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.
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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.
Hopwood qualified on the outside pole on Saturday morning and then moved to the lead once the race started before turning the Acura over to Burrows, who made several strong moves to the front before establishing a nearly ten-second lead on the field.
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Trois Rivieres, Quebec—Kenneth Lau, car chief of Compass360’s #74 Honda Civic, took to the track this weekend in the Castrol Canadian Touring Car races. On Saturday afternoon he piloted the #39 Durabond Honda Civic to a solid second place, and followed that up with a fantastic win on Sunday morning. Best of all, his team’s other Hondas, driven by Rapone brothers Andre and Andrew, finished second and third, giving them a clean sweep of the podium. Congratulations guys!
There’s a certain focus that you see in the eyes of a truly professional athlete. It’s that of a single-minded purpose. One that is able to cut through the cacophony of our modern world, that manages to focus on the task at hand: to do what it takes mentally, physically, to win.
Compass360 Racing has an interesting contrast in the drivers of our #75 Acura TSX this year. On one hand we have Kenny Wilden, a man who needs no introduction to fans of road racing in North America. He’s one of the paddock’s most experienced racers, with a career spanning decades through Firehawk, Player’s GM, Motorola Cup, Trans-Am and Champ Car Atlantics. Kenny’s co-driver is Jeremy Willard.
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Newton, Iowa—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.
Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood, who notched their first-ever KONI Challenge win at the hands of their C360R TSX a few weeks earlier, took to the track in their #76 Skunk2 / Fischer Skis / Sunday Management Group TSX, while rookie Jeremy Willard was joined by season-long team-mate Kenny Wilden in the #75 Pure Body Care / Skunk2 TSX. Christian Miller and Benoit Theege, both long-time Grand-Am competitors and Compass360 drivers, piloted the team’s new #74 C360R / King Motorsports Honda Civic Si.
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As you can imagine, the Compass360 Racing (C360R.com) team is coming off a major high, winning our second-consecutive race at Watkins Glen, with our drivers Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood notching their first-ever KONI Challenge win.
The three-week break to the next race hasn’t meant the team is lounging by the pool; on the contrary, there’s lots of action in preparation for Iowa.
Continue ReadingAbout: Compass360 Racing (C360R) is a championship-winning race team that fields front-running Honda Civic Si's in Grand-Am's Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and SCCA Pro's World Challenge.
