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2022 SVRA Memorial Day Classic at Lime Rock Park

May 30th, 2022

Racing one of the Donovan Motorsports E Type Jaguars, Art took to the track at the SVRA Lime Rock Park Memorial Day Classic – a huge thank you to Donovan Motorsports, and everyone who contributed to the team effort!

Feature Race 1
B Production – Donovan Motorsports teammate Jason Rabe 1st, Art 2nd
Overall – Jason Rabe 1st, Art 3rd

Feature Race 2
B Production – Art 1st
Overall – Art 2nd

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2022 Laps for Laguna

May 22nd, 2022

“The 2022 season got underway at Laguna Seca on May 21/22. A new format of double race weekends meant a different approach for our racers, keen on hauling the largest amount of points possible for the weekend. ” – [https://www.norwestff.com/new-blog]

Art took both the Lola and Titan to the racing weekend. We finished 12th/37 in the Saturday Crossflow Cup Formula Ford race on Saturday, with teammate Andrew Wait taking the win! On Sunday we finished 10th, and Andrew won again in his Titan Mk.6 FF.

After some car issues took Art off the track for the first Formula Junior race on Saturday, some assistance from Virtuoso Performance and Ed Van Tassell saw Art back on the track Sunday. The Lola worked its way through the pack to finish 1st in the FJ feature race with Chris Locke second and Alberto Fernandez Sr. in third.

“One of the big highlights of the weekend was the amazing dinner overlooking the track from the turn 1 pavilion hosted by the Laguna Seca Raceway Foundation. Thank you teammate and Crossflow Cup double winner, Andrew Wait, for buying a whole table for us to enjoy dinner and the festivities! The MC for the event was Foundation member/fellow vintage racer, Martin Lauber. Martin treated us to an interview with Danny Sullivan regarding Danny’s famous “Spin & Win” Indy 500 victory over Mario Andretti. To spice things up, Martin called Mario during the interview. More than 30 years later the two racers are still battling, in fun, for the rights to that win! What they did agree upon, however, was the great history of Laguna Seca Raceway, and the need to support its continued preservation and growth.

Adobe Road Wines also poured wines from their famous Racing Series of wines. Someone else pouring beverages at the party was Erik Schmid, founder of Red Bus Brewing, a craft beer brewery. Erik was pouring from a selection of their “Oil Can” themed beer, which was a big hit! Erik personally awarded several of the Oil Can beers to us after our win in the Formula Junior race. Thank you Erik! We are looking forward to you joining us on the track soon!” – Art


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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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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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