The No. 01 TELMEX/Chip Ganassi BMW Riley of Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, the GRAND-AM points leader, won the two-hour race, their seventh of the season.

DRIVER QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"The car wasn't really very good. We had trouble all day yesterday getting the car set up which was surprising to us. We didn't quite understand why we had so much trouble getting it set up. But eventually we figured it out and kind of got on the right track. But I think we just started off behind and didn't have a whole lot of time to make the adjustments.

The car was better for the race than it had been but we had too much understeer. That eventually forced us to not be able to put anything in to the throttle. It was hard to get flat going up through the esses. It was hard to get back to the throttle very quickly. When Nic got in the car we made a little adjustment and he did a little bit better but not that much better. It was one of those days that we got so far behind. I said I would go ahead and finish the race. We made a little adjustment and when I got in the car, it was actually quite good. The track came to us. There was a little more rubber down on the track, a little cooler and the car got much better. My times reflected that. Then we had a yellow and I got hit from behind and that was it. Not a great day."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"We had a little bit of a difficulty this weekend to get the car set-up properly. We were really struggling through practice and qualifying. Finally last night the guys did a great job and got the car drivable and did some more changes overnight. The car was actually quite good in the race in my stint.  Tracy did a fantastic job on the first stint and kept the car on the lead lap. Then we had a little bit of bad luck with traffic and lost a lap there. Then I got in and ran competitive lap times and stayed within a half second of the leaders, which I was very pleased with since we had a bad car for the whole weekend. Since we were a lap down already we decided to put Tracy back in to get Truman Award points and more seat time. The car performed decent after all and the guys did a great job. We just have to come back home and prep the car for Montreal in a few weeks and hopefully have a good run up there."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
"The car for the race was much improved compared to practice and qualifying. We managed to improve the car through lots of hard work from the team's behalf over the course of practice and the evening session particularly. The car was at its best it had been all weekend during the race. Pit stops were good and driver changes were quick. Unfortunately our race ended prematurely when we were hit and broke the right rear suspension."

Krohn Racing will make the necessary repairs to the car on-site and participate in the GRAND-Am tire test on the long circuit at Watkins Glen on Wednesday, August 11.

The next GRAND-AM race for the Krohn Racing team of Tracy Krohn and Nic Jönsson will be the Montreal 200 race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada, August 27-28. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com/ or http://www.speedtv.com/.

The Krohn Racing team is also vying for its fourth Rolex Series victory at the 2.54-mile, 11-turn Watkins Glen road course. The event is the tenth stop of the 12-race 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series season. Only the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve race in Montreal, Canada and the Miller Motorsports Park finale in Salt Lake City remain on the Rolex Series schedule.

QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
You have said in the past that Krohn Racing has been very successful at the Watkins Glen circuit because you have been able to come to the track with a good set-up and ready for variable conditions. Do you expect that to play well for you again for the upcoming Watkins Glen 200 race?
"Absolutely, we have generally been pretty good at nailing the setup for Watkins Glen. Nic and I both really enjoy driving at the Glen and the car just continues to improve."

Share with us the main differences in your driving style for the long course you run here in June and the short course you will run this weekend.
"The long course has some harder braking zones at Turn 7 and 9 and the car just needs to be able to accommodate that extra element. The long course requires a bit more finesse, whereas the short course is a speed fest that is best fed with the right foot!!"

You have said in the past that you enjoy the crossover races where Grand-Am competes with NASCAR. What are some of the things you enjoy sharing with the NASCAR fans?
"It's always fun to see all the NASCAR fans at the ‘crossover' events for several reasons. They are always interested in getting to know the drivers and when they find out what kind of access there is in the Grand-Am paddock, they are always pleasantly surprised because we are not as sequestered. Also, they are always surprised to find out that we actually go faster than the stock cars and that we race in the rain as well, or race in the rain at night as the case may be!"

You and Nic have had some really good races recently but bad luck deterred you from a shot at the podium. How are you feeling coming into the Watkins Glen 200?
"Simply put, we feel like we are ‘due' and that we should bust out of the pack with a podium finish at any given race now. The team has worked very hard and the car is improving all the time and we all feel the burden of some of the bad luck we have been having!"

How difficult has the DP competition been this year in Grand-Am?
"Clearly, the DP competition has been much tougher and it is obvious that the Ganassi team is just really tough to beat. We are all going to need to step up higher to beat those guys! Everyone has gotten better this year, but we still feel like we can win so that is what we strive for now!!"

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
You and Tracy have had some really good races recently but bad luck deterred you from a shot at the podium. Your history at Watkins Glen has shown much success. How are you feeling coming into the Watkins Glen 200?
"I think we should be in pretty good shape going into the Watkins Glen race. We've had a couple of really good runs here lately. At New Jersey specifically, we had a very solid run for a potential finish on the podium. Tracy did a solid job all weekend and was running really competitively, within a second and a half of the fast guys. I was very pleased personally with the car in race condition. We weren't the quickest car in practice or qualifying but the car stayed very consistent during the race and we didn't have the heat issues that other teams had and that played in our favor a little bit. We were definitely one of the quickest cars there and were running up front for quite awhile. Then, unfortunately, we had a contact with another car on the front left and shortly thereafter we had a problem with the front left suspension that we couldn't reasonably fix in time before the end of the race.  To carry the momentum from our early run at New Jersey over to this weekend's race at Watkins Glen is a good goal for us. We should find good balance, aerodynamic and mechanical, on the car and if we can do that, we should have a good run. We're the defending champions and won at The Glen last year. We should have a good, fast car there. So we have very big hopes and are looking forward to going back."

Share with us the main differences in your driving style for the long course you run here in June and the short course you will run this coming week.
"You have to take a little different approach here. First of all, it's a shorter race. It's a much shorter, much more intense race track. I guess this will be the highest average speed we will carry around on one single lap, along with probably Lime Rock. With the intensity of three straight aways, there's not much time to rest, especially with the GT cars on track at the same time. After the first five or six laps, you are going to constantly be passing cars and fighting for position in your class. So it's extremely intense with no chance to rest. You really have to stay on top of your game. It's basically a sprint race and you have to be very aggressive. You can't open any doors or dive inside of GT cars or you will lose momentum. You have to weave the traffic very well and potentially even slow up a little bit to get a good run. You have to just be very tactic in this race, I think, with the driving aspect, but also strategy-wise. It is going to play a big role in the success or not having success at this race."

How difficult has the DP competition been this year in Grand-Am?
"The car count is down this year in both classes, the DP and GT, but the competition has definitely not gone down. Rather it's gone up compared to previous years.  You still have all the quick cars that have been there before and added a couple of other competitive cars this year. We literally have ten cars that can win every race out there. That's both exciting and keeps you on your toes. You can't relax any session because you have to go out there and do your best and get as much out of the car as possible. Again, we have the only Proto-Auto car on the race track. For us we are the only sole ones running that car so we have to get the set up right on our own. You can't go down two or three garage and ask for some help or get some advice from Bill Riley, for example. That's not going to happen. For us it is an intense weekend. We have to stay on top of it and the Krohn engineers do a lot to get the car right. I have a lot of faith in them and the car they are preparing for us this weekend. It's going to be an exciting one and I can't wait to get there."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
Krohn Racing has had some really good races recently but bad luck deterred the team from a shot at the podium. Your history at Watkins Glen has shown much success. How are you feeling coming into the Watkins Glen 200?
"I think our car will work well here.  We won the race last year and the car has progressed since then.  The drivers are both more than familiar with the track and the car and we are all keen to put the car on the track in first practice, assess our ‘out of the truck' performance and tune around that."

Share with us the main differences in car prep and set-up for the long course the teams run here in June and the short course everyone will run this coming week.
"The short course race is on a faster layout than the 6-hour race. The track is an oval with a left hand corner in it.  The short race is short! Only two hours, versus the six hours on the long course. It's a real sprint event, which affects the attitude to car setup and especially race strategy."

The Crown Royal 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International will be televised live on SPEED on Saturday, August 7 at 6:00 p.m. ET. For more information, please see www.grand-am.com or www.speedtv.com.

Although the duo in the familiar lime green and blue car with the Roush Engines supplied Ford 5 litre V8 power plant ran as high as third, a problem with the left front sidelined the car on Lap 65.

Nic started the No. 75 car from the fifth position but spun in Turn one of the first lap when the leaders slowed and he had to brake hard to avoid another car. He was consistently turning some of the fastest laps of the race and had brought the car up to third from the 13^th position when it was time to turn the car over to Krohn on Lap 47, after one hour and 5 minutes of racing.

Although Krohn was assessed a drive through penalty for speeding exiting the pits, he was clocking some of his fastest times of the weekend and had his eyes set on unlapping himself after the drive through penalty put him down a lap. He was just 1.3 seconds off the fastest race lap at the time, when the car let loose and sent him off course just 26 minutes into his stint. The Krohn Racing team's day was ended when it was assessed the damage was too great to return to the track in the time remaining.

The No. 99 Gainsco Chevrolet Riley of Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty won their first race of the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series season in New Jersey's Round 9 of 12.

DRIVER QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
Regarding the penalty for speeding:
"Unfortunately somehow the pit lane speed limiter wasn't on when I came out of the pits. I didn't catch it until I got to the end of pit lane. I was hoping nobody noticed but no such luck."

Regarding the car's retirement:
"There was a lot of drama. The car was very good. As we got going, I started passing guys. I passed the 10 car and was coming up on the 99 car when I went into Turn 1 and got the brakes and it just let loose. I thought I popped a tire. I went into the grass and thought I was going to hit the wall. I was doing everything I could to go down through the gears and slow the car down and turn right. Then as I came back on the track, it felt like the left front tire was square so I knew it wasn't just a tire. I don't know what it was but we'll take a look at it and see what it was."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
Regarding his first stint:
"I got all caught up going into Turn 1. Whoever was up front at the start over slowed entry so everybody bunched up. I had a choice between T-boning the 01 car in the middle of the side or hit the brake and spin myself out. I tried to hit the brake a catch it but I spun out and had to start over again basically from the back. I started chasing and it took a little bit before I got by a few of the slower cars because it was very tight out there. You really need a good run to get by him. We got going and had a pit stop to come in and refuel, then settled in and started clicking good laps off and were able to start moving up through the field. We made it up to third place before we came in. The car was very good and we were running very competitively lap times and among the quickest out there."

Regarding the retirement of the car:
"We had to retire because Tracy had a left front issue without any warning or anything. Tracy did a fantastic job all weekend and was within two seconds of the quick cars out there, which is fantastic. He didn't put a wheel wrong all weekend. The Krohn guys have done a fantastic job all weekend with the Proto-Auto Lola. We would have had a car to finish on the podium today. We were in a really good way to that actually because we were third when I came in to turn over the car to Tracy. He went out there and kept it in 8^th place or so.  We were doing really well until the left front problem. But, hey, we had a good car. The guys have done a fantastic job again. We have to go to Watkins Glen with a positive outlook and hopefully have a good finish."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
"We had incidents with several cars during the race and shortly thereafter we had a problem with the left front and had to return the car to the garage. We'll take a look at all the elements back at the shop this weekend and assess what happened. Onward to Watkins Glen."

The next GRAND-AM race for the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola of Tracy Krohn and Nic Jönsson will be the Crown Royal 200 at the Glen race at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York, August 7 at 6:00 p.m. ET. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com/ or http://www.speedtv.com/.

Coming off a sixth place finish in the recent Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona the Krohn Racing team hopes to make it two-in-a-row at the 2.25-mile Millville, New Jersey road course. Last year Nic Jönsson and teammate Ricardo Zonta led 37 of the 74 rain-soaked laps in the No. 76 Krohn Racing entry, including the most important final lap.

QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
Krohn Racing is returning to the site of the first victory for the Proto-Auto Lola last year. Does it give you a lot of pride to return to the New Jersey race?
"Any time that you can return as defending champion you have to feel good about it! Nic and Ricardo did a great job in the rain last year and Nic and I look forward to defending this title. Who knows, maybe we will get another rain day as the car does quite well in the rain!"

How did you celebrate the victory last year?
"Well, I was watching the race on Speed Channel and there was a lot of hooting and hollering going on. Later, Laurie and I celebrated with a bit of champagne and as I recall we went out to one of our favorite restaurants! "

You had a great drive at Daytona earlier this month. Are you ready to get back in the cockpit and complete some unfinished business?
"Absolutely!  We felt we had a pretty good car at Daytona, but we definitely had it trimmed back to minimum drag, and it was a real handful through the infield and the bus stop at Daytona.  At New Jersey, we should be able to get better handling characteristics and we expect to have a better result.  Let me put that another way, we intend to win!!"

You didn't drive at New Jersey last year. What do you think will be the most challenging here this year?
"Actually, it should be a little less challenging than the first time I drove there in 2008 as there wasn't any grass since the track was brand new and it was hard to see through some of the dust clouds.  Plus, the car was just about getting airborne over one of the bumps on the longest back straight, but I understand that has been corrected with the addition of an additional chicane, so the track should be a bit safer now.  In watching the re-broadcast on TV from two years ago, one of the Brumos cars was getting airborne, so I am glad this has been changed!"

You are planning on doing a promotion at the Ocean City Boardwalk Thursday night prior to the NJ race. What do you enjoy most about talking to the fans?
"We really enjoy talking to the fans for multiple reasons.  First, it's fun to talk about racing with the fans because I think they will most often come away with different perspectives about racing, such as what it is really like in the cockpit and finding out it is not anything like your passenger car!  Second, one of the things that Grand-Am provides is the opportunity to be in the paddock and very accessible to the teams and drivers.  We are entertainers and we should always bear that in mind.  It is a very charismatic sport in that once you are able to spend a little time with that fan(s), next time they will bring a friend and that friend will become a fan and that is how you build a fan base.  Finally, I just like meeting people that have a passion for the sport because I can fully relate to that!"

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
Krohn Racing is returning to the site of the first victory for the Proto-Auto Lola last year. Does it give you a lot of pride to return to the New Jersey race?
"There is likely going to be a lot of the same fans there this year. It's always nice to come back as the defending race winner, of course. I'm sure there's going to be a lot of media and attention around that. To have the first victory for the Proto-Auto Lola is obviously very special both for me and the team, and especially for Tracy, who has been investing in this project. I was very proud to deliver that first victory to Tracy and Krohn Racing, together with Ricardo last year. Hopefully Tracy and I can come back this year and carry that momentum and stand on top of the podium this year again."

How did you celebrate the victory last year?
"The celebration wasn't wild actually because we all had flights right after the race. We all had to rush leaving the track. But we definitely had a celebration dinner at the next race where Tracy flew in and took the whole team out for a dinner. We had a great time. It was a big day for the Proto-Auto project and for Krohn Racing because we hadn't won a race since 2007, until we won last year, so that was a long time coming. We had all been very involved with working hard on the new project, of which we were a part of since day one, and finally achieving success was a great feeling. Everybody felt very proud of that first win."

You and Tracy had a great drive at Daytona earlier this month. Are you ready to get back in the cockpit and complete some unfinished business?
"Absolutely! We've had several really good runs this year. We have been lacking a little bit of luck though. We've had a lot of bad luck actually. I think we have proven the car is very quick. We had a pole at Lime Rock. We have been one of the top three or four quickest cars everywhere we've been this year but not really had that little luck you need to win races or be on the podium. At Daytona we had a good run. Tracy did a fantastic job and handed the car over to me on the first stint very solid and we were able to carry on from there. We had a strategy that I think worked out quite nice. Hopefully we can balance that strategy again this weekend."

What do you think will be the most challenging thing at NJMP this year?
"I think the weather conditions there are always a little iffy. If you are going to have conditions that go from dry to wet to back to dry, it's going to be a lot about when you decide to take rain tires or slicks. You are going to gain or lose so much time if you're not the first one to gamble pretty much, or at least be among the first. Last year there was also obviously rain in the race. We had a fantastic car and actually were quick in the dry conditions as well. I do believe the car is even better now.

The challenge will be to get the car set-up to suit Tracy and me as a pairing. Last year it was Ricardo and I. I think Tracy and I have a little different mindset when it comes to set-up. I believe we are going to have to get the car as good as possible to suit both of us so we can go out there and get after it."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
Last year the team saw a lot of rain at this event and obviously fared very well. Rain or shine, how do the prospects look for Krohn Racing at NJMP this year? 
"Our car should go well in New Jersey. We will do everything we can to win the race. Whatever the weather we have the resource and abilities in the team to do a good job."

How did you celebrate the victory at New Jersey Motorsports Park last year?
"I had a mouthful of warm champagne from the podium bottle, and I was probably the tenth person to do so....."

What is it about the NJMP track that works so well with the Proto-Auto Lola? 
"The characteristics of our package suit these types of tracks better. We like plenty of corners, the more the better.  We like adversity and we thrive in a changing environment, so plenty of rain showers and action and we will be in our element."

Tracy and Nic had a great drive at Daytona earlier this month. Is the team ready to go back to competition and complete some unfinished business? 
"We compete every day, across the whole breadth of our organization, we are ready to go, ready to put all our efforts into winning at New Jersey. We are a racing team and that's what we do."

The NJMP 250 presented by Crown Royal at New Jersey Motorsports Park will be televised live on SPEED on Sunday, July 18 at 1:00 p.m. ET. For more information, please see www.grand-am.com or www.speedtv.com.

Tracy started the No. 75 car from the 10^th position and pitted for fuel and tires while in sixth place under the first of two race cautions on Lap 13. Nic drove the final 90-minutes of the race and ran as high as fourth on Lap 35 of the 83-lap, two hour and 30-minute race.

The No. 01 TELMEX/Chip Ganassi BMW Riley of Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, the current GRAND-AM points leader, won their sixth race of eight in the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series season.

DRIVER QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"The car was very fast on the straightaways. We trimmed it out and made it as slick as we could. It was really difficult through the ‘bus stop' but it was fast everywhere else. It came off the corners okay. We thought we had a pretty good race car. My hat's off to Scott Pruett and Ryan Dalziel and those guys. The BMWs are strong motors. Well done.

It was wild because we had the car so trimmed out that it was just one of those things that you had to hang on going through the ‘bus stop' because you had no down force at all. So you got a couple of different choices. You can try to brake as late as you can and just cruise through there and try to get back to power or you can brake a little bit earlier and then try to get a little bit of down force going through there. Neither one of them was quicker than the other so it was probably safe just to make sure you got through the corners safely.

We tried to get there but we ran out of fuel at the end otherwise we would have had a Top Five finish but we were real close."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"It's been very difficult conditions all weekend. We had rain yesterday in practice. This morning was actually the first time we drove the car in dry conditions. We did some significant changes to the car that we thought was going to work well and I think the car was quite alright. Tracy started off the race and did a fantastic job. He really got going after about the first yellow. He pitted and put fuel in after about 17 minutes. Tracy stayed in the car and really got on it. He ran within two or two-and-a-half seconds of the leaders and came all the way up to sixth position before we pitted and I got in. So we know it was a fantastic performance by Tracy today to keep it on the lead lap and be able to go out there and fight for it.

We ran in the Top Four and had a very good car. I started to lose the rear end about a half-hour from the end and I couldn't keep the 59 behind me. But we ran a competitive Top Five. Unfortunately, we did some miscalculations on fuel today and we ran out of fuel going into the "bus stop" on the very last lap under a white flag. We were running fifth at that point with no pressure from behind but we finished sixth in the end. The Proto-Auto Lola was competitive this weekend.  We've had a very competitive car all year. It was unfortunate that at Mid-Ohio we ran fourth and we got bumped off the track. We've been due for a Top Five for a long time. At least we thought we were in contention today. That's a good build for the rest of the season and hopefully the future.

