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Grant Hebner sealed the International Karting Federation’s Region 7 Touch and Go (TAG) Class championship September 9 with a second-place finish in the main event at Willow Springs.

The second-place showing September 9 was Hebner’s fifth podium finish in six Region 7 races. Three of those races — two at the Calspeed Kart Track in Fontana and one at Beaumont’s Moran Raceway — were winning efforts for Hebner.

“A championship is a great thing to have,” Hebner said.

Hebner had won other karting championships but had not previously won an IKF season championship. Clinching the c...