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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.

Hamilton sure tyre woes will be solved

May 13th, 2013

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Hamilton sure tyre woes will be solved

Lewis Hamilton says no stone will be left unturned when he visits the Mercedes factory later this week for a brainstorming session to cure the team’s tyre woes. The former world champion has a previously scheduled promotional appearance for a sponsor in Florida first, but he believes the trip to Brackley is now an essential after his disappointing Spanish Grand Prix.

Kraihamer lands Lotus LMP2 drive

March 18th, 2013

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Kraihamer lands Lotus LMP2 drive

Dominik Kraihamer will race the new Lotus T128 LMP2 contender in this year’s World Endurance Championship. The Austrian, who last year drove with OAK Racing in LMP1 in the WEC, has signed to race for the Kodewa-run Lotus LMP2 squad alongside team regular Thomas Holzer.

Ireland loses ERC date to Canaries

December 14th, 2012

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Ireland loses ERC date to Canaries

The Circuit of Ireland has lost its place on next year’s European Rally Championship schedule after funding issues hit the Armagh-based event. The shock news came at Thursday night’s Intercontinental Rally Challenge awards evening in Paris, when Eurosport Events motorsport director Francois Ribeiro announced that the Canarias Rally would be replacing the Circuit as round three of the ERC on the last weekend of March 2013. The Circuit of Ireland had become a popular addition to this year’s IRC and was expected to make the transition to its ERC successor

Al-Attiyah chasing M-Sport deal

November 2nd, 2012

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Al-Attiyah chasing M-Sport deal

Nasser Al-Attiyah has confirmed he is chasing a deal to run a three-car Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team next season. The Qatari driver, speaking to WRC Live’s Colin Clark ahead of the Cyprus Rally, confirmed he was hoping to conclude negotiations with M-Sport managing director Malcolm Wilson over the weekend. Ford confirmed it would be withdrawing its title sponsorship from the Ford World Rally Team at the end of this season, leaving a budget shortfall for the Cumbrian-based outfit in 2013

Japan preview quotes: Marussia

October 1st, 2012

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Timo Glock: “Suzuka is quite a different circuit to the last race in Singapore and with a lot of high-speed corners. Now we just need to wait and see how the car performs there. For this race we again have a couple of new developments on the car suited to this track, and I am hoping we will see another step forward and an even better chance of fighting with our immediate competitors and further closing the gap to the front of the field.

Muller fastest in Curitiba practice one

July 21st, 2012

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Muller fastest in Curitiba practice one

Reigning champion Yvan Muller set the fastest time in the opening World Touring Car Championship free practice session at Curitiba, as the factory Chevrolet team occupied the top three positions. Team-mate Rob Huff, who trails Muller by 18 points in this year’s drivers’ standings, was second quickest, three tenths adrift of the Frenchman’s 1m22.689s benchmark

Quaife-Hobbs pips Pizzonia in practice

July 20th, 2012

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Adrian Quaife-Hobbs prevented former Formula 1 driver Antonio Pizzonia from making a perfect Auto GP World Series debut in practice for the championship’s maiden visit to Brazil at Curitiba. Super Nova racer Quaife-Hobbs recorded a time of 1m12.778s on his final run of opening free practice to demote Pizzonia to second place. The Briton needs to finish within four points of rival Pal Varhaug in Curitiba’s first Auto GP race on Saturday to lift the title, and is aiming to claim the crown with a strong result at this penultimate meeting of the season

Hanninen claims dominant Ypres win

June 23rd, 2012

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Hanninen claims dominant Ypres win

Juho Hanninen became only the second ever Finnish winner of the Ypres Rally with a dominant performance on his return to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The 2010 series champion is only contesting a limited IRC schedule this year, but added a second win of the season to his Circuit of Ireland triumph.

Latvala ends Friday in front

February 10th, 2012

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Latvala ends Friday in front

Jari-Matti Latvala will take a 16.8-second lead into day two of Rally Sweden, having safely completed the Karlstad superspecial which rounded off Friday’s action. Ford driver Latvala had been in a close battle with ex-team-mate Mikko Hirvonen (Citroen) for most of the day, but as their tyres wore towards the end of the second loop, Latvala was able to pull away.