Again, thanks to the Krohn team for doing a great job and Tracy did a fantastic job today so I'm very positive going into New Jersey in a couple of weeks."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
"We had a fifth place finish until the last lap. We made an error in the fuel calculation and we ran out of fuel with three-quarters of a lap to go. So we're disappointed to not have achieved that fifth-place finish. Tracy drove the first 40 minutes or so very competitively with good lap times and Nic drove a great race as well."

The next GRAND-AM race for the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola of Tracy Krohn and Nic Jönsson will be at the NJMP 250 race at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey, July 18 at 1:00 p.m. ET. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com/ or http://www.speedtv.com/.

The team is Daytona-bound this week for the Brumos Porsche 250 race, July 2-3. The two hour and thirty minute race will run on the 3.56, 12-turn speedway road course at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

The Krohn Racing team has been on the podium three times in the past four years at the Daytona sprint race, including a victory in 2006 with Krohn drivers Colin Braun and Jörg Bergmeister. The team collected two third-place finishes, in 2007 and 2008. Krohn Racing's highest 2010 finish to date was a 4^th-place finish in the Rolex 24 At Daytona race in January at the legendary circuit. 

QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
Did you get any down time after five weeks in a row at the race track?
"Actually, I did get some down time! I was able to go to Pebble Beach for a couple rounds of golf...a game I have not played much of since I began racing. I have only played four times in the last five years! I broke 90 so with a little practice maybe I could break 80 again! While we were in Paris after the 24 Hours of Le Mans, my girlfriend, Laurie, and I became engaged!"

You have 7 races completed and 5 to go...past the half-way mark. How do you feel about the season so far?
"It has been a tough season for us and the competition has never been tougher. Having said that, I believe the Proto-Auto is better than it ever has been and I just feel like we should see the podium soon! We had a very good car the last time we were at Daytona and I think that will translate well!"

You and John Pew have been going neck-to-neck on leading the Jim Trueman Award this year and it looks like it might be a battle throughout the season. How do you plan on winning this prestigious award?
"The Trueman Award is for those of us that do not race cars for a living or do not choose to make it a career. That does not mean the competition is weak. John is an excellent driver and the only way to win is through performance. I believe that Krohn Racing has as good or better a crew as any other team in the paddock and having Nic Jönsson as a co-driver has always proven to be an advantage. Oz Negri is also a spectacular driver so it should be really competitive for the rest of the season."

This race at Daytona has traditionally been a good race for Krohn Racing with 3 podiums, including one victory, in the last four years. Your best result for this year so far was also at Daytona for the 24 Hour with a 4^th place finish. Please talk about the team's success at Daytona.
"We have had many races at Daytona over the years and feel like when we get there for the summer race that we have a pretty good car setup coming off the truck. We usually test and perform well there because we always seem to have a lot of confidence and expectation for good results. Nic and I know the track well and our engineers and crew are used to racing at Daytona."

What is going to be most challenging at Daytona this week?
"Usually the most challenging thing other than all of the other teams of course, is managing the heat. You have to manage the heat in the cockpit, the tires, the engine bay, and the extra burden it puts on the crew. We always enjoy the crowd for this race and want to put on a good show for them as well."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
Did you get any down time after 5 weeks in a row at the race track?
"I didn't get much down time. I came back home from Mid-Ohio and went straight to my Kinetic job and carried on developing our Kia cars. I was at least able to have one weekend back home, sleeping in my own bed. At least I was home for a week, which is nice."

You have 7 races completed and 5 to go...past the half-way mark. How do you feel about the season so far?
"We have been much more competitive this year than last year. The team engineers have been working hard and we haven't had the same kind of issues to get the car up to speed. We've been in the Top 5 cars speed-wise everywhere we've been so far this year. We qualified on pole in Lime Rock and ran strong at Mid-Ohio, where we ran fifth before we were taken out. So I think the car is better than it has been and I'm looking forward to going to Daytona this weekend.

Also I think this year has also shown that Tracy had been more consistent and getting into a rhythm and groove, running very competitive this year, and not just in comparison to the other gentleman drivers but actually to all the other competitors. He's been running within a second and a half to two seconds off the quick car out there, which is very, very impressive. I think he feels that himself. He's getting back in the groove after taking most of last year off. I think the car is better and Tracy drives more now and is actually shows. So I'm very pleased with Tracy's performance so far this year."

What is going to be most challenging at Daytona this week?
"I think the most challenging this week is the tight schedule. There's not going to be much rest in between. When we go out to practice on Friday morning and we start at 8:00 a.m. and will be done by 12:00 noon. We won't even come back to the garage from the pits. You don't have a chance to do much set-up changes in any big way. You can just do small tweaks to the car. So I think it's important we unload close to where we need to be, which we normally do. Hopefully that will be the case again.

And we just need to stay sharp and stay focused and make sure you take on fluids, and eat properly. It's a very hectic schedule and we're together with NASCAR again so we are going to be pushed aside a little. It will be different than when we are at Daytona for the 24 hours. All those things have to be taken into account because that is normally second nature to us. With the team following direction I think we can have a good Proto-Auto Lola for the race."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
There are 7 races completed and 5 to go...past the half-way mark. How do you feel about the season so far? 
"We have been more confident of being competitive at a wide range of tracks this year. The results have been variable but we have been working on various aspects of our team's performance throughout the year. One of the highlights for us is the step forward Tracy has made in his race pace this year. We continue to develop the car and the team and we aim to win races this year. We believe this is attainable and it's our primary goal."

This race at Daytona has traditionally been a good race for Krohn Racing with 3 podiums, including 1 victory, in the last 4 years. The team's best result for this year so far was also at Daytona for the 24 Hour with a 4^th place finish. Please talk about the team's success at Daytona.
"Although in recent years our car has seldom been the fastest at Daytona, we have benefitted from good team organization and pit work.  The car is on the pace in the race and we use good strategy and the skill level of the drivers to work our way forward.  It's always an event in which tenacity pays off. We have plenty of will to win and we are determined to put good results in the books."

How do you best support Tracy's effort for the Jim Trueman Award? 
"It has not been our sole focus this year. We have other priorities - like winning. It continues to be an award which we monitor and we alter our race strategy if the opportunity allows."

What is going to be most challenging at Daytona this week?   |
"We always get involved in the game of lift over drag. We have to be fast enough on the straights without giving up all our downforce. This is our balancing act at Daytona."

You are bringing back Colin Braun for a Grand-Am tire test session for Krohn Racing following the Daytona race. Tell us about that. 
"Krohn Racing has offered to participate in order that the Proto-Auto chassis can be evaluated with the test tires.  It's part of the process to evaluate the tires for 2011 - a process which we are more than happy to take part in.  For the test at Homestead, we will once again call upon the services of Colin Braun. Colin was a Krohn Racing driver in 2006 and 2007 and has also driven for the team most recently in the 2010 Daytona 24-hour race as one of our 4 race drivers.  Colin is a well respected and talented young driver who will take time out of his busy time Nationwide Cup schedule and we are glad to have to opportunity to put him in the car again, albeit briefly, for this tire test."

The Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway will be televised slightly tape-delayed on SPEED on Saturday, July 3rd at 1:00 p.m. ET. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com/, http://www.speedtv.com/

Team owner/driver Tracy Krohn is currently leading the GRAND-AM Sportsman point standing, the Jim Trueman Award, by 31 points over the closest competitor. The Trueman Award is for race drivers who do not make their primary living as a professional driver. Points are awarded based on a formula which includes the race finishing position, laps completed and time spent in the race car.

QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
Please tell us briefly about your Le Mans experience this year.
"First, it was a bit of a struggle to get the set-up right and then when we did, we really nailed it! The car was so good before the race. We all agreed that handling was the best it has ever been. Eric is a perfectionist, but then we changed the master cylinder for the brakes and even Eric was completely satisfied. Then shortly after Nic started the race, something broke and the car became very difficult to drive. When I got in the car it felt more like I was ‘hanging on' than driving! About the end of my first stint one of the LMP1 cars used me for a brake and caused a lot of damage to the front left suspension and we were suddenly down about 8 laps. The car was much better after that, but then the left bank failed with oil coming out of the exhaust and that ended our race. We do well at Le Mans on odd numbered years for some reason."

You are now switching back to driving the Grand-Am Prototype car at a very traditional U.S. race course. What are you looking forward to most?
"One of the things I am looking forward to is a good finish at Mid-Ohio and then getting back home to Houston as we will have been gone for several weeks! Mid-Ohio is such a fun track to drive and we always like racing there!"

What is going to be most challenging at Mid-Ohio this year?
"I think one of the most challenging things is going from a low downforce car to a much higher downforce car. At Le Mans it was, of course, just the opposite. The first time through the first kink on the Mulsanne, I misjudged the braking zone because I had not yet made the mental adjustment for the braking and hit the brakes quite late and just sailed through into the bailout zone to driver's left and just laughed at myself for not realizing where my normal marks are for that track. Fortunately that didn't happen again, but I will be wary of the same thing in reverse at Mid-Ohio!!"

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
Please tell us briefly about your Le Mans race experience.
"Le Mans is always a great experience and one of the biggest. Being a part of that with Risi Competizione, Krohn Racing and Ferrari is as good as it gets. We qualified well on Wednesday in seventh position. We experienced electrical problems on Thursday. Everybody else went quicker that day but we didn't get to better our time, focusing on the electrical issues and race prep. We started the race from the 12^th position and were running good times and consistent times. Tracy had contact with a prototype car and that caused as additional pit for repairs and put us many laps down. After that we kept up to the leaders for the most part. We ran a decent pace. Everything ran really smoothly and nicely. The Risi-Krohn crew did a good job, as always, with the car and the pit stops. We continued along fine until my double stint in the morning session. I started out in my second stint and was rounding the second chicane on the Mulsanne straight when the engine stumbled. There was smoke out the back and it felt like a fuel pressure problem with no warning. The engine let go. We lost the crank case pressure. Unfortunately we had to retire the car around 6:30 a.m. and park it. It was a good effort by everybody though."

You are now switching back to driving the Grand-Am Prototype car at a very traditional U.S. race course. What are you looking forward to?
"Getting back into normal settings here with the full blown Krohn Racing team and the Proto-Auto Lola is what I'm really looking forward to. The Krohn guys have done a fantastic this year with prepping this car and making it faster. Also the Mid-Ohio circuit is a classic sports car track. It is one of the most well known in this country. We are going to keep running for Trueman points this year, which Tracy is currently leading. I think the team is ready for it a good finish this weekend."

Does it always rain at Mid-Ohio? If it does how does your driving change?
"It seems like it always rains at Mid-Ohio at some point. Rain or dry it doesn't really make a difference. The crew always gives us a good car. We actually led the race in Mid-Ohio two years ago in rain. And we were leading and won in New Jersey in the rain last year. Tracy did a fantastic job in very wet conditions on slick tires at Watkins Glen earlier this month. He ran very competitive lap times with the leaders. If we have rainy conditions and we have good luck we could be on the podium."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
Mid-Ohio is considered a high-downforce track. What does that mean for the Krohn Racing team?
"We have a basic car setup which we can apply for this track. We have some time in practice to assess other test items but we think our baseline is going to be pretty close. We like high downforce tracks; it's usually good for our car."

What is going to be most challenging at Mid-Ohio? 
"The weather is always a moving target. Often showers appear quickly, so we have to be prepared to duck and weave to get the car right for all conditions. The undulating nature of the track always puts stability and rear tire condition high on the list of priorities. A good balance will yield a good car."

How well does the Mid-Ohio course suit the Krohn Racing car and drivers? 
"We were fast last year. We came a very close second. This year the competition will be just as tough. We are racing to win and the race will be hard fought with no holds barred."

The EMCO Gears Classic presented by KeyBank race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will be televised live on SPEED on Saturday, June 19 at 5:00 p.m. ET. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com/ or http://www.speedtv.com/

There was to be no repeat of the fairy tale finish experienced by Risi Competizione at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the last two years, as both cars were retired from the race by the 16th hour. It also brings to an end the wonderful run of six GT2 endurance victories enjoyed by the Houston-based privateer team since June 2008.

When the No.83 Krohn Racing Risi Ferrari entered the pits at 0613 hrs this morning with smoke coming from the rear, there were glum faces all round as the engine problem proved to be terminal. It is the first time since the team has been racing the storied, and extremely successful Ferrari F430 GTC that neither car has made it to the checkered flag at the French classic.

With the No. 82 car already parked up in the pits due to gear selection issues (officially retired at 0100 hrs), all hopes were being pinned on the familiar green and blue liveried Ferrari which has achieved two GT2 podium finishes in the last four years. Nic Jönsson was at the wheel of the Ferrari and explained what happened: "I was coming into the second chicane on the Mulsanne and the engine stumbled; it felt like there was fuel starvation. Then there was a big puff of smoke in the back and the crank case pressure dropped. There wasn‟t any warning or temperature change or anything."

Since overcoming a persistent understeer problem early in the race, the No. 83 Risi car was making steady progress and all three drivers had driven without any issues during the night and early morning. It was a hugely disappointing end to the team‟s troubled weekend.

Pierre Kaffer: "It was a very unusual problem which happened to the Risi Competizione team and for Ferrari. They have such great gearboxes normally and it was a shame we got such an unlucky problem. We need to analyze everything to find out what the problem was. It‟s a pity after such a great race with Corvette."

Jaime Melo: "We tried our best and everything was working properly. We gave everything we had from the cars to the team and drivers, but maybe that wasn‟t enough today. The competition is so strong with the Corvettes, as they showed us, and it would have been a great battle but the gearbox didn‟t help us."

Gimmi Bruni: "It was very disappointing to finish like this. Pierre, Jaime and I recovered from last on the grid to first until the car had the problem. It‟s a shame but that‟s the way it goes. I feel sorry for the team and Ferrari who have all been working so hard for this race but, unfortunately, it‟s this thing called „racing‟ and it proves that things can happen even in the F430‟s life."

Risi Competizione is a Houston-based racing team, wholly owned and directed by Giuseppe Risi, which has been very successful in sports car racing, largely in the United States. In addition to racing Ferraris and Maseratis, Risi Competizione also provides competition development, management, and support services.

Tracy W. Krohn, of Houston, Texas, continues his successful racing relationship with Risi Competizione for the fourth year in succession. Krohn is also a team owner/driver of the Krohn Racing Daytona Prototype team in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series which won two races in the 2009 season and came 4th at this year‟s Daytona 24.

LE MANS RACE BULLETIN 2 - ISSUED AT 0100 HRS
No. 82 FERRARI RETIRED; No. 83 RUNNING WELL

The No. 82 Risi Competizione Ferrari F430 GTC will have no opportunity in 2010 to challenge for a third consecutive GT2 victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans; the car has been retired in the 10^th hour of the race due to gear selection problems.

The retirement is a bitter blow for the team after an intense and exciting battle with the two factory Corvettes in the first quarter of the race.  Nose-to-tail racing between all three cars provided heightened interest in the GT2 category, with Pierre Kaffer and Jaime Melo both having hard, but fair, battles on track with Emmanuel Collard and Oliver Gavin.

At 2238 hrs Melo reported gear selection issues and soon after made the first of three visits to the pits to try and locate the source of the problem.  Despite fevered work by the Risi pit crew - all working seamlessly under pressure and scrutiny, the issue recurred when Gianmaria Bruni returned to the track and the decision was made to official retire the car at 0100 hrs. 

The No. 83 sister Ferrari 430 of the Risi Krohn crew is now running well, with Nic Jönsson having completed the first triple stint of the race.  He said afterwards:

"My first five or six laps were great at the start of the race but then we lost all grip front and rear.  We worked on this together with Tracy and Eric, making some small set up changes and tire pressure changes, and the car got pretty good.  I've just finished a triple stint now and was doing low 4:03s and 04s and it's going well.  I'm looking forward to going through the night now and trying to gain some positions."

By the quarter distance mark in the 78^th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Risi Competizione had demonstrated its class by coming through from the back of the starting grid to hold the lead in the highly competitive GT2 class.

The Shell Helix sponsored No. 82 Ferrari F430 GTC of Jaime Melo, Gianmaria Bruni and Pierre Kaffer  has been engaged in a tightly fought battle with the two factory Corvettes since making its way through the field, and the lead has been traded a number of times.  All three drivers have now cycled through the car, and Pierre Kaffer's double stint was once of the most exciting in terms of on-track pressure.

Pierre Kaffer:  "It was a great battle with Emmanuel Collard (in the No. 64 Corvette) and I have to say it was pretty fair.  In the first part I was quicker and in the second part he was quicker.  A big thanks to the guys who have prepared such a great race car - it's running like a Swiss watch."

The No.83 Ferrari, crewed by Krohn Racing's Tracy Krohn, Nic Jonsson and Eric van de Poele, hasn't had such a smooth run as the three drivers have been fighting understeer in the car since the start.  Additionally, Krohn suffered contact with a prototype just before the three hour mark and the car was delayed in the pits while repairs were made to the left front corner.  New bodywork, headlight and radiator frame was fitted and the car has since been running trouble free and making up ground.  It is currently 12^th in class.

Risi Competizione's Gianmaria Bruni retained the honor of setting the fastest GT2 lap time for the 24 Hours of Le Mans after the third and final qualifying session, despite some strong competition from both Corvettes and the No. 95 AF Corse Ferrari.   These four cars broke under the four-minute lap barrier and followed a trend seen in the LMP1, LMP2 and GT2 class of a reduction in time of 3 seconds a lap compared to 2009.

However, a subsequent official ACO scrutineering check after Midnight found a minor irregularity on the rear wing and the No. 82 car will now start the race from the back of the grid after having its times cancelled.  The No. 83 sister car, sporting the colors of Krohn Racing and Krohn Aviation, will start from 12^th place on the GT2 grid.

The team, while obviously disappointed at its own oversight, looks forward to the race with the same enthusiasm with which it has approached all of its endurance races.  Risi Competizione has won each of the six major sportscar races in which it has competed (12 Hours Sebring, 24 Hours Le Mans and 10 Hour Petit Le Mans) since June 2008.

While Thursday's qualifying sessions were relatively calm and untroubled for the six Risi and Krohn Ferrari drivers, it had been an extremely full day for the team.  As to plan, race engines, gearboxes and new radiators were fitted into the two Ferrari F430s, work carried out seamlessly under the direction of the two lead mechanics, Chris Riggs (82) and Rob Midkiff (83).

Bearing this in mind, an attempt at improving upon Wednesday's times was never considered.  During the two 2-hour sessions, the drivers bedded in brake pads, checked headlight positions and ran in the new parts - both cars completing their scheduled programs by 2300 hrs.

Friday's preparation work continues apace up and down the pit lane, with the common aim of leaving the track at a reasonable hour in order to get some much needed sleep before the 40 hours of Le Mans.  The race may be 24 hours long, but for everyone involved within a team, there are at least 40 hours of non-stop work ahead this weekend.   May the best team win.
 
DRIVER QUOTES (TAKEN BEFORE SCRUTINEERING)
Gianmaria Bruni:  "I think it will be a very good race with Corvette obviously, as we could see from qualifying.  We all got traffic on quick laps but I think we've got a little more in the pocket which will help us in the race.  I'm happy with the car, and we are all close together so we have a good package.  We'll see what the race will bring and see what the weather will do."  

Jaime Melo:  "If you start first or last at this race, it doesn't really change anything for this race.  It's where you finish that is important.  It's always good to be on pole - Gimmi did a very good lap on Wednesday - so we're pretty confident with the car and for the race."

