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2008: June

Jun 25, 2008 / reports

Rain, Contact and Progress at Mid-Ohio

Mansfield, OH—Christian Miller scored his fourth consecutive sixth-place finish at Mid-Ohio, keeping his championship hopes alive amid a rather forgettable weekend for the Compass360 Racing team.

With two cars having been written off at the last two race meetings (the #76 Honda Civic Si at Lime Rock and the #75 Acura TSX at Mosport), the team brought last year’s Acura RSX-S out of retirement for Miller and co-driver Travis Walker, and arranged for Kevin York to drive in a BMW with Fountain Motorsports (numbered 75 to try and keep some team points) alongside Marko Radisic.

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Jun 17, 2008 / video

The Inspiration for Denny Swift

This is a short clip of part of an interview (broadcast on ABC Now earlier this week) with Garth Stein, author of THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, talking about our driver, Kevin York, and how he’s the inspiration for the lead character in the book, Denny Swift.

Jun 16, 2008 / reports

ANOTHER TOP FIVE FOR COMPASS360 AT MOSPORT

Fifth and Sixth-Place Finishes for Team Despite Challenges at Home Race

BOWMANVILLE, ON—Compass360 Racing brought four Acuras to do battle at Mosport. The team’s bright orange RSX-S, which was taken out of retirement to stand-in for the new C360R Honda Civic that debuted—and was destroyed—at Lime Rock, joined the three matte-black TSXs for an all-out assault on the top spots.

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Jun 15, 2008 / news

BURROWS AND HOPWODD SCORE FIFTH AT MOSPORT

Bowmanville, ON – 2007 Grand-Am KONI Challenge Champions Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood finished a fighting fifth in the #74 Fischer Skis/Compass360 Racing Acura TSX at Mosport International Raceway on Saturday after Grand-Am officials made a rules change midway through the opening caution period which set the duo too far back in the field to make a return to the Mosport podium.

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Jun 12, 2008 / news

C360R Look to Build on Lime Rock Momentum at Mosport

BOWMANVILLE, ON—With two of their team cars placed solidly in second and third in the Driver’s Championship standings following Grand Am’s Memorial Day feature at Lime Rock Park, Connecticut, Compass360 Racing (C360R) is working hard to solidify (and improve) those positions during the KONI Challenge Father’s Day event at Mosport this weekend.

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Jun 6, 2008 / news

C360R’s TSX at Mosport Media Kick-off in Toronto

The C360R #75 Acura TSX was on display during Mosport’s media launch today.

Canadian racing legend Scott Maxwell and C360R’s Karl Thomson were in attendance to give a presentation to the invited media, and to provide some background on the KONI Challenge and road racing. Three drivers in the NASCAR Canadian Tire series were also in attendance, and there was an interesting discussion of what comprised a “stock car!”

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