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.
BTCC CHAMPION ANDREW JORDAN GETS DAYTONA OPPORTUNITY
Andrew Jordan will get the chance to race in the USA for the first time in his career when he contests Grand-Am’s Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race at Daytona in January.
KYLE GIMPLE TO JOIN RYAN EVERSLEY IN COMPASS360 RACING HONDA
Rising sportscar star will share Street Tuner car with multi-race winner in championship run
(Minden, NV) -- Ryan Eversley (right photo above) will return to Compass360 Racing (C360R) for his fourth consecutive Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner season, co-driving his #75 Honda Civic Si with new team recruit Kyle Gimple.
MASON AND BURROWS RETURN TO FIGHT FOR CTSCC TITLE WITH C360R
2007 Champion partners with veteran sports car competitor in Street Tuner Honda
(Columbus, OH) -- Ray Mason and Adam Burrows will start their their third season with multiple championship-winning team Compass360 Racing (C360R) at the Roar Before the 24 test days at Daytona International Raceway on January 4th, 2013. And it will be their first time as teammates.
TEAM SEATTLE AND C360R PARTNER AT DAYTONA
SEATTLE, WA — Team Seattle will partner with Compass360 Racing (C360R) to field two Street Tuner-class cars in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series (CTSCC) support race at Daytona in 2013.
C360R HEADS TO KANSAS TO TEST NEW AND VETERAN DRIVERS
Multi-champion team to field two cars for Champ Car, Drifting and Sportscar shoes
(Kansas City, MO) -- Fans always ask how a team is enjoying the "off-season," that time between the last race of the year and beginning of the next. For Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge champions Compass360 Racing (C360R), the answer is: there is no off-season!
ACCEPTING THE TEAM’S CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY
Enjoy a read of Team Principal Karl Thomson's speech at the World Challenge banquet, where he accepted the trophy for winning the Team Championship in Touring Car.
THOUGHTS FROM THE GRAND-AM BANQUET
Some thoughts from C360R Team Principal Karl Thomson, in the form of a speech that would have been given if the Grand-Am Banquet at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH, had provided the opportunity...
SLIME CELEBRATES SUCCESSFUL GRAND-AM DEBUT
The folks from Slime had a great introduction to the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge at Laguna Seca, as the primary sponsor of the #74 C360R Honda Civic Si of Andrew Novich and Adam Burrows.
C360R CARS AND DRIVERS SURVIVE MELEE AT LAGUNA SECA
Fourth and Eighth-place Finishes Keep Championship Hopes Alive
(Monterey, CA) -- It was a race of attrition, of patience and survival. The penultimate round of the 2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge once again showed that this series is the most hotly-contested sports car series in North America, if not the world.
LAMB, WINCHESTER FINISH 1-2 AT MID-OHIO
Ray Mason joins Pirelli World Challenge squad and finishes 5th in Home Race.
MANSFIELD, OH — Todd Lamb used his local track knowledge to excel in treacherous conditions on the Sunday race at Mid-Ohio, taking advantage of first-lap melee to move into the lead, running up front in his #71 National Kart News / HPD Honda Civic Si from flag-to-flag. Ryan Winchester in the #72 Ligon Industries / HPD car was Lamb's rear gunner, protecting his team-mate's lead, finshing second with a nose-to tail formation finish. This allowed Lamb to make up some ground up on championship leader Michael Cooper, narrowing the difference to just 101 points, with three races remaining in the season. Winchester solidified his third place in the standings, extending his lead (to 73 points) over team-mate Shea Holbrook in her #67 TrueCar / Virgin Honda, who finished 11th. Ray Mason joined the squad for his home race, and finished fifth after a solid battle running in third place.
THILENIUS AND NIXON FOURTH AT INDY
New Teammates Notch Solid Result in Series' First Visit to Famed Track
(Indianapolis, IN) -- Grand-Am's Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge made history last weekend by being the first sports car series ever to run at the hallowed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mother Nature added to the excitement of the one-day event at the World Center of Racing by providing a torrential rainstorm in the mid-point of the race.
C360R PLEASED WITH SUCCESSFUL INDY TEST
Indianapolis, IN — Compass360 Racing wrapped up the Continental Tire Sports Car Championship's first-ever trip to the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend.
SARAH CATTANEO SIGNED BY C360R FOR REMAINDER OF GRAND-AM SEASON
Former BMW and Mini pilot will co-drive #77 HPD Honda Civic Si starting at Watkins Glen
(Watkins Glen, NY) -- Compass360 Racing (C360R) today announced the addition of driver Sarah Cattaneo to the team's four-car effort in Grand Am's Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. Cattaneo will pilot the #77 Honda Performance Development Civic Si for the remainder of the 2012 season, including this weekend's race at the Watkins Glen International track.
CHRISTIAN MILLER RETURNS TO C360R AT ROAD AMERICA
2009 Champion to anchor #77 car as Team hopes to continue championship fight.
Road America, WI — Christian Miller, the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner champion in 2009 with Compass360 Racing (C360R), will return to race for the team for the first time this season, co-driving the #77 Joe Marina Honda / Honda Performance Development Civic Si at the storied Road America with Vancouver-based phenom Remo Ruscitti.
NOVICH AND BURROWS CELEBRATE PODIUM AT MID-OHIO
Duo notch C360R's first podium of 2012 with new Civic Si.
Mansfield, OH — Andrew Novich and co-driver Adam Burrows scored their best finish of the 2012 GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season to date with a run to third at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Saturday in the #74 Bellissima Be Beautiful / Speed Secrets Honda Civic Si for Compass360 Racing (C360R). Team-mates Ray Mason and Ryan Eversley finished seventh, keeping their championship hopes alive at the season's half-way point.
LAMB AND WINCHESTER CELEBRATE PODIUM STREAK AT MILLER
Tooele, UT -- Todd Lamb and Ryan Winchester finished on the podium in all three Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car races at Miller Motorsports Park this weekend. The strong results place them second and third in the World Challenge driver standings. Shea Holbrook notched solid top-five results in each race, putting the TrueCar pilot in fifth place in the overall TC standings.
NEW 2012 HONDA CIVIC SI GETS FIRST GRAND-AM TOP-FIVE AT HOMESTEAD
Homestead / Miami, FL -- Ray Mason and Ryan Eversley followed up their strong seventh-place finish at Barber Motorsports Park with a solid fifth-place finish in their #75 Columbus Truck / Honda Performance Develpment car at Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend, giving the new 2012 Honda Civic Si its first top-five result in professional competition. The result moves them to third place in the hotly-contested Street Tuner points race. It marked the second race in a row that saw Eversley drop out of a podium position thanks to a late-race yellow flag. "We're still at a deficit under braking compared to the other ST cars," noted Ryan. "When we get a yellow flag with five minutes to go, we lose the gap we've built and struggle to be the last of the late brakers into turn one."
COMPASS360 RACING FIELDS EIGHT CARS ON OPPOSITE COASTS FOR HONDA
Multiple-championship-winning team hopes for podiums in Florida and Utah.
(Homestead, Florida and Salt Lake City, Utah) -- The rigs have arrived and parked; the cars are ready to be unloaded and are ready for battle. And there's the hope of podiums in two very different locations for Toronto, Canada-based Compass360 Racing.
For the first time ever, C360R will field eight Honda Civic Si's on a single weekend. Four cars will compete in the ultra-competitive Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge event at Miami-Homestead Speedway. Four additional cars will vie for the top prize in the Pirelli World Challenge triple-header at Miller Motorsports Park just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.

