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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.

Caterham to retain Renault engines

May 24th, 2013

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Caterham to retain Renault engines

Caterham has confirmed it will stick with Renault engines next season, as the French car manufacturer closes in on finalising its 2014 Formula 1 supply plans. Renault has not yet officially announced any of its deals for the new V6 turbos next year, but the situation is expected to move forward in Monaco this weekend

Monaco practice quotes: Pirelli

May 23rd, 2013

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Paul Hembery: “With Monaco always being one of the circuits that has the most noticeable degree of track evolution during the weekend throughout the year, it’s hard to draw many firm conclusions from the first two free practice sessions, although there is already some idea of the pecking order. So far we’re seeing a difference of up to a second per lap between the two compounds, which is in line with our expectations at this point, but we would expect that gap to come down as the weekend goes on. More rubber going onto the track over the weekend also means that the cars will slide less: that in turn slows down the rate of wear and degradation even more – which is never especially high at Monaco anyway

Monaco practice quotes: McLaren

May 23rd, 2013

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Jenson Button – 8th/8th: “We struggled in the morning when the circuit was still fairly ‘green’ – we couldn’t get any temperatures into the tyres, but I think that affected everybody, not just us. “Our pace on a long run looks surprisingly good, although we’re not quite there with our qualifying pace yet. Still, I feel happier with the car here than I have the past few weekends

Monaco practice quotes: Mercedes

May 23rd, 2013

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Nico Rosberg – 1st/1st: A very productive day for us. We completed a lot of laps and I feel comfortable in the car

Yelloly returns to FR3.5 for Monaco

May 21st, 2013

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Yelloly returns to FR3.5 for Monaco

Formula Renault 3.5 race winner Nick Yelloly will return to the series for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix support race with Zeta Corse. The Briton, who finished fifth in the championship last season with Comtec Racing, received a last-minute call-up from the Italian team to replace Mihai Marinescu. He will partner fellow GP3 racer Carlos Sainz Jr, who landed a one-off deal with the team last week.

Whincup back on top in race four

May 19th, 2013

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Jamie Whincup responded to his race three defeat by winning the last race of V8 Supercars’ inaugural Austin weekend. Race three winner Fabian Coulthard put Whincup under huge pressure in the first half of the race. But in the closing laps, Whincup was able to pull out a three-second lead, as he clamed his third win of the weekend and extended his points lead still further

Spain race quotes: Sauber

May 12th, 2013

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Nico Hulkenberg – 15th: “We knew that it would be a difficult race today.

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.

GP Predictor players tip Alonso

May 11th, 2013

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GP Predictor players tip Alonso

Fernando Alonso is the overwhelming favourite to win the Spanish Grand Prix, according to players of the Castrol EDGE Grand Prix predictor. The Chinese Grand Prix winner is fourth in the standings following his early retirement in Malaysia and DRS issues last time out in Bahrain.

Spain practice quotes: Mercedes

May 10th, 2013

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Lewis Hamilton – 6th/6th: The team have done a great job to bring our upgrades here this weekend and whilst I could feel the impact immediately, it’s difficult to quantify how much of an improvement has been made at this early stage.

McLaren breaks curfew in Spain

May 10th, 2013

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McLaren breaks curfew in Spain

McLaren has used one of its two ‘jokers’ for breaking Formula 1′s curfew regulations ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix.

Lancaster returns to GP2 with Hilmer

May 8th, 2013

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Lancaster returns to GP2 with Hilmer

Jon Lancaster will return to GP2 with the Hilmer team at Barcelona this weekend. The 24-year-old Briton last competed in the series with Ocean in Malaysia last season. He will drive the #23 car occupied by Pal Varhaug in the opening rounds.

Iannone to undergo arm surgery

May 5th, 2013

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Iannone to undergo arm surgery

Pramac Ducati MotoGP driver Andrea Iannone will undergo arm surgery on Tuesday. The Italian suffered from arm pump during this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez and eventually crashed out. He had also crashed in qualifying , sustaining cuts to his legs

Bell secures Panther Indy 500 seat

May 5th, 2013

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Bell secures Panther Indy 500 seat

Townsend Bell’s Indianapolis 500 return has been confirmed, with the 38-year-old having been signed by Panther Racing to drive the team’s second car at the Brickyard later this month. The deal reunites the 2001 Indy Lights champion with the team that he began his IndyCar career with after moving across from Champ Car

Power fastest in first Brazil practice

May 4th, 2013

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Will Power set the pace in the opening practice session for this weekend’s IndyCar race at the Sao Paulo street circuit. The Australian, who is the only driver ever to have won at the track, topped the times with a best lap of 1m21.8517s.

Rins takes pole despite crash

May 4th, 2013

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Alex Rins recovered from an early-session crash to secure his second straight Moto3 pole position ahead of Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. The Spaniard, victorious last time out at Austin, had just set the then-fastest time of the weekend before crashing on the exit of Turn 1 – just moments after his Monlau KTM team-mate Alex Marquez went down at Turn 5.

Marquez raises goals after practice

May 3rd, 2013

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Marquez raises goals after practice

Marc Marquez has raised his expectations for the Jerez MotoGP race after impressing himself with his Friday practice pace. Honda’s sensational rookie had insisted following his record-breaking Austin win that it would be tough to maintain such form, particularly in his home race this weekend

Moreau targets 2014 return to action

May 3rd, 2013

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Moreau targets 2014 return to action

French sportscar racer Guillaume Moreau has targeted a return to the race track in 2014 in the wake of his back-breaking accident at last year’s Le Mans Test Day. Moreau, who is back at a race meeting for the first time at this weekend’s Spa World Endurance Championship round, is still undergoing rehabilitation for the injuries sustained aboard his OAK Pescarolo-Judd 01 LMP1 prototype in June 2012

Jerez to name corner after Lorenzo

May 2nd, 2013

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Jerez to name corner after Lorenzo

MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo will have a corner of the Jerez circuit named after him, the Spanish track has announced. The circuit will host an event on Saturday – coinciding with Lorenzo’s 26th birthday – in which it will honour the Spaniard with the naming of the final corner before the start/finish straight. “It’s a spectacular present,” said Lorenzo

Dracone returns to Auto GP

May 1st, 2013

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Dracone returns to Auto GP

Francesco Dracone will return to Auto GP with Super Nova at this weekend’s Hungaroring event. The 29-year-old has been a series regular for the past two years, though he has yet to appear in 2013