By: Jeff Birchfield | October 31, 2018 9:31 AM Both the aspiring racer and the racing enthusiast have the chance of an unforgettable experience: the opportunity to drive an open-wheel race car in paradise.Bertil Roos Racing School is announcing a variety of winter programs available at Palm Beach International Raceway in Jupiter, Florida, where racers learn the highly intricate form of European-style road racing.Palm Beach International Raceway offers a 10-turn, 2.2-mile FIA grade certified, state-of-the art road course, which offers some of the most challenging corners and straightaways offered in North America. It is set in one of America’s top vacation destinations with students able to experience the best of the South Florida lifestyle.The following dates are available:November 12-14 / 3-DAY ROAD RACING SCHOOL
November 15-16 / 2-DAY ADVANCED SCHOOL
November 12-16 / 5-DAY ROAD RACING SCHOOLDecember 27-29 / 3-DAY ROAD RACING SCHOOL
December 28-29 / 2-DAY ADVANCED SCHOOL
December 30 / 1/2-DAY MORNING, 1/2-DAY AFTERNOON and 1-DAY ADVENTURE PROGRAMMarch 11-13 / 3-DAY ROAD RACING SCHOOL
March 14-15 / 2-DAY ADVANCED SCHOOL
March 11-15 / 5-DAY ROAD RACING SCHOOLGraduates of the program have gone on to have compete in both the Bertil Roos Race Series and other racing series. Recent BRRS graduates Cameron Das and Dev Gore raced this season in Euroformula Open Series. Other alumni include IndyCar driver Conor Daly, NASCAR driver Jeb Burton, son of former Daytona 500 winner Ward Burton, and Jarett Andretti of the famed Andretti racing family. They and others have used their Bertil Roos training for success in cars as varied as open-wheel machines, sports cars, stock cars and even sprint cars on dirt ovals.It all starts with the basics and Bertil Roos Racing School’s world-class instruction. Most programs offer an average of one instructor per three students, the most instruction one can get without hiring a private coach.A multitude of programs have been developed to challenge drivers at all experience levels. The programs start range from half-day and one-day adventure programs to the five-day racing programs or two-day advanced road racing schools which fulfill the requirements to obtain a SCCA license.Bertil Roos Racing School offers its patented slide cars which let you experience, at low speeds, how it feels to drive a car over its limit. The primary car is the Formula car, which is the most effective car in teaching the arts of performance driving and racing.Don O’Keefe, a veteran of Silver Crown, sprint cars and midgets, who has raced extensively on the short ovals across North America, found Bertil Roos Racing School to be well above what he even imagined.“In all my years of racing, attending the Bertil Roos Racing School was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made,” O’Keefe said. “I highly recommend it if you’re considering a racing school whether it be as a beginner, or like me, a veteran of a different form of racing that wanted to learn from the best.” For your own opportunity to learn from the best, visit www.racenow.com or call 1-800-RACE NOW.