Our team of professional driving instructors will give you the most entertaining and educational performance driving experience available anywhere.  With many racing championships under their belt in varying disciplines, our team has also been through extensive instructor training courses and are ready to teach you the skills you’re looking for in a laid-back, fun environment.

Founder

Tim O’Neil

Tim O’Neil
Founder & Partner

Tim O’Neil has won five production-based US and North American Rally Championships. Tim was a factory driver for Volkswagen and Mitsubishi through the late 80s and early 90s, and drove for the official Air Force Reserve team in the early 2000s. Tim earned a reputation for his driving skill early on in his career, beating many (and often all) of the Open Class teams with two-wheel-drive cars. He is also one of the very few American drivers to have competed internationally.

Through the mid-90s, Tim worked with a number of manufacturers teaching advanced driving techniques and launching new products. He also instructed over 3,000 students at driving schools in the United States, England, Scotland, and Wales. In 1997, Tim opened the Team O’Neil Rally School with the vision of building the best driving school in the world.

Tim is now partially retired, and works directly with our management to develop our curriculum and schedules, trains our instructors, and continues to oversee operations at the school, constantly refining and adapting the curriculum to stay current with the times.

Instructors

Chris Rennie

Chris Rennie
Operations Manager

One of our veteran instructors, Chris has been with Team O’Neil since ’09. From leading courses here at Team O’Neil to managing our road network and trail systems, Chris has been a huge asset to the team. Chris also grooms ski trails at Cannon Mountain and has worked for many years with the White Mountain National Forest.

Jamie Philippe

Jamie Philippe
Instructor

Jamie joined Team O’Neil in ’17. As a former Team O’Neil student, Jamie has firsthand experience being on the receiving end of our instruction. Jamie’s background includes experience as a lift mechanic and operations supervisor at New England ski areas.

Brent Trail

Brent Trail
Lead Instructor

Brent competes in Spartan races on the national level, and is one of the top ranked racers. In the past he competed nationally in Rally Cross in his ’91 Honda CRX. Brent has been with Team O’Neil since 2012.

Chris Komar

Chris Komar
Instructor

Chris has been with Team O’Neil since ’02 and is one of our veteran instructors. He’s also one of the top race mechanics in the US, and travels the world with Subaru Rally Team USA and Global Rallycross.

Jarred Ainsworth

Jarred Ainsworth
Instructor

Jarred has been working with Team O’Neil in several roles since 2012. He has driven race trailers all across North America, as well as servicing both race and school cars. His personal racing experience includes racing cars, motorcycles and snowmobiles.

Nathaniel Hairston

Nathaniel Hairston
Instructor

Nathaniel came to Team O’Neil with a background in ski area operations and a passion for motorsports. He has enjoyed a large focus on off-road training since joining Team O’Neil. In his free time he enjoys skiing and mountain biking.

Max Garneau

Max Garneau
Instructor

Max has a passion for (almost) all things with a motor and teaching students of all ages. He races enduro motorcycle during the warmer months and coaches kids ski racing in the winter. Whenever he can, he spends  his free time exploring the wilderness of northern NH.

Tyler Stager

Tyler Stager
Instructor

Tyler comes from a road racing background. In his previous life he was a master BMW mechanic. He also instructs at the Team O’Neil Drift School.

Drew Crowley

Drew Crowley
Instructor

Drew started working at Team O’Neil in 2020. He has been involved with many different aspects of Team O’Neil operations but he’s following his passion and spending his time in the cars with our students. Drew recently completed his degree at University of New Hampshire and has been an avid rally and off road enthusiast his entire life.

Jacob Serino

Jacob Serino
Instructor

Jacob has been with Team O’Neil since 2014, and comes from a varied background including several years of professional driving for the US Ski Team as they tackled the World Cup series all across Europe. Jake is valued member of our full-time instructor team here at the Rally School, and looks forward to competing in rally events in the future.

Jamie Beliveau

Jamie Beliveau
Instructor

Jamie joined Team O’Neil in 2021. Jamie has been working on, and racing rally cars for over 15 years. His experience includes everything from local rallycrosses and rallysprints, to national level rallies and racing up Mt. Washington in his signature VW Golf. He has vast experience at co-driving as well. Rumor has it he has a new stage BMW in the works…

Administration

Chris Cyr

Chris Cyr
CEO & Partner

Chris handles operations and business development at the rally school. He’s been instrumental in forming partnerships, managing course operations, securing contracts, and working directly with Tim O’Neil to develop Team O’Neil into the safest, most fun, and most instructive performance driving school in the world. Recently he became partner of the school with Tim. In recent years he also began a rally racing career of his own so keep an eye out for him at your next stage rally.

Travis Hanson

Travis Hanson
COO

Travis is in charge of all courses, operations and instructors here at the Rally School, and has been with the team since ’07. He rallied successfully beginning in ’05 and was the only driver to ever win a rally Overall with a Super Production car, is a National Rally Champion, and has competed in the X-Games several times. He now spends his free time with his family enjoying NH’s outdoors.

Karl Stone

Karl Stone
Business Manager

Karl joined Team O’Neil in 2016. His background includes promoting skiing and tourism in New Hampshire. At the school he manages much of the daily operations and marketing. He grew up around motorsports and has enjoyed attending rallies for 20 years. On days off you’ll find him mountain biking, skiing or cooking with his family.

Mike Deterling

Mike Deterling
Videographer

Originally from the Northeast Kingdom of VT, Mike has enjoyed filming sports, real estate, local events and much more. As an automotive enthusiast, Mike was a natural fit to capture all the excitement that we have happen at our facility and rallies across the country. In his free time he enjoys music, playing with guns, and hanging out with his loving wife and charming daughters!

Sara Grant

Sara Grant
Photographer/Marketing Assistant

Sara captures the images our students and fans love. When not playing with cameras she helps with merchandise, course materials and all kinds of other projects. In her free time she works on her Miata, spends time with Lily(photo) and is enjoying our Drift program more and more.

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