Lawson Aschenbach Takes Top Podium Step in Round One, Team Places Three Cars in Top Ten for Race Two

(St. Petersburg, FL) -- Compass360 Racing (C360R) launched its World Challenge Touring Car program in style this weekend, with 2006 WC GT Champion Lawson Aschenbach leading the team's three-car effort to victory in Round One on Saturday, and following that up with a strong second-place finish during Sunday's Round Two, driving the #71 Honda Civic Si Coupe.
 

The 2011 calendar is now available featuring images from last season's Canadian Touring Car Championship, including the one above (August) of Greg Liefooghe (in car 73) giving Karl Thomson (71) a push down the front straight at Mosport. Download a PDF here.

I've just returned from a nice week away in Costa Rica with my family. It's our traditional March Break, where we escape the last few blasts of the Toronto winter, having tired of the snow and ice sports that are always so much fun in December and January. For the past decade or so we've journeyed south to the Caribbean, trying a different island each year. But we thought it'd be fun to go a little further afield and settled on the Pacific coast of Central America, in the little village of Quepos.

Grand-Am Champions Expand Their Honda Effort With Two TC Hondas For 2011 Season

Two brand new Honda Civic Si's recently found a new home at Compass360 Racing's shop in Toronto. Their arrival is the culmination of months of planning on the part of the C360R team and Honda Performance Development in Santa Clarita, CA.

The cars, which feature a striking white/black/silver livery, will take to the track at St. Petersburg, Florida on March 25th and will mark the debut of C360R's World Challenge Touring Car (TC) program.
 

Championship Honda Team Battles Against Strong Forced-Induction Opposition

(Homestead, FL) -- Compass360 Racing's #75 Honda Civic Si crossed the line fifth in a thrilling last-lap run for the flag at Homestead-Miami Speedway last weekend. After running second for much of the last half-hour of the race, the creditable finish was still a tough pill to swallow for the team, which looked sure to notch a podium result.
 

Charity Builds on Successful Racing4Research Program at Miami-Homestead

(Homestead, FL) -- It's a magical moment when you see a child's eyes light up with excitement in a moment of wonder. It's even more special when that moment is shared with a child that is battling a serious illness. That moment is a brief respite from a world filled with doctors, tests, and the desire to just be a "normal kid."

At Homestead-Miami Speedway this past weekend, the Children's Tumor Foundation hosted a number of families with children living with neurofibromatosis (NF) as the latest of Racing4Research's fundraising efforts. It was the kick-off weekend of a full-season program with 2009 and 2010 Grand-Am champions Compass360 Racing, and by all accounts it was a tremendous success.

By Karl Thomson

The shop's been a flurry of activity since we returned from Daytona a month ago. For the first time in three years, all four cars had to visit the body shop after a single race. Other than the damage to 76, which suffered a pretty hard front-end hit, it wasn't too bad, but it does underscore how physical the Grand-Am series has become. There always seems to be a little more contact at Daytona; I put that down to everyone being overly excited coming off the Christmas break. Hopefully the bodywork will stay intact from here on out.