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.
C360R RETURNS TO CANADIAN TOURING CAR
Compass360 Racing announced today that the team will return to Castrol Canadian Touring Car (CCTCC) competition in 2009, fielding an Acura TSX driven by longtime team driver David Ciekiewicz.
WALKER, KUITWAARD POST FIRST KONI CHALLENGE ST VICTORIES
LAKEVILLE, CT - Travis Walker passed Ian Baas for the lead with 10 minutes remaining and held on to win Saturday’s Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner race at Lime Rock Park, taking the checkered flag under caution.
COMPASS360 SHOOT FOR ANOTHER STRONG FINISH AT LAGUNA SECA
Monterey, CA—Compass360 Racing’s Toronto-based crew has hauled the team’s three Honda Civic Si’s across the country to the beautiful Laguna Seca track nestled on the picturesque Monterey peninsula of Northern California. Hoping to continue their strong 2009, C360R has assembled another impressive driver line-up.
COMPASS RACING MAKES HISTORY IN NEW JERSEY
Although fans of Grand-Am’s KONI Challenge are accustomed to seeing Compass Racing’s bright orange Honda Civic Si’s at the front of the field, they were treated to a rare sight as the team’s three cars swept the podium at New Jersey Motorsports Park’s Thunderbolt Raceway last Saturday.
MILLER AND POBST WIN AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI
HOMESTEAD, FL - A day after missing the pole position in Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge competition by only .003 seconds, Randy Pobst and Christian Miller took the No. 74 Compass360 Racing Honda Civic Si to victory in the Street Tuner (ST) class Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the second closest finish in KONI Challenge history.
C360R SIGNS MILLER AND POBST 2009 KONI SEASON
Compass360 Racing today announced that Christian Miller and Randy Pobst have been signed to drive the team’s #74 Honda Civic Si for the 2009 KONI Sports Car Challenge season.
WALKER AND PRITIKO ON PODIUM AT DAYTONA
Daytona, FL—For the third year in succession, Compass360 Racing took a podium finish in the season-opening round of the Grand-Am KONI Challenge, with Matt Pritiko and Travis Walker in the #76 Skunk2-sponsored car taking a hard-fought third-place in the three-hour battle.
C360R SIGNS POBST, ROACH AND SCHWARTZOTT
Toronto, Canada—Compass360 Racing (C360R) today announced their driver line-up for Grand-Am’s KONI Sports Car Challenge in Daytona. The race, which kicks off the 11-race 2009 KONI series, marks the end of a three-month off-season for the team.
CHRISTIAN MILLER REJOINS COMPASS360 RACING
Toronto, Canada—Compass360 Racing has added another long-time Grand-Am competitor to their driver roster. Christian Miller, who drove full-time with the team last year, returns to drive one of C360R’s Honda Civic Si’s in 2009.
CHRISTIAN MILLER REJOINS COMPASS360 RACING
Toronto, Canada—Compass360 Racing has added another long-time Grand-Am competitor to their driver roster. Christian Miller, who drove full-time with the team last year, returns to drive one of C360R’s Honda Civic Si’s in 2009.
COMPASS360 RACING SIGNS MATT PRITIKO FOR 2009
Toronto, Canada—Compass360 Racing today released further details of of their driver line-up for 2009 with the announcement that London, Ontario’s Matt Pritiko has re-joined the team to compete in Grand-Am’s KONI Challenge series.
NEW C360R HONDA CIVIC TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT SEMA
Las Vegas, NV—Compass360 Racing's freshly Honda Civic, built from the ground-up from a Honda-supplied body-in-white from their Alliston, Ontario factory, was the feature vehicle in the firm's display at SEMA.
TRAVIS WALKER RETURNS TO COMPASS360 RACING FOR 2009
Toronto, Canada—Travis Walker is one of those guys who is just naturally gifted when it comes to driving a race car. Some have talent, but have to work that little bit harder to eke out the last few tenths. For Travis, quick lap times are something that come with seemingly effortless ease. That’s not to say those laps don’t come without effort, it’s just that they seem to come more naturally.
THOMSON: TESTING FOR 2009
While Grand-Am’s Rolex teams were en route to Daytona for their October test days, Compass360 Racing spent some time doing testing of our own at Mosport International Raceway.
BURROWS AND HOPWOOD A STRONG SECOND IN SOPHOMORE YEAR
After scoring a remarkable championship in their rookie season of KONI Challenge competition in 2007, Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood returned to the category with an entirely different challenge in 2008.
BURROWS AND HOPWOOD TAKE SECOND AT VIR
A timely yellow flag saw Burrows return to the track after a fleet pit stop for the Compass360 Racing crew as they changed brake pads and got the defending champ back out on course still in top ten position.
COMPASS360 RACING GIVES ACURA TOP FINISHES IN UTAH
TOOELE, UT — Compass360 Racing once again delivered Acura’s best result in a KONI Challenge Street Tuner (ST) race, this time at Miller Motorsports Park outside Salt Lake City, Utah. It was the team’s fifth time in succession as the top Acura (going back to Watkins Glen (1st) and including Iowa (3rd), Trois Rivieres (1st) and New Jersey (7th), keeping the manufacturer in a tight battle with Chevrolet for top honors in Grand-Am’s Street Tuner class.
BURROWS AND HOPWOOD TAKE SIXTH AT MILLER
Tooele, UT – Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood closed out the race at Miller Motorsports Park sixth in the ST class results as the two scored the highest finish of all six Acura entries in the Utah event. But the high altitude setting proved to be too much to overcome as the KONI entries that enjoyed supercharged and turbo charged motors ruled the day out West.