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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.

Stippler gives Audi Nurburgring pole

May 18th, 2013

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Stippler gives Audi Nurburgring pole

Frank Stippler gave Audi pole position for the 2013 Nurburgring 24 Hours as he outpaced Pedro Lamy’s Aston Martin in the top 40 qualifying shootout. Stippler’s 8m17.212s lap in the R8 he shares with Michael Ammermuller, Johannes Stuck and Ferdinand Stuck beat the Aston by 1.1 seconds. Phoenix had two cars in the top five, with Marcel Fassler placing the #1 Audi fifth

Aston plans factory entry for Spa 24

May 13th, 2013

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Aston plans factory entry for Spa 24

Aston Martin Racing is planning to field a factory entry in the Spa 24 Hours in July. AMR is finalising a deal to join forces with the Belgian GPR Racing squad to mount an attack on the blue-riband round of the Blancpain Endurance Series on July 27/28 with a solo Vantage V12 GT3

Heidfeld and Rebellion lead practice

April 13th, 2013

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Heidfeld and Rebellion lead practice

Nick Heidfeld put Rebellion Racing on top of the timesheets in the final practice session for the World Endurance Championship at Silverstone. The former grand prix driver was one of the last drivers lapping on a drying circuit and knocked Tom Kristensen’s Audi off the top spot with a 1m47.993 lap in his Lola-Toyota. Kristensen’s best lap was 0.070 seconds slower than the German’s.

Aston to field second car at Sebring

February 25th, 2013

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Aston to field second car at Sebring

Aston Martin Racing will field a second Vantage GTE in next month’s Sebring 12 Hours as a possible precursor to running a fifth car at the Le Mans 24 Hours. The second Aston at Sebring will be raced by Grand-Am regulars Paul Dalla Lana and Billy Johnson, who race in the main GT and Continental Tire-sponsored feeder series respectively. They will be joined in the car by Pedro Lamy, who raced for the AMR squad in 2004-05.

Bleekemolen takes Dubai pole

January 11th, 2013

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Bleekemolen takes Dubai pole

Dutch driver Jeroen Bleekemolen claimed pole position for the eighth running of the Dubai 24 Hours with a lap of 1m59.104s for Black Falcon Mercedes. Bleekemolen is again sharing driving duties with Briton Sean Edwards and UAE driver Khaled Al-Qubaisi, 2012′s winning line-up. For this year’s race, they are joined by multiple DTM champion Bernd Schneider

Aston Martin eyeing top five at Sebring

March 12th, 2012

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Aston Martin eyeing top five at Sebring

Aston Martin Racing managing director John Gaw has targeted a top five finish at the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship at Sebring.

New GT Aston a ‘big improvement’

February 24th, 2012

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New GT Aston a ‘big improvement’

The 2012 Aston Martin Vantage GTE launched on Friday incorporates approximately 25 improvements over its predecessor. The focus on the new car, with which Aston Martin Racing will contest the FIA World Endurance Championship, has been on improving reliability and serviceability, according to AMR managing director John Gaw.

Aston launches WEC GT programme

February 24th, 2012

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Aston launches WEC GT programme

Aston Martin Racing has confirmed it will return to GT racing by entering its Vantage in the GTE Pro class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The move marks a return to production-based sportscar competition for the factory Aston programme after three years in prototypes ended with 2011′s unsuccessful AMR-One project

Turner and Mucke pull out of decider

November 5th, 2011

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Turner and Mucke pull out of decider

The Young Driver Aston Martin team has been forced to withdraw title contenders Stefan Mucke and Darren Turner’s DB9 from the remainder of this weekend’s FIA GT1 World Championship final at San Luis. The car sustained extensive chassis damage when Mucke crashed in Friday’s second practice session. Repairs were judged impossible within the time constraints ahead of this weekend’s championship final.

