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Featured Instructor: John R. Berger
 Name:
John R. Berger, West Hartford, CT
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| Occupation: |
Banking Senior Executive – retired; specialties: investments, derivatives, mergers & acquisitions |
| Current Track Car: |
2002 Z06 Corvette |
| First Track Car: |
383 ‘stroker’ Camaro |
| Dream Track Car: |
Vintage McLaren CAN-AM car |
| Favorite Track: |
Watkins Glen |
| Most Memorable Track Experience: |
#1 worldwide f-body, One lap of America, 12th of 100 overall |
| Least Memorable Track Experience: |
Being 90 degrees sideways at 100 mph in Road Atlanta’s downhill due to driver
error. Received standing ovation for ‘save’ after which I had to change to a clean pair of shorts. |
| Ultimate Track Goals: |
Finish in top 5 in the One lap of America |
| Tracks Driven: |
Lime Rock, Pocono, Nazareth Speedway ,NHIS, Watkins Glen, VIR, Memphis Motorsports park, Road Atlanta, Sebring, Texas World Speedway, Texas Motorsports Ranch, Pikes Peak Int’l Raceway, Heartland park, Nelson Ledges, Michigan Int’l Raceway, Mountain Springs, Buttonwillow, Phoenix Int’l Raceway, Mosport, Mt. Tremblant |
| Years Running with the SCDA, LLC: |
Five |
| Anything else we should know? |
“Other than work and sleep, most of us spend more time behind the wheel than any other endeavor. Fortunately, driving a car is a completely trainable skill. Therefore, if a meteor hits your car, that’s an accident; everything else is driver error.” |
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