Awesome driving experience in an open wheel racing car at an iconic track. The team was fantastic looking after all aspects of the driving experience, while providing a safe learning environment. Most of all, it was a lot of fun. A must do! Read Less

I have purchased GroupOn, Living Social, etc offers to several auto racing schools in Southern Cal, Allen Berg Racing School is the best!. Allen Berg is a former Formula 1 driver - he worked with our class of 8, as well as two additional teachers are former pro drivers. Our class went through the school on time, no waiting. The... Read Less

This is a racing school. Drivers learn to focus on one thing, maximizing each fraction of a second, on track, each moment. You don't go out in a van for pre-lap track recon...and babble with your new buddy in the back seat about London football. Instead, you're listening to every question from every driver and putting together a split second understanding of what the proper entry to the corner in front of you depends on. It's fun, safe and exciting. The Allen Berg team is good humored and put you at ease with their professionalism, but only to the point of a driver compromising safety for themselves and others. Weeks later, I'm still looking at the video shot from the car and listening to the debriefing and seeing how I can easily shave another 2 seconds from my lap times (at T2 and T6). Coming out of this class, I have perspectives that apply to business and life: maximizing each second...not to "win" but to do the best you can! Read Less

My son attended the 3 Day School + 1 Day practice; Amazing experience! We absolutely loved the school. Allen was very helpful with everything; he gave us track walks himself each morning. All of the staff are very professional, answer all our questions and made sure that they felt comfortable with the cars. After all the sessions, they had a data debriefing, going over how we could improve braking, throttle, steering and racing line. The instructors helped shave down seconds from the lap times just by going over the data and making corrections for every turn of the track. He learned a lot from the school, and we will definitely go again! Read Less

We had a wonderful time! Being able to watch my husband from the sidelines and take photos was absolutely amazing! The video footage is a cherished keepsake we will watch again and again. It was a truly unique 30th birthday experience for him. The training was fantastic! The crew, top notch! We appreciated Mr. Berg's humble, passionate approach to teaching. So many instructors who have been at an activity for too long have lost their love of passing knowledge down to others. That was certainly not the case with Mr. Berg. From the track walk at 7am to the classroom and track side instruction, it is clear that he still loves what he does! We truly felt welcome to relax and have an amazing day on the track! I was not sure what to expect when I purchased this gift back in January, but this experience went above and beyond. The entire event was one pleasant surprise after another. Thank you for making dreams reality! Read Less

Attended Allen's 3 day racing school it is was the best driving experience !! Top notch staff and vehicles. The morning track walk was with Allen Berg was the invaluable. Allen breaks down Laguna Seca which is one of the most technical tracks in the US.  His professional staff will get you up to speed in a safe manner.  Each driver can drive at their own comfort level. People with racing experience will also benefit from Allen's race school.  At the end of each driving session we would down load the Motec data and analyse  everyone's driving and compare to the  datum ( pro driver ) lap.   I plan on coming back again soon. Read Less

The Allen Berg Racing Schools' open wheel, Formula racing program ranks among the top three providers of such services in the country. Their cars are exceptionally well maintained, fun to drive and competitive. Their staff is attentive to each participant's needs and objectives. The on board data acquisition feature is an integral part of their professional approach to teaching race car driving. The Go Pro cameras provide great memories. I highly recommend this operator to my corporate clients looking to experience the thrill of driving open wheel formula race cars. Read Less

What a great experience.  I won a trip with Toyota that got me two days of racing.  I can't begin to tell you how amazing the experience was.  The staff was knowledgeable, courteous, attentive, and all a pleasure to be around.  Not only did I learn a tremendous amount about driving I had a great time doing it.  Allen Berg is wonderful instructor and really went above and beyond making this a one ok a kind of experience.  The facility is very clean including the track and the vehicles.  Everyone works very hard to make sure you have the best on track experience of your life.  If you get the chance to do this, please do.  You will not regret it... Read Less

