COMPASS RACING
Where it all began. Every company has a history and ours is rooted in professional motorsport. Here you’ll find a collection of press releases, race reports and news stories from Compass Racing’s nearly two decades as a professional sportscar race team, competing in IMSA (née Grand-Am) and SRO (formerly Pirelli World Challenge). Visit the Racing History page for a comprehensive list of our team’s podiums and awards, including 9 driver and team championships and 75 race wins.
HOPWOOD, BURROWS LEAD COMPASS360’S HOT STREAK TO JERSEY
Millville, NJ (26 August, 2008)—With wins in two of the last three races, 2007 KONI Challenge Champions Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood are the hottest drivers in KONI competition as the series gathers once again this weekend for round 8 of the 2008 championship season at a new venue in the Thunderbolt Raceway at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
C360R WINS AT TROIS RIVIERES WITH HOPWOOD AND BURROWS
Trois Rivieres, Quebec—Trevor Hopwood and Adam Burrows combined for their second Grand-Am KONI Challenge victory in three races after making an impressive run to the checkered flag at the Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres in Compass360 Racing’s No. 76 Fischer Skis Acura TSX on Saturday.
TRIUMPH FOR C360R’s WILLARD AND WILDEN AT IOWA
Newton, IA—Compass360 Racing (C360R), fresh off their win at Watkins Glen, brought three cars to Iowa in hopes of scoring their second win in a row.
HOPWOOD AND BURROWS BREAKTHROUGH TO WIN AT WATKINS GLEN
WATKINS GLEN, NY — That decision paid immediate dividends on Saturday night, as the two combined to take a thrilling maiden Watkins Glen 200 race win in the in the No. 74 Fischer Skis Acura TSX campaigned by Compass360 Racing.
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.
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.
BURROWS AND HOPWOOD RACE FROM LAST TO SEVENTH AT LIME ROCK
LAKEVILLE, CT – Hopwood started the race as the caboose in the 46-car field train for the two and a half hour event. But he quickly began bolting to the front right from the drop of the green flag.
YORK AND MILLER LEAD COMPASS360 WITH 2ND TOP-TEN FINISH
Kevin York and Christian Miller finished in sixth place driving the No. 75 GoEnzo.com, 034 Motorsport, C360R.com ACURA TSX in the Grand Am KONI Challenge Series ST-class race at Lime Rock Park. The race result is the pair’s second such finish of the 2008 season.
TWO TOP-TEN FINISHES FOR C360R AT LIME ROCK
LAKEVILLE, CT—After a four-month hiatus, Grand-Am’s KONI Challenge series returned to action with a busy Memorial Day weekend at the tight confines of legendary Lime Rock Park. Compass360 Racing brought its four-car team with high hopes of continuing its front-running effort led by Travis Walker and Karl Thomson, who sat atop the Driver’s Championship after the season-opening race in Daytona.
KEVIN YORK AND COMPASS RACING UNLEASH UNIQUE MARKETING PARTNER
So far in the 2008 Grand-Am Koni Series, Compass360’s Acura TSX #75 has been racing around the track with a mysterious marketing partner—a logo that simply reads ‘GoEnzo.com.’ We’re pleased to finally be able to reveal that the sponsor behind the logo is novelist (and racing fan) Garth Stein. GoEnzo.com is the website for his new novel, THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN.
WILDEN AND WILLARD JOIN COMPASS360 RACING
TORONTO, CANADA—After a very successful test at Lime Rock Park earlier this week, Compass360 Racing today announced that Kenny Wilden and Jeremy Willard have been signed to drive the team’s #73 Acura TSX for the 2008 season. The car will feature sponsorship from Pure, a new player in the shampoo, hair care and body wash market.
WALKER AND THOMSON LEAD COMPASS360 TO RECORD FINISH
DAYTONA BEACH, FL — The Compass360 Racing team made Acura proud at Grand-Am’s Fresh From Florida 200, the opening round of the 2008 KONI Challenge schedule at Daytona’s famed high-banked track. When the checked flag fell, all three of the team’s Acura TSXs were in the top ten, with Compass360 leading the Team Championship, and two of its pilots tied for first in the Driver’s Championship.
YORK AND MILLER A STRONG SIXTH AT DAYTONA
DAYTONA BEACH, FL — Starting from deep in the 97-car field of the Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series’ season-opening race, Kevin York of Compass360Racing (C360R) knew he’d have lots of work to do in order to move to the front.
C360R DRIVERS SAY DAYTONA TEST PRODUCTIVE
DAYTONA, FL—After a short off-season the Compass360 Racing team returned to Daytona with plans for another great KONI Challenge season and the hopes of more race wins in their three Acura TSXs.
COMPASS360 RACING SIGNS ST CHAMPIONS BURROWS AND HOPWOOD
Toronto, Canada—Throughout the 2007 Grand-Am KONI Challenge season, Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood had to keep one eye on the road and one in the mirror to keep tabs on the all-out championship pursuit from Compass360 Racing. In the end, the ST Class Championship came down to the thrilling last laps of the season in the VIR Six-Hour enduro, as Burrows stormed to take the final spot in the podium and clinch the championship with Hopwood.
CHRISTIAN MILLER TO DRIVE WITH COMPASS360 RACING
Newark, CA - Christian Miller returns to the KONI Challenge in 2008 after a successful run in 2007. This season, he’s driving for Compass360 in their #75 Acura TSX, which he’ll be sharing with Kevin York.
TRAVIS WALKER RETURNS TO COMPASS360
Toronto, Canada - Travis Walker returns for his third full season in a Grand Am KONI Challenge Acura in 2008, joining Karl Thomson at the helm of Compass360’s #76 TSX.
KEVIN YORK JOINS COMPASS360 FOR 2008 KONI CHALLENGE
CHARLOTTE, NC - Kevin York will rejoin the Grand American Road Racing’s KONI Challenge Series full time in 2008. In doing so, Kevin will again partner with 2007 championship-leading team, Compass360/Racing. The team ultimately finished second in the 2007 ST-class Drivers’ Championship and, for the second year in a row, helped to bring Acura its second consecutive Manufacturer’s Championship.