Leimer on top in final test of 2011

October 20th, 2011

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Leimer on top in final test of 2011

Fabio Leimer rounded out his impressive GP2 post-season form by topping the final day of testing at Barcelona. Having also set the pace on both days of testing at Jerez – again with the Racing Engineering squad – Leimer has therefore failed to top only one of the four days of post-season testing. The 22-year-old, a racewinner with the Rapax squad this year, set the early running before the session was halted following Kevin Magnussen’s foray into the gravel at Turn 5

Riders content with Motegi decision

October 3rd, 2011

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Riders content with Motegi decision

Japanese Grand Prix winner Dani Pedrosa says the MotoGP riders had no qualms about the Motegi race going ahead, though others still hinted at concerns over radiation. There were fears in the MotoGP paddock that it would be unsafe to race at Motegi this year following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March, causing major damage to the Fukashima nuclear power plant. Some leading riders threatened to boycott the race, but the whole field attended in the end after various indepedent studies underlined that the radiation hazard was not an issue.

Johnson wants Cup race in Canada

August 19th, 2011

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Johnson wants Cup race in Canada

Jimmie Johnson would like to see more road courses added to the Sprint Cup schedule and believes a race in Canada is something NASCAR should explore. The reigning Cup champion, only once a winner on a road course in NASCAR, would favour the addition of a race in Canada to the top-level series’ schedule in the future, as he sees major interest from fans in the neighbour country who often make the trip south of the border to attend Cup events. NASCAR currently races at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal with its second-tier series, although there are fears for the future of the event as government support for next year’s race is said to be under review.

Muller beats Huff in race one

July 17th, 2011

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Yvan Muller survived some late pressure to deny Rob Huff a home win in the first of today’s World Touring Car Championship races at Donington Park. Muller started from pole and had enjoyed a relatively untroubled run for most of the race, but Huff was able to capitalise on some late traffic to close within range with a lap remaining. What had been a one-second gap briefly shrunk to almost nothing, but Muller was able to pull away again as the pair drove around the circuit for the final time.

Europe preview quotes: Lotus

June 20th, 2011

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Jarno Trulli: “I left a very wet Canada and headed to my home in Miami for a few days of sun before returning to Europe for the next race.

Filippi triumphs in Auto GP race one

June 19th, 2011

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Luca Filippi made amends for a mistake in qualifying that cost him pole position by taking the first Auto GP race win of the weekend for Super Nova.

Q and A: Kristensen on his DTM return

June 18th, 2011

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Q and A: Kristensen on his DTM return

Tom Kristensen is making a one-off return to the DTM at Lausitz this weekend while regular Abt Audi driver Mike Rockenfeller rests after his horrifying Le Mans 24 Hours accident last week. The veteran Dane impressed everyone by breaking a two-year lay-off from the series to go quickest in Friday practice at the German circuit. After qualifying seventh on the grid, AUTOSPORT caught up with the eight-time Le Mans winner for a chat.

Stewart laments incident in Australia

January 21st, 2011

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Stewart laments incident in Australia

Tony Stewart has expressed his regret at getting into an off-track incident in Australia last week, while competing in a sprint car event at Sydney Speedway. The two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion was reportedly questioned by local police last Saturday after having a physical altercation with track co-owner Bret Morris following a dispute over safety conditions at the track, which was affected by heavy rain. Stewart, who returned to the US last weekend, confirmed on Thursday at Daytona that he was involved in the confrontation and then questioned by the police over the incident.

Rally of Portugal to start in Lisbon

November 9th, 2010

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Rally of Portugal to start in Lisbon

Next year’s Rally of Portugal will start with a superspecial in Lisbon – meaning the return of top-flight rallying to the nation’s capital city for the first time since 1974. The crews will make the trip north-west to the Atlantic coast city after they have finished the recce and shakedown stage on Wednesday March 23

IRL Notes: Lloyd Nabs Top Tyro Honor

October 5th, 2010

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IRL Notes: Lloyd Nabs Top Tyro Honor

CLOSE, BUT NOT ENOUGH: Eventual race winner Scott Dixon (9) races alongside Will Power during Saturday night’s IZOD IndyCar Series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Japan preview quotes: Lotus

October 1st, 2010

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Heikki Kovalainen: “First I want to thank the boys at Williams for their help with the little incident that brought my Singapore GP to an end. I’ve had an amazing response to putting out the fire, and while it was clearly the best way to stop what would have been a very dangerous situation, if I’d come into the pits, it was a pretty spectacular end to a great race. We were racing Michael and Sebastien for position, and made the right call to fight them as hard as we could