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Willow Springs International Raceway 2021

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March 15th, 2021

VARA High Desert Challenge – 3/13 & 14, 2021

Kevin’s 1988 Chevron B67 Formula Continental (Formula Ford 2000) Chassis # 4

In Attendance: Ben and Kevin Capone, Gunnar and Art Hebert.

Vintage Auto Racing Association (VARA) – High Desert Challenge – Willow Springs International Raceway – Big Willow Course.

Kevin ran his Formula Continental in the High Desert Challenge at Willow Springs International Raceway (WSIR) March 13-14 on the Big Willow course. Last time he was on that track was 30 years ago for SCCA Drivers School!

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2020 Sonoma Raceway Charity Challenge

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October 4th, 2020

Charity Challenge & Crossflow Cup Awards 10/1 – 10/4, 2020

1970 Titan Mk.6 Formula Ford, 1977 Chevron Formula Atlantic, 1957 Porsche 356A Super

Weekend and Award Ceremony Photo Gallery & Photography by James Kim / apex707photograph / apexpix.com

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Lime Rock Park Fall Festival 2020

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September 7th, 2020

September 4-7, 2020 at Lime Rock Park

Labor Day Weekend Art checked in at Lime Rock park to race the Donovan Motorsports E Type Jaguar #63 , after passing the driver covid testing safety checks.

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Epic end to Season 3, The CSRG Charity Challenge

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November 15th, 2019

November 5, 2019 NorWest Blog Article

2019 CSRG Charity Challenge Vintage Car Road Races at Sonoma Raceway

A Summary:

Art Hebert, racing the # 68 yellow Titan MK with a new Jay Ivey engine, took 1st place in Saturday’s Crossflow Cup Formula Ford Championship while setting a new track record & continued to also take 1st in Sunday’s main event race!
Gunnar got on the track for his second race, strongly handling a mishap & improving his times!
Andrew Wait, our Picchio sports racer teammate, qualified on the front row with Art on Saturday & finished 3rd. He repeated his podium finish on Sunday. In his First Formula Atlantic race, driving the Ex-Bobby Rahal Lola T360, Andrew finished an amazing 4th place! To top off the weekend, Andrew finished 2nd overall in the Crossflow Cup Championship, behind Danny Baker & ahead of Art who finished 3rd in the Championship standings.
Geir Ramleth had a superb weekend in his Lotus 23, finishing first in class, and second overall.
Alex Garden, in his ex-Canadian Formula Atlantic Champion Bill Brack March 78B that he purchased through Motorsports Market this year, finished 5th against some of the fastest Formula Atlantics in the country.

CSRG Charity Challenge Vintage Car Road Races [10/4 – 6, 2019] @ Sonoma Raceway

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October 6th, 2019

First place in the Crossflow Cup Championship race on Saturday, first place in the CSRG Charity Challenge Formula Ford feature on Sunday, plus a Historic Formula Ford track record in the yellow Titan driven by Art Hebert.

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Lime Rock Labor Day Historics 2019

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September 2nd, 2019

August 29th – September 2nd 2019 ; The Historic Festival 37 Labor Day Weekend at Lime Rock Park (Lakeville, CT) with the Donovan Motorsports Jaguars.

Art finished third in Saturday’s race, behind Jack in the #61 E type and a 1964 Corvette. However, we got under one minute lap times, for the first time ever in Jaguar E-type #63!

In the second race we got beat by the 1964 Corvette and the 1973 Camaro. We had a great start, but the Camaro, gridded behind, reeled and passed long before we got to turn one. After that Art could catch the Camaro and the Corvette, but didn’t have the power to stay with them on the straightaways. A great race, nonetheless. Jack did an excellent job, bringing the #61 jaguar home first!

Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2019

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August 18th, 2019

August 15-18, 2019 ; Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at WeatherTec Raceway, Laguna Seca

We raced with Geirheads Racing (Geir Ramleth). We ran our 1970 Titan Mk.6 Formula Ford with the team, Mikel Miller raced the orange 1970 Titan Mk.6 Formula Ford, Geir drove his 1967 Lotus 51 Formula Ford, Mike Wirrick drove his 1972 Lola T204.

Tom Fallon and John Collins of Throttle Therapy Garage prepared the cars.

We finished 7th place overall (5th in class) out of 56 entrants. Mikel finished 1st overall. Mike Wirrick finshed 15th. Geir did an amazing job to finish 23rd driving the oldest Formula Ford in the race!

Sonoma Speed Festival 2019

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June 23rd, 2019

Representing Motorsports Market, Art attended the 2019 Sonoma Speed Festival this June, sharing a 1999 Martini Picchio SR2 with fellow driver Andrew Wait. A 3.0 liter sports racer, the Picchio previously raced in the FIA sanctioned Sports Racing World Cup Championship in Europe in 1999 and 2000 at tracks such as Spa, The Nurburgring, Monza, Imola, and Donnington. Supported by Competition Touring Cars (“CTC”) out of Sonoma – headed by Brian Garzelli and with help from Ron, Taylor, and Andrew – the team qualified in 3rd, an impressive spot behind and ahead of much more powerful cars. However, in an unfortunate turn of events the left front axle broke at the end of qualifying, and they were not able to compete.

SportsCarDigest photo provided by: Sonoma Speed Festival 2019 – Photo Gallery (photos: Victor Varela)

Historic Formula Ford Racing Records (2019 … 2017)

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January 1st, 2019

April 28, 2019 – David Love Memorial (Sonoma)

17 year old Gunnar Hebert ran a flawless, perfectly judged weekend, his first at Sonoma, his first in a Formula Ford and his first race after a stellar performance at the SCCA driver’s school.

March 31, 2019 – Laguna Season opener

Group 2 qualifying saw Art Hebert on the historic and overall pole, .2 sec head of John Hill, followed by Andrew Wait, Martin Lauber, Chris Porritt, Dave Zurlinden, Todd Strong, Danny Baker, Ed Lauber, and Laurent Parmantier all separated by less than a second.

2018 – The Historic Formula Ford Championship

Podium was headed by Series Champion Art Hebert, followed by Martin Lauber and Andrew Wait (presented by racing Legend Lynn St James).

September 21, 2018 – The Crossflow Cup (Portland) round 4, at the Columbia River Classic hosted by SOVREN.

In the end the Historic Ford Podium saw Art Hebert in P1, followed by Tom Kreger, and Andrew Wait.

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National Championship

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January 1st, 2015

In 2014, Art put the Motorsports Market 1963 Lola Mk.5A in Victory Lane for the Inaugural Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. To date this is the largest vintage car race ever held in the U.S. with nearly 750 entries.

In 2015, Art captured his second National Championship at Sonoma Raceway.