Bay Area drivers pocketed three victories on Sunday at the Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival at Infineon Raceway.
Petaluma’s Dave Vegher made it a sweep for the weekend, taking the checkers on Sunday in Group 5B (1965-1988 IMSA GTP Cars), piloting a 1976 Lola. The victory capped a perfect weekend for Vegher, who also won on Saturday in his 1966 Elva in Group 5A (1961-1966 Sports Racing Cars).
Other Bay Area winners on Sunday included Danville’s Peter Giddings (1935 Alfa-Romeo) and Larkspur’s Art Hebert (1963 Lola). Giddings competed in Group 1B (1914-1949 Pre-War Sports and Racing Cars), while Hebert won in Group 4B (1958-1963 Formula Cars).
Giddings went wire-to-wire for the win in the 12-lap feature, while Hebert passed San Francisco’s Danny Baker on the second lap and never looked back. Hebert’s race also spanned 12 laps.
Sunday’s action culminated a great weekend of racing on the 12-turn, 2.52-mile road course. There was competition in 13 divisions over the two days, with 375 entrants.
Other winners on Sunday included Monterey’s Don Orosco (Group 2B, 1958 Lotus); Reno’s Terry Gough (Group 3B, 1965 Corvette) and Santa Clara’s Jim Hague (Group 6B, 1972 Javelin).
Sonoma Historics Motorsports Festival
SONOMA, Calif. – Top-five results Sunday from the Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival at Infineon Raceway. All 12-lap races were contested on Infineon Raceway’s 12-turn, 2.52-mile road course. Car and hometown in parentheses:
GROUP 1B (1914-1949 Pre-war Sport & Racing Cars
1. Peter Giddings (1935 Alfa Romeo, Danville); 2. Peter Greenfield (1933 Alfa Romeo, Freepoint, NY); 3. Tom Price (1936 Alfa Romeo, Larkspur); 4. Nathanael Greene (1925 Bugatti, Peterborough, NH); 5. Gregory Whitten (1932 Alfa-Romeo, Media, Wash.).
GROUP 2B (1955-1961 Sports Racing Cars)
1. Donald Orosco (1958 Lotus, Monterey); 2. Edward Nigro (1960 Lola, Las Vegas); 3. John Morton (1958 Scarab, El Segundo); 4. Cameron Healy (1953 Cooper, Portland); 5. David Swig (1957 Monsterati, Sausalito).
GROUP 3B (1962-1967 GT Cars over 2000cc)
1. Terry Gough (1965 Corvette, Reno); 2. Jim Hague (1966 Shelby, Santa Clara); 3. John Morton (1964 Sunbeam, El Segundo); 4. Craig Wright (1966 Shelby, La Jolla); 5. Jason Len (1964 Jaguar, San Luis Obispo).
GROUP 4B (1958-1963 Formula Cars (F-Jr., F-1))
1. Art Hebert (1963 Lola, Larkspur); 2. Danny Baker (1963 Lotus, San Francisco); 3. Douglas Mockett (1961 Cooper, Christiansted, St. Thomas); 4. Jimmy Domingos (1962 Cooper, Carmel); 5. J.G. Ball (1963 Lola, Dallas).
GROUP 5B (1965-1988 FIA Mfg./IMSA GTP Cars)
1. Dave Vegher (1976 Lola, Sparks, Nev.); 2. Randall Smith (1971 Chevron, Petaluma); 3. Ed Swart (1971 Chevron, Rolling Hills); 4. Brian Groza (1975 Sauber, Bend, Ore.); 5. Dwight Matheson (1973 Chevron, Meadow Vista).
GROUP 6B (1966-1972 Historic Trans-Am Cars)
1. Jim Hague (1972 Javelin, Santa Clara); 2. Ken Epsman (1970 Challenge, Saratoga); 3. Forrest Straight (1970 Mustang, Mountain View); 4. Chad Raynal (1969 Camaro, San Jose); 5. Craig Jackson (1969 Javelin, Scottsdale, Ariz.).