I went for the one-day school and couldn't recommend it enough. If you are a racing fan, and wanted to learn-really learn how to drive a car quickly, this is the place. The Formula Renaults are serious equipment. A lot of the comparable schools teach in older cars without slicks or downforce and with older metal frames. These things produce noticeable downforce, have great rubber and are made of modern carbon fiber construction.The best part is the instruction. Allen himself taught the class, and then when you get down with each session, they go over your data from the lap. "You ran a little wide here... You can use more throttle here... etc." Then you go back out and really improve.Advice: Get good rest the night before, drink plenty of water during, knowing how to drive stick before is a must, but if you know how to heel-and-toe, that's even better. Finally, be sure to ask them to strap you down as tight as you are comfortable with, and then ask for just a little tighter - These are real racing cars and you will be thankful for it on the tack. Read Less

First and foremost, a massive thank you to Allen Berg and his entire crew for their help over my 3 day program June 10th-12th at AutoClub Speedway. This is my second time working with the guys at Allen Berg Racing School and I can not say enough good things about them! More importantly, I can't wait until the next time I can work with them and, of course, drive the cars!I highly recommend this program to anyone that has an interest in open wheel racing, regardless of experience level. I had never been in a car like this before I worked with AB Racing.  If your experience is anything like mine, you will walk away with a load of knowledge and be a much better driver than you were when you showed up. I did a one day course in 2014 with AB Racing and learned a ton, but more importantly I left with a strong desire to come back and try the 3 Day program. The one day event is well worth it but, in my opinion, I highly recommend a multi-day package because the first day is spent getting acclimated to the racing cars as well as the track. My big improvements in lap times and big jumps in the learning curve came on day two and three of the program.So what makes Allen Bergs program different than others out there? I credit the hard work and personal attention Allen and his entire team put in to make each driver get the most out this experience.  I felt like Allen, Lu, Steve, Carlos, the engineers reviewing data, and the rest of the crew treated me like I was their top priority. The program feels very individualized and that sets it apart from the competition.  Allen is at every event sharing his knowledge and actively helping each driver do the best they can. You can not put a price on that. When I pulled into the pits after my last session of day 3 it was hard not to get a little misty-eyed for a lot of reasons. I had just had the best 3 days of my life doing something I truly love, while meeting and learning from some truly amazing/knowledgable people, and having made some major improvements as a driver. This would not have been possible without the top notch crew Allen Berg has working with him. I made a point to thank each and everyone of them for their hard work and help. I could go on and on about this but I hope I have said enough to convince you this place is worth ever penny!!!  Allen Berg and crew, thanks again for everything! I can't wait to work with you guys again. Laguna Seca may be in my future soon! Cheers!  Josh(the skinny twin) ha Read Less

We had a great experience, the staff was extremely friendly, polite, and professional. The whole operation was working as a well oiled machine from classroom to track. The formula cars were fast, felt no lack of power, the need for speed was fulfilled. Allen berg himself taught the pre race beginner class and was super friendly. First 20 laps were paced great to familiarize yourself with the car and track, each lap adding speed. extra 10 laps id say definitely purchase, after doing 30 laps I feel completely satisfied. I can't think of any way to improve or change this experience. I highly recommend this company and opportunity. Also I am 6'5, 220 lbs, mostly legs, and I fit comfortably. Read Less

I bought a 20-lap racing experience for my husband and he did it yesterday. He first went through a very quick 20 min orientation and then did the formula one car race with a group of 7.   They were not be able to go too fast because there was a girl who was holding everybody up which was unfortunate. However,  my husband shared his disappointment with Allen and he was very understanding and accommodating. Then my husband decided to do the extra 10 laps and it was all worthy, highly recommended.Overall, it was a great experience and Allen Berg is very professional and accommodating. Will do it again Read Less

