands Hatch season opener, recorded a time of 1m10.967s. That was just 0.065s slower than Matt Neal’s lap record.

Jordan fastest as new cars impress

March 31st, 2012

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Jordan fastest as new cars impress

Andrew Jordan topped the second free practice session at Brands Hatch as the new British Touring Cars showed their pace for the first time. As in the morning session, Rob Austin’s revised NGTC Audi was rapid early on, but this time he was soon pushed back by the Honda Civics

Newsham tops Silverstone test

March 19th, 2012

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Newsham tops Silverstone test

Dave Newsham topped the British Touring Car media day test at Silverstone on Monday. Newsham drove BMW and SEAT machinery for Geoff Steel Racing and Special Tuning Racing in his rookie BTCC season last year. He has switched to Team ES Racing for 2012 and topped the test for much of the day with his turbocharged Vauxhall Vectra.

Wrathall quickest in first practice

September 17th, 2011

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Frank Wrathall continued his fine British Touring Car form by topping the first free practice at Rockingham this morning. Like all the NGTC cars, Wrathall’s Dynojet Toyota Avensis was handed a 0.05 bar boost reduction before the weekend but set a 1m24.608s with an early run.

Plato on top in first practice

August 6th, 2011

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Plato on top in first practice

Reigning British Touring Car champion Jason Plato topped the first free practice session on the Snetterton 300 circuit this morning. The works Chevrolet Cruze driver was the first driver to break the two-minute barrier on the BTCC’s first visit to the new Snetterton layout.

Collard tops drying second practice

June 18th, 2011

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Collard tops drying second practice

Rob Collard topped a British Touring Car session for the first time in 2011 in Croft’s second free practice this afternoon. Tom Boardman (Special Tuning SEAT) and Honda Racing duo Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal led the way in the early damp part of the session. But all the quick times came towards the end as all the runners switched to slicks.

Plato ends day with victory

May 1st, 2011

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Plato ends day with victory

Jason Plato has taken his 63rd British Touring Car victory by winning the reversed-grid race at Thruxton this afternoon. The RML Chevrolet Cruze driver started on the front row after finishing eighth in race two