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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.

Spain qualifying quotes: Mercedes

May 11th, 2013

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Nico Rosberg – 1st: “It’s a great feeling to be on pole again. So far this weekend has been very positive and it’s a pleasure to see that the team is improving and fighting through the problems together.

Bahrain race quotes: Force India

April 21st, 2013

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Paul di Resta – 4th: “It’s great to round off the fly-away races with a fourth place and a race that was probably my strongest grand prix. The podium was very close, but with our strategy we were always going to be vulnerable at the end of the race – especially to Grosjean who had two new sets of medium tyres. I had a good start to the race, a strong opening stint and we showed our true speed today, but ultimately fourth place was the maximum that was possible.

Di Resta not downbeat over podium loss

April 21st, 2013

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Di Resta not downbeat over podium loss

Paul di Resta refused to be too downbeat despite being denied what would have been his first Formula 1 podium just six laps from the finish of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Briton’s two-stop strategy, married to a third-row starting berth, meant he was a permanent fixture at the front of the race, even leading for three laps.

Audi: 2013 DTM line-up the best yet

April 15th, 2013

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Audi: 2013 DTM line-up the best yet

Audi’s 2013 DTM line-up is its best ever, according to the manufacturer’s motorsport chief Wolfgang Ullrich. With less than a month to go before the season-opener at Hockenheim on May 5, and having taken only two victories last year compared to BMW’s five and Mercedes’ three, Ullrich has set his stall out to take the title. Every member of Audi’s eight-car line-up , which includes former champions Mattias Ekstrom and Timo Scheider and new recruit Jamie Green , has a DTM podium finish to their name

Red Bull says China issues not a trend

April 15th, 2013

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Red Bull says China issues not a trend

Red Bull believes its lack of pace in the Chinese Grand Prix was a one-off rather than an indication that it has fallen behind its rivals. Sebastian Vettel’s run of consecutive pole positions this year came to an end at Shanghai when the team felt its best hope of victory was to use the slower medium tyre compound in qualifying

Crutchlow thinks Honda still has edge

March 26th, 2013

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Crutchlow thinks Honda still has edge

Cal Crutchlow believes that Honda has established itself as the strongest MotoGP team during 2013 pre-season testing. After Dani Pedrosa dominated the opening Sepang test , and Marc Marquez did likewise at Austin , Honda has topped seven of this year’s 11 days of testing. Tech 3 Yamaha rider Crutchlow, who went fastest as pre-season running concluded at Jerez, said Honda has established itself as the team to beat

Alonso still positive on title chances

March 25th, 2013

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Alonso still positive on title chances

Ferrari says that Fernando Alonso is staying positive about his championship hopes following his retirement from the Malaysian Grand Prix. Alonso crashed out at the start of lap two when his front wing fell off following an earlier brush with the rear of Sebastian Vettel’s car . Ferrari told Alonso to stay out on track at the end of lap one – rather than pit for a new wing – because it believed the wing was not badly damaged enough to fail.

McLaren certain 2013 car will win

March 23rd, 2013

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McLaren certain 2013 car will win

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh is certain the squad’s troubled MP4-28 design will win races in the 2013 Formula 1 season. While Whitmarsh refused to rule out the last resort of switching back to the 2012 car , he gave his strongest indication yet that the team is confident the new machine can be turned around.

O’Neill gives up on BTCC hopes

February 22nd, 2013

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O’Neill gives up on BTCC hopes

British Touring Car race winner Paul O’Neill has given up on chasing a seat in the series for this season. O’Neill, who contested two BTCC rounds last year, had been hoping to sign a deal with Speedworks Motorsport for 2013, but has not been able to raise the budget

Luhr joins Jota for Le Mans 24 Hours

February 15th, 2013

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Luhr joins Jota for Le Mans 24 Hours

Former GT1 world champion Lucas Luhr has joined Jota Sport for the Le Mans 24 Hours. The 33-year-old German will partner Oliver Turvey and Simon Dolan in the team’s LMP2 Zytek-Nissan.

