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2021 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

August 16th, 2021

8/12 – 8/15, 2021 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca  – 1999 Martini Picchio MB1 – Racing Team: Art Hebert – Andrew Wait – Tim Barber

[Bob Pengraph Photography nwspeedshots.com]

Behind the scenes and live footage of the Picchio on the track from the Goodwood Road & Racing live stream:

(head to Goodwood’s youtube for live coverage of the entire weekend)

Click Here for the Masters Historic Racing Weekend Recap

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2021 SVRA Sonoma Speed Tour

April 26th, 2021

4/24 & 25 at Sonoma Raceway 1970 Titan Mk.6 Formula Ford & 1986 Swift DB2 Sports 2000

Motorsports Market Racing Team Summary:

Art Hebert & the 1970 Titan Mk.6 Formula Ford:

Saturday, Feature Race #1 – 1st in Historic Formula Ford / 2nd Overall

Sunday, Feature Race #2 – 1st Overall

Art Hebert & the 1986 Swift DB2 Sports 2000:

Sunday, Feature Race #2 – 1st in Historic Sports 2000 / 2nd Overall in the Sports Car Prototype Class

Art’s Recap of the Weekend:

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Willow Springs International Raceway 2021

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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Epic end to Season 3, The CSRG Charity Challenge

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.

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Lime Rock Labor Day Historics 2019

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! 


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Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2019

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!


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Sonoma Speed Festival 2019

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)


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