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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.

Audi braced for ‘emotional’ Sebring

March 8th, 2013

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Audi braced for ‘emotional’ Sebring

Audi believes this year’s Sebring 12 Hours will be an emotional occasion as the firm prepares to enter the race for the final time with LMP1 machinery. The German manufacturer has scored 10 wins in the American event, which it first entered in 1999. LMP1 cars will not be eligible at Sebring after this season, as the race will form part of the unified sportscar series (when the American Le Mans Series merges with Grand-Am) from 2014

McNish gets BBC radio F1 role

March 6th, 2013

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McNish gets BBC radio F1 role

Le Mans winner and former Formula 1 driver Allan McNish will be part of BBC Radio 5 Live’s commentary team for the 2013 F1 season.

JRM drops WEC to focus on Le Mans

January 17th, 2013

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JRM drops WEC to focus on Le Mans

The British JRM Racing squad has opted against continuing in the World Endurance Championship this season and will instead focus on its LMP1 campaign on a one-car assault on the Le Mans 24 Hours. JRM, which moved into P1 with an HPD ARX-03a last season, announced on Thursday that it did not file an WEC entry but did put one in for Le Mans ahead of Wednesday’s closing date for entries.

Rebellion retains Jani for 2013

January 16th, 2013

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Rebellion retains Jani for 2013

Neel Jani will retain his Rebellion drive for the 2013 season. The 29-year-old Swiss driver has been part of the squad since joining for the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours, when it was still running under the Sebah banner. Jani, a former Toro Rosso Formula 1 test driver and Champ Car racer, achieved the best results of his sportscar career so far last year, when he was part of Rebellion’s winning crew at Petit Le Mans and finished fourth at Le Mans

Sato joins OAK LMP1 line-up

September 28th, 2012

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Sato joins OAK LMP1 line-up

IndyCar driver Takumo Sato will make his sportscar debut in OAK Racing’s new LMP1 contender at the Fuji World Endurance Championship round. The Honda-contracted Japanese driver will drive the OAK-Pescarolo LMP1, powered by the Honda Performance Development V8 engine, with team regulars Bertrand Baguette and Dominik Kraihamer at Fuji on October 14 and then the WEC finale at China’s Shanghai circuit at the end of the month. The new HPD-engined version of the 2012 OAK P1 was given a shakedown by Sato at Magny-Cours on Thursday.

Toyota buoyed by Le Mans pace

June 21st, 2012

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Toyota buoyed by Le Mans pace

Toyota’s Le Mans 24 Hours performance proved that it has the pace to fight with Audi, according to its racing team president Yoshiaki Kinoshita. The Japanese manufacturer entered a pair of TS030 HYBRIDs in the sportscar race last weekend, and although accidents prevented either car from finishing, Nicolas Lapierre did manage to lead the event during the opening hours. Kinoshita said that after being uncertain pre-weekend whether his team could pose a threat to the Audi hybrids and diesels, the pace shown has answered some key questions

Vilander completes AF Corse line-up

March 29th, 2012

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Vilander completes AF Corse line-up

Toni Vilander has completed AF Corse’s line-up for the FIA GT1 World Championship. The 31-year-old Finn will share one of the team’s 458 Italias with Filip Salaquarda while the other is driven by GT3 European champion Francesco Castellacci and Enzo Ide.

Heidfeld rejected sportscars offers

February 7th, 2012

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Heidfeld rejected sportscars offers

Nick Heidfeld has revealed that he rejected other offers to race in sportscars this year before signing for Rebellion Racing. The Formula 1 veteran was confirmed last week as part of the team’s LMP1 line-up for selected events in the new World Endurance Championship, including the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Lopez determined to keep Lotus name

February 6th, 2012

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Lopez determined to keep Lotus name

Gerard Lopez says his team is fully committed to retaining the Lotus name in Formula 1, even if circumstances play out that the sportscar manufacturer no longer sponsors his outfit.

Lotus to badge LMP2 programme

January 31st, 2012

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Lotus to badge LMP2 programme

Lotus has confirmed that it will back Colin Kolles’ team’s World Endurance Championship LMP2 programme, as revealed by last week’s AUTOSPORT magazine . The Kolles-run Kodewa squad will campaign two Lola B12/80s under the Lotus title, with Lotus-badged V8s from Engine Developments, which is also building the sportscar-maker’s IndyCar engine. Lotus’s motorsport director Claudio Berro said the partnership was an ideal way for the group to take a step up the endurance racing ladder after returning to the GT class with the Evora last year.

