RACING NEWS

Where it all began. Every company has a history. Ours is rooted in professional motorsport.
Here you’ll find a collection of press releases and news stories from our nearly two decades as a professional sports car race team, competing in IMSA (née Grand-Am) and SRO (née Pirelli World Challenge).

COMPASS RACING WINS INDIANAPOLIS 8-HOUR SILVER CUP
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COMPASS RACING WINS INDIANAPOLIS 8-HOUR SILVER CUP

Ashton Harrison, in her GT3 debut, teamed with Matt McMurry, the lead pilot of Compass Racing’s No. 77 Richard Mille Acura NSX GT3 Evo. They were joined by the squad’s full-season IMSA driver Mario Farnbacher to contest the Silver Cup class.

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COMPASS RACING ANNOUNCES INDIANAPOLIS 8-HOUR DRIVERS
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COMPASS RACING ANNOUNCES INDIANAPOLIS 8-HOUR DRIVERS

Ashton Harrison, Matt McMurry and Mario Farnbacher to helm the No. 77 Richard Mille Acura NSX GT3 Evo entry 

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The final round of SRO’s GT World Challenge America takes place at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on October 14th to 17th, comprising the first three hours of the eight-hour International GT World Championship that sees rounds run across the globe. 

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JACOB ABEL TO JOIN COMPASS RACING AT LAGUNA SECA
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JACOB ABEL TO JOIN COMPASS RACING AT LAGUNA SECA

MONTEREY, CA — Honda Performance Development Academy graduate Jacob Abel will make his IMSA WeatherTech Sprint Cup debut at the helm of Compass Racing’s No. 76 Richard Mille Acura NSX GT3 Evo at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca this coming weekend alongside HPD Factory driver Mario Farnbacher.

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MCMURRY AND DI MEO WIN IN VIRGINIA
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MCMURRY AND DI MEO WIN IN VIRGINIA

DANVILLE, VA – Matt McMurry and Michael Di Meo brought Compass Racing’s No. 77 Richard Mille Acura NSX GT3 Evo across the line in first place to deliver the team’s first top-step result in GT World Challenge America competition.

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COMPASS RACING LAUNCHES IMSA PROGRAM WITH KINGSLEY AND FARNBACHER
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COMPASS RACING LAUNCHES IMSA PROGRAM WITH KINGSLEY AND FARNBACHER

Team debuts Acura NSX GT3 Evo WeatherTech Sprint Cup effort for its 18th-consecutive IMSA season

VISTA, CA — One of the longest-running teams in the IMSA paddock announced its 2021 WeatherTech Sprint Cup program today. Compass Racing’s new No. 76 Richard Mille Acura NSX GT3 will debut at Mid-Ohio for the first round of the series, May 14th to 16th, with Jeff Kingsley and Mario Farnbacher signed for driving duties.

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FIFTH PLACE FINISH IN SRO GT3 DEBUT AT SONOMA
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FIFTH PLACE FINISH IN SRO GT3 DEBUT AT SONOMA

SONOMA, CA – Compass Racing’s debut of their Acura NSX GT3 program ended in a strong fifth-place result at the opening round of SRO America’s GT World Challenge season at the picturesque Sonoma Raceway in Northern California. 

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COMPASS RACING ADDS SRO GT WORLD CHALLENGE PROGRAM WITH ACURA NSX GT3
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COMPASS RACING ADDS SRO GT WORLD CHALLENGE PROGRAM WITH ACURA NSX GT3

VISTA, CA — Long-time SRO competitors Compass Racing enter new territory with the debut of an Acura NSX GT3 Evo for the 2021 season of SRO GT World Challenge America. Drivers Rodrigo Sales and Matt McMurry have been tapped as pilots for the seven-weekend championship, which features two 90-minute races each weekend, with the exception of the 8-hour finale at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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LAGUNA SECA SPRINT CUP FINALE PROVES CHALLENGING
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LAGUNA SECA SPRINT CUP FINALE PROVES CHALLENGING

MONTEREY, CA – Compass Racing rolled into WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca – the team's home track for this season now that they are fully California-based – with high hopes for a good finish to the end of the second season with their McLaren 720S GT3 in IMSA’s GTD competition. Certainly, they'd had some good performances over the year – including two pole positions – and hoped to close out what has been a decidedly odd 2020 with a solid result.

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EBULLITION RELEASES THREE BREWS INSPIRED BY THE 2020 RACING SEASON
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EBULLITION RELEASES THREE BREWS INSPIRED BY THE 2020 RACING SEASON

VISTA, CA — Ebullition Brew Works has created three motorsports-inspired beers to celebrate the conclusion of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech Sprint Cup and their first season as a strategic partner to Compass Racing. The amusingly-named, limited-run beverages will be shared – in a socially-distanced manner – with friends and competitors after the season-ending race at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Sunday, November 1st.

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