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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 race quotes: Pirelli

May 12th, 2013

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Paul Hembery: “Strategy was again at the forefront of the Spanish Grand Prix, which as usual was very demanding on the tyres because of the unique characteristics of this circuit. This is why we saw high levels of degradation, which should not be seen again to this extent for the rest of the year

Unwell Ogier forced to miss Fafe

April 4th, 2013

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Unwell Ogier forced to miss Fafe

World Rally Championship leader Sebastien Ogier has withdrawn from this weekend’s Fafe Rallysprint due to illness. The Fafe event is the traditional non-championship curtain raiser to the Portuguese WRC round, which takes place later this month. Ogier said he wanted to rest to ensure he was fully fit for the main event.

Loeb to enter 2013 Pikes Peak

March 28th, 2013

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Loeb to enter 2013 Pikes Peak

Nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb will compete in this year’s Pikes Peak hillclimb for Peugeot. Loeb will drive a purpose-built 208 T16 Pikes Peak in the unlimited class. AUTOSPORT revealed on Wednesday that Peugeot was evaluating a return to the hillclimb challenge.

Unhappy Morbidelli to race after all

October 28th, 2012

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Gianni Morbidelli has made a last-minute call to reverse his decision not to race in Sunday’s two International Superstars Series races at Pergusa.

Pirelli: One-stop possible at Korea

October 13th, 2012

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Pirelli: One-stop possible at Korea

Pirelli believes a one-stop tyre strategy could be a possibility in the Korean Grand Prix because of the unique nature of the circuit. The track surface and layout of the Yeongam track poses a difficult challenge for the teams, with getting the tyres in to the right operating window a bigger challenge that dealing with degradation.

FIA’s Singapore tribute to Watkins

September 20th, 2012

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FIA’s Singapore tribute to Watkins

Formula 1 will pay tribute to the late Professor Sid Watkins during this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. Watkins died at the age of 84 last Thursday.

Zanardi: Curiosity will dictate future

September 10th, 2012

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Zanardi: Curiosity will dictate future

Alex Zanardi says “curiosity” will dictate what he does next after his triumphs in the London Paralympic Games . The Italian, who lost both his legs in an accident during a Champ Car race at the Lausitzring 11 years ago, won two gold and one silver medal at the Paralympics at the age of 45.

Busch secures All-Star pole

May 18th, 2012

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Kyle Busch claimed pole position for Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star race.

Auto GP confirms 2012 calendar

February 17th, 2012

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Auto GP confirms 2012 calendar

Auto GP has announced its calendar for the 2012 season, with the proposed Suzuka and Donington rounds having been dropped. The season will kick off at Monza on March 11 and will finish at Sonoma, USA, on September 23. The Donington Park and Suzuka races included on the draft calendar for April 14 and October 21 have been dropped

Perez pleased with Sauber’s potential

February 10th, 2012

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Perez pleased with Sauber’s potential

Sauber’s new Formula 1 car has the chance to move the team up the field this year, reckons Sergio Perez. After completing his two days of running at Jerez in Spain this week, the Mexican thinks that a good early impression – allied to not being hindered by blown diffuser development like last year – bodes well for the campaign ahead.

Gary Anderson joins BBC line-up

January 12th, 2012

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Gary Anderson joins BBC line-up

The BBC has announced that former Jordan technical director Gary Anderson will join its commentary line-up for the 2012 Formula 1 season.

New Jersey confirms F1 grand prix

October 25th, 2011

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New Jersey confirms F1 grand prix

New Jersey governor Chris Christie confirmed on Tuesday the state will host a Formula 1 grand prix from 2013, as reported by AUTOSPORT last weekend. Christie said the race will take place on a 3.2-mile street circuit, running on existing roads through Port Imperial and at the top of the Palisades in Weehawken and West New York.

F2 announces two Spanish tests

October 20th, 2011

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F2 announces two Spanish tests

The Formula 2 championship has announced that two winter tests will be held before the end of the year in Spain. The series will visit Jerez on November 28-29 and then Barcelona on December 13-14 in an attempt to allow prospective drivers for the 2012 season to try out the Williams-built cars.

GP2 test for JK Racing Asia winner

September 21st, 2011

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GP2 test for JK Racing Asia winner

Organisers of the JK Racing Asia Series have announced that the 2011 championship winner will test a GP2 car with Caterham Team AirAsia next year. The series, which uses old Formula BMW cars, will act as a support event for Formula 1 grands prix in Malaysia, Singapore and India

Austin welcomes November date

August 11th, 2011

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Austin welcomes November date

United States Grand Prix officials have welcome Bernie Ecclestone’s decision to move the inaugural Austin race to November next year. As revealed by AUTOSPORT, Ecclestone circulated a new version of the 2012 calendar during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend. The teams, however, expressed concern about the move, with seven races at the end of the season in just 10 weekends and back-to-back events in Japan/Korea, Abu Dhabi/Bahrain and the United States/Brazil

Ratel reveals first 2012 GT entries

July 30th, 2011

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Ratel reveals first 2012 GT entries

Series organiser Stephane Ratel says seven teams representing seven different car brands have so far committed to the GT World series that the FIA and his SRO group are launching for 2012. Next year the current GT1 World Championship will be superseded by a revised series in which current GT1, GT2 and GT3 cars will be performance balanced to allow them all to race equally for outright honours

VW enters two Skodas for Germany

July 18th, 2011

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VW enters two Skodas for Germany

Volkswagen will continue its young driver assessment programme on Rally Germany and has entered a pair of Skoda Fabia S2000s for Hans Weis Jr and Christian Riedermann.

Vettel bemoans costly mistake

June 12th, 2011

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Vettel bemoans costly mistake

A crestfallen Sebastien Vettel bemoaned his “only mistake” as a slide on the final lap cost him victory in an epic Canadian Grand Prix.

Kovalainen targets ‘best’ GP for Lotus

May 25th, 2011

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Kovalainen targets ‘best’ GP for Lotus

Lotus could be set for its best-ever qualifying and race performance in this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, according to driver Heikki Kovalainen. The Finn, who matched the team’s qualifying record with 15th on the grid in Spain last week, is hopeful that the unique track will allow Lotus to fight in the midfield.

F1 figures defend overtaking rate

May 9th, 2011

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F1 figures defend overtaking rate

Leading Formula 1 figures are adamant that the FIA has got its implementation of the DRS regulations spot on – despite criticisms that overtaking proved to be too easy in the Turkish Grand Prix. The race at Istanbul featured one of the highest number of overtaking moves witnessed in an F1 race, and drivers appeared to have little trouble in passing slower cars ahead of them