Year: 2017
The world of single-seater racing has undergone a radical change since September 2015. It was the month when the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and the Automobile Competition Committee of the United States announced the arrival of FIA Formula 4 car racing in the U.S. Initially, there were fears that Formula 4 would never…
At 13 years of age and in only his second year as a TKR Development Academy driver, Thomas Boniface has achieved his first Touring Car race win in extremely trying conditions and against a quality field of competitors at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park on the weekend. Boniface, who was selected as a TKR Development Academy…
Written By: BLAKE Z. RONG From the top of the Corkscrew at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, you can see the ocean. At the pinnacle of the most famous corner in American motor sport, 900 feet above sea level, lies the waters of Monterey Bay, and just before you reach the top of Turn 8, you…
ABRS Grad Phil Stratford takes overall win in the highly competitive European Boss F1 Series, held at Zolder Belgium this past weekend. Driving a 1997 Benetton B197, Phil qualified 2nd with a time of 1:19.310, just behind the 2004 Jaguar R5 driven by Klaas Zwart of Holland. Phil was running behind Zwart at the beginning,…
I face a common scenario when coaching: a driver makes some progress in driving a track faster and feels that they’ve gone as fast as they can, but still wants to go half a second faster. I suggest to that driver that they go back to the hotel, think about the progress they made that…
Monrovia, California (Tuesday, July 27, 2017) – 14-year-old Steven Aghakani won for the first time in a Lamborghini Huracán on Sunday at Buttonwillow while participating in the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) SoCal Region. The California native will also be attending this upcoming weekend’s LSTNA event at Watkins Glen International to conduct meetings regarding his future…
Is there any amount of money that could convince you to get behind the wheel of a 200-mile-per-hour, bomb-on-wheels racecar for an entire season– 16 races? OK, I’ll assume you’re humoring me, and named a price. Here’s the catch, you’ll have a 10-percent chance of dying that season. This was the dangerous and exhilarating world…
If you’re reading this, you must be a lighting quick driver, and you just finished a fast lap testing, qualifying, or racing. (If you’re not, I give you permission to pretend you are for the duration of this short introduction.). So you have the speed, talent, and determination. But are you in great physical condition…
Allen Berg Racing Schools Chosen to Represent New-Comer Landsail Tires to American High-Performance Enthusiasts Landsail Tires and Allen Berg Racing Schools (ABRS) have made a joint announcement that Landsail will be the official tire of the school and used on all of the school’s racing cars and support vehicles. “We feel that they will deliver…
Maxx Ebenal Joins German Squad Leipert Motorsport for Full Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Campaign ZHUHAI, China – Canadian racer (and ABRS Grad) Maxx Ebenal confirms his 4th consecutive racing season in Asia. After years of success in China racing single seaters, Ebenal will make the switch to GT sports cars in 2017 by joining German…
In the field of motorsport, there are many good personal and technical resources available to drivers, at whatever their level and wherever the venue – HPDE or professional formula, GT and sports car racing, and EVERYTHING in between. The key is efficient, repeatable, and expedient marshaling of these resources to chart a very limited, highly-detailed…
Allen Berg Racing Schools brings a brand of driver training to the United States with a decidedly more authentic experience than most programs here offer. Whereas the majority of racing schools use essentially stock, production-based performance vehicles for their on-track training, Berg’s school offers would-be racers the chance to sink down into the cockpit of…