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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.

Perez says he needs to change approach

January 9th, 2013

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Perez says he needs to change approach

Sergio Perez says he will need to change his approach to Formula 1 this season if he is to make the most of his switch to McLaren. The Mexican, who spent his first official day at the team with a factory visit on Tuesday, reckons that if he is to achieve his ambitions of fighting for the title then he will no longer be able to simply the play brilliant tyre tactics that helped his grab podiums last year for Sauber.

McLaren to ‘push to the end’ of 2012

October 24th, 2012

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McLaren to ‘push to the end’ of 2012

McLaren has vowed to push to the bitter end in the 2012 title race despite both its drivers effectively ruling themselves out of championship contention. Sporting director Sam Michael says the team’s goals remain unchanged despite its recent struggles coinciding with a resurgent Red Bull/Sebastian Vettel combination.

Magnussen tops FR3.5 finale practice

October 19th, 2012

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Magnussen tops FR3.5 finale practice

Kevin Magnussen led the way in Formula Renault 3.5 free practice at Barcelona on Friday ahead of this weekend’s season finale. The Carlin driver went to the top of the times inside the final two minutes during an exciting end to the afternoon session. The flurry of action was caused by a late red flag that cost teams seven minutes of the final quarter of an hour

Vettel confident of Spa fightback

September 2nd, 2012

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Vettel confident of Spa fightback

Sebastian Vettel is confident of being able to make up places in today’s Belgian Grand Prix from 10th on the grid . Red Bull drivers have traditionally found overtaking a little more difficult than some of the team’s rivals at Spa thanks to a setup philosophy that offers strong acceleration but puts a limit on top speed, even when the DRS is deployed.

Jeff Smith to make Superstars debut

July 10th, 2012

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Jeff Smith to make Superstars debut

British Touring Car racer Jeff Smith will make his International Superstars Series debut in this weekend’s Spa round, and intends to join the championship full-time next season. Smith will drive a Team Dinamic-supplied BMW run by the Target Competition team, which is also planning a 2013 Superstars move

Raikkonen sets sights on victory now

May 4th, 2012

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Raikkonen sets sights on victory now

Kimi Raikkonen says his sights are firmly set on victory now, on the back of the strong start to the season that his Lotus team has delivered.

Toyota: Testing can make up for Spa

May 3rd, 2012

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Toyota: Testing can make up for Spa

The Toyota team will be well drilled for the race debut of its TS030 hybrid prototype at next month’s Le Mans 24 Hours despite missing this weekend’s Spa event, according to the project’s technical director Pascal Vasselon. The team was forced to withdraw from the Spa six-hour race following a testing accident which destroyed the first chassis during testing at Paul Ricard in April. Toyota has now built a second car up from a new monocoque, complete with the latest aero package which was briefly displayed at Spa before being packed off for further testing at Magny Cours, and Vasselon said that while not racing at Spa was a setback, the team would still complete the required running before Le Mans.

Officials target 225mph for Indy 500

April 4th, 2012

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Officials target 225mph for Indy 500

IndyCar officials are targeting 225 mph laps during the Indianapolis 500 with the new-for-2012 Dallara chassis. Last year’s four-lap average for pole position was 227.472 mph, set by Alex Tagliani. “I’d be disappointed if we didn’t get to that 220-222 (mph) range, and that last little bit will come as teams dial the cars in to the track during the week of Indy and 225 is the target,” said vice president of technology Will Phillips.

Alonso: Ferrari must improve quickly

March 17th, 2012

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Alonso: Ferrari must improve quickly

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari must react quickly if it is to stand a chance in the championship following a very disappointing first qualifying of the year in Melbourne. The Spaniard qualified in 12th position after spinning off in Q2, although he admitted he did not have the pace to do much better had he not made that mistake.