Pierre Kaffer:  "First of all I have to say the whole Risi Competizione team, Ferrari and the guys have done a great job to prepare the car for Le Mans.  It's not often that you have such a good car from the beginning onwards and I think we have a very good racing set up.  Today we've just been checking the lights and bedding in brake pads, putting minimum laps on the car as it has our race engine and gearbox in.  As far as the competition is concerned, I'm a little surprised that Porsche has not been closer to us.  I expected Corvette to be very fast, and they are very quick on the straight which is an advantage at Le Mans, but overall I think the race will be a different story.  The key will of course be to stay out of trouble, have the minimum amount of time in the pits and keep a good pace throughout.  If we have a little bit of race luck too, we have a strong package to be able to fight for the victory."

Tracy Krohn:  "I think this year in particular we've seen more people around the track and in the paddock, and more people in the stands, despite the weather conditions being dicey.  Maybe it's a good sign of a recovering economy.  

"Going into the race with the same team, same drivers and same car gives us great confidence, and as you know we've had some good results here in recent years.  It's always good to have standards and everyone here has been round this track many times now."

Nic Jönsson:  "I think this year the competition in the GT class is the toughest for many, many years; certainly since we've been here.  For us, Krohn Racing, going into partnership with Risi Competizione again it gives us a great chance to drive one of the best cars in the field - the Ferrari F430 - and I feel confident as the car is very solid.  For us we will stick to the same formula as before and just have scheduled stops and stay out of trouble, stick to our race pace and the race will come to us.  There's a lot of pressure on some of the factory drivers, they have a lot to prove and we have a lot less pressure on us."

Eric van de Poele:  "For us it was quite okay because the rain started quite late in the session.  Unfortunately we couldn't validate the rain tires we wanted to try but it was interesting anyway because the track was still damp.  I could feel it and the car was very well balanced even on slicks in the wet conditions so we just used the opportunity to validate a few things we'd changed to prepare the car for the race.  We are very happy with the car and I think it's a better car than last year so I'm really looking forward to seeing Nic start the race."

Risi Competizione is a Houston-based racing team, wholly owned and directed by Giuseppe Risi, which has been very successful in sports car racing, largely in the United States. In addition to racing Ferraris and Maseratis, Risi Competizione also provides competition development, management, and support services.

Tracy W. Krohn, of Houston, Texas, continues his successful racing relationship with Risi Competizione for the fourth year in succession.  Krohn is also a team owner/driver of the Krohn Racing Daytona Prototype team in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series which won two races in the 2009 season and came 4^th at this year's Daytona 24. 

The Italian's time of 3:59.233, set at the auspicious [European] hour of 22:22, came relatively soon after the start of Wednesday's two-hour qualifying on the huge and extremely fast 8.47 mile (13.6km) circuit - the first of three such sessions to be held over the next 48 hours.  It followed a productive four-hour practice session this afternoon during which all six of Risi and Krohn's drivers were able to re-familiarize themselves with the track and the challenge that is Le Mans.  Driving the Krohn green No. 83 Ferrari, Nic Jönsson set a fastest time of 4:03.959 to take a provisional 9^th place in the intensively competitive GT2 class.

Despite 40 of the 120 minutes being lost to red flag stoppages - after different competitors throughout the field's four categories experienced misfortunes - both the No. 82 and 83 Ferraris achieved the program they had set out for themselves at the beginning of the day; to find a good race set up. 

The Rosso red Ferrari's program was somewhat curtailed when it suffered a transmission problem soon after Bruni set his quickest lap time of the day. After investigation by the two-time GT2 class winning Risi mechanics, this was attributed to a failed gearbox output shaft - a part that was at the end of its scheduled life and due to be changed tomorrow (Thursday).  The car was wheeled into the pit garage shortly before 10:30 pm and work immediately started on preparing it for the remaining four hours of qualifying before Saturday's race.

Bruni said of his evening's work:  "It was difficult to find a clear lap but this one (the fast lap) was on my fifth lap so the tires were not so good!  I had two good laps before that, and was quick in Sectors 1 and 2, but got traffic at the end of each lap.  I slowed down once and went again.  It's good, I'm pleased because we worked hard to find a fast and comfortable set up on the car in the practice session this afternoon and now the car is very good."

Houston's Tracy Krohn watched his Krohn Racing colleague, Nic Jönsson, place the green and blue Ferrari in a very respectable 9^th place on the provisional GT2 grid (behind four other Ferraris, two Corvettes and two Porsches but in front of two BMWs, an Aston Martin and a further three Porsches).  The trio of Krohn, Jonsson and van de Poele, all experienced and successful Le Mans drivers, were very satisfied with their day's work, summed up by Tracy Krohn at the end of the day.

"We started off not too bad, and actually fairly close to a good set up.  We had a little oversteer in the car and we worked on that and now it's pretty good.  Nic claimed a good lap, and I got out in the pitch black and did three laps right there at the end but there were a couple of problems on the track which held me back.  But it's good and we're pleased with where we are right now; I feel good about it.

Krohn continued, "You can tell that the speeds of the prototypes especially, and the field in general, has picked up since last year but the real issue is more that certain prototypes are much slower.  That's been a bigger issue than the ones at the top of the time sheets - you know what they are going to do but some of the others are an unknown.  It's much more comfortable coming here knowing the track and the routine; knowing where you should be at certain points in the week.  We are right where we need to be."

Qualifying for the 78th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will continue on Thursday with sessions from 7:00-9:00pm and 10:00 pm to Midnight, although rain is forecast for tomorrow so today's times may not be improved upon.  The Houston-based Risi team, while delighted with Wednesday's outcome, holds true to its long-held belief that to succeed in endurance racing you have to finish first in the race, and not necessarily first in the qualifying battle.  And a battle it will be...stay tuned.

Risi Competizione is a Houston-based racing team, wholly owned and directed by Giuseppe Risi, which has been very successful in sports car racing, largely in the United States. In addition to racing Ferraris and Maseratis, Risi Competizione also provides competition development, management, and support services.

Tracy W. Krohn, of Houston, Texas, continues his successful racing relationship with Risi Competizione for the fourth year in succession.  Krohn is also a team owner/driver of the Krohn Racing Daytona Prototype team in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series which won two races in the 2009 season and came 4^th at this year's Daytona 24. 

 The Official Sponsors of Risi Competizione, 2008 and 2009 Le Mans GT2 winners, are Shell Helix, Motorola, Krohn Aviation, Ferrari of Houston, Boardwalk Autogroup, Oakley,  QT Technologies, AdShip, Michelin.

For more information go to: www.risicompetizione or www.lemans.org.

A couple of on-track incidents and a questionable penalty put the team down four laps from the eventual winner, the No. 01 TELMEX/Chip Ganassi BMW Riley of Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, the current GRAND-AM points leader. The first seven cars were on the lead lap 191. A major car fire in the last hour caused the final caution, as the Krohn Racing crew members helped extinguish the No. 6 Ford Riley of Michael Shank Racing after it nursed its way to the pit entrance.

DRIVER QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"Overall, it was an interesting race to start with. My first stint had a lot of drama with the weather and everything. Nic did a spectacular job out there today. We had a little bit of bad luck. It looks like a blown call by Race Control. It cost us another lap. I think we would have finished in the Top 10. But nonetheless it was a good day for the car, good day for the crew. Everything went pretty well. I can't really complain. I had an incident with the 99 car wrecking into our car. It looks like I got hit just behind the driver's door so I'm hard pressed to think that was a legitimate pass on the inside. But, oh well, that's racing.

This is a great race to have just before Le Mans because it gets everybody tuned up and ready. I know I'm ready. I got a lot of time in the car today. I had over three hours in the car today so I'm very pleased with that. I know Nic is ready too. He put on a pretty good show with the car in his last stint there. I know he's got to be real pleased with that. And finally, the crew was just right on top of everything today. We had a little problem with the first pit stop. For some reason the car was spinning wheels. I'm not quite sure why. When they got it up on the jack it started spinning wheels. We lost another lap because of that. It was just one of those days.

From here it's a nice flight to Le Mans, France this evening. About 10 hours from now we'll be in Le Mans."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"The goal was to come home and get some points. I think at this point of the season our focus is going to have to be to try to win the Truman Award for Tracy. I think we extended the lead in that a little bit today with a few points. That was a good thing. The car was good. No really big complaints. In the middle of the race I think we ran leader pace. Then we got punted, which was a little frustrating. Otherwise the team did a great job again. The Proto-Auto Lola ran great all day. We took some points and that's what we're here for.

We're leaving for Le Mans right now here tonight. We're very fortunate to get to fly with Tracy on his plane so there will be a lot of relaxing and good food on there on the way over. Tomorrow we have a day to relax. Monday is scrutineering and Tuesday is a driver briefing and autograph session. We don't start running until mid-day on Wednesday. We have a couple of three days to rest so I think it will be fine. We're looking forward to the 24 Hours and to get back in the Ferrari and hopefully have a solid and good run over there."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
"We had an incident packed race from our point-of-view. Obviously in a six hour race the goal is to get close enough to the end so that you can race for position. We had a couple of incidents. We had contact with the 99 car, which punctured the right rear tire. That forced an unscheduled stop. We were hit from behind by the 8 car on a restart very late in the race. Fortunately it didn't cause any damage but it caused us to go off-track and spin. It was 30 seconds sorting it all out before we could get going again with Nic was in the car. In our efforts to get a lap back about two-thirds of the way through the race we managed to incur a penalty for, we think, pitting into a closed pit. However, we don't fully understand yet why we got the penalty. Because we are obliged to stop by the rules, we did and served our penalty and rejoined the race having therefore not regained the lap we attempted to regain. But we are going to review that ourselves to see if we can understand why we received that penalty.

Otherwise, our car was not as quick as the 01 car but still a front running car here. During the pit stops we did have a slight kerfuffle (problem) where the car got left in gear that caused some consternation for the mechanics doing the rear wheels because, of course, they were spinning and they couldn't change them. So that delayed one of our pit stops. We're not quite sure how but we think the driver may have knocked it into gear as he got out of the car. That was a bit lengthy of a stop then we intended. But otherwise the car ran very well. The mechanics did a great job. My hat's off to the team for doing a professional job. We look forward very much to going to Mid-Ohio."

Tracy and Nic flew directly from Watkins Glen after the race to Le Mans, France, where they will compete in 78^th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, June 12-13. Eric van de Poele will join them as the third co-driver in the No. 83 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430 GTE.

The next GRAND-AM race for the Krohn Racing team of Tracy Krohn and Nic Jönsson will be at the EMCO Gears Classic presented by KeyBank race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, June 1 8-19. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com/ or http://www.speedtv.com/.

The Krohn Racing team is just coming off a ninth place finish at Lime Rock, where Jönsson collected his first GRAND-AM Prototype pole position. From Watkins Glen Tracy Krohn and Nic Jönsson will head directly to Le Mans, France, where they will compete in the No. 83 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430 GT in the 78^th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Former Le Mans winner Eric van de Poele will rejoin them in the cockpit of the Ferrari.

QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
You will be back to another race - at Watkins Glen - later this week. Are you enjoying these back-to-back races? Is the regular seat time helping you with consistency as a driver?
"I actually do enjoy the back-to-back races because it does allow more consistent seat time. I have found that the seat time I get just prior to Le Mans is very important to my performance at Le Mans, so I believe there is a direct relationship to my performance at Le Mans because I feel that when I get there, I am ready to race at this historically relevant and very challenging venue."

You have had a lot of success at Watkins Glen over the years, including your DP victory with Nic. What is it about Watkins Glen that works for you and your team so well?
"The Glen has been very good to Krohn Racing over the years. I think that what works so well at Watkins Glen is that we are always able to get the car setup right for the race and that we generally do pretty well in variable weather conditions like we often get at the Glen. I think part of it is also a mental attitude that we have in that we have had a lot of success there so as a team we expect to have success."

What adjustments do you make as a driver to go from sprint race mode to endurance race mode?
"There is actually no adjustment anymore as the teams, cars, and drivers have become so good that it is really just a longer sprint race. You have to be ready to go when the green flag drops and keep going hard until the checkered flag drops and know that the race is going to be very close at the end."

What's your favorite part about the Watkins Glen circuit?
"I really like all the altitude changes like the uphill esses where we try to make the car as stable as possible while not sacrificing any speed and then turns 1, 6, 8, and 9, which require a bit of finesse under braking. This track has just about every dynamic in sports car racing in that there are high, low, and medium speed turns, high, medium, and soft braking areas, and then plenty of altitude change too. The walls are pretty close too.  When you take all of that and then throw in a bit of weather, this track is as enjoyable and challenging as any we drive."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
The teams go from Lime Rock immediately to Watkins Glen. Do you like the back-to-back races? What do you do for the few days in between?
"I think this past weekend at Lime Rock was a little bit too compressed. A one day event is very tough. It's difficult to run on Monday and then start running again on Friday. If this would have been a normal week we would have likely raced on Saturday, like we normally do, then it's no problem at all for back-to-back races. This is a little bit too compressed, especially if you have some sort of an incident that you have to do repairs to your car. We were lucky enough and didn't have that issue with the Krohn car. It's ok and especially it's good for guys like Tracy who get to drive very continuously at this point, which is beneficial for him to get seat time.

I get to go home and pack my bag for the next three weeks. We go to the Glen in a couple of days and then directly to Le Mans for ten days and then straight from Le Mans to Mid-Ohio. So it's good to get a day or so to go home and pack for the lengthy trip and also spend an afternoon and night with my family before I take off and not get to see them for the next three weeks."

What adjustments do you make as a driver to go from sprint race mode to endurance race mode?
"Basically, the pace will be a little different. You're not going to go out and drive qualifying laps each and every lap when you do an endurance race like Watkins Glen. You maybe prepare yourself better with food and try to get additional sleep and rest your body a couple of days earlier, particularly the night before. That's the biggest adjustment you make."

The team has had a lot of success at Watkins Glen including one of your DP victories and with Tracy. What is it about Watkins Glen that works so well for the team, you and Tracy?
"I think Watkins Glen is a traditional race track. It's very technical and has a little bit of everything including fast sweeping corners, stop-and-go corners, up and down. So, it's a very technical track. We are kind of technical drivers, along with a very good, experienced crew and engineering staff to help us by preparing a good car for us for long runs to not burn the tires off in the first half hour. I think it is a combination of a lot of things. We are working to make the car handle for us for the whole run not just for one or two fast laps. That's the way we do it."

What's your favorite part about the Watkins Glen circuit?
"Watkins Glen is a historical and traditional race track and has elements of everything. I think Watkins Glen is one of the greatest tracks in this country. It's a nice place to go. You have high speed, you have hard braking and it just has everything. It's a great track with nice surroundings and a nice facility so it's a great place to go racing."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
You only have a few days to go from Lime Rock to Watkins Glen and prep for a 6-hour race. What must the team do and how difficult is it?
"We are accustomed to short gaps in the schedule and our procedures and planning allow us to be well prepared, the car will be prepared to a slightly different spec but it's actually relatively straightforward."

What adjustments do the team and crew make to go from sprint race mode to endurance race mode?
"The car is designed as a 24 hour car and although we have had to develop most of the car systems to make it competitive the basic structure and layout of the car doesn't change for a long race.  We substitute some components fit different brakes and we are almost there."

The Krohn Racing team has had a lot of success at Watkins Glen over the years. What is it about Watkins Glen that works so well for this team?
"It's hard to say, it's a medium downforce track and the conditions can be variable, it requires a bit more patience and tenacity pays off.  Generally the race rewards planning and the ability to cope with adverse circumstances, at which we are generally well practiced."

The Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen race from Watkins Glen International will be televised live on SPEED on Saturday, June 5 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. ET and resume broadcast from 6:00-8:30 p.m. ET. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com/ or http://www.speedtv.com/.

Jönsson held the lead for the first 20 laps before relinquishing it to eventual winner Ricky Taylor in the No. 10 SunTrust Ford Dallara. Jönsson and team owner/co-driver Tracy W. Krohn finished in the ninth position after a couple of on track incidents set them back in the two hour and 45 minute sprint race on the short 1.53-mile, 7-turn sports car circuit. Jönsson was given a drive-through penalty for avoidable contact with a GT car at nearly the one hour and thirty minute mark.

The race winner was the No. 10 SunTrust Ford Dallara of Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor in the fifth round of 12 on the 2010 GRAND-Am Rolex Series calendar.

DRIVER QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"I had a tough first stint but picked it up in the second stint and did better. It was great to have a pole position. The car can do it!

We have been improving the car. I was really happy for Nic. This was his first pole in Grand-Am. Glad to have it on this particular day and look forward to some more of them.

In the first stint unfortunately we didn't get a couple of things hooked up including my cool suit.  I decided to leave it and drive the car.  The next thing that happened was I got hit several times. I took a hit on the left front and it bent the wishbones on the left front. It made the car handle differently. You could still drive around and the car was still good but took a little while to adjust. About that time it was time to get out of the car. Nic got in for awhile then I got in for the final stint again.

The second stint was pretty good and I drove better. We made the adjustment to the way the car was handling. The good news was the track went clockwise so it worked to our favor at the end. It was interesting and I was clearly running quicker at the end than I did in the first stint. Some of it is just seat time for me."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"I qualified on pole. It was my first Rolex pole, so I'm extremely happy about that, both personally but also for the guys who have been working so hard the last couple of years to get this car quick like it is now.

I had a good start and was able to open up the lead against Ricky (Taylor). He was about eight seconds ahead of the third car so it was pretty much Ricky and I out front. Then we started running into traffic and he got back up on me. We traded back and forth like that a little bit. One lap I was about eight seconds ahead.

I ran up on a slower GT car and I figured he didn't see me. I had to lift the brake coming down the hill and lost all momentum and went through that corner probably about 10-15 miles an hour slower than I normally do. Ricky was far enough behind he didn't have to check out. I lost quite a bit on that incident.

We got into traffic again and he was blocking me on the inside and I went on the outside. I probably could have squeezed him but I didn't want to risk contact. I backed off at the end and lost a little bit of time trying to be cautious. The car was great. The Krohn guys did a fantastic job prepping the car."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
"The pole really was a demonstration that's been in the car the past few races. We decided this was the right place to give Nic a chance to see if he could put it on the pole, which he managed so that was really very good. It was an impressive drive by him and the car obviously has got the pace to go fast. We are pleased with that.

The race with Nic starting went pretty well. He got overtaken in traffic after being bolted by a GT car and the 10 car got around him. He had the pace of the 10 car when he got stuck in traffic for a couple of laps he was able to catch back up.

We stopped under yellow and put Tracy in. There obviously was a difference in pace between Nic and Tracy and we dropped back in the field after a driver change, which is what we expected. We got to the point where it was time to put Nic back in the car. We tried to get our lap back but we didn't get it back. At the restart he hit another car, the Camaro of Robin Liddell. We received a harsh penalty. When we looked at the video it wasn't at all obvious that would be the conclusion you would make when you reviewed the video. Anyway we received the penalty and then we had to do a drive through as a result of that, which lost us another lap. We hope for future a better review of circumstances before penalties are levied but that's how it went. Nic continued to go around and was well on the pace but we knew we were unable to achieve a high result so we put Tracy back in the car for the last 45 minutes to give him more time in the car and demonstrate how fast he could go around here. He drove well and was very competitive. I think he enjoyed the experience and he drove well. We were ninth in the end.

The car is very reliable and we are really looking forward to going to Watkins Glen. As we've said for several races this year, since Homestead basically, we have been right on the pace and we look forward to getting out there and competing and showing everyone what we can do with our car."

The next GRAND-AM race for the Krohn Racing team of Tracy Krohn and Nic Jönsson will be at the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen, New York on Saturday, June 5. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com/ or http://www.speedtv.com/.