Lapierre: Toyota was a better option

January 30th, 2012

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Lapierre: Toyota was a better option

Nicolas Lapierre says he felt Toyota was a better option for his sportscar career than a potential Peugeot seat even before the French manufacturer withdrew from Le Mans racing. Lapierre won last year’s Sebring 12 Hours in an ORECA-run Peugeot, and admitted that he had talks with Peugeot over joining its works team. But he was ultimately announced as part of the driving strength for Toyota’s return to sportscars’ top class.

Donington on 2012 LMS calendar

November 28th, 2011

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Donington on 2012 LMS calendar

Donington Park will host Britain’s round of the Le Mans Series next year, taking over Silverstone’s spot as the championship’s British round. Silverstone’s AUTOSPORT 6 Hours has been a permanent fixture on the LMS calendar since 2007, but is moving to form part of FIA World Endurance Championship next year instead.

F1 chiefs approve team name changes

November 3rd, 2011

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F1 chiefs approve team name changes

Formula 1 chiefs have approved the name change requests that were put forward at today’s F1 Commission meeting in Geneva – bringing an end to the long-running row over the Lotus moniker.

Wirth to work with Honda in IndyCar

September 9th, 2011

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Wirth to work with Honda in IndyCar

Wirth Research is to extend its alliance with Honda Performance Development to encompass an IndyCar bodywork programme from 2013. Nick Wirth’s organisation has already collaborated with Honda on the Acura/HPD LMP1 and LMP2 sportscar projects that achieved championship success in the American Le Mans Series.

Lola-Drayson partners announced

September 8th, 2011

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Lola-Drayson partners announced

Lola and Drayson Racing Technologies have announced that Formula 1 engine supplier Cosworth and global defence and security company BAE Systems will be among the partners in their all-electric LMP car project. The programme, which was announced in July, sees the sportscar and single-seater constructor join forces with the former leading American Le Mans Series team to build the Lola-Drayson B12/69EV. The aim is to match the pace of the current leading LMP1 machines with an all-electric car based on the current Lola LMP1 chassis.

TDS to enter sportscars with ORECA

January 27th, 2011

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TDS to enter sportscars with ORECA

TDS Racing will enter the sportscar arena this year, fielding an LMP2 class Nissan-powered ORECA in the Le Mans Series.

Renault eyes top three this season

January 20th, 2011

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Renault eyes top three this season

Renault is setting its sights on a top-three finish in the world championship this year, as the team hints about a very ‘brave’ design for its R31. The Enstone-based outfit is due to unveil its 2011 challenger in Valencia on January 31, and there are high hopes that the car will help the outfit make further progress on the steps it delivered throughout last year. The team’s chief operating officer Patrick Louis has said that the ambition is for a top-three finish in the title chase – with technical director James Allison hinting about an aggressive design to its new car

Estoril to host LMS finale

December 11th, 2010

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Estoril to host LMS finale

The Le Mans Series has finalised its 2011 calendar by confirming Estoril as the last round of the championship. A six-hour race in Portugal had been scheduled for the season-closer on 23-25 September next year with the circuit still to be advised, and Estoril has now been picked as the venue.

BMW set to cut WTCC or GT for DTM

August 5th, 2010

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BMW set to cut WTCC or GT for DTM

BMW will withdraw from either sportscar racing or the World Touring Car Championship if it presses ahead with its proposed DTM entry in 2012, reveals this week’s AUTOSPORT magazine. The manufacturer’s motorsport boss Mario Theissen admitted to AUTOSPORT that it could not sustain three works programmes and it will have to decide its priorities. BMW still has not committed to the WTCC as a factory entry beyond the end of this season, while its GT project is so far confirmed to the end of 2011.

Mansell enters AUTOSPORT 1000Km

August 19th, 2009

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Mansell enters AUTOSPORT 1000Km

Former Formula 1 world champion Nigel Mansell is to make his racing return in this year’s AUTOSPORT 1000Km at Silverstone next month.