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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.

New team struggles ‘not bad’ for F1

December 16th, 2012

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New team struggles ‘not bad’ for F1

The failure of Formula 1′s ‘new’ teams to break into the top 10 over the past three seasons reflects well on the sport according to Marussia boss Graeme Lowdon. Marussia, Caterham and HRT came into F1 – in various different guises – at the start of 2010 , but none have scored a point in the 58 grands prix which have followed. Rather than that being detrimental, Lowdon believes the collective failure to break the top 10 validates just how advanced F1 is as a sport

Harvick, Childress all but confirm split

November 12th, 2012

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Harvick, Childress all but confirm split

Kevin Harvick and Richard Childress have all but confirmed they will not continue to work together beyond 2013, following reports of Harvick’s departure to Stewart-Haas Racing for 2014. On Sunday Harvick ended a 44-race winless streak for him and Richard Childress Racing with a hard fought victory at Phoenix. Victory came just a few days after rumours that he could be on the verge of a leaving a team for which he has competed for nearly 12 years.

Hayden confused by Stoner’s retiring

October 2nd, 2012

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Hayden confused by Stoner’s retiring

Nicky Hayden has admitted he is confused by his former team-mate Casey Stoner’s decision to retire from MotoGP . Reigning world champion Stoner announced in May that 2012 would be his last season in the sport

Conway withdraws from oval racing

September 14th, 2012

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Conway withdraws from oval racing

Mike Conway has withdrawn from this weekend’s IndyCar season finale at Fontana after deciding that he no longer wishes to compete on ovals. The Briton, who will be replaced by Wade Cunningham, acknowledged that his decision was difficult for both himself and for his AJ Foyt Racing team, but insists that he does not consider it the end of his career.

Kiss to make home FR3.5 debut

September 6th, 2012

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Kiss to make home FR3.5 debut

GP3 racer Tamas Pal Kiss will make his Formula Renault 3.5 debut at his home race in Hungary for BVM Target. Kiss, who sits 12th in the GP3 standings heading into this weekend’s Monza finale, will take the team’s second car at the Hungaroring. BVM has already run Giovanni Venturini, Sergey Sirotkin and Daniel Zampieri alongside Nikolay Martsenko this year.

Buller completes Carlin’s GP3 line-up

April 12th, 2012

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Buller completes Carlin’s GP3 line-up

William Buller will join the Carlin team for this year’s GP3 series, completing the British squad’s line-up. The 19-year-old Northern Irishman had completed several GP3 tests with Carlin before securing the drive for 2012. In yesterday’s test at Silverstone he was fifth quickest overall

Marquez makes test return

March 10th, 2012

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Marquez makes test return

Marc Marquez has returned to testing action for the first time since the Sepang crash that left him with vision problems last October.

Spanish F1 venues set to alternate

March 9th, 2012

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Spanish F1 venues set to alternate

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says he is close to finalising a contract for the Valencia and Barcelona races to alternate on the calendar from next year – meaning Spain will have just one race from 2013. After months of speculation about the future of the Valencia Grand Prix, Ecclestone revealed that that event and Spanish GP organisers have agreed to share the race from next year. In an interview with Spanish radio station Cadena Ser , Ecclestone said that he was now working on sorting out dates going forward.

Rally Sweden secures TV deal

February 7th, 2012

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Rally Sweden secures TV deal

The organisers of this week’s Rally Sweden have confirmed there will be international television coverage of the event. Event CEO Glenn Olsson concluded a deal on Tuesday afternoon to ensure that the second round of the World Rally Championship will be filmed with footage available across the world. Motors TV is expected to screen the footage in the UK, with nightly reports and a round-up on Sunday afternoon.

Bradl joins LCR for Valencia test

November 7th, 2011

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Bradl joins LCR for Valencia test

Moto2 champion Stefan Bradl will make his MotoGP debut this week when he joins the LCR team for the post-season test at Valencia. The German will ride the Honda RC212V from the team, which said it will announce its riders for the 2012 season in the upcoming days. LCR confirmed on Sunday that Spaniard Toni Elias will leave the team, with Bradl and Randy de Puniet believed to be among the candidates for the ride

Ericsson to stay with iSport for 2012

November 1st, 2011

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Ericsson to stay with iSport for 2012

Marcus Ericsson will stay with iSport for the 2012 GP2 season, and the non-championship finale in Abu Dhabi later this month, the team has confirmed.