 For more information and live timing and scoring go to www.grand-am.com.

This is the first time the prototype class has driven at the Connecticut circuit, which has hosted races since 1957. The Krohn Racing team participated at an official test at Lime Rock Park in late April.

QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
Lime Rock Park is a new circuit on the Grand-Am schedule. The team has done a test there though. How did you like the circuit at the test?
"I found the circuit to be very short and tight but challenging. I enjoy learning new tracks and this gave me a chance to drive it, discover the nuances of it like where to pass, how to maneuver the chicane best and many other things. In the long run it should pay off because, as a driver, it is a benefit to have driven a circuit prior to competing in a challenging sprint race like this will be."

In a sprint race on a short circuit like Lime Rock do you have to really get dialed in and focused quickly to achieve successful results?
"Without a doubt you have to get on it immediately. With such a short track, it will be easy to get lapped and very difficult to get that lap back. It will be a challenge."

What do you hope to accomplish at the Lime Rock race?
"Our goal is always a victory. Who ever says, Let's go finish second!"? We'll do everything we can to stay on the lead lap and be there at the end of the two and three-quarter hour race."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
Lime Rock is a new circuit on the Grand-Am prototype calendar this year but you have done a test there recently...How do you like the track? Have you ever raced there before?
"I've been to Lime Rock for the past 12 years or so. I've been running in LMP cars and the GS in the Koni Challenge cars and in the ALMS in GT2 cars. This is the first time I've been back in the last two years and the track was repaved since I was there last time. Now it's very unusual to go into Turn 1 and actually not have the whole front end bumping up and down with your teeth almost jumping out of your mouth. It's very smooth there now so you can definitely run the car much stiffer and the grip level is much higher. They are also running a completely new chicane on the bottom of Turn 4, which is also a new challenge. It's going to be very tight there. Otherwise I'm really looking forward to going back to Lime Rock. It's very hectic and short laps so there is no time for rest. It is going to be up to your endurance and how well prepared and at what kind of fitness level you are. We should be in very good shape with our Krohn Racing Proto-Auto Lola there."

In a sprint race on a short circuit like Lime Rock do you have to really get dialed in and focused quickly to achieve successful results?
"I think you have to for different reasons. It is a very short track so you have to get on it right away. You can't really give yourself two or three laps to get into a rhythm. You have to get on it or else you're going to be left behind right away. With such a short lap you don't get many opportunities for people to make mistakes. Another thing is also obviously that it is a shorter distance race so you really need to get on it so when things come up you can be ready to take chances and not just sit there and wait for the safe pass. It's definitely a little different on a short circuit like that."

What do you hope to accomplish at the Lime Rock race?
"I have very big hopes for Lime Rock. We went there about three weeks ago for a test and came out on top of the charts as the quickest car there. The Proto-Auto Lola has been very good at the last couple or three races. We have found a few things with the car that we haven't had before and we have changed that. It has pretty much transformed this car. I think this is the best this Proto-Auto Lola has ever been over the past three years. I think that showed and Barber and also VIR where we had top three or four lap times there. We have run very competitively. And then, as I said, we were the quickest at the test here at Lime Rock a few weeks ago. I have very big hopes that we can go in there and have a very fast and successful race.

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
Lime Rock Park is a new circuit on the Grand-Am schedule. The team has done a test there though. How did you like the circuit at the test and do you feel it is a good course for the Krohn team/car?
"It's always enjoyable to go to a new track. It offers fresh challenges for the team, the car and the drivers.  The test was brief and we got some idea of how the car will perform. The race meeting itself is a one day affair so we will have to be on the ball in every area of our operation to achieve a good result. The lap is very short, there are both DP and GT cars racing together and it has some quick corners, so it will be a severe test of the car and the patience and foresight of the drivers to navigate through the race."

In a sprint race on a short circuit like Lime Rock with minimal track time before the race how do you get the car set up quickly to achieve successful results?
"We have a baseline car which we will be fielding initially. Then it's a question of drivers and engineers communicating concisely and accurately to hone the setup in the short time available. Every lap will count in the quest for an optimized car for the conditions."

You have on back-to-back races between Lime Rock and Watkins Glen. How does the team have to work differently when you cannot go back to the shop in between races?
"We have robust procedures and working practices in place which we believe allow us to suitably prepare. The high quality of personnel within the organization, good planning and a solid resource allow us to prepare ahead of time in many aspects."

What do you hope to accomplish at the Lime Rock race?
"We are faced with another opportunity to display our ability to field a competitive car, to achieve good lap times and the best result we can.  We believe we have a good car now, which is well prepared, well driven and well run. As ever we look forward to a new challenge as an opportunity."

The Memorial Day Classic from Lime Rock Park will be televised live on Monday, May 31 at 2:00 p.m. ET on SPEED. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com.

The No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari team of Tracy W. Krohn and Nic Jönsson had a relatively trouble-free race, especially considering there were ten caution periods and they were competing in the extremely competitive GT class. Luck, both good and bad, played a part for many teams today. Although the Risi-Krohn team was unlucky twice by losing a lap to the GT class leaders during caution periods, they also survived a potentially detrimental collision. Tracy Krohn was at the wheel when he was cut off by a GTC class car at Turn 5. The two cars spun in tandem like synchronized swimmers, but he managed to keep the car under control and was able to continue without having to make an additional pit stop.

QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Krohn Racing Team Owner, Risi-Krohn Ferrari Driver:
"It was just totally insane out there today. There was so much contact. There was so much grit on the track. Every time I came through the corkscrew it was like a different turn, a different line every single time. It was never boring. It was relatively well behaved in that there weren't as many "P" (prototype) cars  as there had been in past years but there was still a lot of contact with the "P" cars. I know I got hit a couple of times and spun around twice. All-in-all the car was very good. It felt like mechanically it was very sound, very predictable. Nic did a great job. The car itself was very good. We had a little bit of bad luck with yellow flags in that we got stuck behind the leader and lost two laps. It was very unfortunate but that's okay because in the end we got a top ten so we should be satisfied with that.

GT is clearly the most competitive class in this series. It is just really, really close. Sometime you come up on somebody and you think, ‘okay I'm going to do this" and you make a move and somebody blocks you and you get stopped or somebody comes inside of you and it's just very close racing. It's very cool. Everybody out there is a good driver. I'm very impressed with the quality of drivers here, particularly the GT class. It's just really fun to watch. I'm just fortunately to have a very good seat for that."

NIC JONSSON, Risi-Krohn Ferrari Driver:
"I think this was a great warm up for Tracy and I for Le Mans in about three weeks. There was a lot of contact out there today as there always is at Laguna Seca, but we survived. We ran all six hours and finished in the Top Ten, in ninth place. I personally feel very respectable. We are driving against all factory cars out there. That's the only thing these guys do. We also race in a different series full time so we don't get to drive this car very much. So I'm very pleased with the whole result and my own performance. I managed to run leader pace for my second and third stint so I was very pleased with that running with the leaders. Tracy did a fantastic job keeping the car on the track and clean. He also ran very good consistent lap times. He improved quite a bit since we started out running here on Thursday. Both Tracy and I dropped our times about two seconds. I was running right there where we needed to be pace-wise and Tracy was running a fantastic pace as well. I feel very good about this going into Le Mans (June 12-13). We have a very good car, a well prepped car. The Risi guys always do a good job for us. This car is going to fantastic fun and good for us at Le Mans."

The American Le Mans Series Monterey presented by Patron race broadcast will air on CBS Sports on Saturday, May 29, 1:30-3:00 p.m. (ET).

The Houston-based Risi Competizione team will ship both Ferrari F430s to France for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. The team's transporters will leave Monterey at midnight tonight and a team of drivers will work in tandem in order to get back to Houston on Monday.  The mechanics will then work diligently to repair and prepare the Ferraris before their departure to France on Thursday.

For more information, go to http://www.risicompetizione.com/ or http://www.americanlemans.com/.

Now in their fourth year partnership of the Risi-Krohn Ferrari, Tracy Krohn and Giuseppe Risi, both of Houston, Texas, are pleased with the success of their efforts. Two podiums in three years at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and a podium at the 12 Hours of Sebring is no small accomplishment for a part-time racing effort. The Risi-Krohn Ferrari team benefits from the full-time effort of the Risi Competizione team. The sister No. 62 Ferrari 430 GT pairs Gianmaria Brunni and Jaime Melo for the Laguna six-hour race. Risi's endurance successes include victories at the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans and Petit Le Mans, and the 2009 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Le Mans and Petit Le Mans.

QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Krohn Racing Team Owner, Risi-Krohn Ferrari Driver:
You and Nic will both gets lots of seat time at the Laguna event between practice and qualifying of near 3 hours and 6 hours of racing. Do you develop a rhythm the more you drive the car?
"Clearly this much seat time is a real plus for me, but it also gives us some time to make sure that the set-up on the car is as good as we can make it and that the team is in sync with all the tire changes and driver changes that will occur. Since this is not what I do for a living, it is very important for me to get as much seat time as I can to not only pick up a rhythm, but to work on race craft in traffic, because this track will be very busy due to the general low grip and sheer number of cars and 4 different classes!"

You've said before that the Ferrari is a car well-suited for a race track like Laguna Seca. Please share with us why and how.
"Since the Ferrari 430 GT-2 is primarily relying on mechanical grip and not aero grip, this could certainly play to our favor at this track compared to the LMP challenge cars, as we should be better in the slower speed turns like 2, 3, the cork screw, and turn 11. Look for lots of action between GT-2 cars and LMP challenge cars. Of course we will have the same issue with the GTC cars as well except that they are quicker in a straight line due to a narrower front end, but the GT-2 cars are much better in the corners and under braking due to having bigger tires. It should be lots of fun in traffic!! Of course, we are always looking in our mirrors for P1 and P2 cars as well! Set-up will be key to good performance here as this track is notoriously low grip and track conditions will change as we go into the night!"

The American Le Mans Series continues to be a very challenging race series and even more so in the GT2 class. How do you balance focus, patience and speed in an endurance race in a class and series as challenging as it?
"Focus is very important for any race, but clearly the GT-2 class in ALMS is just ridiculously competitive because so many of the major manufacturers are represented in this class! Patience will be the most important thing for this race because passing zones are limited and there will be a high car count. Also, with limited grip, patience runs thin when drivers are dealing with traffic, their rear view mirrors and fairly minor differences between some of the classes, and do not forget that we are competing with some of the best sports car drivers in the world as well."

NIC JONSSON, Risi-Krohn Ferrari Driver:
The Laguna ALMS 6-hour race is a good practice run or precursor event for Le Mans. What do you hope to accomplish at this event? Is this like a test run for the 24 Hours of Le Mans for you and Tracy?
"The goal is to get back up to speed in the Ferrari. We haven't driven it since Sebring. The goal is to familiarize again with the Michelin tires and the whole package of the Ferrari 430 as well as work with the team we are going to Le Mans with. We plan to get a lot of seat time. It's a six-hour race. It's great for both Tracy and me to get real valuable seat time. It's very tough competition because we are going up against the factory cars, team and drivers. These are some of the best teams in the world. We don't have any expectation. A good result would be to finish the six hours in one piece and have a good run with a lot of seat time and good feedback to go into Le Mans. That's our goal and I think that's going to be a huge achievement for us to finish the six hour race without having any problems."

How do you feel the Ferrari stacks up at a track like Laguna Seca?
"The Ferrari has been a very successful and competitive race car since it first came out about five years ago. For us it's been a very good car and package to drive, easy to feel. The car gives you very good feedback through your hands and wheel. We're very pleased with the Ferrari package and the Risi Competizione team that prepares the car for Krohn Racing for the ALMS races and Le Mans. They have done a stellar job for us over the last four years and we expect the same again, as far as preparation and support. That's what we're really looking forward to - to get plugged in to a team that runs full schedule. We can benefit from the work and development they do because we're running the same car with the same upgrades. We get to share data and most of the crew goes on both cars. We both know both Engineers on both cars so it is very easy and very good to work with them on the big team. You never feel like you are coming in as a second fiddle. You always feel like you get the support back that the first car does. That's a huge benefit. I don't think there are many teams that will supply that type of support at this level of racing we get from just running selected events."

Laguna Seca is a special place for you - having been the site of your first U.S. race. Do you put a little more pressure on yourself to succeed at Laguna because of your history here?
"Not really. I don't put much pressure on myself anymore. I've been working at it as a driver for so long now. If for some reason I'm off pace, it's more down to getting a good set-up on the car or not getting enough seat time as the other guys. I don't put pressure on myself more than I do anywhere else in wanting to be the best you can for your team and team owner. I put my helmet on and get into my office. Of course if I have a good result at Laguna, I'm very proud since it was the first track I raced on once I landing here on American soil. A good result at Laguna will make me very happy."

The American Le Mans Series Monterey presented by Patron will be streamed live in partnership with TodoCast.tv from 5:30-11:30 p.m. ET at americanlemans.com. It will be broadcast tape-delay on CBS Sports on Saturday, May 29, 1:30-3:00 p.m. (ET). American Le Mans Radio and Live Timing & Scoring will also be available at americanlemans.com.

For more information, go to http://www.risicompetizione.com/ or http://www.americanlemans.com/.

QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
What is your favorite part about the VIR 17-turn circuit and why?
"I really like the VIR circuit. It has a little bit of everything you enjoy as a driver with plenty of speed, a nice surface, elevation changes and some challenging turns. VIR has an incredible history that dates back decades and it's always a pleasure to come race here. I didn't race here last year due to business obligations so it's been awhile (since 2008). I'll have to take a few laps to get reacquainted with the track but that shouldn't be a problem to re-learn it quickly."

Krohn Racing had a podium here at VIR in 2007 and a Top 5 in 2006. Is VIR a potential podium track for Krohn Racing in 2010?
"I certainly hope so. Things change every year though. We've got a different chassis, motor and tire than we did in 2006 and 2007. Nic and I are still here though and we like this track. It's actually pretty well suited for our car so I'm optimistic."

You had a good car at Barber on a high downforce track. Will the team be able to parlay that information for a good run at VIR this weekend?
"We had a good car on race day at Barber and then we had a good tire test after the race. Sure, all the data we get with the new tires this year translates to a better set-up at the next racetrack. We definitely expect to use that information at VIR this weekend. Of course once we get there we will tweak our set-up. That is actually an on-going process because track conditions change through the course of the weekend so you always have to tweak the car to match the conditions."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
What is your favorite part about the VIR 17-turn circuit and why?
"VIR is obviously a very old race track in North America, dating back in 1950 or so. It was shut down for many years and reopened about 10 years ago. The track definitely has a lot of different characteristics that we really like on a racetrack. It has a lot of elevation changes, has a lot of fast corners, some really hard braking zones, long straight-a-ways and some really good flow through it. I like the track and the configuration. The grip level can vary depending on how much rubber is on the track. I like the surrounding area there as well. They have made the track accessible for the fans and they seem to enjoy the track. I enjoy racing up there. Hopefully the Proto-Auto Lola will be competitive this weekend and we'll have a good run."

Krohn Racing had a podium here at VIR in 2007 and a Top 5 in 2006. Is VIR a potential podium track for Krohn Racing in 2010?
"Good question. We had a good car last year but were taken out on the second lap. We really didn't have a chance to show. We did not qualify well though in practice we were in the Top 5. We had a very good car a few weeks ago at Barber and had a potential podium finish there. I think if we get the setup right quickly and we are there in the hunt for the last half hour or forty-five minutes, we have as good a chance to be on the podium as anyone else."

You had a good car at Barber on a high downforce track. Will the team be able to parlay that information for a good run at VIR this weekend?
"Every time you go to a racetrack you learn something new. I'm sure we are going to use some of the stuff we learned during race week and also during the tire test. Normally VIR is not a high downforce track because of the long straightaways but I think because of the way our car is engineered and structured, we can take a little more downforce than we have done in the past which will also be good for tire longevity and be good on the braking. There are slower straight line places but they also have a lot of fast corners there that we need to be quick in and I think it's going to be a balance. We'll see when we get up there. We definitely learned some stuff at Barber that we can carry over to this coming week."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
How difficult is it for set-up at VIR with 17 turns, the esses and some long straights?
"VIR represents and good range of track topography, hills and fast esses and slow, low grip, corners demanding a delicate balance of downforce, drag and mechanical grip. It's a good challenge for engineers and drivers."

Krohn Racing had a podium here at VIR in 2007 and a Top 5 in 2006. You have not had as good a result yet in the new car although you were showing strong last year but taken out on the second lap. What's new or different for VIR this year?
"Our car has moved on since last year, and the tires are different, we had a good car last year and we will be building on that information for this year's race."

You continue to learn new things every race about the car and the tires and the different combinations to use. How do you balance all that data and turn it into a good set-up on the car?
"We use a complex system of coins, ground up goat bones and dice - ok no - we try to make sense of what is good and bad in any situation and methodically work our way through the data. We have a good historical data base now, as well as a development stream which gives small advances at each race. We have an increasing armory of tools to assist in our analysis of the car performance and focus our development in the most efficient way. The car we roll off the truck in VIR is the adaptation and development of all the car setups we have previously run, heavily influenced by VIR information, but not exclusively."

You had a good car at Barber on a high downforce track. Will the team be able to parlay that information for a good run at VIR this weekend?
"That is of course our goal. I see no reason why we shouldn't be just as competitive this weekend."

Last year's race at VIR saw Jönsson and teammate Ricardo Zonta in the pits after being hit from behind on the second lap. The team withdrew from the race due to right rear suspension damage incurred by the accident. Krohn and his regular 2009 teammate Eric van de Poele were not able to compete due to scheduling conflicts with Tracy's business obligations.

The Bosch Engineering 250 from VIRginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, will be televised slightly tape-delayed on Saturday, April 24 at 2:00 p.m. ET on SPEED. For more information, please see www.grand-am.com.

Once I got back out of the track I was driving just fine. The car was good. You had to be very careful out there with going offline because when you do that you get so much crap on the tires it really makes a difference in how the car performs. Nic did a great job getting us back up into 11^thplace, which is where we finished. It could have been worse and it could have been better. We finished higher than we started so that was okay."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"We were struggling a little bit on Thursday with the set-up on the car. So the engineers, myself and Tracy sat down and talked it through. I think we actually found a very good set-up on the car. The car was definitely a Top 3 car today. At the restart, I was lined up second in line and I was pulling away together with Pruett. Third, fourth, fifth place couldn't stay with me but Race Control told me I had to back off and let them by but I don't know why I had to back off until they caught up with me but that's the game.

Unfortunately Tracy had a little bit of a mishap there at the beginning of the race and put us a couple of laps back. But Tracy did a very good job today as well. As soon as he got that behind us he started working hard and kept a very good pace out there. He was within a second and a half or two seconds off the leaders. That's all we needed to do. If we have a car like this more this year, I think we can run for the podium a few races this year. So I'm very pleased with the Proto-Auto Lola and the Krohn Racing team has done a fantastic job."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
"We had a good car in the race. Undoubtedly we had a car that could run right at the front of the race. Unfortunately an incident fairly early in the race put us three laps down. But the team recovered well and so did Tracy to continue running and then do very competitive lap times until we pulled him out of the car at the last pit stop and put Nic in. Tracy did 58 laps (out of 108) in the race. Again, the car is very fast around Barber Motorsports Park. We look forward very much to the opportunity to demonstrate the pace of the car at VIR in two weeks time."

Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas won their second Grand-Am Rolex race of the season in the No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing TELMEX BMW Riley.

The next Grand-Am race will be the Bosch Engineering 250 race on Saturday, April 24 at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com.

