Allen Berg inducted into Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame

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emailBy: RACER Staff | 4 hours ago

On the morning of November 19, 2019, Allen Berg’s phone rumbled with a call from an unknown (to Allen) number in the 416 area code. It was Dr. Hugh Scully, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame, calling Allen to congratulate him on his unanimous selection to enter the esteemed Hall during a ceremony at the Canadian International Auto Show on February 15, 2020. Allen and six other inductees will be recognized for their significant accomplishments and the extraordinary contributions they have made to the advancement of motorsports in Canada, and they will join the over 200 who have come before them.

Allen’s journey to the CMHF is not unlike most of the honorees in that it was driven by a burning desire to make a life from an innate passion for speed, and to capitalize on the gift he was given.

As with anyone involved in motorsport, whether it be a racing fan, a mechanic, engineer, team owner, driver, sponsor or other willing enthusiast, it starts with exposure to the sport. For Allen, that exposure came in the mid-sixties, when he was six years old.



Allen’s father campaigned the iconic “Digitizer”, a 2,200HP front-engined AA Fuel Dragster at Shepard Raceway in Calgary, and Allen was hooked.



As Allen was a tad young to pilot the dragster, his persistence paid off when his family acquired his first go kart. By age 15, Allen was Junior Champion in the Alberta Kart Championship and followed that up a year later with a Senior Championship.