Compass360 Racing's David Thilenius -- who won the 2010 Grand-Am ST Driver's title with co-driver Lawson Aschenbach and currently shares our #74 Honda with Zach Lutz -- was recently interviewed by the folks at Honda Perfomance Development. You can read the whole story here.
Rosamond, CA -- C360R pilot Lawson Aschenbach (winner of the 2010 Grand-Am ST Championship with co-driver Dave Thilenius and current leader of the World Challenge TC standings) was recently test driver for the HPD Fit that our friends at Honda are developing for a new B-Spec series that will also include the Mazda 2 and Ford Fiesta. You can read the report on the HPD blog.
New Jersey Driver Joins Championship-Winning Team for Remainder of Season
(Allendale, NJ) -- After a challenging start to his World Challenge year at the season-opening event at St. Petersburg, Florida, New Jersey-based driver Brett Sandberg will return to the series behind the wheel of the Compass360 Racing #70 Honda Civic Si for the series' next race, at Miller Motorsports Park, Utah.
Aschenbach Maintains Championship Lead Despite First-Lap Incident
(Long Beach, CA) -- Rookie driver Tom Ehlen crossed the line in fifth place in front of a massive capacity crowd at the Long Beach Grand Prix last weekend, having managed to avoid a first-lap incident between the top qualifiers in the World Challenge Touring Car class.
So, if you're Canadian like us or otherwise don't have access to the Versus TV feed (yet!), you can still watch the World Challenge double-header races from St. Petersburg, FL. Check out the Versus broadcast here. Lawson Aschenbach finished first in race one and finished second in race two, with Tom Ehlen coming home ninth and Shea Holdbrook crossing the line in eighth using our back-up car.
Lots of great coverage for C360R and a fine way to get ready for Long Beach, California this coming weekend. Although it's not particularly high-res, we love the fact this is available on-demand!
2010 Champions Fight to Overcome Series-Mandated Restrictor in Alabama
(Birmingham, AL) -- Grand-Am's reigning Street Tuner Champions valiantly fought the heat and new series regulations, but ended up only managing a 13th-place finish in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge event at Barber Motorsports Park on Saturday.
David Thilenius, 2010 Driver Champion, qualified his iconic orange #74 JC Concrete Honda Civic Si in 11th place, just 1.4 seconds behind the pole-sitter. Keith Carroll, in his second race with the team, put the #75 Racing4Research Honda in 18th, while Dan Rogers qualified the #77 Speed Secrets Civic in 27th.
Grand-Am caught up with C360R pros Zach Lutz (left) and Ryan Eversley to chat about the upcoming Continental Tire Challenge race at Barber Motorsports in Birmingham Alabama.
Compass360 Racing driver Andrew Novich will be at University Honda in Davis, CA this Saturday, April 2nd, making a guest appearance as part of their "Really Big Thing" sales event. He'll be signing autographs and the dealership has created special give-away t-shirts specifically for the sale. The local Davis newspaper also featured an article on Novich in a recent edition.
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.
