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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.

In-season testing to return in 2014

June 9th, 2013

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In-season testing to return in 2014

In-season testing will return to Formula 1 next year, after teams approved plans for four post-race sessions in 2014. Following a lengthy meeting of think-tank the Sporting Working Committee in the Montreal paddock on Saturday night, a majority of teams voted in favour of a testing rethink for next year. The plans, which now just need final approval from the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council which meets at the end of this month, will open the way for four two-day test sessions that will take place after selected grands prix

WRC calendar set to be confirmed

May 29th, 2013

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WRC calendar set to be confirmed

The calendar for next year’s World Rally Championship is expected to be confirmed at next month’s June World Motor Sport Council meeting. The final 2014 schedule of events was not available for discussion at the WRC Commission meeting in Geneva last week, because some of the events have yet to sign the agreement with the WRC promoter. A fax vote will decide the calendar to be put forward for ratification by WMSC at Goodwood on June 28.

Protest no threat to Rosberg’s win

May 26th, 2013

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Protest no threat to Rosberg’s win

Nico Rosberg’s victory in the Monaco Grand Prix is safe – despite the ongoing discussions regarding a protest about his Mercedes team’s secret tyre test.

F1 practice tyre rules to get revamp

May 9th, 2013

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F1 practice tyre rules to get revamp

Formula 1 teams will be handed an extra set of tyres for the first 30 minutes of practice from the start of next year – but plans to limit them only to rookie drivers have been dropped completely. A proposal initiated by Force India for teams to be given extra sets of tyres for the first part of FP1 from this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix if they ran rookies was abandoned after failing to get the necessary support

F3 Masters saved as GT date moves

March 18th, 2013

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F3 Masters saved as GT date moves

The Masters of Formula 3 race has been saved after the FIA World Motor Sports Council agreed to a dispensation in the F3 European Championship sporting regulations, AUTOSPORT has learned. The category’s Zandvoort classic, which has moved to a new date of July 7, will still be joined by the FIA GT Series, which has also moved its Dutch date forward a week.

Turkish GP return up to government

December 6th, 2012

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Turkish GP return up to government

Turkish motorsport officials say the return of the country’s grand prix to the Formula 1 calendar is now up to the government, after agreeing terms with Bernie Ecclestone. Istanbul Park, which hosted an F1 grand prix from 2005-11, was tipped for a return to the calendar on Wednesday. This was after the FIA World Motor Sport Council announced it had moved the German GP forward to reserve the July 21 date for another, yet-to-be-named European-based event

Austin seeks new date for 2013 race

December 6th, 2012

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Austin seeks new date for 2013 race

United States Grand Prix organisers want the date of the 2013 event at the Austin circuit changed in order to avoid a clash with an American football match. The Circuit of the Americas race is scheduled for the weekend of November 17 next year following confirmation of the schedule by the FIA World Motor Sport Council yesterday.

FIA opens up 2014 WTCC tech rules

December 5th, 2012

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FIA opens up 2014 WTCC tech rules

The FIA has opened up World Touring Car Championship regulations to provide for more powerful cars and greater aerodynamic packages from 2014.

FIA moves 2013 German GP forward

December 5th, 2012

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FIA moves 2013 German GP forward

The 2013 German Grand Prix has been moved forward one week to accommodate another European race, the FIA World Motor Sport Council confirmed today. With a three-week gap resulting from the date change, the 21st July has now been reserved for a European-based event. The German event will now run on 7th July

IRC canned as Eurosport gets ERC

September 28th, 2012

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IRC canned as Eurosport gets ERC

Eurosport will become the new promoter of the FIA European Rally Championship, in a deal that spells the end of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The announcement, made following a World Motor Sport Council meeting, brings to end speculation regarding the future of the ERC and Eurosport’s own IRC. The latter will cease at the end of this current season after a six-year run.

New doubts over New Jersey Grand Prix

September 25th, 2012

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New doubts over New Jersey Grand Prix

New doubts have been raised over the planned 2013 New Jersey Formula 1 street race after Bernie Ecclestone revealed the existing contract for the race had been annulled. The provisional 2013 schedule circulated during last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix had the second American event slated for a mid-June date. That was despite previous suggestions of the New Jersey project encountering difficulties , and the departure of its chief Tom Cotter in August .