Aleshin stays in FR3.5 with Tech 1

February 12th, 2013

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Aleshin stays in FR3.5 with Tech 1

Former Formula Renault 3.5 champion Mikhail Aleshin has signed for Tech 1 Racing, continuing his comeback in the series for a second season. The Russian, who won the FR3.5 championship for Carlin in 2010, returned to the Renault fold last year to lead a new squad from his homeland: Team RFR . Aleshin could only manage 13th in the standings as RFR struggled, and the team left the series at the end of the 2012 season to be replaced by AV Formula

Viso says Andretti the best option

February 8th, 2013

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Viso says Andretti the best option

EJ Viso believes that his ride with Andretti Autosport was the strongest option available to him for 2013 after he backed down on his initial plans to form his own team. Viso, together with a group of sponsors working collectively under the Team Venezuela banner, had originally signalled his intention to strike out as an owner-driver after leaving KV Racing at the end of last season. But the challenges of putting a programme together in time for 2013 eventually prompted him to look elsewhere for a ride, and he is confident that the fourth seat at Andretti will prove to be the right choice.

Molina keeps Audi DTM seat

February 4th, 2013

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Molina keeps Audi DTM seat

Miguel Molina will continue to race with Audi in the DTM after being confirmed as the eighth driver of the manufacturer’s line-up for 2013. The Spanish driver’s position at Audi was in doubt after the German carmaker announced seven of its eight drivers in December last year and excluded Molina, saying he had left the DTM squad. On Monday, however, Audi announced that Molina, the only Spanish driver to have finished on the podium in the DTM, will stay on for the upcoming season after all.

Frijns backs Magnussen, da Costa

January 1st, 2013

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Frijns backs Magnussen, da Costa

Formula Renault 3.5 champion Robin Frijns believes that Kevin Magnussen and Antonio Felix da Costa will lead the fight to succeed him in the series this year.

Maldonado warns he will attack

November 3rd, 2012

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Maldonado warns he will attack

Pastor Maldonado has warned the Formula 1 world championship contenders that he will be on the attack in Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after qualifying right among the title rivals in fourth place.

Frijns set for long-term Sauber deal

October 26th, 2012

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Frijns set for long-term Sauber deal

Robin Frijns is set for a long-term role with Sauber, provided his run in the Abu Dhabi young driver test proves a success. The 21-year-old, who was recently crowned Formula Renault 3.5 champion in controversial circumstances , is scheduled to drive for Sauber for one day. AUTOSPORT understands that the team plans to tie him down to a long-term deal having been impressed with his progress over the past three years, during which he has won the Formula BMW Europe, Formula Renault Eurocup and Formula Renault 3.5 title

Mercedes ‘set for late-season surge’

October 14th, 2012

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Mercedes ‘set for late-season surge’

Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes can target a stronger end to the 2012 Formula 1 campaign now it has made progress with its latest updates. Following a difficult middle part of the season, the introduction of a raft of developments , including a Coanda-effect exhaust, in Singapore has helped Mercedes move forward. Rosberg, who lines up ninth on the grid for the Korean Grand Prix, thinks that even more is possible in the final four races of the year.

McLaren: Ferrari under real pressure

October 8th, 2012

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McLaren: Ferrari under real pressure

McLaren believes that Fernando Alonso and Ferrari are now under real pressure in the championship battle, in the wake of his early exit from the Japanese Grand Prix. Although Lewis Hamilton did not deliver the form he needed to challenge for the victory in Suzuka , he was still able to close the championship gap to Alonso down to 42 points thanks to his Spanish rival’s second retirement of the season. McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh believes there is still everything to play for in the title battle – even though he readily accepts that at the moment Red Bull poses more of a threat to Ferrari

Boullier says Lotus wins possible

September 23rd, 2012

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Boullier says Lotus wins possible

Lotus team boss Eric Boullier believes his team can still achieve its target of race wins and a title challenge this year – despite difficulties in recent events. The outfit had been tipped to be one of the strongest after the summer break, but it has not lived up to the high hopes that it had had

Fontana night practice ‘key to race’

September 15th, 2012

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IndyCar title contenders Will Power and Ryan Hunter-Reay believe that Friday’s evening’s second practice session will offer the best guide as to who will be in the strongest position going into Saturday’s season finale at Fontana.