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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.

Ogier hails Polo R’s performance

February 11th, 2013

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Ogier hails Polo R’s performance

Sebastien Ogier believes Volkswagen’s Polo WRC already ranks among the cars he has ever driven on Rally Sweden. The Frenchman, who spent three years with Citroen before joining VW at the end of 2011, dominated the second event of the 2013 championship.

Ogier and VW top Sweden qualifying

February 7th, 2013

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Ogier and VW top Sweden qualifying

Sebastien Ogier continued Volkswagen’s impressive start to its debut season with the Polo R WRC as he set the Rally Sweden qualifying pace. Running on snow for the first time, the Frenchman’s Polo was quickest through the 2.4-mile stage by 0.9 seconds on the outskirts of Hagfors

Loeb firm on retirement despite win

January 21st, 2013

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Loeb firm on retirement despite win

Monte Carlo Rally winner Sebastien Loeb says he has no regrets over his decision to retire from the World Rally Championship despite starting his part-time season with a victory.

Loeb increases lead in Monte Carlo

January 17th, 2013

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Loeb increases lead in Monte Carlo

Sebastien Loeb’s Monte Carlo Rally lead grew to 1m35s on Thursday afternoon as main rival Sebastien Ogier insisted he was happy to let the Citroen win. With Loeb only contesting four rounds this year, Volkswagen driver Ogier is adamant that he “doesn’t care” if his compatriot beats him provided his full-season rivals are behind. Ogier is achieving his goal comfortably at present, with a 1m03s cushion over Dani Sordo’s third-place Citroen.

Mikkelsen surprised to match Ogier

May 5th, 2012

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Mikkelsen surprised to match Ogier

Andreas Mikkelsen has admitted his performance against Volkswagen Motorsport team-mate Sebastien Ogier on last week’s Rally Argentina exceeded his own expectations.

Ostberg boosted by Portugal victory

April 26th, 2012

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Ostberg boosted by Portugal victory

Rally of Portugal winner Mads Ostberg says he was boosted by his maiden World Rally Championship win.

DMACK vows to improve snow tyre

February 11th, 2012

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DMACK vows to improve snow tyre

DMACK will remain in Scandinavia next week to further develop its snow tyre ahead of next year’s Rally Sweden after a troubled outing in Karlstad this week. The Chinese firm was running its rubber on a World Rally Car in the snow for the first time, with leading Finnish driver Jari Ketomaa using DMACKs on his Ford Fiesta RS WRC

Q and A with Jari-Matti Latvala

February 9th, 2012

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Q and A with Jari-Matti Latvala

Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala talked to AUTOSPORT about winning the World Rally Championship’s first ever qualifying stage in Sweden this morning. Q

Hirvonen talks up Sweden chances

February 3rd, 2012

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Hirvonen talks up Sweden chances

Citroen driver Mikko Hirvonen says the French firm’s DS3 WRC is strong enough to end his former team Ford’s stronghold on next week’s Rally Sweden. Hirvonen has won the last two Karlstad-based events in a Ford and you have to go back to Petter Solberg’s Subaru success in 2005 for the last time it wasn’t one of the British-built World Rally Cars on the top step of the podium. Having switched his allegiance to Citroen over the closed season however, Hirvonen says he is ready to ruin the record he helped build

Loeb praises Hirvonen’s set-up input

February 3rd, 2012

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Loeb praises Hirvonen’s set-up input

Eight-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb has praised Mikko Hirvonen’s input into Citroen’s pre-Rally Sweden testing, with the Frenchman feeling a new confidence aboard his DS3 WRC. While Loeb has won two winter rallies in his career, he admits that Finn Hirvonen’s experience of the snow and ice conditions on next week’s have helped him prepare for the second round of the World Rally Championship.

Snow may hinder first Ferrari run

February 1st, 2012

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Snow may hinder first Ferrari run

Ferrari is likely to be forced to cancel a planned shakedown of its new car at Fiorano later this week because of snow at Maranello.