I'll never forget the day I raced my first Formula 1 race car! Thanks to Domie DQ, the staff, coaches and Allen Berg himself I learned how to speed down the track with exhilaration & intensity I'll appreciate for the rest of my life. Read Less

If you're an automotive enthusiast, this is a must. I've been tracking my street cars for several years, but haven't really driven a racecar. The experience of being in a formula car is totally different; it's pretty mind blowing actually. Your butt is inches from the ground, the whole car is loud and vibrates and everything is so direct. The grip level is amazing, and it just makes me want to buy one!Totally worth the money to experience a real racing car, which is far beyond street vehicles. It's an entirely different world and only pulled me deeper in love with 4 wheel motorsports. Read Less

Great experience.I was expecting the cars to be a little goofy and tamed down as they let people off the streets drive them. I was wrong. Amazing that they are serious Formula Renault racing cars, carbon fibre monocoque/sequential transmissions/pushrod suspension/racing slicks. Excellent safety, excellent instruction and great fun for any car enthusiast. I would love to go again and whole heartedly recommend the experience to anyone who can drive a stick shift. Read Less

My husband and I wanted to try this for such a long time...and we were fortunate enough to have this opportunity through a work event! I worked with Allen Berg himself from beginning to end and the entire experience was flawless; from setting up dates that would work, to gaining information to help my contest winners and co-workers feel at ease with their first time racing, to the follow up days after the event. Allen and his ENTIRE staff were friendly, extremely knowledgeable, assuring, and very professional. They had a genuine desire to help us perform at our best and worked with each one of us individually and as a group to help us get there. After two lead-follow laps, we were ready to test our new skills. After each of the next two racing sessions, Allen's team sat with us and went over a computer and GPS analysis of each driver's speed, driving path, and even breaking pressure! His staff even taught three of our group how to drive a manual so they could fully participate. After spending the entire weekend with them, we felt they were friends. We look forward to coming back again very soon! Read Less

I've always wanted to try a race class to learn the basics of driving and I found Allen Berg's racing school on livingsocial.com and thought I'd try it out. Allen Berg has been a race car driver for a long time and actually raced F1 at one point in his career. He gives great tips on handling, braking, safety and it's a great introductory course to learn if racing is for you or if you just wanna have some fun and adrenaline pumping through your body. Read Less

I attended the two day course just this weekend of February 7, 2014 so i have information still fresh on my mind.  Overall i would say that this class was excellent.  Some key takeaways i felt after the course were that the staff were friendly and incredibly knowledgeable.  I felt that these people really had a love for the sport of Formula One and more importantly had incredible PATIENCE with students and a positive attitude.  I've attended a lot of courses over the years and i can say that more important than anythng else is ATTITUDE.  a bad instructor can ruin what would otherwise be a great day.What i really felt was an added bonus was the education component...the instructors would go over with you all your data and give you pointers throughout the time on the track which was very much appreciated.  This course is for those really interested in the sport of formula one and not just zooming around the track recklessly at high speeds.  i left the weekend feeling as though i really got the basic and intermediate skills down and know what i need to improve on and pay attention to.Allen was very professional and an easy guy to talk to with a lot of experience.  I espeically appreciated Lou's input as he grabbed me, put me in the truck, drove me around the track and helped me understand where i needed to improve.  Cameron was also excellent with the diagnostics afterwords.I guess the best accolade i can give is that each time i went on the track for our sessions my time improved..however the reason it improved wasn't because i drove the car harder...it was becuase i learned the proper techniques and applied them as the instructors said.  In the end, i shaved 12 seconds off my lap time, going from 1:32 to 1:20 but did so because of applying the right methods and teachings to my driving.Overall i recommend this course for those serious about learning formula one...i'll be headed back in may for an advanced session. Just a nice bunch of people with some serious skills to teach you. Read Less

