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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.

Evans to make WRC debut in Sardinia

June 17th, 2013

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Evans to make WRC debut in Sardinia

Elfyn Evans will make his World Rally Car debut in Sardinia this week.

Rally GB confirms 2013 itinerary

June 13th, 2013

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Rally GB confirms 2013 itinerary

The itinerary for this year’s Rally GB has been revealed this morning – with Chirk Castle and Kinmel Park confirmed as stately home stages. The event is based on Deeside and runs through the forests of north and mid-Wales. Qualifying for the event will take place at Llandegla, 25 miles away from Deeside, while a second run through Clocaenog provides Sunday’s powerstage on the November 14-17 rally

Catalunya introduces night stages

June 7th, 2013

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Catalunya introduces night stages

The route for this year’s Catalunya Rally has undergone a significant change with the introduction of three night stages to open the October event. In a further change, the penultimate round of this year’s series will also shift its gravel stages from the first to the final day of the rally. Following the success of a ceremonial start in Barcelona last season, the rally gets underway from outside the cathedral at 18:00 on Friday October 25, a day later than last season

Ogier wants Vettel F1/WRC swap

June 5th, 2013

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Ogier wants Vettel F1/WRC swap

Sebastien Ogier is hoping to secure a Formula 1 test with Red Bull after discussing the potential for a car swap with Sebastian Vettel at Monaco. The prospect of switching the latest World Rally Championship and F1 machinery was raised by the two Sebs during their meeting in the Principality

Ostberg promises flat-out approach

June 5th, 2013

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Ostberg promises flat-out approach

Mads Ostberg says he is ready to throw caution to the wind in an effort to get his first season as a factory driver back on track at the Rally d’Italia later this month.

Kubica rules out WRC 2 title push

June 5th, 2013

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Kubica rules out WRC 2 title push

Robert Kubica has ruled himself out of contention for this year’s WRC 2 title, despite collecting his first series win on the Acropolis Rally last week. The former Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix winner dominated his class in a Citroen DS3 RRC despite this being only his third gravel rally. Despite his success he believes that lack of experience will ultimately count against him on future loose-surface rounds of the series

VW never doubted Latvala quality

June 4th, 2013

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VW never doubted Latvala quality

Volkswagen boss Jost Capito says his team never lost faith in Jari-Matti Latvala as he struggled prior to last weekend’s Acropolis Rally win. Latvala was left trailing as his team-mate Sebastien Ogier blasted to three early-season victories and a large points lead.

Citroen’s protest against VW rejected

June 3rd, 2013

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Citroen’s protest against VW rejected

Citroen’s protest against all three Volkswagen Polo R WRCs contesting the Acropolis Rally was quashed by the stewards, ensuring Jari-Matti Latvala remained victorious in Greece. The French team questioned the presence of a second battery in the boot of the Polo R WRCs, but the event stewards decided at close to 1am local time to declare the protest unfounded

Kubica secures maiden WRC 2 victory

June 2nd, 2013

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Kubica secures maiden WRC 2 victory

Robert Kubica claimed the biggest success of his rallying career so far as he won the WRC 2 class on the Acropolis Rally . The ex-Formula 1 driver had shown great pace on his European Rally Championship and World Rally Championship outings so far, but had struggled to turn that speed into results.

Latvala seals first VW win in Greece

June 2nd, 2013

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Latvala seals first VW win in Greece

Jari-Matti Latvala claimed his first World Rally Championship win since joining Volkswagen as he completed a dominant run to the Acropolis Rally finish. When a fuel feed problem took Latvala’s championship-leading team-mate Sebastien Ogier out of contention on the very first stage, the Finn became VW’s main hope. At first he looked unlikely to step up to the challenge, running third behind Dani Sordo’s Citroen and the initially dominant Evgeny Novikov’s M-Sport Ford

Latvala closes on Acropolis win

June 2nd, 2013

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Latvala closes on Acropolis win

Jari-Matti Latvala is on the brink of his first World Rally Championship win for Volkswagen with two stages of the Acropolis Rally to go. A smooth join through the Sunday morning loop in Greece kept Latvala’s lead over Dani Sordo’s Citroen at 1m19.7s. Thierry Neuville is also running calmly in third, as he closes on a second podium in four rallies

Latvala dominates at end of day two

June 1st, 2013

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Jari-Matti Latvala stretched his Acropolis Rally lead to over a minute by the end of day two in Greece. With second-placed Dani Sordo electing to play it safe in the rough terrain and guarantee a runner-up spot, Latvala was able to pull comfortably clear without pushing too hard.

Novikov grabs shock early lead

May 31st, 2013

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Novikov grabs shock early lead

Evgeny Novikov emerged as a shock Acropolis Rally leader as Sebastien Ogier, Mikko Hirvonen and Mads Ostberg all hit trouble on the opening stage. The 47-kilometre Kineta-Pissia stage claimed high-profile victims from the outset, including World Rally Championship points leader Ogier. The Frenchman stopped with what Volkswagen would only describe as a ‘mechanical problem’.

Hirvonen not alarmed by qualifying

May 31st, 2013

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Hirvonen not alarmed by qualifying

Mikko Hirvonen will not be tempted into tweaking the set-up of his Citroen DS3 WRC, despite a lack of pace on the Acropolis Rally qualifying stage . Hirvonen completed the stage in eighth place, 2.770 seconds off Sebastien Ogier’s fastest time.

Ogier fastest in qualifying in Greece

May 31st, 2013

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Ogier fastest in qualifying in Greece

Sebastien Ogier made the best possible start to the Acropolis Rally with a dominant win on the event’s qualifying stage. The Volkswagen driver and series leader will now be the first to select his position to run on the road for the Greek round of the world championship. The start of the stage was delayed due to high crowd numbers, but once up and running, Ogier turned in a faultless display through the 1.86-mile test to win it by 1.1 seconds from Citroen’s Dani Sordo.

VW confident handbrake problem fixed

May 30th, 2013

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VW confident handbrake problem fixed

Volkswagen is confident the handbrake problems which Sebastien Ogier reckons cost him victory in Argentina earlier this month have been fixed.

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.

Latvala feels ready to win again

May 29th, 2013

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Latvala feels ready to win again

Jari-Matti Latvala says he feels more comfortable than ever in his Volkswagen Polo R WRC, and he’s ready to push for his first win with the German team in Greece this week. Latvala has struggled to find the rally-winning form he showed at Ford since his start of the season switch to VW, but recent changes to the car and rising confidence from the Finn have made the difference ahead of this week’s Loutraki-based event.

Hyundai conducts first major WRC test

May 27th, 2013

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Hyundai conducts first major WRC test

Hyundai has conducted the first significant test of its i20 WRC, running in 2014 specification in France last week. The car, which is scheduled for a competitive debut in Monte Carlo in January, completed 350 miles of asphalt running in three days. Prior to its French outing, the car had completed an installation test close to the Hyundai Motorsport team base in Alzenau, Germany

R5 Ford Fiesta for Finland debut

May 24th, 2013

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R5 Ford Fiesta for Finland debut

M-Sport’s Ford Fiesta R5 will make its World Rally Championship debut on Rally Finland at the end of July. Reigning WRC Academy champion Elfyn Evans will drive the car on the Jyvaskyla-based event