Latvala puts Monte crash behind him

January 24th, 2012

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Latvala puts Monte crash behind him

Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala says he has put his Monte Carlo Rally shunt behind already, with his focus now firmly fixed on next month’s Rally Sweden. Latvala crashed out of the lead of last week’s Monte Carlo Rally and was the big loser from the WRC opener, picking up no points because of the event organiser’s decision not to run the re-entry regulations known as Rally 2. He has vowed to move on, however, and focus entirely on the next event in Sweden

Wilson: Monte still wide open

January 18th, 2012

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Wilson: Monte still wide open

Ford team principal Malcolm Wilson says the heavy snow forecast for the French Alps means the Monte Carlo Rally remains wide open. Five-time Monte winner Sebastien Loeb holds a one-minute lead for Citroen at the top of the timesheets tonight, but wintry weather is expected to arrive on the stages tomorrow and those conditions make tyre choices even more critical

Hirvonen resists Ostberg for victory

February 13th, 2011

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Hirvonen resists Ostberg for victory

Mikko Hirvonen held off Mads Ostberg to win the first event of the World Rally Championship’s new era by just six seconds after three thrilling days in Sweden, as Fords filled the podium. The 2011 season-opener will be remembered equally for the spectacularly close competition offered by the latest generation World Rally Cars – with just 15s covering Hirvonen, Ostberg, Petter Solberg, Jari-Matti Latvala and Sebastien Ogier starting the final day – and the emergence of Ostberg as a potential winner. In his first event in a competitive car, the former Subaru privateer opened up a half-minute lead on his first day with Stobart Ford, making the most of running 10th on the road.

Vettel hopes Kubica will rally again

February 12th, 2011

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Vettel hopes Kubica will rally again

World champion Sebastian Vettel hopes Robert Kubica will continue to go rallying as a sideline once he is fit enough to return to Formula 1 – despite the Pole suffering severe injuries in a rally crash last weekend. Kubica required lengthy surgery to save his right hand and also sustained multiple fractures in his right arm and leg when an accident in a rally in Italy last Sunday left his Skoda Fabia impaled on a crash barrier. Vettel said he was pleased that the news about Kubica’s recovery had been encouraging so far

Loeb: Cars can’t be judged in snow

February 11th, 2011

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Loeb: Cars can’t be judged in snow

Citroen driver Sebastien Loeb says this morning’s snowy conditions on Rally Sweden have left any early comparisons between the new Citroen and Ford World Rally Cars unreliable. Ford remains unbeaten on all four stages of the Karlstad-based event so far, with the DS3 WRC yet to win a stage at the highest level

Rankings: Bouffier soars up the order

January 24th, 2011

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Rankings: Bouffier soars up the order

The Monte Carlo Rally could not have better illustrated motorsport’s capacity to surprise and delight – and shock and disappoint.

Fiesta debut delayed after crash

January 24th, 2011

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Fiesta debut delayed after crash

Ford has reversed plans to give the new Fiesta RS WRC its competition debut on the Arctic Lapland Rally after Jari-Matti Latvala crashed the car heavily during testing in Sweden last weekend.

Solberg considers IRC return

January 23rd, 2011

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Solberg considers IRC return

Petter Solberg says he would be in a much better position to fight for victory if he returned to an Intercontinental Rally Challenge round with Peugeot. Solberg was forced to retire from the Monte Carlo Rally after his 207 S2000 was halted by an alternator failure after the final stage on the IRC opener. The 2003 World Rally champion has now been linked to an entry on the Tour de Corse, IRC round three in May.

Q and A: Wilks on Monte Carlo

January 22nd, 2011

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Q and A: Wilks on Monte Carlo

Guy Wilks made a successful debut with Peugeot UK by taking third place on the Monte Carlo Rally – but only after Peugeot arranged for Stephane Sarrazin to take a time penalty to drop behind him. After the finish, Wilks talked to AUTOSPORT about his week and the eleventh-hour controversy.