Krohn Racing, which is based in Braselton, Georgia, considers the 2.3-mile, 17-turn Barber Motorsports Park its Grand-Am home track, as it is merely two hours away and the team has competed testing at the circuit.

Owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn and Nic Jönsson will pilot the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola in Round 3 of 12 seeking valuable points in the championship chase. After finishing fourth in the Rolex 24 At Daytona and 13th in the Miami Grand Prix, Krohn Racing currently sits in the Top 10, in the eighth position for team points.

The Krohn Racing team has had success at Barber in the past with a victory in 2006 with Colin Braun and Jöerg Bergmeister. In 2007 the Krohn Racing team captured another podium as Colin Braun and Nic Jönsson stepped in the second position. In 2009 Ricardo Zonta set the fastest race lap and finished fifth overall with teammate Jönsson.

DRIVER QUOTES: TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:

The Barber race date has been moved to the springtime. After having had the Grand-Am race in the heat of the summer the past few years, how different will the weather make preparation and strategy for this year’s race?
“I do not believe that the weather will have any effect on preparation of the car, but for the drivers it will mean less heat and hence less chance for error. The positive effect for the race is that under dry conditions we should have more grip and hence higher speeds. Also, with cooler temps expected than what we would have in July, I would expect to see fewer yellow flags and more racing. Expect to see new lap records and qualifying records.”

The Barber race track is somewhat of a “home track” from Krohn Racing, being based just 2 hours away north of Atlanta. With the team having tested here a few times over the years and finished races well, would you say Krohn Racing has a “home track advantage”?
“I think we all know the track pretty well, so it does have the feel of being a home track, so I would say that does translate to an advantage. Of course we found out last year that certain other teams were using an illegal fueling advantage, so absent that, I think we have a reasonable opportunity for success. Nic Jönsson will be his usual stellar self, so the real push is to get me up to speed quickly. This will be the key to our success since this is not what I do for a living!!”

What do you see as the biggest challenges this weekend?
“Biggest challenges are getting me up to speed quickly and running quicker so that when I turn the car over to Nic, he will be on the lead lap with a chance to win! Also, it would be very interesting if it were to rain as we think the rain is a good thing for this car!!” Krohn has been on the podium at Barber before…do you think you’ll have the package to be a podium contender again this year? “Nah! No way!! Just kidding! We approach every race with the idea and intent of being in a position to deliver. We felt we had a good shot at Daytona where we were running with the leaders until we were struck by a car that was over 30 laps down!! In spite of being in the garage for 15 laps undergoing repairs, we still finished 4th!! We missed the setup at Homestead, but we believe that we have learned something from that and I believe that the car will be better because of it! I firmly believe that will translate to a better car at Barber, a track that we know very well!”

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:

The Barber race date has been moved to the springtime. After having had the Grand-Am race in the heat of the summer the past few years, how different will the weather make preparation and strategy for this year’s race?
“We have had 80+ degree temperatures for the last week or so. I think from an ambient thing, it’s not going to be a whole lot different, at least not inside the car. The track is not going to be warmed up as much obviously. The asphalt itself is going to be a little bit cooler than we’re used to so that should make the tires last a little bit better than before. I think because there are so many tools to help the drivers stay comfortable these days with cooling suits, helmet blowers and stuff like that I don’t think you’re going to see a huge effect from that aspect of it.”

The Barber race track is somewhat of a “home track” from Krohn Racing, being based just 2 hours away north of Atlanta. With the team having tested here a few times over the years and finished races well, would you say Krohn Racing has a “home track advantage”?
“I don’t think we have any home track advantage. It’s very difficult to get a rental day scheduled at the Barber track. We’ve done a few tire tests over the past couple of years before we got the Proto-Auto Lola car. So I don’t see a home track advantage. The only advantage is it’s not going to be long travel and the guys can sleep in their own beds for an extra night or so. Other than that, I think everybody is going to have the same opportunities with no advantages.”

Krohn has been on the podium at Barber before…do you think you’ll have the package to be a podium contender again this year?
“I can’t really say at this point to be honest. It’s a new tire again for 2010 that we’ve been running on now for two races. We are not sure if this 2010 Pirelli tire suits the Proto-Auto Lola as well as it does the Riley and Dallara. The Dallara has been very quick, very fast. We have just run at the superspeedways – at Daytona and Homestead -- with it. But we haven’t really been able to see any difference in the tire speed since last year. This is also going to be the first time we’ll be running at a high downforce track and the Proto-Auto Lola has been a better contender at those kind of tracks, the really fast tracks. Hopefully, that trend will continue and the high downforce tracks will work for us. If that’s the case, I think we should be able to have a very good run!

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer: The Barber race date has been moved to the springtime. After having had the Grand-Am race in the heat of the summer the past few years, how different will the weather make preparation and strategy for this year’s race?
“It will be a relief to be spared to savage summer heat and humidity, not only for the drivers and the car but for the crew too, for whom it is particularly grueling. The car in general will run cooler, in terms of engine cooling and also cockpit temperature, both of which we monitor and make adjustments to based on the conditions. We have several systems which aid the drivers in hot conditions, so while we appreciate the respite the time of year will give us we are prepared for high temperature running. Of course, it could rain too, just to make it more interesting……”

The Barber race track is somewhat of a “home track” from Krohn Racing, being based just 2 hours away north of Atlanta. With the team having tested here a few times over the years and finished races well, would you say Krohn Racing has a “home track advantage”?
“I think the performances we have shown over recent years have been more a reflection of our setup and car characteristics suiting the track rather any geographical advantage. We think we understand what is involved in making the race car quick here and we are really looking forward to being back on track after such a long lay-off. We also enjoy the presence of team family members at this race due to its proximity to the team members’ homes.” What do you see as the biggest challenges this weekend? “It’s not easy to overtake here. There is often contact between the cars. We will need to employ cunningness and subtle race craft to realize the result. The track will change a little from the start of practice until the end of the race and there will be tire degradation because of the number and length of the corners, so we will have to be careful with our setup to match the conditions.”

The Porsche 250 from Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama will be televised live on SPEED on Saturday, April 10th at 1:30 p.m. ET. For more information, please see www.grand-am.com or www.speedtv.com.

After suffering an intermittent misfire throughout much of the race, causing them to be down on power, the Risi-Krohn team was ultimately happy with their finish position, which was 14^th overall and ten laps down from the GT2 winners. There were no unscheduled pit stops for the No. 61 Risi-Krohn team and just a brief penalty for a pit lane speed violation for van de Poele just two and one-half hours from the 10:30 p.m. ET finish.

DRIVER QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver, No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430:
"Overall it was a fairly good result. The problem was the car was misfiring and at the end we broke something in the right rear suspension. Nic was driving the car. I was going to get in the car for the final stint but with the motor misfiring and a broken rear shock it probably didn't  make sense to feel something you hadn't gotten used to so we just kept Nic in and kept hold of seventh place. I think under the circumstances, with the car underpowered and crippled, that was a pretty good finish."

Both Nic and Eric did an outstanding job. Otherwise the car was pretty good.  Brakes were good, balance was good, and tires were good. It's just one of those things that happen in racing once in awhile.

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430:
"It's always fun to drive the Ferrari, of course. It's kind of an honor to be driving a Ferrari in any type of race series. Unfortunately, today we had some electrical issues that caused the engine to cut out on us and lose power randomly. Then in the last hour and a half we also had a right rear shock go out on me, so it was a pretty rough last stint in the car. We brought it home in seventh place, which was mid-pack. We beat both the GM factory cars, the Corvettes, so we're pleased with that. Everything worked in the middle of the day for some laps in a row without any interruption and we were able to run basically in the top 3-4 pace, which I'm very happy with. The sister car (No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari) won. They were definitely the class of the field and we couldn't stay with them by any means. They were about a second quicker than we were. Otherwise I'm very pleased.

"Eric did a fantastic job. Tracy also did a good job staying out of trouble. The car was good, except the interruptions we had electronically, which the team didn't have anything to do with. The preparation of the car was as good as always. I'm looking forward to going to Laguna for another 6-hour race and getting even more prepared for the big race in Le Mans in June."

ERIC VAN DE POELE, Driver, No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430:
"I'm always very happy to finish a race at Sebring because it is always so hard. Again, we had a little problem but generally we did very good pit stops; I don't think any of us made a mistake on the track, so that's important; and the car was nearly perfect from a chassis point-of-view, except for the misfire from the engine.  I had a problem with the brakes but except otherwise everything was fine and consistent. I'm happy always to finish this race. It's a pleasure to drive for Giuseppe and Tracy. I also want to say congratulations to Jaime, Gimmi and Pierre and the whole Risi team. Everyone did a great job."

The Risi-Krohn team competes in selected races in the American Le Mans Series and the 12 Hours of Sebring is always a team favorite. Their best Sebring result to date was a third-place podium finish in 2008. Krohn and Jönsson will return to ALMS competition at Long Beach California on April 17, 2010. Additionally, the Risi-Krohn Ferrari trio of Krohn, Jönsson and van de Poele will race together in the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 12-13, 2010.

The next event for Krohn Racing will be the Porsche 250 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race at Barber Motorsports Park on April 8-10, 2010.

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Van de Poele drove for one hour and 45-minutes before Jönsson took back over the reins at nearly 3:30 p.m., expecting to pull another double-stint driving duty. All the pit stops have been for fuel, tires and planned driver changes so far. On occasional misfire has the F430 down on power slightly and the drivers are trying different mixtures to keep it subdued.

DRIVER QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver, No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430:
"My stint was not difficult. The only difficult part about it was the car got a little bit of oversteer about a third into the stint. it was almost a little past entry to exit on all of the slow speed parts and mid-speed turns, like 13 and 10. But other than that the car was good, the brakes were good. The car wasn't doing anything unusual. The track has warmed up a great deal since earlier in the week and we haven't experienced this kind of track temp all week. It caught me out a little bit and I know it caught some other people out. Several times at turn 17, the guys were going really wide there and I saw one go into the wall. Other than that, one of the Corvettes at Turn 14  on the last lap before I came in, it looks like it was throwing oil out so I slowed way down to make sure I didn't go in the wall there. It was pretty uneventful though. The GTCs are pretty much in the way, taking the middle of the road and blocking quite a bit. That was a little bit annoying but other than that it was fine and really good."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430:
"In the very beginning it was a little crowded because we had to start from the back. I worked my way through the GTCs. It was a little work to get through them. As soon as I got through those guys and a couple of GT2 cars, we settled in to a pace and it went pretty good. We're running, I think, we're on the Top 5-7 pace, which I'm very pleased with. I tried to just get into a rhythm. We'll see what we have at the ninth or tenth hour into the race."

ERIC VAN DE POELE, Driver, No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430:
"From the chassis point-of-view it was good. I had no problem. I had harder tires on my second stint so I had a little bit less grip but the balance was good.  The only problem is a little misfire with the engine, which we had earlier in the week during the practice.  So we lose a little bit of power and have to drive with a little richer mix. But we will just continue on a see if we can have a good result."

The 12 Hours of Sebring is being broadcast live on SPEED in the U.S. until 11:00 p.m. ET. American Le Mans Radio and Live Timing & Scoring are available at http://www.americanlemans.com/.

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RISI COMPETIZIONE and RISI-KROHN...PRACTICE PATTER

BATTERED BODYWORK... In Thursday morning’s practice session, Pierre Kaffer caused a red flag for the #62 Ferrari F430’s participation when he went off at Turn 4 and crashed heavily into the tire barrier. He made his way slowly back to the pits, and the car was then driven to the team’s trailer in the paddock. After inspection, it was assessed that damage was fortunately not as bad as first feared. The left side bodywork will require repair or replacement and the door will be replaced, but the car appears to be mechanically sound and the main structure of the chassis likewise. The Risi Competizione mechanics, who always rise to any challenge thrown at them and at their best when on the back foot, will have the car back out for practice later today.

A devastated Kaffer said of the incident: “I wish I could say what happened but honestly I don’t know. I wasn’t going that fast, and I knew I was on cold tires, and it just got away from me. This is not normally my style and I am so sorry for the team, especially for my team mates. I am so disappointed, and I hope I can find out what happened.

BATTERED BRUNI... Although Gianmaria Bruni has driven with Jaime Melo on many occasions, the trio of Bruni/Kaffer/Melo has not raced together before. As all drivers know, seat fittings and cockpit comfort are vital in endurance racing and, at the official Winter Test in February, Bruni struggled to get comfortable.

“I was black and blue with bruises after the test,” said the Roman driver, “but we’ve managed to find a way to do it now. I’ve raced in endurance events with Jaime three times before – Le Mans in 2008 and two times at the Spa 24 Hours – but here is more bumpy so the seat I used at Le Mans didn’t work so well. Jaime and Pierre are exactly the same size but I am a bit taller so it’s a bit more difficult for me to find the right position but we have it sorted now.”

NIC NOTES... The successful Krohn Racing trio of Nic Jönsson, Tracy Krohn and Eric van de Poele are back together in the Risi-Krohn Ferrari for another endurance race. They’ve enjoyed considerable success with the program, and Nic notes here what works so well for them.

“I think there are a number of reasons. One is that the Risi Competizione-Krohn team prepares a fantastic race car. The platform of the Ferrari 430 GT2 is a very reliable one that has been around for the last 4-5 years and the car is very well developed. They have done quite a few upgrades to the car this year from the engine aspect and aerodynamics, bigger tires and wheels and so forth. Hopefully the reliability will still be there.

“I also think that the experience of endurance racing helps,” continues the Georgia-based Swedish driver, “especially myself and Eric, who have been doing it a very long time. We know that one lap pace has an impact on a 12 or 24 hour race. Of course you have to have somewhat of a decent pace to be able to run up front, but I think it is more about taking care of the equipment, make sure that all of the drivers are comfortable in the car. You have to be forgiving and sacrifice for your teammate so you can get the best out of all three of us as a team.

“That’s something that has worked out really well for us the past few years with podium finishes at both Sebring and Le Mans. I think we’re going to carry on in the same fashion as we have in the past and not go out there and try to set the world on fire. We know that we are not running this car as a primary car for the full year but we benefit from the development that Risi does for the whole season. Basically, we need to just be there, stay out of trouble, drive at a decent pace and hopefully we’ll be there at the end – on the podium again.”

Risi Competizione is a Houston-based Ferrari racing team lead by Managing Director Giuseppe Risi. Risi-Krohn is a partnership of Risi Competizione and Krohn Racing.

Krohn Racing and Risi Competizione, both of Houston, Texas, are partnering for a fourth season to field a Ferrari 430 GTE in the very competitive GT2 class at both Sebring and ALMS Monterey 6-hour race on May 22. The threesome finished third at the 2008 running of the once-around-the-clock Central Florida historic enduro race and was sixth in class last year. Additional, the three Risi-Krohn drivers will also compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, seeking a third podium finish in four years. The Risi-Krohn Ferrari finished second in 2007 and third in 2009 at the classic French endurance race.

The sister No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 430 GTE of Gianmaria Brunni, Jaime Melo and Pierre Kaffer are seeking to repeat the phenomenal Risi Competizione endurance success at this year's Sebring 12-hour race. Their enviable success includes victories at the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans and Petit Le Mans, and the 2009 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Le Mans and Petit Le Mans.

QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Krohn Racing Team Owner, Risi-Krohn Ferrari Driver:
You have had a lot of racing success as a driver in the Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430 with 2 podiums at Le Mans and a podium at Sebring. How do you feel about getting back in the car again?
"It is always really good to get back in the Ferrari 430 GT-2.  It is a very well sorted car and improvements occur every year, so I can't wait to see what else has changed and how it will feel and react!"

The Risi-Krohn partnership for these endurance races with the Ferrari obviously works well. What are the components that make things come together for your many successes?
"First, the car is very predictable and as I stated before, very well sorted.  Second, Risi has had great success with this car and is a very well run organization that has the results to back it up.  They work hard at improving on success.  Third, we have very experienced drivers overall, but also with this particular car.  Nic Jönsson and Eric Van de Poele are easy to work with and we all feel the car pretty much the same which means driver styles are fairly similar, except that Eric right foot brakes, but the placement of the brake pedal in the foot box is of no concern since Nic and I left foot brake and where the brake pedal is placed relative to the throttle really does not have any impact.  Last, but not least, getting back in the car, I know that it will be better than it was before and that gives any driver more confidence."

In the past you have said you like the Sebring track. What do you like best about it and what is the most satisfying thing about the track to get right as a driver?
"I do like this track, but not for what would be obvious reasons so much as personal challenges.  The track is very bumpy and thus it just relentlessly beats the crap out of a driver, especially in GT class.  The result is that a 12 hour race feels like a 36 hour race when it is over.  Sebring is also a very technical track and slight changes can make big gains or losses with regard to line.  There are about 1400 different lines through turn 17, so a lot of time is lost or gained in just that one turn.  Maximizing the speed off the corners at 17 and 1 always are determining factors in lap time for me at this track.  The car has to be set up to manage those turns of course, but there are also very hard braking zones at this track and being so bumpy, it makes for some really interesting dynamics to get that balanced correctly."

The GT2 class is very competitive. What or who do you find the most challenging?
"The GT class is always competitive and challenging, but GT cars are not for GT drivers in ALMS.  The closing velocity between the GT cars and the prototypes can be huge so that is where the art is in this series for GT drivers in that we must be constantly looking out the front of the car and checking mirrors to make sure of where the prototypes are.  GT competition should be phenomenal this year with all the new entries and I am really looking forward to getting back on this track and this team to see how we stack up with the rest of the GT field."

NIC JONSSON, Risi-Krohn Ferrari Driver:
You, Tracy and Eric are back together in the Risi-Krohn Ferrari for another endurance race. You have had quite a bit of success with this program. What is it that works so well for all of you?
"I think there are a number of reasons. One is that the Risi Competizione-Krohn team prepares a fantastic race car. The platform of the 430 GT2 Ferrari is a very reliable platform that has been around for the last 4-5 years and the car is very well developed. We hope that will be the same this year as they have done quite a few upgrades to the car this year. From both the engine aspect and aerodynamics, brakes, bigger tires and wheels and so forth. I also think that the experience of endurance racing pays off, especially since Eric and I have been doing it very long. We know that one lap pace has an impact on a 1-2 or 24-hour race. Of course you have to have somewhat of a decent pace to be able to run up front. But I think it is more about taking care of the equipment, make sure that all of the drivers are comfortable in the car. You have to be forgiving and sacrifice for your teammate so you can get the best out of all three of us as a team. That's something that has worked out really well for us the past few years with podium finishes and both Sebring and Le Mans. I think we're going to have to carry on in the same fashion as we have and not go out there and try to set the world on fire. We know that we are not running this car as a primary car for the full year. We benefit from the development that Risi does for the whole season. We have to come in there and hopefully have a reliable car and do a good job again without trying to prove anything. Basically, we need to just be there, stay out of trouble, drive at a decent pace and hopefully we'll be there at the end."

What is the toughest or best part of the Sebring race track (as in the most satisfying to get it right)?
"The toughest is obviously there are 17 corners at the Sebring track. It is one of the longest racetracks we go to with all the different elements that a good race track can ask for. It has long, long straightaway with very hard braking zones and not so hard braking zones like a 180 degree braking corner. There are fast sweepers. It has everything really except elevation changes. If they don't have that, they have a lot of elevation changes with the bumps in the corners. It is a very, very bumpy. That's one of the bigger challenges is to get that car to handle the bumps and not to be too harsh with the brakes on the car and at the same time, be able to get the mechanical grip to go pretty quick around there. I think that's the toughest part.

