Grand-Am Newcomers Excited to Fight for Podiums and Rookie-of-the-Year Title

(Toronto, Canada) -- Grand-Am's Continental Tire Street Tuner Champions, Compass360 Racing, added two talented rookies to their four-car program for 2011, today announcing the signing of Andrew Novich and Dan Rogers. The duo will share the team's #77 Honda Civic Si, starting at Daytona Test Days next week.

Toronto, Canada -- Compass360 Racing announced the first of its 2011 Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge driver line-ups today, with the news that 2010 Street Tuner Champion David Thilenius will share the team's #74 Honda Civic Si with Zach Lutz, who took third place in last season's year-end standings.

Toronto, Canada -- Compass360 Racing and Team Principal Karl Thomson received the Wayne Kelly award at the Canadian Automobile Sports Club's annual gala on Saturday night. The award is presented to drivers and teams who bring honour and prestige to Canadian motorsports through their racing activities in other countries.

C360R Team Principals Ray Lee, Karl Thomson, a number of our crew members, and (of course) our championship drivers spent the weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina. We were there for Grand-Am's year-end gala at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, a really amazing facility that also houses some of NASCAR's corporate offices. Our #74 Honda Civic was on prominently featured outisde the building, which is pretty notable as it's the first time a sports car has been on display there.

(Tooele, UT) -- Heading into Grand-Am's Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge final round, you'd have forgiven David Thilenius and Lawson Aschenbach for being happy with their second-place position in the championship. With the series' leader 19 points ahead, the duo, who drive Compass Racing's #74 Skunk2/HPD Honda Civic Si, felt it unlikely that they could take the top spot.

Circuit Icar, Montreal -- Anthony Rapone rounded out the Canadian Touring Car season with another podium place, finishing second in Sunday's Feature race, winning the Touring-class Championship in the process. The weekend capped off a dominant year for Rapone, who led the championship points standings from the very first weekend, at Mosport in May. He finished on the podium at every race weekend.

The Trois-Rivieres event is arguably one of the most exciting events on the Grand-Am schedule. It's a tight, twisty and unforgiving track, and is attended by some of the most enthusiastic road racing fans on the continent. The town shuts down for a huge party with fireworks and great good and entertainment, and it certainly doesn't hurt that this riverside village seems to be host to some of the most beautiful women anywhere.

Durabond/Compass360 Racing made series history this weekend by sweeping the podium on both Saturday and Sunday races in the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship.

Our Canadian Touring Car squad had a strong weekend at Circuit ICAR in Montreal, with Anthony Rapone taking pole in qualifying and winning race one on Saturday and Karl Thomson in second.

THOMSON WINS FEATURE AND RAPONE MAINTAINS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

(Bowmanville, ON) -- Durabond / Compass360 Racing came into the second round of the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship with driver Anthony Rapone in the points lead, and their goal was to have him finish up front to keep ahead, and to see team-mates Andrew Danyliw and Karl Thomson move towards the front of the driver's standings.

HISTORIC TRACK PROVES A CHARM FOR TEAM, WINNING THREE RACES IN LAST FOUR YEARS

WATKINS GLEN, NY — Teammates Lawson Aschenbach and Ryan Eversley, in the #74 and #75 cars respectively, took advantage of a late-race scuffle between the leading cars of Josh Hurley and Jamie Holtom to give Compass360 Racing the top two spots on the Street Tuner podium at last weekend's Continental Tire 150 at Watkins Glen Raceway in upstate New York.

(Lime Rock, CT) -- Compass360 Racing (C360R) today announced the addition of a Mustang Challenge effort to its stable, which will run alongside the team's championship-winning Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge program. Marv Weidner, who drove one of the team's Honda Civic Si's at Barber Motorsports Park earlier this year, has been signed to run most of the remainder of the Mustang Challenge season, including races at Lime Rock Park, Watkins Glen, Mid-Ohio and New Jersey Motorsports Park.

(Bowmanville, ON)—Durabond/Compass360 Racing started the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship season off in fine form, winning both races in the first event of the season at Mosport International Raceway.

Compass360’s Mitsubishi Evolution X made its Mosport debut at a 6th Gear lapping day on Wednesday, and impressed with its speed and reliability.

Virginia International Raceway is one of those “driver’s tracks” as they say… A statement I will have to agree with.

(Leeds, AL)—Compass360 Racing teammates Zach Lutz and Ryan Eversley bounced back from disappointment at Miami in March with a strong result at the beautiful Barber Motorsports Park on the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama.

Take a read of Zach’s blog, detailing his weekend at Homestead-Miami in our #75 Honda, as well as his Mustang Challenge race on Saturday.