SO MUCH FUN!!!!I did the 20-lap Adventure Program, with the 10 high speed laps (birthday present from the wife).  Full kit is provided by the school; fire suit, gloves, helmet and boots.The positives vastly outweighed the negatives.  The cars are small but still quite powerful (~300 bhp per ton), the steering is responsive, the brakes work, and when you open the throttle the little scooter goes like stink.  Over the course of the day I gradually built up my confidence and was lapping faster and more consistently, and that is without any coaching; I'm sure with their expert instruction, the staff at Allen Berg Racing Schools would have me in World Championship form in no time. (Cos that's all it takes to make a 40-year old wannabe into Sebastian Vettel....)That said, there were some drawbacks.  Was a little disappointed that the program was held on a dinky 4-turn cone course laid out in the parking lot at the Auto Club Speedway (Fontana, CA) and not on the infield road circuit.  The cone course couldn't have been more than 400 yards long, whereas the infield circuit is nearly 1 1/2 miles with three times as many corners.  Would have meant a lot more seat time, but c'est la vie.  Also disappointed that the MoTeC data acquisition and engineer debrief that had been paid for was not being offered,  but that allowed me to add the GoPro camera so I had a video of my experience.... and trust me, you want that video!The overall experience was an absolute blast, and I'm hopeful I'll be able to talk some of my friends into doing this with me at some time in the future. Read Less

What can I say.  Allen is extremely knowledgeable.  The cars are great!!Its just a great experience all around.Didn't hurt that I got a deal off of Rush49 which made the 20 lap experience only $199.rush49.com/deals/allen-b… Read Less

This was my first racing school of any kind.  I have always been a big fan of open wheel racing and this is the only school in southern california to offer open wheel courses.    First, it looks like they always have some kind of coupon for an upcoming class, so make sure to look around.  Its worth every penny at full price, but if you can save some bucks, its an amazing value.  My course was in the parking lot at Qualcomm Stadium which did concern me about the experience I would have, but it worked out surprising well.I pre-signed up for the "full package" and am glad I did.  The HD video of my laps, car data, and extra 10 laps were all worth it.  Also, buy the insurance.  these are six figure race cars...The check in staff were professional, but still light and joking  with us and made every one aware that we were there to have fun and enjoy our afternoon.After the paperwork, we were fitted for gear and entered the classroom.  The classroom portion is taught by Allen himself and he obviously wants everyone to learn and enjoy the experience.  After 20 minutes or so of classroom, we headed to the track and we were chaufferred around the course in a mini van at speed.  (note:  ride shotgun and avoid the "pinball" seat!)   The instructor behind the wheel was knowledgable and gave us a few pointers before we headed for the cars.  After a few minute tour of the cars, we strapped in.  Additional safety instructions while we are in the cars and we are sent out on the track.  The initial 20 laps are behind a chase car and  you will only go as fast as the slowest driver can handle.  This is a little taxing for those ready to go faster, but I think we ended up with a few extra laps because of it.After 20 exciting laps, we pull in and those who don't want the additional laps are sent to the pits.  the rest of us, were sent out and separated by a bout a third of a lap.  after a few laps to heat up the tires again, it was go as fast as you feel comfortable.  WOW!  That is why you do this, the extra 10 laps.  Pay the extra and do it.  YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!After the ten laps we entered the pits and I was the only one who did the data session from my group, so they gave me a few minutes to get the suit off etc.  The data session (for a gear head like me) was just as fun as the driving.  The Motec software is pretty amazing.  The data tech who went over my data had worked on several professional racing series' including indycar, so that was a pretty cool experience.The whole course lasts a little over 2 hours and I promise you that it is worth every dollar.Allen, Troy, Chad, Cam, and the rest of the team are professional and fun to be around.  Thanks to your whole team for making the day enjoyable for everyone! Read Less