F1 accepts no going back on Sky deal

July 30th, 2011

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F1 accepts no going back on Sky deal

Formula 1 teams will have to accept Bernie Ecclestone’s decision to put some races on pay television only next year, AUTOSPORT has learned, with there being no protection in the Concorde Agreement against taking it off free-to-air viewing. Although it had been widely believed there were clauses in the Concorde Agreement which prevented Ecclestone taking the sport off free-to-air television, it has been revealed that the wording of the deal does not stop him activating the kind of share deal that has been put in place with the BBC and Sky. High level sources have revealed that the wording of an Appendix in the Concorde Agreement relating to the broadcasting of the sport states: “The Commercial Rights Holder may not permit Formula 1 events to be shown only by pay television in a country with a significant audience if it would materially adversely affect audience reach in that country.” As well as Ecclestone’s deal ensuring that not all the races are shown ‘only’ on pay television, there would be no way of challenging the move to Sky as potentially ‘adversely’ affecting the audience ahead of the move happening.

Nationwide to race at Indy in 2012

July 7th, 2011

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Nationwide to race at Indy in 2012

The NASCAR Nationwide Series will run for the first time at Indianapolis Motor Speedway next year as a support race for the Brickyard 400.

Dorna extends MotoGP deal

June 25th, 2011

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Dorna extends MotoGP deal

Dorna has signed a five-year extension of its commercial rights deal with MotoGP, taking the partnership through to the end of 2016. The organisation has held the rights to the motorcycle world championship since 1992

Howard gets extra IndyCar race

June 3rd, 2011

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Howard gets extra IndyCar race

Jay Howard will get an additional IndyCar outing with Sam Schmidt Motorsports and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing at Texas next weekend. The Briton drove for the Schmidt/Rahal partnership at Indianapolis, where a strong month was ended by a crash in the pit exit when a wheel came loose following a tyre change.

Hayden: Ducati fantastic in the wet

April 3rd, 2011

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Nicky Hayden admitted that there was no way he would have been able to take a podium finish in the dry at Jerez, as he praised his Ducati’s performance in the wet Spanish Grand Prix. The American had only qualified 11th, but got up to third during the wettest part of the race

Campos joins Auto GP field for 2011

November 29th, 2010

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Campos joins Auto GP field for 2011

Campos Racing will join the Auto GP field next year after signing an agreement with the series, it was announced on Monday. The Spanish squad, which had gained an entry to join Formula 1 this year before Adrian Campos was forced to sell it to Hispania owner Jose Ramon Carabante, will line up two cars on next year’s grid

Wrathall and Dynojet enter BTCC

November 5th, 2010

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Wrathall and Dynojet enter BTCC

Frank Wrathall will step up to the British Touring Car Championship next year with his family-run Dynojet squad. The Ginetta G50 champion will race a Toyota Avensis built to 2011′s new low-cost NGTC technical regulations. The team has not confirmed whether the car will be powered by a Toyota-based engine or the TOCA unit.

Branson confirms Virgin backing for ’11

September 30th, 2010

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Branson confirms Virgin backing for ’11

Richard Branson has confirmed that he will continue to support the Virgin Racing team in 2011 – and is ready to accept less branding on the car so the outfit can give more space to other sponsors. The entrepreneur began his tie-up with the outfit from the start of this season, having entered Formula 1 as a sponsor of the title-winning Brawn GP team in 2009

Commercial side key to Raikkonen fate

September 17th, 2010

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Commercial side key to Raikkonen fate

Renault F1 chairman Gerard Lopez says Kimi Raikkonen’s approach to the team will not sway it from making a decision on its 2011 line-up based on what makes most sense commercially. Although the signing of a former world champion would be a big boost to Renault’s aspirations of fighting for the title next year, Lopez says that the outfit will not be blinded by the prospects of being able to lure a star name like Raikkonen back to F1