The most satisfying part is when you get that car that is very comfortable to drive and running a fast race pace and if you have the fortune as we have had in the last few years to also end up on the podium, taking the checkered flag in the dark with the fireworks shooting off. It's a fantastic feeling to know that you've been doing a 12-hour race with your two buddies in the car and you have achieved such a good result to be on the podium. That is the most satisfying part of it!"

What make driving the Ferrari 430 GTE car so special, especially at Sebring?
"I think every time you drive a Ferrari, especially with a factory tie like this program has, it's just fantastic. Very, very few race car drivers in the world have the fortune to drive a Ferrari connected to the factory. That is historically the most famous race car, most famous successful factory ever with success at building race cars. It gives me goose bumps every time I even think about driving a Ferrari. Dealing with the engineers with Ferrari and management is a fantastic feeling. It's an honor to be a part of that group of drivers fortunate enough to represent the Ferrari brand. Of course, doing that in the fashion we have been able to do the past few years with stepping on the podium at both Le Mans and Sebring is something that is going to stick to your memory for the rest of your life. Hopefully for your friends and family as well will look at it when I get older and retire one day as an interesting career, and one of the big moments was to drive a Ferrari and represent the Ferrari family in the most prestigious races in the world."

Who do you think will be the toughest competition?
"There are a lot of not just good drivers, but it's a fantastic event with good and professional race teams -- from drivers to mechanics to truckies. It's an enormously competitive race series we're going into. I couldn't really pick just one very difficult competitor. I think you're going to see 10-12 very, very closely matched and competitive race cars. I think the biggest competition I going to be ourselves. We have to keep our head cool, do what we are there to do, stay out of trouble, run our own pace and stick to our strategy. If we can do that, I'm pretty convinced we'll have a good result. If we start to try to get too much involved and caught up in what everybody else is doing and chasing lap times in practice and stuff, the risk factor goes up and it's very easy to make a mistake. That's something that we've been very good at the last few years and I think that's one of the reasons we have been achieving the results we have because we're sticking to our own strategy. We know that we're not a regular in the series but we are coming in, looking in from the outside. Anything we can do in the top 5-7 will be extremely pleased. Of course you always go to the racetrack to win. That's our goal but you also need to keep a realistic view of it so you don't get disappointed if you don't reach that top of the podium because the competition is so fierce. With the factory Corvettes, BMWs, Jaguars, Ferraris, Porsches, it's unbelievable. That in itself is going to be a memory forever to be driving in one of the most competitive GT2 fields ever starting at Sebring."

ERIC VAN DE POELE, Risi-Krohn Ferrari Driver:
How do you feel about being back with Tracy and Nic as co-drivers and with a team you have had much success (with both Risi Competizione and with Risi-Krohn)?
"This is again a fantastic privilege to join this race with such a great team. I'm looking forward to be back in the car with my ‘green' usual teammates! And I cannot wait to be back with Risi Competizione. I grabbed so many successes with Giuseppe's Team in the past; it is definitely synonym with podium."

What is the toughest or best part of the Sebring race track (as in the most satisfying to get it right)?
"I always believe that the 12 Hours of Sebring is the hardest race of the year. It is a 12-hours sprint race. The conditions are very warm and humid in general, and it is a very demanding racetrack -- fast, bumpy and narrow. Of course, we must be aware of the LMP cars and avoid any small mistakes that could penalize us with extra stops in the pits."

What make driving the Ferrari 430 GTE car so special, especially at Sebring?
"I had the chance to win overall with a Ferrari in 1995, and of course I will never forget that. So, to be back again at Sebring with Ferrari is already special.  It is the last year of the Ferrari 430. It means that this car has been developed during many years and is nearly perfect. Last year already, this car was very nice to drive and competitive. I expect even more fun and efficiency this year."

The 12 Hours of Sebring will be broadcast live on SPEED from 10 a.m. to 12 Noon and 2:00-11:00 p.m. ET. American Le Mans Radio and Live Timing & Scoring will be available at americanlemans.com.

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The Grand Prix of Miami race saw Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas take the victory in their No. 01 TELMEX BMW Riley. Six drivers led the race, which only saw a single caution.

Tracy led the "Jim Trueman Award" point standings coming into the Homestead race after being honored as the top Grand-Am Pro-Am driver of the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona race. He narrowly missed winning today's award, which went to Mike Forest.

DRIVER QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"It was a really tough race for us. We never quite got the set-up right on the car so the car drove loose the entire time. You just had to back off and do the pace with it. If you tried to do anything other than drive very conservative you paid the price for it. I think every time we come to this track we have a different sort of problem, so I'm glad to have this one behind us. I'm not disappointed in the car or my performance. Nic was his usual stellar self. We just missed the setup a little, but every time you come to a track you learn something. Hopefully we would have learned something from this and next time we'll be a little better."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"The weekend has been a little bit up and down, I think. We struggled to get a good handling on the car. We decided for the race to trim it out as much as possible so we could at least have straight-line. Tracy got in and had a couple of unfortunate incidents in the beginning where we fell a lap or two behind. I think overall we have to look at this as a positive race. We just got back in the championship again with Tracy about a month ago with Daytona. We have to take into consideration that Tracy has actually been out of the car for almost a year with the exception of running Daytona. He took most of the year off last year and he's just getting back into the groove again. He's done a very good job over the winter to do go-kart practice with me and he got one step further than we have been before. He wasn't far off the fast professional guys and we look at that as a positive. We have to take that with us and learn from the mistakes we made here and turn it around. We go to Barber (Motorsports Park) for the next race where we know this car is very good. I think this is going to be a very good season for us."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
"We had a few excursions and the balance was not what we intended. We had a little too much oversteer. We have really been playing catch up with the set-up over the course of the weekend. After a good qualifying performance by Tracy, we thought we made some headway there. And we made a bit more progress in the warm-up. The car still wasn't good enough, still wasn't perfect for the race. We lost a couple of laps during the early part of the race. We elected to keep Tracy in the car for the maximum period to allow Nic to get points at the end. So Nic did 45 minutes and Tracy did 99 laps, in which he drove very well. Tracy's lap times, once the race had settled down, were within 1.2 or 1.3 seconds of the quickest cars, which is very good. Overall we've come out having all gained experience of the car at Homestead. Tracy's done a lot of laps in the car, driving his own car with his team and the team performed flawlessly in the pit stops. We'll go on to Barber and have a good race there."

The next race for Krohn Racing, partnered with Risi Competizione, will be the American Le Mans Series' 12 Hours of Sebring on March 20^th in Sebring, Florida. Tracy Krohn, Nic Jönsson and Eric van de Poele will pilot the No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430 GTE.

The next Grand-Am race will be the Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday, April 10^th, combined with an IRL race. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com or http://www.speedtv.com.

Owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn and Nic Jönsson will suit up in the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola for the first sprint race of the season for the two-and-three-quarter hour South Florida race. Fifteen Prototypes and 17 GT cars are currently entered for the challenging series where points for the championship standings matter at every race.

The Krohn Racing team finished an impressive fourth-place at the 48^th annual running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, January 30-31. Additionally, Tracy walked away with the prestigious "Jim Trueman Award", as the top Grand-Am Pro-Am driver of the race.

DRIVER QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
Krohn Racing had a great run at Daytona and a good start to the season. What are your thoughts coming into the Homestead race?
"We had a great run at Daytona. Whenever you finish a 24-hour race it is a big accomplishment. We had a near flawless race and all the drivers and the crew did a marvelous job preparing the car and managing to get through without any major mishaps. In addition we had a lot of fun! Nic and I are great teammates so we will just fall into a rhythm with one another. Driver changes are a little trickier with our size differences but we've run together as teammates many years and know one another well. We have no concerns going into Homestead."

What is going to be most challenging at Homestead?
"Tires are always an issue at Homestead. We will have to work hard on getting the right set-up to preserve the tires as long as possible. That's always a challenge at Homestead. I have confidence in David (Brown - Krohn Racing Team Manager) to get us to the right place with that issue. There are certainly other teams, running two pro drivers, that will be tough to match, but we're here to finish races and get points, and that's what we plan to do."

Homestead is first sprint race of the season. How do you like sprint races and what are the team's strong suits?
"Sprint races are a very different animal than endurance races. For a driver like me who has another job for a profession, sprint racing is more challenging. Homestead has not usually brought us very good results for one reason or another. We're going to try to change that this time."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
Krohn Racing had a great run at Daytona and a good start to the season. What are your thoughts coming into the Homestead race?
"We had a phenomenal race with a fourth place finish at the 24 Hours of Daytona, tying with our best finish ever there. The Krohn guys did a fantastic job over the winter to prepare the car. We haven't been down to Homestead in quite a while, for either last year's race or testing, as many other teams have. But we have a very good baseline on the car now that works pretty well everywhere we go. We have to tweak it a little bit. I'm really looking forward to getting back down to Homestead and see what we can do down there. I believe Tracy and I have the same goal and that is to finish races this year and hopefully be able to win the Trueman Award for Tracy.

Homestead is first sprint race of the season. How do you like sprint races and what's your strong suit?
"I love sprint races and it's definitely going up head-to-head more than endurance races like the 24 Hours. There's more strategy in a sprint race than just to stay out of trouble and not take any chances whatsoever. In an endurance race you pace it out and maybe lose five seconds a lap to be more cautious because you can make it up in the long run. In a sprint race you can't afford to do that. You basically have to commit yourself, go for it and be much more aggressive. It's a completely different mindset.  We'll see how we pair up against everyone else when we get there. I think we should have a very good pace. We have the Proto-Auto Lola again with the Ford powerplant so I don't see any reason we shouldn't get set-up and be running very competitively. I assume Tracy will probably qualify and do the first part of the race. When I get in, hopefully we'll be in contention and I can mix it up. That's what I'm looking forward to."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
Krohn Racing had a great run at Daytona and a good start to the season. Now it is going to be just Tracy and Nic here at Homestead. What are your thoughts coming into the Homestead race?
"We are going to work hard to achieve the best finishing position AND score maximum points for Tracy in the Trueman award, so staying on the lead lap and getting Tracy plenty of seat time too are the goals."

Homestead is first sprint race of the season. How do you like sprint races and what are the team's strong suits?
"The team demonstrated at Daytona the reliability of the car and perfect pit work that came from the test miles and the continuity within the team, now we have to be on our toes for the cut and thrust action and the excitement that we enjoy so much in sprint racing. Let's see what happens. It is better perhaps to demonstrate strengths than to state them."

There is a smaller field of DP cars this weekend (15 cars entered). How do you think that will affect the race?
"This event has a record of plenty of car-to-car contact. I expect that the combined 32 car field of Prototypes and GTs will continue that tradition!  Keeping out of those incidents will be part anticipation and part luck!"

The Grand Prix of Miami from Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida will be televised live on SPEED on Saturday, March 5^th at 5:00 p.m. ET. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com/, http://www.krohnracing.net/ or http://www.speedtv.com/.

Tracy W. Krohn, Team Owner/Driver of Krohn Racing, and Giuseppe Risi, Team Principal of Risi Competizione, both of Houston, Texas, begin their fourth season of racing partnership with the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 20, 2010. Tracy will drive with Krohn Racing regular, Sweden's Nic Jönsson, and Belgium's endurance hero Eric van de Poele. In addition to the Sebring classic race, the trio will also compete at the renowned 24 Hours of Le Mans, June 12-13. Krohn and Jönsson will pair for a second ALMS race with the 6-Hour Monterey Sports Car Classic at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on May 22.

"We are happy to be back with Risi Competizione in the Ferrari 430 GT for our fourth season together," said Tracy W. Krohn, Founder, Chairman and CEO of W&T Offshore (NYSE: WTI), an independent oil and natural gas acquisition, exploitation and exploration company. "We can always count on a well-prepared car and a professional team with Risi. They have guided us to two podium finishes at Le Mans and one podium finish at Sebring in three years. We obviously are doing something right with this partnership and hope for more successes in 2010."

"I'm delighted that Tracy will be back with us once more," said Risi Competizione Team Principal Giuseppe Risi.  "It means a great deal to us to continue our racing partnership with Krohn Racing as, together, we have achieved some great results.  Tracy has enjoyed a great 12 months in racing, and obviously feels very at home in the Ferrari and within the team.  There's no reason that won't continue into 2010, and we're all looking forward to the renewed challenge that the GT class presents.  It gets a little harder each year as the bar is raised in terms of competition, speed and technology, but we are more than equal to that challenge and, indeed, embrace it."

Tracy Krohn's endurance racing successes include:

Watkins Glen 6-Hours             Overall             2005                1st
Daytona 24 Hours                   Overall             2006                5th
Le Mans 24 Hours                   GT2 Class        2006                2nd
Sebring 12 Hours                     GT2 Class        2008                3rd
Petit Le Mans                           GT2 Class        2008                4th
Le Mans 24 Hours                   GT2 Class        2009                3rd
Daytona 24 Hours                   Overall             2010                4th

Krohn won the prestigious "Jim Trueman Award" for the top Grand-Am Rolex Pro-Am driver for his recent performance at the 2010 running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona in January. Additionally, he won the "Jim Trueman Award" among all Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series drivers in 2007. Krohn and Jönsson are scheduled to compete in all 12 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series races this season, as well as three Risi-Krohn partnered events with the Ferrari.

For more information, go to http://www.risicompetizione.com/, http://www.americanlemans.com/ or http://www.krohnracing.net/.

For the Continental Tire race, my Kinetic Motorsports team had our official debut of the KIA Forte Koup cars in the ST class. We did not have any big hopes since the cars were finished the same day we left for the race. We finished in mid pack with one of the cars and had a small electrical issue with the second car. Both KIA Motors and Kinetic's were very happy with having one car with no issues. We see this as a long term project and we're looking forward to the next test and race. The Kinetic crew has done an outstanding job building those KIA Forte cars both from an aesthetic point of view and from a mechanical stand point.

I also had my first race of the year in the KROHN Proto Auto Lola DP's. We really have been working on reliability to make sure we did not have any extra stops beyond the scheduled stops for tires, fuel and brakes at some point. We never really got the car where we wanted it in practice and that showed in qualifying 9th! This was a little bit of a disappointment but we made a few changes and were pretty confident going into the race. We felt we would be competitive with the great KROHN crew we have along with the experience behind the wheel.

The race started in the most difficult conditions...the skies opened up and we had a huge down pour. It was so bad we actually started under yellow flag conditions for the first 4-6 laps so everyone could get a chance to find their way around. When we got started, the car was performing well. Even though we stayed in 7th place we still felt good and decided to stay put to see how things would pan out. We were the first car to go to slicks, this was a little bit of a dangerous move but the right one for sure. We soon moved up to the front once we got going. Ricardo got out and I got in for the first time. I took it easy and got myself into a rhythm and stayed in the top 4 for my first 2 hours. The second time I got in the car, we were running in 3rd place and I was just in cruising mode. Unfortunately, in the middle of the night, we got hit in turn 5 by a car that was 20 or so laps down already. There are too many drivers that do not pay attention when they are in a pack. This took us out of the race for about 13 laps so we could change the right front suspension. Back on track we found ourselves in 9th place. From there we started to work our way up and ended up with a 4th place finish. We are happy with that considering the incident. Looking forward, we are excited about the next race in Homestead and are hoping for better luck there.

On a personal note, my son Max is growing like a weed. We now have wrestling matches every night that he wins all the time...go figure! We also play "who can get Mommy most upset"...guess who usually wins that one?

Have a good one!

Your friend, Nic

The No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola of Tracy W. Krohn, Nic Jönsson, Ricardo Zonta and Colin Braun finish fourth in the historic endurance classic race, after starting from the ninth position Saturday afternoon. Zonta led 30 laps during two different driving stints. The race was won by the No. 9 Action Express Racing Porsche Riley of Joao Barbosa, Terry Borcheller and Ryan Dalziel, who completed 755 laps and averaged a speed of 111.930 mph. The Krohn Racing team tied their previously highest Daytona finish of fourth-place  in 2008, with Zonta, Jönsson and Darrin Turner as drivers.

Krohn Racing team owner/driver, Tracy Krohn, was awarded the prestigious "Jim Trueman Award", as the top Grand-Am Pro-Am driver of the race. Krohn was presented his medallion in Victory Circle, following the presentation of the Rolexes to the top three winning drivers, along with podium finishers. The Trueman Award is given to the Pro-Am driver who best meets a formula, which includes the race finishing position, laps completed and time spent in the race car.

Tracy W. Krohn, owner/driver of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"This is a very, very fast, competitive race. We had a lot of yellows but mark my words, those cars were driving hard all day and night. I think the team just did a fantastic job. The car was very well prepared. Anything we could control we did. We had a little bit of bad luck when Mr. Bouchut ran into us. He ran into Nic and it cost us about 15 laps and maybe a podium here. Would of, could of, and should of. We'll eventually get there. We're creeping up on it. We feel pretty good but Ricardo, Nic and Colin did a fantastic job all through the night. There were no mishaps, other than things we couldn't control. I'm very pleased with the whole effort. We had gone through all kinds of conditions just like everybody on the podium. It was just a helluva lot of fun!"

Regarding winning the Jim Trueman Award:
"I won the award one time before and it was a lot of fun. I didn't even think about it this weekend. I was just trying to get the car across the finish line at the end. Nobody mentioned it to me and I didn't think about it but it's a nice award."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
"Fourth place probably represents where we would have finished had we not had all the dramas we had during the race anyway because our performance was about a fourth place car. So, we pretty well got what we had. Fourth place is not shabby in a 24-hour race, not one with all the complications like this. The guys did a great job repairing the car after the 55 car tried to break it for us, or succeeded in breaking it for us. We had a transmission issue, which the guys again fixed very quickly. Pit stops were faultless. Brake changes were impeccable. Overall, the team did just a fantastic job and fourth place is a question of performance, not effort and skill on the team's behalf because they deserve great accolades for that."

Regarding Tracy winning the Jim Trueman Award:
"I don't think Tracy put a wheel wrong all weekend and we set him out for the last 45 minutes in the race in cold conditions on brand new shiny, slippery tires and he put in some really good lap times. He seemed to enjoy his weekend. We have enjoyed him being happy in the car and driving well and doing good laps times and it's gone pretty well. I think he's enjoyed it."

Colin Braun, driver of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"It was a result for everybody on this Krohn Racing team.  We had a really good, strong Ford motor all race. I think that was a big part of our success.  We tried to minimize our time in the garage and the pits.  I think we had to come to the garage twice for some repairs. These guys did a great job getting the car fixed and back on the race track.  All the drivers did a really good job and stayed out of trouble and I think that's all we can ask for."

Was the weather a major factor for your team?
 "I think it was a factor for the first third of the race for Ricardo, but after that, I don't think it mattered that much.  For our car, I think the cold helped us. The colder weather gained us some speed."

Nic Jönsson, driver of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"I think fourth place is obviously a good start to the season. The goal this year was that we came here wanting to win, as always is, of course. We had an extremely well-prepared car this year. Last year we also had a very good car - prepared well. Unfortunately we had a fail very early in the race. This year we felt we were very prepared with a good driver line-up and the guys have been working hard back in the shop prepping everything. We ended up fourth after having had a few issues and we had to go to the garage and fix them.

"I lost the right front suspension after I got hit out there. We had to go back (to the garage) to change the gear cluster at one point in the last five hours. With those two issues and still finishing in the Top 5, I think, says a lot for the Krohn Racing team. We also have to keep working on it and maybe one day we'll get that Rolex."

Ricardo Zonta, driver of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"It is the second time we have finished fourth. The last time was here in 2008. We were a lot stronger this year. We had some small issues where we lost some time. I think the team did a great job. Everything went very perfect for the mechanics and for the strategy also. I want to say thanks to Tracy for giving us this opportunity for all the team members to be here at Daytona."

