New Team-Mates 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.
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This shot, courtesy of our friend Wes Duenkel, pretty much sums up the Grand-Am debut at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Here, we see Adam Burrows at the wheel of our #74 Bellissima Be Beautiful Honda Civic Si, ahead of Terry Borcheller's BMW. At the very next corner, Adam found himself punted off into the gravel trap, putting paid to a certain podium position. A real shame, as his co-driver Andrew Novich had done an absolutely perfect job, leading the race during his stint, and the team delivered a flawless pit stop.
Our team's parent firm, Compass360, recently completed a short film for Honda Canada. It features one of our Pirelli World Challenge drivers, Shea Holbrook, in her 2012 Honda Civic Si race car, and was filmed, Top Gear-style, at the Niagara District Airport.
Compass360 Racing wrapped up the Continental Tire Sports Car Championship's first-ever trip to the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend. The series opened the track for a two-day test session for both Grand-Am series, allowing teams and drivers to gain valuable knowledge in advance of the running of the first sports car series race at the Brickyard on August 27th. Most of the drivers on the team's four-car Street Tuner squad were in attendance, including Ryan Eversley, driver of the #75 Bellissima Be Beautiful Honda Civic Si. "It was such a thrill to actually race on this hallowed ground," noted Eversley. "Our cars are quick and we feel we've got the pace to win the race here." Indeed, the team notched the second-fastest time of the weekend.
About: 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.