Ecclestone: Teams could set regulations

July 7th, 2012

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Ecclestone: Teams could set regulations

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has suggested the future technical rules should be set by the leading teams, as he moves closer finalising a new Concorde Agreement.

WRC rounds fail to sign FIA contract

June 10th, 2012

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WRC rounds fail to sign FIA contract

None of the events involved in the 2013 World Rally Championship have signed the FIA’s proposed agreement for next year’s series, according to AUTOSPORT’s sources. The FIA issued the five-page contract on May 28 and stipulated the agreement had to be signed and returned by close of business on Friday June 8. Failure to do so would result in the event not being included on the 2013 calendar.

WRC events facing Friday deadline

June 7th, 2012

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WRC events facing Friday deadline

The rallies involved in next year’s World Rally Championship have just one more day to sign and return contracts to the FIA if they want to be part of the 2013 calendar. As revealed in this week’s AUTOSPORT magazine , there are significant concerns from many of the rally organisers at the demand the contract makes for them to pay an additional £80,000 to be part of the series.

WRC loses Nokia’s backing

May 30th, 2012

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WRC loses Nokia’s backing

The World Rally Championship has lost its multi-million pound Nokia deal, it was confirmed on Wednesday. WRC Commission president Jarmo Mahonen admitted last week’s Acropolis Rally would be the final event in the association between the WRC and Nokia – a move confirmed today when the ‘Powered by Nokia’ branding was removed from the series’ official website. Mahonen admitted the loss of the deal, reckoned to have been a long-term commitment worth around £2.5m per season, was a significant blow to the series.

Audi to appear in World GT1 in 2012

December 22nd, 2011

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Audi to appear in World GT1 in 2012

Audi will be represented by Team WRT in the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship. Vincent Vosse’s squad, which won the Spa 24 Hours and ran Greg Franchi to the Blancpain Endurance title this year, will run a pair of new R8 LMS ultras on a customer basis.

Ecclestone hopes Bahrain goes ahead

December 10th, 2011

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Ecclestone hopes Bahrain goes ahead

Bernie Ecclestone says he still hopes there are no obstacles to next year’s Bahrain Grand Prix going ahead – but has left the door open to calling the race off if there is clear evidence of atrocities taking place in the nation. The Gulf event was first postponed, then cancelled, this season due to the political situation in Bahrain during the spring. This week the FIA World Motor Sport Council approved a 2012 calendar featuring Sakhir as round four on 22 April, but there have been concerns over continuing unrest in the country

GP circuits for Formula 2 in 2012

December 7th, 2011

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GP circuits for Formula 2 in 2012

Formula 2 will visit five current grand prix venues in its fourth season of competition, after an eight-event calendar was approved by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. The 2012 schedule will also feature two new races, with the series set for maiden visits to Paul Ricard in July and the Hungaroring in September. It will open, as was the case this year, with Silverstone in April, before moving on to the Algarve – where F2 raced in 2010 – the Nurburgring, Spa-Francorchamps and Brands Hatch.

FIA committed to securing WRC future

December 7th, 2011

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FIA committed to securing WRC future

The FIA has said it is working on an “immediate plan” to make sure the 2012 World Rally Championship goes ahead as planned following the news that CSI has gone into administration. Convers Sports Initiatives, the parent company of the World Rally Championship’s commercial rights holder North One, went into receivership last month. The man in charge of CSI, Vladimir Antonov, was arrested in London as part of an investigation into the striping of assets from Bankas Snoras

Ecclestone gives Austin new deadline

November 30th, 2011

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Ecclestone gives Austin new deadline

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has given Austin organisers another week to try and save the 2012 United States Grand Prix. “The deadline hasn’t been met, so we are still trying to make it happen,” Ecclestone told The Associated Press on Wednesday, when the original deadline expired. “They need to get some money and a pen as soon as possible