DKR Lamborghini leads practice

November 4th, 2011

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The DKR Lamborghini of Manuel Lauck and Christopher Haase briefly overshadowed the FIA World GT1 title fight by setting the fastest time in the opening practice session at San Luis this morning. On his 2011 debut outing in the category, former Reiter Lamborghini racer Haase recorded the best lap of 2m16.681s

Aston wins as Dyson takes title

September 18th, 2011

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Aston wins as Dyson takes title

Stefan Mucke, Adrian Fernandez and Harold Primat gave Aston Martin Racing a boost in what has been a miserable season by winning the American Le Mans Series’ six-hour race at Laguna Seca. Dyson Racing’s Chris Dyson and Guy Smith clinched the LMP1 title with second place, despite some late dramas for their co-driver Jay Cochran looking like they might delay the championship celebration.

Lamborghinis dominate first race

July 2nd, 2011

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Markus Winkelhock and Marc Basseng moved into the GT1 World Championship points lead by taking a comfortable win in the Navarra qualifying race. Basseng had followed the sister All-Inkl Lamborghini of Nicky Pastorelli in the early stages, relentlessly looking for opportunities to pass his team-mate. He had to wait until the pitstops, when coming in immediately to hand over to Winkelhock worked perfectly, with a quick out-lap for the erstwhile DTM racer putting him into the lead ahead of Pastorelli’s partner Dominik Schwager when the second Lamborghini pitted a lap later.

Lamborghinis top Navarra qualifying

July 2nd, 2011

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Lamborghinis top Navarra qualifying

The All-Inkl Lamborghinis set the pace in qualifying for the GT1 World Championship round at Navarra in Spain. Markus Winkelhock’s 1m36.579s lap at the end of Q3 in the #38 Lamborghini he shares with Marc Basseng gave the pair pole by just 0.004 seconds over their team-mates Dominik Schwager and Nicky Pastorelli.

Hezemans puts Corvette on pole

June 4th, 2011

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Mike Hezemans topped qualifying for Britain’s round of the FIA GT1 World Championship at Silverstone today.

Aston Martin to miss Spa

April 28th, 2011

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Aston Martin to miss Spa

Aston Martin will not compete at next weekend’s Spa 1000km in order to focus on the development of its AMR-One ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

LMP1 Aston makes debut at Ricard

April 2nd, 2011

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LMP1 Aston makes debut at Ricard

The new Aston Martin AMR-One prototype turned its first competitive laps at Paul Ricard today.

Aston AMR-One begins testing

March 17th, 2011

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Aston AMR-One begins testing

Aston Martin has begun testing its AMR-One LMP1 open-top prototype, which is set to make its competition debut at Paul Ricard next month. The car was given a shakedown run at Prodrive’s own Warwick facility last weekend before completing around 25 laps at Snetterton during the week. Darren Turner, who shared driving duties with his team-mate and co-driver Stefan Mucke, told AUTOSPORT that he had been encouraged by the car’s early performance

Aston Martin reveals all-new prototype

March 2nd, 2011

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Aston Martin reveals all-new prototype

Aston Martin Racing has taken the wraps off its all-new 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours challenger. The new LMP1 car, known as the AMR-One, is a ground-up design built in-house by the Prodrive-run AMR organisation and powered by a bespoke turbocharged petrol engine. The car and powerplant are the result of an intense design process that began in earnest last September when AMR received guarantees of parity between petrol and diesel-powered machinery

Lopez on pole for World GT1 debut

December 4th, 2010

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Lopez on pole for World GT1 debut

Series debutant Jose Maria Lopez claimed a home pole position for the GT1 World Championship finale at San Luis, while Andrea Bertolini and Michael Bartels edged closer to the inaugural series title as they qualified third – 14 places ahead of rivals Tomas Enge and Darren Turner. Lopez, who was placed with the Young Driver AMR Aston Martin team by the series organiser in the week leading up to the event, headed the timesheets on a 2m14.406s in the final segment of qualifying

Lamy gets Portimao Aston outing

September 17th, 2010

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Lamy gets Portimao Aston outing

Pedro Lamy is returning to the Aston Martin fold at Portimao this weekend for a one-off race with the Young Driver team in the GT1 World Championship. The Peugeot LMP1 driver and former Le Mans Series and FIA GT2 champion is deputising for Christopher Nygaard alongside Stefan Mucke, as family commitments have forced Nygaard to skip the race. Lamy was part of the factory Aston GT1 line-up in the American Le Mans Series and at Le Mans in the mid-2000s.