For more information, go to http://www.grand-am.com.

The No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola of Tracy W. Krohn, Nic Jönsson, Ricardo Zonta and Colin Braun has kept the pace and maintained 7^th position. Since losing 13 laps when the car got punted off the track before 2:00 a.m., their run has been flawless. Nic Jönsson turned over the car to Tracy Krohn at 4:00 a.m. Krohn did an hour stint before relinquishing the car to Colin Braun. Braun got out at approximately 6:45 a.m. for Zonta, who maintained the pace until Nic Jönsson assumed the wheel again at 8:55 a.m.

Colin Braun, driver of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"Well it went good. I think we seemed to get a little bit faster over the night. I think as it cooled down it helped our car. We're just trying to maintain a pace and stay out of trouble. We got behind there in the middle of the night so now we really can't afford to make a mistake. We've got to be perfect from here on out and still be quick. As we go we seemed to get a little bit quicker comparatively."
 
"I think I'll drive again, I hope so."

Ricardo Zonta, driver of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
 "We are just carrying on. We don't have much chance to win so we just need to finish the race. Not much to say, just keeping the car on the track and try to finish. Everything is fine. We didn't have any problem. The balance of the car was a little bit worse than the middle stints so we played a little bit with the tires and the tire pressure and made the car better. Otherwise, we are just trying to keep the car on the track."

No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola driver Ricardo Zonta again led the race, this time for 21 laps (Lap 281-301), during his second round of driving stint.

Just before the 9:30 p.m. (6-Hour) mark, Krohn Racing team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn had exited the car for Colin Braun's first stint. Braun drove for two hours and 12 minutes and throughout two caution periods, before giving the reigns back to Zonta in fourth place. Zonta piloted the Ford-powered car for two hours and eight minutes. Nic Jönsson took over on Lap 301 at 1:40 a.m. Barely ten minutes later, Nic was hit by the No. 55 car and punted into the tire wall at Turn 5, where the car  suffered damages that caused Jönsson to have to bring the popular green entry into the garage. Repairs included replacement of the right front upright, along with bodywork pieces, including the nose, and a nearly scheduled full brake pad change. New tires and fuel were also par for the course.

Colin Braun, driver of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"For us, I think it was pretty uneventful, which is what we planned to do. We have a good car. It's not the super fastest car but it's really consistent. I feel we are going the same laps times every lap. It doesn't seem like we can go any faster no matter what we try and do. I think it's good for a 24-hour race. We need to keep on the lead lap, like we are doing, stay out of trouble and not put any scratches on it, which I think we accomplished in my stint. We'll see how it keeps going here."

Ricardo Zonta, starting driver of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"The first part of my stint I had problems with oversteer on the car. It was really oversteering. For the next stint I chose to change just the rear tires to new tires and kept the used tires on the front. The balance was a lot better and I started to be one second quicker than my previous stint laps. So, the car improved a lot. I think it was quite good to be leading the race. It was good and motivating for everybody. I think it is too early to say anything because there is a lot to work yet until the end of the race."

Nic Jönsson, driver of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"It was very unfortunate. I got out there on new tires, going pretty good and just cruising basically. Then the 55 car, which was 20-some laps down, decided he needed to get by me in Turn 5 and bombed on me. He used me as brakes, basically. I hit the right front suspension and broke that. We had to come in (to the garage) and sit for 13 laps and repair it. Obviously that takes us out of the contention for the win. That is very disappointing because I think we definitely had the car that could be a podium car, at the least, from a speed perspective. Unfortunately, we got hit so now we have to try to get as many points as possible for the season, I guess. I'm very disappointed but that's the way it goes."

For more information, go to http://www.grand-am.com.

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01.31.2010

Nic did two stints, driving for about one hour and 45 minutes and staying in the Top 6 until called in under caution at 8:15 p.m. Krohn Racing owner/driver Tracy Krohn took over the driving chores for the next hour and five minutes, running as high a second place. Eight cautions in the first six hours kept race officials busy and drivers and teams on their toes to make the right calls on pit stops.

Ricardo Zonta, starting driver of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"The beginning was very, very wet.  It was very difficult to drive and to see the line. I think we had a good car and I drove safely, especially in the beginning. I didn't want to take any risk or make any mistake. When it started to dry up I felt we still had more tires left than the others, so we kept the same speed without having to change the tires from the wets. We went to the first position and it was a good speed for racing and keeping the pace. When I called for dry tires I think it was the right choice. The only problem is we always know the dry tires, especially under cold conditions, take too long to warm the tires. As soon as I arrive in corner 3, the right hander, I touched the grass and went straight to the barrier. I was so slow I was nearly in neutral and the car was not getting any grip at that time. I think the job could have been perfect if we didn't make this mistake.  We learn a little bit with these tires.  After that, I pushed very hard to catch the other guys again. I gave the car to Nic in fourth position. "

Nic Jönsson, driver of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"It is very, very difficult conditions even though it's dried out now. There's just one line out there really. If you get in a little too deep somewhere, or if you're trying to overtake a GT car going into one or the "busstop" or something, or get off the line, it is very tricky.  You have to be very patient and bite your tongue and try not to get by people too fast because it's just going to come back and bite you. I was just kind of getting into the rhythm out there. It's so early in the race to take any chances. I think we have the car, performance-wise, to be able to run out front it looks like.

We just have to get through the night now and hopefully the conditions will get a little better during the night. Either it should be better or pouring down rain. These half-way conditions have been difficult and hard on everybody. It is difficult to make sure everybody stays on the track and you don't hit anybody. I hope the car will stay together during the night and hopefully we can be here tomorrow for the win."

TRACY W. KROHN, owner/driver of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"There was only one line so it was pretty treacherous if you got a little bit wide. You'd pay the price every time. But the track is actually okay. You've just got to stay really, really inside on every line. The car was very well balanced. I liked the way the car felt. I was being very cautious because there were guys spinning around and they were all over the track. Every once in a while we'd get a little bit of rain in NASCAR 1 and 2. So it was just real variable conditions but it was a lot of fun!"

For more information, go to http://www.grand-am.com.

DRIVER QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"We have been preparing for the last several months so , we're prepared. The car is ready. I would like to tell you it's perfect and I've got no concerns but that wouldn't be true. The car isn't perfect but it is certainly good enough to race with. I think that over a period of time during the race that we'll have the right set-up as the race goes on. That's what we have to believe in and I think that's what's going to happen. We've been here a few times so I think we've got a pretty good idea what to expect."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:"We didn't qualify as well as we were hoping for but we've been struggling a bit with the set-up of the car. We've been trying a few different things.  I think we've gotten closer. As soon as we get into race mode...the race mode will be able to stay out of trouble, don't make mistakes and then we'll see if we can run through the whole night without  having any issues. I think we can be right there when the sun comes up. At that point we know where we are from a liability standpoint, have done a brake change and we should be able to go full out racing. We just have to go out there, cruise around, stay out of trouble and see if the car will be fast enough."

RICARDO ZONTA, Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"We have been working to get the right set-up and one that all the drivers can use. The car is good now. We did not have a very good qualifying but it is important to have a balanced car that all the drivers can manage for the entire race. We have that now, I believe."

COLIN BRAUN, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
"The team has been doing a really good job. I think the race track has changed a little bit for us. We have had to change our set-up quite a bit but I think Ricardo has done a good job getting the car set-up well. I feel like it's been good and we have run through a lot of systems checks and done driver change practice, pre-race meetings and all that so I feel like we are pretty ready to go."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
"We have been concentrating on rotation of the drivers through the car and trying to get a set-up that suits all four drivers. We thought we were off the pace in qualifying, but we think we know why.  We believe we are going to have a good race car and something that will be drivable for all the conditions we'll encounter in 24 hours - hot and cold and wet. We'll see at the end of the race if we made the right choices and if we have the car to last."

The Rolex 24 At Daytona at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida will be televised live on SPEED on Saturday, January 30^th from 3:00-10:00 p.m. ET (Part I coverage) and Sunday, January 31^st from 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. ET (Part II coverage). For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com/, http://www.krohnracing.net/ or http://www.speedtv.com/.

Krohn Racing owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn has entered one car, the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola. A familiar driver line-up includes Krohn, team regular Nic Jönsson, former Formula One racer Ricardo Zonta and NASCAR Nationwide Series competitor Colin Braun.

Zonta is returning after having raced in a second Krohn Racing car with teammate Jönsson the past two seasons in Grand-Am, capturing two victories and one pole. Braun returns to the team where he got his start as a full-time professional race car driver in 2006-07, before moving into the NASCAR ranks. Jönsson starts his sixth full season with Krohn Racing and eighth working with Tracy Krohn.

DRIVER QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
Krohn Racing is returning to Daytona for the 2010 running of the Rolex 24 in January with one car and an impressive driver line-up with Nic Jönsson, Ricardo Zonta and Colin Braun. Please share your thoughts about how this line-up came together and why you selected these talented drivers.
"They are all drivers we have had on the team before so we knew everyone would make a good driving combination. For the 24-hour race you want talented drivers that can not only go fast but also know when and how to make compromises and how to save the car so it can last through all 24 hours, which is not an easy thing to accomplish. We would like to win this race and I think we have a driving combination capable of doing just that."

You had a good Daytona Test session earlier this month despite the foul weather. Do you feel prepared for the Rolex 24 race?
"We definitely had some foul weather at the Daytona Test but are expecting better weather this week. We were able to get the car more drivable, get better grip and align the balance between Nic, Colin and I at the test. Ricardo will be able to just fit into what we were able to set up at the test. We actually left the test feeling like we could go racing then. We come to Daytona this week with that same feeling that we are ready to race."

You were the team owner who gave Colin his first big professional racing break. Now he's off and making a name for himself in NASCAR. How is it having Colin Braun back at the Krohn Racing team?
"Oh, it's great to have Colin back with us. He's been somewhat like a son and it's been nice to see him expand his career and do well in the both the Truck and Nationwide Series. He's always had talent. We knew it six years ago. That's why I signed him to drive with us. He hasn't changed a bit though. Well, he's got a little more Southern twang in his accent now but he's still the kid we knew. He, Nic, Ricardo and I are looking forward to a great race this weekend."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
What is your favorite part about the Rolex 24 race?
"It's always very exciting to start off the season with the Rolex 24 hour race. Everyone does their best in trying to prepare after a long grueling season. At the test before the race we see if the other teams go with a different engine manufacturer or different chassis because a lot of mind games are played before we first show up for the test. I think it's very exciting to have that factor. Also, to have the 24 hours the beginning race of the year you get to learn the teams that have the most depth and likely will for the entire season. Of course the endurance factor is very exciting to me. You learn how well and if you kept up with your physical preparedness program. The race shows the best in the business. It's extremely exciting and challenging to me."

The Rolex 24 At Daytona is one of the most prestigious and renown sports car endurance races in the world and one in which you have raced several times before. What would it mean to you to finish on the podium or win at Daytona this year with Krohn Racing?
"To me it's both emotional and exciting. Tracy and I met years ago at the Panoz Racing School and then he hired me to race the Lamborghini in ALMS (American Le Mans Series) in 2004 for half a season. We have been together ever since and have become very close friends outside the race track. It's been a great experience to me because Tracy is obviously very talented and successful in business. I have learned a lot from him, not just working with him as a co-driver but also about life -- how you do things, how you prepare yourself in the business world. I've been trying to build my own business, along with a partner, for a few years. Tracy has given me a lot of good business advice. Additionally, in my opinion, the gentleman driver in this case has also given me a lot of positive input that helps me perfect my driving. There are a lot of things the pro guys may overlook, but if you work with a very talented and extremely competitive driver as Tracy, you learn from them as well. I look positively on this race and this season and think he and I are going to have a fantastic year together. To be on the podium at Daytona would be the icing on the cake."

RICARDO ZONTA, Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
You were not at the Daytona Test a few weeks ago. How prepared are you for the Rolex 24 At Daytona race?
"No, I could not make it to the test but I know the car and the team. I have driven it for the past two years. The Daytona race is always a difficult race because it is 24 hours of racing and so many things can happen. We have a very good team who knows how to take care of things if there is a problem. As a driver, that is reassuring to know you go in prepared at the start and can count on them if there is trouble."

The Rolex 24 At Daytona is one of the most prestigious and renown sports car endurance races in the world and one in which you have raced several times before. What would it mean to you to finish on the podium or win at Daytona this year with Krohn Racing?
"I would very much like to win the race this year. We have a good car and a good team. We all work together well and David Brown does a good job in preparing the team and drivers. I have been on the podium at Le Mans and it would be really good to experience that at Daytona as well. I hope I can do that this year with this team."

COLIN BRAUN, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola:
Do you feel competing at Daytona for the Rolex in January will help you when you come back with Roush Fenway in the Nationwide Series in February?
"I don't really think it does. They're such different disciples and different kinds of racing that I don't think a lot of it really translates to help. But just driving a race car and being involved in racing, working with different guys on the team gets you back in the swing of things from a little bit of off-season that we've had and that helps. I don't think it's going to be a deal where you learn a lot and where driving the sports car is going to translate over to the stock car. Just getting back to the swing of things and being a race car driver is good though."

We know the schedules can get pretty crazy in NASCAR, how were you able to make time to come race at the Rolex 24?
"This year it worked out well. Normally I've always struggled with a Roush Fenway Media Day we have, where we do a bunch of questions and answers and pictures and obligations like that. Usually that's where I spend the Thursday of Daytona week so I've struggled to try and get down there in time to take a few laps for Thursday's practice sessions. This year it worked out well with the media day happening on a Tuesday so it certainly works out well for my schedule and I can get down and make sure I'm there for all of Thursday and actually do my practice laps and things like that. For the race week I had to move a few things around with my Roush Fenway schedule with appearances but we can make everything happen, It is going to be a lot of fun!"

How did you fit back in with the Krohn Racing team and driving a Prototype car when you came for the Daytona Test?
"After a few laps I was very comfortable with the car. It was easy to drive and I adapted quickly, getting up to speed after a few laps and improving my pace after I got a few more. I think we've got a good, solid car for the race. The team has been developing this car and you can get in and it really drives well immediately. I fell right back into joking and having fun with the team members. They are almost all the same guys as when I was with the team a few years ago, so we just hit it off again. For me going into the Rolex 24 race, it makes it both fun and comfortable knowing we have a good car and we'll be ready for the challenges you always face in an endurance race."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
Do you come into the Rolex 24 race week feeling prepared and ready?
"We accomplished many of the things we set out to do at the test, despite the horrible weather. Tracy needed to get reacquainted with the car since he had not driven it for a few months. Colin needed to get comfortable and up to speed as well. We worked on grip and balance and a whole list of key items, as always. There are always things you want to tweak and improve when you leave a test session, so we did just that. Of course, at a 24-hour endurance race, you cannot prepare for everything. Sometimes you get challenging elements thrown at you and you just manage them the best you can as they happen. Coping and recovering is a key factor to putting a car back on the track when adversity strikes. Your goal is always to put the car back on track and finish as high as possible."

You have all returning drivers in Tracy, Nic, Ricardo and Colin. Does that work in your favor?
"Yes, it certainly helps to have drivers who know the car, the team, how we work together and know each other as drivers. You look for every advantage as you can when selecting your drivers for a 24-hour race. We feel we have a good combination of four drivers who can work together and manage the car and the elements over 24 hours of racing."

All four Krohn Racing drivers have been on the podium at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but have yet to take that step at the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Krohn, Jönsson and Braun finished second in the GT class at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans in France. Krohn and Jönsson were on the podium again in 2009 with a third-place finish, also in the GT class. Zonta was third in the LMP1 class at the 2008 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The 48^th Annual Rolex 24 At Daytona at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida will be televised live on SPEED on Saturday, January 30^th from 3:00-10:00 p.m. ET (Part I coverage) and Sunday, January 31^st from 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. ET (Part II coverage). For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com/ or http://www.speedtv.com/.

QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
Regarding the test and weather conditions:
 "We had two fairly good sessions. The car got better and better and more drivable. There's a little bit of a balance between getting Nic and Colin and myself all on the same page but I think we're there. I think the car was getting better and gaining grip. Certainly having a warmer session on Sunday was advantageous for everybody but I thought we made a huge amount of gain in the level of grip we were getting just for the weather."

"I don't know anybody that's ever seen snow and sleet in Daytona, if that's an indicator. We just want to strike a happy median. We assume the weather won't be the same for the race as it was for testing. The car is in very good position and we feel like we could go racing now."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
Regarding the test and weather conditions:
"Unfortunately we didn't get as many laps as we would have liked to have done this weekend. We had a few small issues that may have been due to weather conditions. Saturday we were pretty much parked all day because of the weather conditions. I think we have a pretty good idea of what needs to be done when we come back here. We've obviously done this race several times before and we've run pretty successfully here in the past, so I don't think there's much concern about that. The weather hasn't really helped since we've been at the freezing point or below most of the time. It's one of the coldest I've ever been to as an official test here at Daytona or anywhere else in the world actually and I'm from Sweden. I've done some really early spring testing over in Europe before that was like this type of weather but never in the States, that's for sure. It's put a damper on the testing. But, I'm looking real positive on coming back in three weeks and I think we should have a fantastic 24 Hour race.

COLIN BRAUN, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
Regarding the test:
"The test went really good, I think. I got quite a few laps in the car...enough to certainly get comfortable. I was surprised the car was pretty easy to drive and pretty easy to adapt to for me. After a few laps we were close in the speed and after a few more we were pretty quick. I think we've got a good, solid car. These guys have done a really good job developing it over the last couple of years where you can just get in it and it drives really well right off the bat. It makes it a lot of fun and makes it easy for me coming in here knowing we've got a good car."

Regarding the weather conditions:
"The weather this whole weekend has really been a struggle. We struggled to get tire temps, obviously, in the car and that really tends to slow your testing down when you have to go out five or six laps before you make a change, instead of being able to go out and make a couple of laps and make a change. It really slows the test down, not to mention the weather obviously being bad with the rain and the snow and the sleet. It put a big damper in the amount of time we had on the race track. I think that's going to help us though because we have a really good base set-up anyway. We just have a couple of things we want to run through and I think we can do that when we come back for the race."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
"We completed our test program even though the elements conspired against us. We came away from the test having gotten Colin comfortable and up to speed, Tracy reacquainted with the car after a couple of months and Nic doing just a few laps in continuation of our testing. We had a couple of issues which we need to address and we look forward very much to the 24-hour race."

The 48^th Annual Rolex 24 At Daytona at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida will be televised live on SPEED on Saturday, January 30^th at 3:00 p.m. ET and Sunday, January 31^st at 7:00 a.m. ET. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com.

The Krohn Racing team is headed to Daytona International Speedway this week for the official Grand-Am Test Days in preparation for the Rolex 24 At Daytona endurance race. The 48^th running of the twice-around-the-clock enduro will be held on January 30-31, 2010.

One Krohn Racing Proto-Auto Lola is entered with a stellar driver line-up, including team owner/driver Tracy Krohn, Krohn Racing regular Nic Jönsson, former Formula One racer Ricardo Zonta and NASCAR Nationwide Series competitor Colin Braun, in the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola. The formidable team is once again spearheaded by Krohn Racing Team Manager David Brown.

DRIVER QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
Krohn Racing is returning to Daytona for the 2010 running of the Rolex 24 in January with one car and an impressive driver line-up including you, Nic Jönsson, Ricardo Zonta and Colin Braun. Please share your thoughts about how this line-up came together and why you selected these talented drivers.
"They are all drivers we have had on the team before so we knew everyone would make a good driving combination. For the 24-hour race you want talented drivers that can not only go fast but also know when and how to make compromises and how to save the car so it can last through all 24 hours, which is not an easy thing to accomplish. We would like to win this race and I think we have a driving combination capable of doing just that."

