Ron Hurst

Ron Hurst is a longtime FastLane instructor of more than a decade and one of the most connected figures in West Coast road racing. He serves as President of the Vintage Auto Racing Association (VARA), the largest vintage racing organization on the West Coast, where he helps steward the cars, the racers, and the racing school that keep historic motorsport alive.

A Brea, California native, Ron is a licensed SCCA racer with a long and successful competition career, and a true hands-on racer. He builds his own engines and campaigns vintage cars, the kind of driver who understands a race car from the crankshaft up.

Ron also brings a law enforcement background to his teaching, as a police sergeant and EVOC (Emergency Vehicle Operations) instructor, pairing pursuit-grade vehicle control with decades of racecraft. In private one-on-one coaching at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, that combination of authority, mechanical depth, and racing experience helps every driver build real, transferable skill.