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.
FIRST PLACE AT ROAD AMERICA
Successful first GT4 weekend in Wisconsin nets two first-place finishes
VISTA, CA — Our first of two weekends at the famed Elkhart Lake circuit saw Ray Mason take wins on both Saturday and Sunday, in our team’s first GT Celebration event.
COMPASS GT4 MCLAREN PROGRAM RETURNS TO ROAD AMERICA
VISTA, CA — Compass Racing's GT4 program returns to the famed Elhkart Lake in August with back-to-back weekends in two different series. Long-time team driver Ray Mason returns to the team for his eighth season, at the helm of one of the squad’s McLaren 570S GT4s.
ROAD AMERICA RESULT BELIES 720S GT3 PACE
The extensive amount of testing Compass Racing has been doing on the team's McLaren 720S GT3 is beginning to pay dividends as IMSA moves into the final few rounds of the WeatherTech Sprint Championship.
RACE REPORT: SEBRING IN JULY
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.
COMPASS RACING MCLAREN 720S GT3 ON POLE AT DAYTONA
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.
MCLAREN 720S GT3 TO MAKE 2020 DEBUT IN WEATHERTECH 240 AT DAYTONA WITH COMPASS RACING
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
EBULLITION BREW WORKS TAPS COMPASS RACING FOR 2020
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.
COMPASS MOVES OPERATIONS TO CALIFORNIA
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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 owner Jill Beck.
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.
IMSA IRACING ROUND TWO: FERGUS AND HOLTON BATTLE
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.
CARRERA DEBUTS COMPASS RACING MCLAREN SLOT CAR
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!
EXTENSIVE TESTING OF GT3 AT SEBRING AND ROAD ATLANTA
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.
SENNA GTR TAKES FIRST OUTING AT SPRING MOUNTAIN
This Senna GTR, number 54 of just 75 made, is a track-only version of the road-going Senna hypercar, and marks a middle ground between that and a full-out race car such as our 720S GT3. It's the perfect tool to attack track days.
GERACI AND GOLINELLO PAIR TO FIFTH-PLACE FINISH AT COTA
AUSTIN, TX – The opening two rounds of the SRO GT4 America 2020 season were held at the impressive Circuit of the Americas, with Compass Racing welcoming two new drivers to the team. Anthony Geraci and Rich Golinello co-drove the team’s No. 77 McLaren Newport Beach 570S GT4 – which featured a new white-and-orange livery – bringing home a solid fifth-place finish.
OUR RIGS DEPART FROM TORONTO AND SOCAL
With facilities on both sides of the country, you’re bound to have wildly different weather as the rigs depart. Our Toronto crew headed south over the weekend to Sebring International Raceway, FL for the first tests of the year with our McLaren 720S GT3 that will contest the IMSA WeatherTech Sprint Cup, whilst our SoCal squad is en route to Austin, TX for the first weekend of the SRO GT4 Americayear at Circuit of The Americas. We can’t wait to get the season started!
COMPASS RACING RETURN TO SRO GT4 AMERICA WITH GERACI AND GOLINELLO
Multi-time championship-winning team to field McLaren 570S GT4s in 2020
VISTA, CA — One of SRO’s winningest teams returns to the series for the 2020 season, with Compass Racing confirmed to field McLaren 570S GT4s in GT4 America. This year marks the squad's fourth season with manufacturer partner McLaren.
HOLTON AND FERGUS TO CONTEST IMSA’S WEATHERTECH SPRINT CUP WITH COMPASS RACING
McLaren Factory driver Holton will be joined by seasoned sportscar pilot Fergus in McLaren 720S GT3
VISTA, CA — Compass Racing will head into its seventeenth consecutive season in IMSA competition – and its fourth with manufacturer partner McLaren – when the first round of WeatherTech’s Sprint Cup eight-race season begins at Long Beach, CA on April 17th-19th.
COMPASS 720S GT3 IS FEATURE DISPLAY AT CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW
We are honoured that Compass Racing's McLaren 720S GT3 was part of the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame display at the Canadian International Auto Show, celebrating 50 Years of McLaren.