The Rolex 24 At Daytona is one of the most prestigious and renown sports car endurance races in the world and one in which you have raced several times before. What would it mean to you to finish on the podium or win at Daytona this year with your Krohn Racing team?
"Winning is always our goal. Everything has to come together for you to win a grueling endurance race like Daytona. You cannot ever sacrifice the car and must always stay patient. You also have to face surprises with the weather, crashes, and potential mechanical failures. Everything has to come together for us to win a race like this. We've been on the podium at Le Mans two times and we would love to do that at Daytona."

How difficult do you think the competition will be for the 2010 Rolex race?
"The competition gets more difficult and the bar gets raised every year. I don't think this year will be any different.  All you have to do is run one race to fully understand and appreciate that."

What is your favorite part about the Rolex 24 race?
"My favorite part is both starting and finishing the race. The start is exhilarating. But finishing the race means you are there at the end after 24-hours of hard fought racing and nearly defying the odds of mechanical and human ability. Simply finishing a 24-hour race is such a sense of accomplishment and brings great joy."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
You will be co-driving with former teammate Ricardo, owner/driver Tracy, and also Colin Braun will join you in the cockpit. Please share your thoughts.
"Going into the 2010 season with Ricardo, Tracy and Colin as my teammates for the Daytona race makes me feel very good because we know each other really well. Ricardo and I have been running together for two years and we know each other well. Tracy and I have been together for over six years now as a co-driver and team owner. Colin was with us for two years. I think if you look at the combined skill and experience level between the four of us, we need to be viewed as one of the most experienced, most competitive and best combinations out there. I feel very good about the Rolex 24 and have huge hopes. The Krohn Racing crew has been prepping these cars for the last few years and does a flawless job. We have about two years of development on the Proto-Auto Lola now. I think that 2009 proved the car is as good as any car out there and we won two races and had an additional podium. The car is definitely capable of running out front. I think we have as good of a chance to stand on top of that podium when Daytona comes around as anyone else."

How difficult do you think the competition will be for the 2010 Rolex race?
"To be quite honest with you I haven't really seen what the entry list looks like. Knowing what the competition was like last year, I'm sure it's not going to be any less. Last year was probably one of the most competitive races in which I've ever raced, including go-karts, Indy cars, ALMS, whatever. It is because of the huge depth in engineering, car development, driver line-up and stuff like that which makes it so competitive. I believe that the competition is going to be extremely fierce. There are probably going to be 10-12 cars capable of winning the 24 Hours, not just by being smart and staying out of trouble, but by pure speed. I believe the No. 75 Krohn Proto-Auto Lola Ford will be one of those."

RICARDO ZONTA, Driver No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
Krohn Racing is happy to welcome you back to Krohn Racing for the 2010 Rolex 24 At Daytona race. Please tell us your thoughts about being back with Krohn Racing for this event.
"Yes, I am happy to be back racing with Tracy and Nic. I look forward to driving with Colin and know he was part of the team the years before me. The Rolex 24 is a very important international endurance race so I like racing in this event very much."

Do you think your team can win the 2010 Rolex race?
"I think we are in quite a good position for the race because of things we learned the past two years. We have won races with the Proto-Auto Lola. At a 24-hour race it is more important for the reliability of the car than the high speed of the car. We also have good drivers with endurance racing experience."

COLIN BRAUN, Driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
Krohn Racing is happy to welcome you back to your former sports car racing team. How do you feel about joining Krohn Racing again?
"I'm definitely excited to come back and drive with Krohn. I really enjoyed working with (team manager) David Brown. Nic Jönsson and I have become pretty good friends. I had a really good time co-driving with Nic for the last half of the 2007 season. Nic's definitely a good guy to drive with and Tracy is a good guy to drive for so it should be a lot of fun. I miss a lot of the crew members that I got to know over the years I was driving with Krohn Racing. It will be a lot of fun to get back in the swing of things with those guys and work with everyone again."

The Rolex 24 At Daytona is one of the most prestigious and renown sports car endurance races in the world and one in which you have raced before. What are your thoughts about coming back to your sports car endurance racing roots and competing at Daytona?
"I love doing the 24-hour race and have been going there for many year with Ford engines. I think racing at Daytona really fits well with the stock car stuff I'm doing with Roush Fenway Racing. I love to go and drive race cars and this is a great opportunity to drive a car that I think has a good shot at winning the race."

What is your favorite part about the Rolex 24 race?
"I think the favorite part for me is the length of the race. I enjoy that it's a 24-hour race and I think it's neat for all the different aspects that have to go into it. I think it's cool to have three or four different drivers that are good drivers, but it's frustrating when they're not. You want your co-drivers to be guys you get along with well and trust. It's interesting to see how everybody works together and how everybody compromises on the set-up, not to mention from the crew standpoint. I think this race is more about the car, crew and being prepared and how well the engineer and data guy handle problems we may get into. I think it says a lot more about the team and how prepared they are than it does the drivers often times."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
Krohn Racing is returning to Daytona for the 2010 running of the Rolex 24 in January with one car and a stellar driver line-up of Tracy Krohn, Nic Jönsson, Ricardo Zonta and Colin Braun. Please share your thoughts about how this line-up came together and why this selection of talented drivers was made.
"It's very important to have quality across the entire spectrum of the race operation, and of course, one of the key elements is in the cockpit.  Nic and Ricardo have worked together throughout the 2008 and 2009 season and have proven to be a formidable combination. Tracy has worked with Nic and Ricardo before so there is an obvious connection there. Colin was one of our drivers in 2006 and 2007 so we are very happy to see him back in a Krohn Racing car for the Rolex 24 Hours. He was then, and has proven since, to be very fast and a mature 24-hour race driver. Overall we have a group of four drivers who are capable of guiding the car to the top of the podium in 2010."

How difficult do you think the competition will be for the 2010 Rolex race?
"There are several teams capable of winning the race, and the added endurance element only widens the potential field of competitors because it brings an element of uncertainty to the competition.  We will have to be at the top of our game to win, but we are up for the challenge."

What is the most difficult part about the Rolex 24 race?
"There are so many elements to the race, and that is the challenge, to manage the human and engineering aspects, to tie them together so that when bad things happen, and they will, the team is ready and able to cope and recover in order to put the car back on the track and still win."

All four Krohn Racing drivers have been on the podium at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but have yet to take that step at the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Krohn, Jönsson and Braun finished second in the GT class at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans in France. Krohn and Jönsson were on the podium again in 2009 with a third-place finish, also in the GT class. Zonta was third in the LMP1 class at the 2008 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The 48^th Annual Rolex 24 At Daytona at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida will be televised live on SPEED on Saturday, January 30^th at 3:00 p.m. ET and Sunday, January 31^st at 7:00 a.m. ET. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com.

The car that KIA has chosen to race is the new KIA Forte Koup which is a competitor to the Honda Civic, Chevy Cobalt, Golf GTI, etc. KIA is looking to change the perception of their brand by going younger and sportier. Everyone knows that KIA builds an inexpensive car but very few understand that KIA also builds a very high quality (and fast) car with their 100,000 mile / 10 year warranty on all their vehicles...now that's confidence! This is something Kinetics hopes to demonstrate on race tracks across the nation and put the Infinity Audio sponsored Kinetic KIA Forte Koup in the winner's circle for 2010!

Besides this very exciting news, I've also been away in Sweden doing some testing with the new Camaro Cup car that I've been involved in developing over the last few months. A couple of my good friends back in Sweden have come up with this new concept of a full tube frame chassis with the Camaro body on it to replace the current Camaro Cup car for 2010. The old car was based on the regular Z28 uni body car and had a few years under its belt. So now they thought it was time to do something different and they nailed it! The car is a lot of fun to drive and it's a proper race car. The car responded well to changes and will be a huge success for sure.

On a personal note, my Son Max is growing like a weed and has started to develop his own little personality and knows exactly what he wants.

Well I will let you go and I will be back with an update in a near future. Take care!
Your friend, Nic

Throughout 2009 Krohn Racing has continued without any technical assistance from Lola to improve the performance of the car and compete in all rounds of the Grand-Am Championship achieving victories and fastest laps, most recently at the last event at Watkins Glen.

Krohn Racing is a co owner of Proto-Auto LLC, an Official Constructor of a Daytona Prototype chassis.

Tracy Krohn:  "Regrettably Lola cars, also shareholders of Proto-Auto, have raised issues within Proto-Auto that they have chosen to pursue through their lawyers."

"In these circumstances I do not wish to continue using the outstanding efforts of my team staff and drivers and our extensive team resources, to race a car presently badged as a Lola."

"It is my expectation that Krohn Racing will return to the Grand-Am Championship as soon as possible subject to the timing and outcome of the aforementioned matter, meanwhile Krohn Racing will continue permitted testing."

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Krohn Racing was formed in 2005 by Tracy W. Krohn to campaign a team in the Daytona Prototype class of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series for the 2006 season and beyond.

Qualifying driver Nic Jönsson started the No. 76 Krohn Racing Ford Lola from the eighth starting position. Jönsson was served a penalty on Lap 13 following contact with a GT Porsche after moving the Proto-Auto Lola up to the sixth overall position. Good team strategy paid off as Krohn Racing Team Manager/Engineer David Brown called a pit stop and driver change under caution on Lap 25. Ricardo Zonta worked his way up through the field, from as low as ninth position after a final stop for fuel, to the top of the lap charts. Zonta led the final 21 laps of the race, from Lap 73-93, and et the fastest race lap.

Tracy W. Krohn, Team Owner Krohn Racing:
"It was a real slugfest out there. The track is so fast. It's the fastest track we race. The car has lots of down force and you're hoofing through there.

We just seem to have really good fortune at Watkins Glen. I think that's part of it. We expect to do well and as a result I think the mindset is such that we've got to do well. Everybody is stoked up to perform and the team was flawless. The pits stops were perfect. Then driver change went perfect. Ricardo drove well. I thought Nic got a funky call there but hard to tell from the television about contact. It looked like it was a racing incident to me. The end was very exciting. We had a good strategy and it worked out well. Ricardo was very, very strong at the finish. One of the things we did was come in early on the driver change. We are not really trying to get points at this stage. We are trying to win races. I think that was a good call. The guys were all extremely excited. It was one of those perfect races."

Nic Jönsson, Driver, No. 76 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
"We changed the car and went back to the set up we had in the 6-hour race earlier this year. In practice and qualifying we were struggling with the grip. We decided to go with something we knew was good here a few months ago. We completely transformed the car for the race and had a very good car.

We had a good start and went from eighth to sixth on the first lap. About 25 minutes into the race, Timo (Bernard), I think, and I came up on a slower car. I tucked underneath Timo and the GT car turned in and I had to slam on the brakes to try to save my car. I didn't quite stop enough. I hardly brushed him. It was almost like the air turned him and there were no marks on my car but they assessed a drive through (penalty) on me. It was very hard ruling but we knew we had a good car. David was encouraging on the radio and said let's do this drive-through and keep running because we are among the quickest cars out there. We stayed on the lead lap and actually gained some time back. We got a yellow and decided to pit, change drivers and do fuel and tires. Ricardo got in and did a fantastic job from there, along with the crew. We had very good pit stops and a little different strategy than most teams. We basically pitted under green on the last stop and went to the finish. We were quick by about a half second. That gave us enough of a cushion when everybody else pitted that we ended up being at the front.

It's been a long time since I've seen such an excited crew and it is understandable. They have done such a fantastic job the last two years with this Proto-Auto Lola. A lot of time, testing and work have gone into this program. There's not one guy or two guys that can be singled out for the credit. It's a complete, pure, true team effort.  It's just a fantastic feeling to be able to legitimize this Proto-Auto Lola's competitiveness...that includes in the dry conditions. We've had two wins this year. I think only two other teams have done that."

Ricardo Zonta, Driver, No. 76 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
"The car was very quick. We had very good strategy. Only problem was to hold Pruett behind. The traffic with the GT cars made it difficult. I had to work very hard to keep my pace. It was so easy to make a mistake. It was very close in the end because of the traffic with the GT cars and the short track. We had to pass cars every lap. That was the problem. I would say when I was by myself with no traffic, I opened up a gap but as soon as I caught up to traffic they started to get closer to me. I think we were the quickest car on the track. 

I'm very proud to drive for Krohn. The team has worked very hard so we are glad to win again. We are missing Tracy here to celebrate together."

David Brown, Team Manager/Engineer, Krohn Racing:
"There were moments when a lot of cars stopped very, very early...almost inconceivably early. I was thinking we may have made a mistake because surely they haven't all done this without thinking through. When a couple cars pitted they all seemed to follow the leader. We stuck to our plan and pitted under green and no one else did. We were able to run straight to the end without any fuel issues. Those people that stopped a lot earlier had to actually come in to take fuel. Not only did the strategy work out the way we wanted but the car was fast enough to produce the result as well. Ricardo set the fastest lap. It's not comfortable to have Pruett behind you. We had to work to stay ahead of him. The team did a great job with good pit stops.

Nic got a harsh penalty early in the race but he kept his head and got on with it and had some really good laps after the penalty. That laid the foundation for the rest of the race with Ricardo and off we went to a victory."

Zonta and Jönsson won the 200-mile/2 hour Crown Royal 200 race by a 3.325 second margin of victory over current point leaders Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas in the No. 01 Telmex/Ganassi Lexus Riley.

The next Grand-Am race will be at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Saturday, August 29 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  The Grand-Am Rolex Series races in conjunction with the NASCAR Nationwide Series. For more information, please see www.grand-am.com.

The No. 76 Krohn Racing Ford Lola of Nic Jönsson and Ricardo Zonta will be the sole Krohn Racing entry for the shortest race of the season, 200-miles or 2-hours on the 2.45-mile, 11-turn road course. The duo previously won at the New Jersey Motorsports Park in May, collecting their first victory in the Proto-Auto Lola. Krohn Racing previously won at The Glen in 2006 with Jörg Bergmeister and Boris Said and in 2005 with team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn and Nic Jönsson, both victories in the 6-Hour race.

QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver Krohn Racing:
Watkins Glen has been a good circuit for Krohn Racing. What are the things you personally like about The Glen?
"We run the track in two configurations. We run it in the long configuration, which has several more turns. And we run it in the NASCAR configuration, which is much faster and muc  shorter. It's nice to go up there and run both of them. It's always a track that you have to drive very close margins because the walls are close. It doesn't lend itself to making too many mistakes. Of course no track does, but I think particularly at Watkins Glen and particularly when you're going up through the esses. You're a little bit on the edge and you have to drive it through there instead of just relying on downforce. You try to strip the downforce off and go as fast as you can so you really have to drive through there as opposed to just putting downforce on the car and not having to be concerned about it."

Do you prefer the long or short course?
"I'm not really sure. I think now that now that everybody has the same length of time on the fueling rigs it will be more interesting to find out."

This is another NASCAR/Grand-Am race week. How do you like those crossover event weekends?
"I like it as an owner. For one thing, there's a lot less expense involved. You're not there for several days. You're only there for a day and a half or two days. That, on the expense side of it, is good. There are a lot of people there. I think there is becoming a growing awareness of our series and being part of NASCAR. I see nothing but real positives in it."

How tough has the competition been this year?
"Tough! We've worked really hard at developing this car and trying to make it as good as we can. Again, I'm disappointed in competitors that have deliberately, in my opinion, bent the rules and knowingly. I feel like it's going to be more fun to compete now that everybody is going to be a little more equal."

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 76 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
This is a 200-mile or 2-hour race...the shortest of all the races of the season.  Does that make it easier or more difficult to win?
"It depends on if you have a very good car and start out front, it's probably going to make it easier. I think it's going to make it even more of a sprint race and you can't really think anything about taking care of brakes, tires and stuff like that. You're probably going to have to go flat out from the very beginning. It's definitely a sprint race."

Do you prefer the long or short course?
"Personally, I really like the long course at Watkins Glen. I think that's one of the nicest layouts there is on a race track. You have everything - elevation changes, hard braking zones, fast corners and slow corners. The short course is obviously much more about just pure speed. It's not so much technique. The short course is much more about trimming the car out than about top speed. So, from a driver perspective, it's fun to go fast, but I personally like if a little more technique is involved. I think we should have a good car there and I'm really looking forward to going back because I like the event and the environment of old tradition for motor racing and enthusiastic fans."

How tough has the competition been this year?
"The competition gets tougher and tougher every year in the Grand-Am Rolex Series. There are a lot of good drivers but the teams have really stepped up their program. They have really good engineering teams, top notch equipment and people are now realizing that you also have to do testing and keep tweaking the cars between races. Much development is going on within every team, so I think the competition is stiff and that's the way it should be."

Two years ago this race weekend your wife was home having your son, Max, while you were here racing in Grand-Am and NASCAR. How are you celebrating his birthday?
"We had a little party back home this past weekend. It was the first time I was home for his birth or birthday, so I was pleased to be around to celebrate with the family. We had a lot of friends over, race friends and neighbors, and both sets of his grandparents are here from Sweden."

RICARDO ZONTA, Driver No. 76 Krohn Racing Ford Lola:
This is a 200-mile/ 2-hour race, the shortest of the season. Is it easier or more difficult to win at a shorter sprint style race like this?
"I don't see much difference. It depends on strategy and the car's performance."

Do you prefer the short course or the long course at Watkins Glen and why?
"I prefer the short because we have to push on the limit the whole race. It makes it very exciting."

How difficult has the competition been this year in Grand-Am?
"The Grand-Am races have always been very exciting and the competition remains strong every year."

This is another NASCAR/Grand-Am race week. How do you like those crossover event weekends?
"It's good except that the problem is racing on Fridays there are not as many people that come out to watch the races."

DAVID BROWN, Krohn Racing Team Manager and Engineer:
This is a 200-mile or 2-hour race...the shortest of all the races of the season.  Does that make it easier or more difficult to win?
"It means the race is less tolerant of any errors by the team or the drivers because you've got so little time relative to make up the deficit. It means you have to have a good car. Strategy is very crucial. We've got very narrow windows in which to make the right choices, again, all because of the shortness of the race. Otherwise, the pattern of the race will be similar. There will be some yellows and running into the dark at the end will make it a bit unusual for us. It's a good track. We like Watkins Glen short circuit. We've learned some things recently which are going to help us be more competitive and we want to get them on the road and see where it puts us."

How tough has the competition been this year?
"The competition is very close, which is very healthy of the Series and we think it's very good for us. It means that the performance of our car demonstrates our ability to produce a good car, run a good car and have it driven well by our drivers."

What's the strategy for the WGI 200 race? What kind of set-up changes must you make for the short course versus the long course?
"There is more of an emphasis on drag because the number of corners is fewer and you spend less proportion of the time on the lap in the corners than you do on the long circuit, otherwise it is pretty similar."
 
In 2008, Jönsson and Zonta teamed to a record two podiums, six Top 5 and nine Top 10 finishes. Additionally, Zonta claimed one pole position and one fastest lap record. In 2009 so far, Krohn Racing has one victory (New Jersey), a second-place finish at Mid-Ohio, a fifth place finish at Barber and three DNF's in the No. 76 entry, along with a fastest lap (Barber) and one DNF and a ninth-place finish in two race (both at Daytona) in the No. 75 Ford Lola.

The Crown Royal 200 at The Glen will be televised just slightly tape-delayed on Friday, August 7th at 8:00 p.m. ET, with actual race start time at 6:30 p.m. For more information, please see www.grand-am.com.