A Calgary go-kart racer and race car driver who nabbed a coveted spot on a factory racing team will soon be hurtling around tracks across the world, and at speeds that reach up to 135 kilometres per hour. Fourteen-year-old Alex Berg is the second of only two go-kart racers in North America to win a place on the Mazda Motorsports USA Spec MX-5 Challenge Factory Racing Team, which is the Mazda's first factory facing team. As a factory driver, Berg will be driving a spec Mazda MX-5 and his travel will be paid for, he said. When the process was over, Alex was notified he had made the factory team on Nov. 18, and he said it will allow him to begin climbing the ladder in his career. His ultimate goal is to become a professional racing driver — with Formula 1, for example, or the IndyCar series, to name a couple.

Source: CBC News January 02, 2021 21:00 UTC