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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.

Engel to race Mercedes V8 Supercar

February 6th, 2013

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Engel to race Mercedes V8 Supercar

Former DTM driver Maro Engel will make a full-time switch to V8 Supercars this year with the Erebus Racing Mercedes squad. The 27-year-old German will race one of the team’s trio of E63 AMGs alongside series regulars Tim Slade and Lee Holdsworth, starting in Adelaide at the end of February

SBR considers van Gisbergen action

February 1st, 2013

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SBR considers van Gisbergen action

Stone Brothers Racing is considering taking legal action against its former driver Shane van Gisbergen.

Van Gisbergen backtracks on quitting

January 23rd, 2013

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Van Gisbergen backtracks on quitting

V8 Supercars race-winner Shane van Gisbergen has reversed his decision to leave the series and signed for the Tekno team for 2013. Van Gisbergen shocked the sport last winter when he announced that he was walking away for “personal reasons”, leaving his seat at Stone Brothers.

Alex Davison gets 2013 FPR ride

December 10th, 2012

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Alex Davison gets 2013 FPR ride

Alex Davison has secured the newly-established fourth seat at Ford Performance Racing for the 2013 V8 Supercars championship. The 33-year-old will drive for Charlie Schwerkolt Racing, an FPR customer team that operates in similar fashion to Rod Nash Racing.

Davison dominates in Sydney

December 2nd, 2012

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Davison dominates in Sydney

Will Davison dominated the final race of the current V8 Supercars era around Sydney’s Homebush street circuit. The Ford Performance Racing driver produced a brave pass on polesitter Garth Tander into the fast Turn 5 on the second lap and then kept the field at arm’s length to the finish.

Winterbottom claims Winton pole

November 17th, 2012

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Winterbottom claims Winton pole

Mark Winterbottom gave his slim V8 Supercars title hopes a boost by beating championship leader Jamie Whincup to pole position at Winton. The FPR Ford man jumped to the top of the timesheets for the first time with nine minutes of qualifying remaining, setting a 1m23.1443s that would ultimately prove unmatched. It was far from comfortable however, with the field all pitting for fresh rubber in the final minutes.

Whincup wins again in Abu Dhabi

November 4th, 2012

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Whincup wins again in Abu Dhabi

Jamie Whincup completed his domination of V8 Supercars’ Abu Dhabi Grand Prix support triple-header by winning race three on Sunday morning. The reigning champion’s path towards a fourth series title looks even more secure after the Yas Marina weekend, where Whincup’s three wins in as many races took his victory tally for the season to 11. The Triple 8 Holden driver had a minor brush with Ford Performance Racing’s Will Davison at the start, but held the lead as Tim Slade swept through from fourth on the grid to take second.

Whincup doubles up at Yas Marina

November 3rd, 2012

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Whincup doubles up at Yas Marina

Jamie Whincup made it a V8 Supercar double with his second victory of the weekend at Yas Marina on Saturday.

Whincup takes first V8 race

November 3rd, 2012

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Whincup takes first V8 race

Jamie Whincup claimed his ninth victory of the V8 Supercar season in the first of three races supporting the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Triple 8 Holden driver made a good start from second on the grid to challenge Ford Performance Racing’s Will Davison, who had started from pole position at Yas Marina, into the first corner

Davison sweeps to poles hat-trick

November 2nd, 2012

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Will Davison swept to a hat-trick of pole positions for V8 Supercars’ Abu Dhabi triple-header with a scintillating late rally in qualifying.

V8 guests criticised after start chaos

October 23rd, 2012

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V8 guests criticised after start chaos

The massive startline crash in the first leg of V8 Supercars’ Surfers Paradise event has prompted calls to prevent international drivers taking the starts. The Gold Coast 600 now sees each V8 regular joined by a co-driver from elsewhere in motorsport.

Whincup doubles up at Surfers

October 21st, 2012

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Whincup doubles up at Surfers

Jamie Whincup and Sebastien Bourdais secured a qualifying lock-out for the second straight year at V8 Supercars’ Surfers Paradise event. Whincup prevailed in a session disrupted by four red flags, claiming pole by just over 0.2s seconds.

Davison on pole for Bathurst 1000

October 6th, 2012

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Davison on pole for Bathurst 1000

Will Davison denied Jamie Whincup pole position in the top-10 qualifying shoot-out for the 2012 Bathurst 1000. Ford Performance Racing driver Davison was the sixth man to try for pole after going fourth fastest in Friday’s initial qualifying session

Di Grassi joins Gold Coast 600 line-up

September 21st, 2012

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Di Grassi joins Gold Coast 600 line-up

Lucas di Grassi and Marc Lieb are the latest international drivers to sign up for V8 Supercars’ Gold Coast 600 event. Both have signed for the Tekno Autosports Holden squad, which is owned by Jonathon Webb. Di Grassi, who raced for Audi at last weekend’s World Endurance Championship round at Interlagos, is also the development driver for both Pirelli’s Formula 1 tyre programme and the FIA’s new Formula E series.

Lowndes and Luff win Sandown 500

September 16th, 2012

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Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff took victory in a spectacular conclusion to V8 Supercars’ first endurance race of the year at Sandown.

Van Gisbergen earns pole with win

September 15th, 2012

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Shane van Gisbergen and his Stone Brothers co-driver Luke Youlden will start on pole position for V8 Supercars’ Sandown 500 on Sunday after van Gisbergen won a wild second qualifying heat. The race proved disastrous for most of the usual frontrunners, with Craig Lowndes the only one of the generally dominant Triple Eight/Ford Performance Racing quartet to finish in the top 10 – and he was only seventh

Lowndes victorious in race one

August 4th, 2012

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Lowndes victorious in race one

Craig Lowndes claimed victory in the first race of the V8 Supercars’ Queensland Raceway weekend.

Lowndes grabs Queensland pole

August 4th, 2012

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Lowndes grabs Queensland pole

Craig Lowndes bounced back from morning practice engine problems to beat his Triple Eight Holden team-mate Jamie Whincup to pole position for the first V8 Supercars race at Queensland Raceway. Lowndes’ 1m09.2218s pipped championship leader Whincup by 0.1577 seconds at the end of the session. The Ford Performance Racing cars battled for third, with Mark Winterbottom ultimately heading his team-mate Will Davison.

Pagenaud joins SBR for Surfers

July 19th, 2012

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Pagenaud joins SBR for Surfers

IndyCar frontrunner Simon Pagenaud has joined V8 Supercar squad Stone Brothers Racing for October’s Gold Coast 600 in Surfers Paradise. The Frenchman made his series debut at the same event last year in a Garry Rogers Holden, but will this time share one of SBR’s trio of Ford Falcons with regular driver Lee Holdsworth

Reynolds claims maiden V8 pole

July 8th, 2012

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David Reynolds took his first ever V8 Supercars pole position as Ford Performance Racing dominated qualifying for race two in Townsville. A 1m12.5817s from Reynolds halfway through the 20-minute session proved sufficient to guarantee his maiden pole, ahead of fellow FPR men Mark Winterbottom and Will Davison.