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All ABRS personnel bring a wealth of knowledge to the team and our three key employees have a combined total of over seventy years experience in the Racing Schools business. Our fully qualified and highly professional instructors all share a passion to create a dynamic racing school, in which our customers have an unparalleled driving experience. Our programs are ideal for both those clients who are only looking for the experience of driving authentic formula racecars to those looking to ABRS to provide the fundamentals in which to go racing.
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Allen Berg - President, CEO and Chief Instructor
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Allen Berg brings to ABRS over thirty years of experience at the international level in the racing business, unprecedented in Western Canada.
Allen’s experience includes Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Three, Formula Atlantic, Sport Prototypes and touring cars, winning over a quarter of all the races he entered during his twenty five year driving career. Allen also drove with and ran his own racing team, Scuadra Fortia, in the North American Toyota Atlantic Series, played a pivotal role in organizing the Formula Renault racing series and was Chief Instructor for three years for BMW Mexico directing their "Fahrer Training" program. Allen has worked as Instructor for the Derek Daly Racing Academy, Skip Barber Racing Schools and Mosport Racing Schools. He also served as Chief Instructor for the Calgary Sports Car Club’s basic racing license Schools, instructing and evaluating up to seventy drivers per program.
Allen has extensive experience working as a race driving coach and technical consultant for professional drivers and teams. In recent years, Allen has worked in racing industry administration, including series and event organization, negotiation with circuits and promoters, FIA procedures and regulations, transport logistics and customs, race administration and marketing.
David Piket is arguably the leading high performance driving instructor in Alberta. David has a formal training background from the Canadian Ski Instructor’s Alliance and has been a professional ski instructor and coach for over thirty years. He has worked as a trainer and examiner with both the Canadian and American Ski Instruction Organizations. David founded and then coached the US synchronized ski team to a silver medal in the World Championships. Other honors include two gold medals, four bronze medals and appearances in the NASTAR National Finals.
David still operates as a private ski coach, but also has an outstanding reputation in automotive education and driver instruction, working as a new vehicle trainer with sales staff at Daimler Chrysler and Lexus since 1999 and as an instructor and demonstrator with the BMW Canada Calgary Club. David is the lead instructor with Superior Safety Systems, an advanced safety driving Schools specializing in oil field equipment.
Outside the motor sports field, David is an instructor with Forward Thinking Dynamics Inc, a Colorado based company, dedicated to raising training levels in corporations through experienced base learning. David has also developed a five day experiential based learning system for gifted students with Kids Adventure Learning Systems, focusing on linking the environment, teachers, and sport to overcome difficulties in learning and applying life skills.
Part engineer, part kinesiologist, part sport physiologist, David’s background and coaching methods have made him a highly sought after professional mentor, who we are delighted to have on staff at ABRS.
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Samuel Collazo - Chief Technician
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One of the most experienced members of our team, Samuel heads up the technical department of ABRS. He is responsible for all preparation of the formula cars and karts, as well as supervising technical staff.
Samuel brings a wealth of experience to ABRS in a broad racing of racing disciplines. With twelve years of racing experience at International levels, he has worked in NASCAR, Champcar Toyota Atlantic, Formula 3000, Indy Lights, Formula Three as well as numerous smaller categories including karting. Collazo worked with Berg as his mechanic and together they won many races and championships, he was also on staff with Berg’s 2002 Toyota Atlantic team, Scuadra Fortia.
Hailing from Mexico, Samuel and his family immigrated to Canada in 2008 to fill the key role of ABRS Chief Technician. Samy is recognized for his impeccable attention to detail in all technical aspects of racecar preparation, ensuring that all ABRS equipment runs reliably and safely in all of our courses.
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Edouard Kassianoff – Technical Assistant
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Raised with an emphasis on sport, Edouard has successfully competed in numerous sporting endeavors. After graduating from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology with a diploma in Computer Integrated Design (Mechanical Design) Edouard has worked various positions including product design, engineering support and component design. His previous education allied with the recent completion of the Mechanics Training Program at the Bridgestone Racing Academy provides a firm base of mechanical understanding and technical skill.
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Kyle Ho – Data Acquisition
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Kyle is an experienced local racer, competing in Karting, Auto Slalom, Auto Sprint and Road Racing on a local level. He completed two years program of Business Automotive management at SAIT and has also achieved his Race car instructor title from Western Canada Motorsport Association & Southern Albert BMW Club. With 10 years of racing experience, complimented by his enthusiasm and passion for racing, ABRS is pleased to include Kyle in their staff roster as Data Acquisition and Information Technology Specialist.
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| NEWS & UPDATES |
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June 19 Fathers day Special SOLD OUT. Additional dates now added - CLICK HERE for more information.
ABRS now offers One day Advanced Karting Program. CLICK HERE for more information.
New Summer Formula Car and Roadcar dates now available. Click Here to view new Roadcar dates
Click Here to view new Formula Car dates
Allen Berg Racing Schools to Host Canadian Ski Team CLICK HERE for more information.
ABRS and Rexall Edmonton Indy announce the inaugural Edmonton Indy Corporate Championship. CLICK HERE for more information.
Nitrolube named as Official Lubricant for ABRS. CLICK HERE for more information.
ABRS is introducing programs at the Rivers Edge Road Course in Mission BC in the Vancouver / Lower Mainland area for the week of August 10-14.
Oct 28 Discovery Channel features Allen Berg Racing Schools view movie, 18.6MB
To view a feature of ABRS Formula Car school in European Car Magazine CLICK HERE
ABRS Featured in Road & Track Magazine. CLICK HERE for more information
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