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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.

AV Formula signs Pic and Cunha

December 3rd, 2012

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AV Formula signs Pic and Cunha

New Formula Renault 3.5 team AV Formula has signed Arthur Pic and Yann Cunha for the 2013 season. Both drivers – who drove for AV during post-season testing – will be returning to the series for a second year

DeltaWing ‘has single-seater future’

October 15th, 2012

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DeltaWing ‘has single-seater future’

Don Panoz believes the DeltaWing can still have a future in single-seater competition. The car was originally conceived as a replacement for last year’s IndyCar chassis , but after losing out to the Dallara DW12 found its way into competition via the Le Mans ‘Garage 56′ concept. Panoz reckons there could still be an appetite for the car, which has raced as the Nissan DeltaWing in sportscars this year, to be used in single-seaters.

Rigon joins BVM Target for Ricard

September 26th, 2012

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Rigon joins BVM Target for Ricard

Ferrari Formula 1 test driver Davide Rigon will make his return to single seater racing with BVM Target in Formula Renault 3.5 at Paul Ricard this weekend. The Italian, who recently tested Ferrari’s F2012 at the Magny-Cours young driver test , has not raced a single seater since breaking his leg in the 2011 GP2 opener at Istanbul . Rigon is the fifth driver to take the seat alongside BVM Target’s regular driver Nikolay Martsenko this season.

HRT to support Qing Hua’s career

April 5th, 2012

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HRT to support Qing Hua’s career

HRT has announced Chinese driver Ma Qing Hua as part of the Spanish squad’s new driver development programme. HRT said the programme would include a professional assessment of his career, private tests with cars from different categories and simulator tests. The team said Qing Hua “could take to the wheel” of its car in the young driver test later this year if the results of the partnership are “satisfactory.” “I’m very honoured to form a part of the driver development programme at HRT Formula 1 Team since, with work and effort, it will allow me to become the first Chinese Formula 1 driver,” he said

Salaquarda joins AF Corse for GT1

March 1st, 2012

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Salaquarda joins AF Corse for GT1

Filip Salaquarda has joined AF Corse to drive the team’s Ferrari 458 Italia in this year’s FIA GT1 World Championship. The Czech driver completed in the Superleague series in 2011, also driving a Ferrari 458 GT3 in three races during the past year.

Superleague cancels Asian races too

October 13th, 2011

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Superleague cancels Asian races too

Superleague Formula organisers have announced the cancellation of the Asian rounds of the series. The news comes less than a month after the series announced it had also cancelled its South American events. Superleague said it could not “reach terms” with Chinese local authorities.

South American rounds cancelled

September 14th, 2011

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South American rounds cancelled

Superleague organisers have announced the cancellation of all the South American rounds scheduled for next month. The Brazilian round will not go ahead after organisers received news from circuit bosses that Goiania will not be ready to host the scheduled race

Navarra test for Superleague

August 18th, 2011

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Navarra test for Superleague

Superleague Formula is set to hold a two-day test at Navarra, Spain, on the final two days of August. The championship has held two rounds so far this season, visiting Assen in June and Zolder in July, but does not have another round planned until Goiania in Brazil at the start of October.

Vervisch wins Zolder superfinal

July 17th, 2011

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Vervisch wins Zolder superfinal

Frederic Vervisch won a hard-earned €100,000 in a thrilling Superleague Formula Nations Cup superfinal at Zolder in Belgium.

Martin takes second Zolder race

July 17th, 2011

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Martin takes second Zolder race

John Martin of Australia won the reversed-grid second race at Zolder in Belgium, round two of the Superleague Formula Nations Cup.

Dolby wins race one for England

July 17th, 2011

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Craig Dolby won the opening race of round two of the Superleague Formula Nations Cup at Zolder in Belgium this morning, the England driver overcoming series returnee Chris van der Drift of New Zealand in the compulsory pitstops.

Dolby tops Zolder qualifying

July 16th, 2011

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Dolby tops Zolder qualifying

England’s Craig Dolby will start round two of the Superleague Formula Nations Cup from pole position after winning a dramatic rain-affected final against New Zealand’s Chris van der Drift. Rain fell just before and during the final, the climax of Superleague’s unique knock-out qualifying format, for which Dolby chose to run second on the road.

Doornbos switches to Team Japan

July 14th, 2011

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Doornbos switches to Team Japan

Robert Doornbos will switch to the championship-leading Team Japan car in time for this weekend’s Superleague Formula round at Zolder. The 29-year-old Dutchman raced the sister Team Netherlands car at the Assen season-opener, but the Atech Reid squad, which runs both outfits in the series, has elected to put him in the Japan car previously raced by Britain’s Duncan Tappy. “We had some problems at Assen with a coming together, which meant that unfortunately the car had too much damage to finish the race and we were unable to start in race two,” he said.

Aleshin to make Superleague debut

July 7th, 2011

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Aleshin to make Superleague debut

Mikhail Aleshin will become the first Russian to compete in Superleague Formula at Zolder next weekend.

Wissel rejoins Superleague field

June 27th, 2011

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Wissel rejoins Superleague field

German driver Max Wissel will return to Superleague Formula from the Zolder round of the series in mid-July.

Smolensk round postponed

June 22nd, 2011

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Smolensk round postponed

Superleague Formula has postponed its maiden trip to the Smolensk Ring until at least 2012 as the circuit will not be ready in time to host the series’ proposed September round. Superleague was due to be the first international championship to visit the new track on September 3-4, but received notification from senior track officials on Wednesday that this would not be possible.

Van der Drift rejoins Superleague

June 17th, 2011

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Van der Drift rejoins Superleague

Chris van der Drift has confirmed that he will return to Superleague Formula from the next round at Zolder.

Dolby claims Assen super final win

June 5th, 2011

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England’s Craig Dolby won the €100,000 super final in the opening round of Superleague Formula 2011 at Assen on Sunday, passing the Australia entry of John Martin to claim victory. Dolby, starting fourth on the grid, jumped up to second at the start, with Martin leaping into the lead as poleman Duncan Tappy (Japan) and Yelmer Buurman (Netherlands/PSV) made poor getaways.

Buurman wins wild Assen opener

June 5th, 2011

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Yelmer Buurman won a thrilling opening round of the Superleague Formula Nations Cup on home ground for the Netherlands at Assen. Buurman triumphed after an amazing duel with the other Netherlands-liveried car of Robert Doornbos, who had taken the lead when long-time front man Tristan Gommendy (France/Bordeaux) was forced out with a broken throttle cable.

Superleague reveals full line-up

June 2nd, 2011

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Superleague reveals full line-up

Superleague Formula has announced its full driver line-up for this weekend’s 2011 opener in the Netherlands, with a 14-car field set for Assen.