Although Compass Racing’s No. 76 McLaren 720S GT3 finished well down the points – in 11th – at the season-opening WeatherTech Sprint Cup round at Daytona International Speedway, our car showed strong pace, with Corey Fergus taking pole position, and both he and co-driver Paul Holton setting second-fastest laps during their stints. Our rolling 20-lap averages were also towards the front of the field, and this resulted in IMSA decreeing a rather substantial decrease in performance to our Richard Mille-sponsored entry for the second round, at Sebring.

Strong start to season thwarted in early going

Daytona Beach, FL — Compass Racing started the 2020 IMSA Sprint Cup Championship off with aplomb at Daytona International Speedway, with Corey Fergus taking the team’s No. 76 Richard Mille McLaren 720S GT3 to pole position in qualifying on Saturday afternoon.

Originally posted at cars.mclaren.com.

In its second season with the McLaren 720S GT3, Compass Racing returns to Daytona after a 2019 win with the McLaren 570S GT4 in the GS-class competition 

​The McLaren 720S GT3 and Compass Racing will make their season debut this weekend at IMSA’s WeatherTech 240 at Daytona, the first round of IMSA's WeatherTech Sprint Cup Championship. Entering its second year with the McLaren 720S GT3, and fourth overall season with McLaren, the Compass Racing team is poised for a strong showing, with drivers Paul Holton – who previously has brought the team a number of wins at the helm of the 570S GT4, including Long Beach in 2018 and Daytona in 2019 – and new driver, Corey Fergus, who competed in a McLaren in the Michelin Pilot Challenge for the past two years, finishing second in the championship last season.

San Diego brewery creates bespoke Hard Seltzer: the Compass POG

VISTA, CA — Ebullition Brew Works has joined Compass Racing as strategic partner in the Team’s quest for the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech Sprint Cup, beginning with the season-opening round this weekend at Daytona International Speedway July 3rd-4th.
 

Originally PUBLISHED on Sportscar365.

Compass Racing has relocated its GT3 operations to the U.S., joining the squad's GT4 program in Southern California, in a move that’s been accelerated due to the current border restrictions, according to team principal Karl Thomson.

The former Toronto-based team will now call San Diego home, and a temporary shop has been established in Miami for the next six weeks, which has seen the team’s core group of Canadian crew set to remain in Florida through the summer.

SimCity, Virtual — IMSA's iRacing series utlizes GTLM (or GTE) machinery, and so there isn't a McLaren option for our drivers Paul Holton and Corey Fergus to helm in the virtual races. That has provided the opportunity for us to apply the livery that adorns our 720S GT3 to some other platforms, including the Ferrari 488 GTE.

The Matrix, Interwebs — Although they have competed against each other on track in the real world — as recently as the 2019 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season — our drivers Corey Fergus and Paul Holton have never battled each other in sim racing. That changed yesterday when the two joined 50 of IMSA’s top talent in the second iRacing round of the Coronavirus championship.

Woking, England — Carrera Slot Cars recently released a number of new models, including Compass Racing’s No. 76 Richard Mille McLaren 720S GT3. Rendered with incredible detail, the 1:32 car includes Carrera’s latest digital electronics and chassis. It's the perfect thing for those of us in lock-down due to the Coronvirus!

Ether, Cyberspace — McLaren Factory Driver Paul Holton swapped his GTD-class 720S GT3 for a GTLM Porsche 911 RSR today, taking part in IMSA’s inaugural iRacing event at Sebring International Raceway. Facing off against competitors from across IMSA’s various series, the race is one of six scheduled over the coming weeks.

Sebring, FL and Braselton, GA — Our team’s IMSA season got under way with four days of testing of our No. 76 Richard Mille McLaren 720S GT3 at Sebring International Raceway and Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. In partnership with our manufacturer, the tests offered a look at improvements in a variety of areas that have been in development.