January 24, 2011

COMPASS360 READY TO DEFEND CHAMPIONSHIPS AT DAYTONA

Winners of 2010 Season-Opening Race Look for Strong Results With Four-Car Effort

(Toronto, Canada) -- The Compass360 Racing rig left today for the season-opening Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race at Daytona International Speedway this weekend. Inside the transporter are not only four of the team's iconic bright-orange Honda race cars and all the support equipment, but the hopes and aspirations of the two-time triple-crown Champions.

Compass360 Racing returns to Daytona hot on the heels of their second straight Grand-Am Driver, Team and Manufacturer's championships, which they clinched at Miller Motorsports Park, Utah in September 2010. The team also returns as defending race winners at the famed Florida track. In fact, a C360R car has been on the Daytona podium four years running.

January 21, 2011

COMPASS360 LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE FOR CANADIAN TOURING CAR

At the Canadian Motorsports Expo today, Canadian Touring Car president John Bondar announced the launch of a new website for the series, designed by Toronto-based branding agency Compass360. As part of a comprehensive overhaul of the CTCC corporate identity in partnership with Baker Vandertuin, also of Toronto, the website forms the cornerstone of a communications program "designed to help us create broader awareness and ultimately grow the series," said Bondar.

January 11, 2011

RISING STARS HENDERSON, STOUT GET TASTE OF DAYTONA WITH C360R

DAYTONA BEACH, FL. - For the next generation of talent fighting their way up the motorsports ladder, any opportunity for advancement can be crucial. Last weekend, Continental Tires created new opportunity for a pair of up-and-coming talents by giving them a taste of Daytona.

NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Rookie of the Year Sloan Henderson and World Challenge Touring Class Champion Robert Stout got the chance to take to Daytona International's famed high banks at the GRAND-AM "Roar Before the Rolex 24" Test with Compass360 Racing, an intensive weekend during which the teams and drivers prepare for the first race of the 2011 season, the Rolex 24 At Daytona, which takes place on January 29-30th at Daytona International Speedway.

January 07, 2011

NASCAR WHELEN STAR SLOAN HENDERSON TO TEST AT DAYTONA

2009 Whelen Rookie of the Year Will Drive for Continental Tire Sports Car Championship Team

(Daytona Beach, FL) -- Sloan Henderson is used to breaking records, as well as stereotypes. A top competitor in NASCAR's Whelen Late Model series in Ohio, she's on a racing fast-track and has her sights set on the top-level of motorsports competition in America.

Today, the NASCAR Whelen 2009 Ohio Rookie of the Year will take to the track to test in a very different kind of car than the Legends and stock cars she's piloted over the past five years. She'll be behind the wheel of a bright orange Honda Civic Si fielded by 2010 Continental Tire Sports Car Champions, Compass360 Racing.