Venturini makes BVM Target move

March 11th, 2012

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Venturini makes BVM Target move

Auto GP race winner Giovanni Venturini has signed for BVM Target to compete in Formula Renault 3.5 this year. The announcement completes the 13 teams’ 2012 driver line-ups. Venturini scored two victories in Auto GP last year with Griffitz Durango

Loeb still keen to push for rally win

November 12th, 2011

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Loeb still keen to push for rally win

Sebastien Loeb says he is still keen to fight for Rally GB victory even though his eighth World Rally title was wrapped up last night when Mikko Hirvonen retired from the event. Hirvonen had to try and overcome an eight-point deficit to Loeb in Wales, but damaged his Ford’s radiator in a spin on SS7 yesterday morning while holding a narrow lead. Ford finally conceded on Friday evening that there was too much damage to Hirvonen’s engine for him to contemplate rejoining under superally today, removing any final remote threat to Loeb’s championship

Indy title rivals expect better race

October 15th, 2011

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Indy title rivals expect better race

IndyCar title rivals Dario Franchitti and Will Power are optimistic that they can still get to the front in the Las Vegas finale despite only qualifying on row eight. Both drivers struggled for speed on Friday, qualifying 17th and 18th, with Power ahead. Penske driver Power, who trails Franchitti by 18 points, said his car simply did not have the pace in qualifying trim, but hopes to race his way forward on Sunday

Vettel insists nothing is won yet

September 22nd, 2011

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Vettel insists nothing is won yet

Sebastian Vettel insists he has not won anything yet and claims he is in no rush to secure his second title as long as he manages to clinch it. The Red Bull driver has a 112-point advantage over Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso with six races to go and has his first chance to secure the title in Singapore this weekend.

Gascoyne: No worries over future

September 13th, 2011

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Gascoyne: No worries over future

Mike Gascoyne is not concerned for his long-term future at Team Lotus after the outfit’s owner Tony Fernandes said during the Italian Grand Prix weekend that it must deliver improved results in 2012. Fernandes wants to see his team progress into the midfield next year after one and a half seasons where it has led the cluster of three new teams since 2010, and suggested at Monza that he is likely to make changes to the team if it fails to meet this target

Vettel surprised by pole advantage

September 10th, 2011

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Vettel surprised by pole advantage

Sebastian Vettel admitted he was surprised by his advantage in qualifying at Monza, the Red Bull driver conceding he never expected to grab pole by such a margin. The championship leader, whose Red Bull team has never been too strong at Monza, secured his 10th pole position of the year to keep the squad’s perfect record of top spots this season. Vettel finished nearly half a second ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, second today, and admitted he never expected to be so far ahead.

Lotus: Giant killing unlikely in Italy

September 2nd, 2011

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Lotus: Giant killing unlikely in Italy

Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes says the target for his team at next weekend’s Italian Grand Prix is simply to get both cars to the chequered flag – as he does not think the nature of the Monza track will allow it challenge the established teams ahead.

Dixon hails ‘perfect weekend’

August 7th, 2011

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Scott Dixon has hailed a ‘perfect’ weekend after claiming pole position and a commanding victory at Mid-Ohio.

Canamasas takes maiden pole

July 3rd, 2011

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Canamasas takes maiden pole

BVM Target’s Sergio Canamasas, the revelation of this year’s Formula Renault 3.5 series, ended Jean-Eric Vergne’s (Carlin) domination at the Hungaroring by taking his debut pole position in the category this morning. Canamasas failed to score a point in 2010, but brimming with confidence following a maiden podium in race one yesterday, the Spaniard recorded a late flier to knock Vergne off top spot with a time of 1m32.826s

Canamasas gets post-race penalty

June 18th, 2011

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BVM Target’s Sergio Canamasas has received a 10-second post-race penalty for failing to respect track limits during this afternoon’s Formula Renault 3.5 race at the Nurburgring.

Ganassi pair puzzled by strategy

May 30th, 2011

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Ganassi pair puzzled by strategy

Dario Franchitti refused to criticise his Ganassi team over its strategy in the Indianapolis 500, while admitting that he did not fully understand how he had ended up 12th in a race he had looked set to dominate. The defending Indy winner had led by as much as eight seconds at one stage, but pitted from the lead under yellow on lap 163.