I've been trying & trying to contact these guys to setup a day for the 20 lap program via Facebook, emails & phone calls with no luck.I noticed on their FB page that there are other people that are having the same problems as I am with the VERY VERY limited date availability that they have; which is next to nothing.It's so hard to get even 1 person from this company to respond back to you with a real answer / from a real person.What kind of business are they running here? They keep saying that they'll have more dates available in July for the Pomona location but it ends up that it's only for the Fontana location & also on dates which I won't be able to make it to at all. Why can't they have it on the weekends so that people who work will be able to attend?So far I am not impressed with the horrible run around (so called) customer service that I'm receiving here.No one ever picks up the 888 number so don't bother calling, just call the 909 # instead. It's very frustrating to receive such bad service & also get the run around at the same time.  I wished that I had never bought the LivingSocial deal for this company, this has been a complete waste of my time. Beware & stay away from people! =( Read Less

Allen Berg Racing School Great Experience     I attended the lapping session Wednesday 5-8-13 and must say this is the best racing school I have attended to date. I have attended several others and must make it known how Very professional Allen's staff is, the cars are top notch, and the data system and review after each session exceeded my expectation. I traveled from Tampa to attend the lapping day session and recommend anyone looking at attending a racing school to go to Allen Berg and experience this for your self. Read Less

The opportunity to drive the FR1600 while following Allen Berg himself was mainly a wonderful one for me but I have both my praises and qualms about the experience below.I was the lucky one in my class to be immediately behind Allen so I got to go for the goal by chasing after him as best as I could. It was a real honor. The day that I went, he was commandeering a Corvette so there was no way to catch up on the straights. However, when the overall group speed wasn't sluggish, cornering at the esses brought me closer to his car and that was simply breathtaking. The abilities of the suspension, tires, chassis, together with the gearing made cornering a real dream and unlike anything I had driven up to that point. Only thing is that I really felt like I could push it only during the last few laps of my session.I'd imagine that It's a bit tough for the instructor to manage students with very wide ranges of skill/experience. Anyway, that said, I did buy the very basic coupon so I guess it is to be expected that experience levels will be mixed and that what is fast and cool for some will be unsatisfyingly slow for others. This probably wouldn't happen in a full course-- I'm hoping that people get grouped by skill level rather than thrown together like this. Those with race experience need to hope that they will be grouped with people who can maintain your desired pace. What's the point of paying the price of the course when someone is slowing you down?But back to the good things! The very tight and enclosed cockpit with the shift lever literally a wrist flick away from the steering wheel really let me know-- I'm in a race prepped vehicle and let's do business :) The sequential gearbox, of which I had never driven at the time, was to die for. It just made sense and I had a hard time wanting to drive my car home because of it's sloppy shifter afterwards hahah.Overall, the experience reminded me just how much more racing there is for me to do and how many more vehicles there are to try out in my super wallet draining but undeniably satisfying hobby. I also won't forget Mr. Berg's very pleasant remark about my driving. I would love to come back and the other bit of greatness is that Auto Club Speedway is right in my backyard. Thank you kindly to Allen Berg and all of the ABRS team! I hope to do this again after getting some more HPDE and maybe shifter karts under my belt. Read Less

I'm crossing adventures off my bucket list and I thought this would make a great experience. I couldn't have made a better decision.I had just done the NASCAR driving program the week before and it was pretty exciting. But, for the cost, it is over in 3 minutes in the car. And, there's no real driving per se. You basically take off, get into 4th gear, and hold it there for a couple laps. I'm not taking anything away from the NASCAR Experience program, it's just over way too quick.Allen Berg's program is way different and much more of a driving experience! The formula cars are much more fun to drive because you get to actually make lots of turns, accelerate, and shift. Plus, and this is BIG, you get to complete several laps. Now, I wish as most people probably do, there were more laps but it really is worth the experience.By the way, the mini van ride around the track before driving is almost worth the cost of admission.I gave it 5 stars because Allen and his crew are first class all the way. I also think it was a super Groupon deal.Allen, thank you and your crew very much! Read Less