Krohn Racing's run at the Crown Royal 200 at the Glen proved to be challenging as the team worked feverishly to get the set-up where they wanted it for the race. Tracy W. Krohn, team owner and starting driver had qualified the car 13^th on the grid and started the race. Teammate Nic Jönsson took the middle stint at Lap 35 and returned the car to Krohn on Lap 67. Unfortunately their day was ended when Burt Friselle, in the No. 61 Aim Autosport Ford Riley, was forced into the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola by another car on Lap 84. With a broken right rear suspension sending them to the garage, the team had to settle for 13^th in class and 25^th overall.

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/.

As the defending race winner, the Krohn Racing team comes to Watkins Glen International ready to defend their title in a fight to the finish for the Crown Royal 200 at The Glen race, August 7. Team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn and teammate Nic Jönsson are hungry for their first victory of 2010, in a season that has shown their competitive worthiness. Jönsson and 2009 teammate Ricardo Zonta won the race last year at the historic New York circuit.

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.

The No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola of team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn and Nic Jönsson was not able to follow up last year's victory with a desired repeat this year at the NJMP 250 presented by Crown Royal race at New Jersey Motorsports Park, July 18.

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/.

The No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola of Tracy W. Krohn and Nic Jönsson continues to lead the most laps completed list in the Daytona Prototype class of the 2010 GRAND-Am Rolex Sports Car Series with 1,583 of 1,631 laps. The Krohn team is returning to the site of their first victory last year in the Proto-Auto Lola at New Jersey Motorsports Park on July 17-18 for the 2010 NJMP 250 presented by Crown Royal race.

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.

The No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola of team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn and Nic Jönsson finished in the sixth position at the Brumos Porsche 250 race at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, July 3^rd. The team settled for sixth place after gambling on fuel while running in the fifth position on the lead lap and ran out of fuel on the final lap of the race.

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.

As we enter Round 8 of 12 in the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series, the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola of Tracy W. Krohn and Nic Jönsson tops the lap charts. The No. 75 Krohn entry has completed more laps than any GRAND-AM DP car this season (1,501 of 1,548).

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.

Krohn Racing drivers Tracy W. Krohn and Nic Jönsson return from competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Ferrari 430 GT this week and travel to the EMCO Gears Classic presented by KeyBank race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, June 18-19. We begin the second half of the season with Round 7 of 12 on the 2010 GRAND-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, a two hour and forty-five minute race.

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.

THE FAIRY TALE ENDS FOR RISI COMPETIZIONE AND KROHN Le Mans, Sunday 13 June 2010

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.

SUNDAY JUNE 13, 2010

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.

LE MANS RACE BULLETIN 1 - ISSUED AT 2100 HRS AFTER 6 HOURS
RISI'S FIGHT BACK HAS STARTED - #82 HOLDING GT2 LEAD, #83 NOW HOLDING STEADY

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.

RISI COMPETIZIONE FACE FIGHT THROUGH THE FIELD AT LE MANS

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.

Risi Competizione's Gianmaria Bruni, driving the No.82 Ferrari F430 GTC,  was the only GT2 driver to break the four minute per lap barrier in the first qualifying session for Saturday's 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's most famous and prestigious sports car race.

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.

The Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen race proved to be eventful for Krohn Racing. Team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn started the race from the 11^th position on the grid. After six hours of racing with just four cautions for 17 laps, the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola finished in the same position.

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.

The Krohn Racing went directly from Lime Rock Park to the Finger Lakes Region of New York state this week for the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen GRAND-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race, June 5. The regular race on the GRAND-Am schedule is held at the legendary Watkins Glen International sports car circuit. The No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola will be driven by team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn and teammate Nic Jönsson.

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.

The No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola started the Memorial Day Classic Rolex GRAND-AM Sports Car Series race from the pole position at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Conn. Monday, May 31^st. Nic Jönsson captured the first starting spot with a time of 48.786 in the single day event, where teams practiced, qualified and raced all on one day. It was Jönsson's first Grand-Am Prototype pole and the fifth pole for the Krohn Racing team.

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.

Nic Jonsson in the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola got the pole at Lime Rock Park today with a time of 48.786. This is Round 5 of the 2010 Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car Series. The race is live on Speed TV at 2:00 p.m. ET for the two hour and 45-minute race.

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

Krohn Racing will participate in the fifth round of the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series schedule this Memorial Day weekend, May 28-31 at Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Conn. for the Memorial Day Classic. The No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola will be driven by owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn and teammate Nic Jönsson at the short 1.53-mile, 7-turn road course near the beautiful Berkshires.

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.

The Krohn-Risi Ferrari finished in the Top Ten in a challenging and chilly American Le Mans Series Monterey presented by Patron six-hour race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Saturday.

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.

The Krohn-Risi Ferrari team is back at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this week hoping to apply their endurance racing experience in the American Le Mans Series Monterey presented by Patron race, May 22, 2010. The new six-hour race will pit skilled drivers of 36 cars around the 2.238-mile, 11-turn Northern California road course. Drivers of the No. 61 green-and-blue Risi Competizione-prepared Ferrari 430 GT will be Krohn Racing owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn and teammate Nic Jönsson.

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.

Round 4 on the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series calendar is the Bosch Engineering 250 on April 24-25 at VIRginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia. The No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola with owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn and teammate Nic Jönsson will pilot the 530-horsepower car around the 3.27-mile, 17-turn historic Virginia circuit.

The No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola of car owner/ qualifying driver Tracy W. Krohn and teammate Nic Jönsson finished 11th in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series' Porsche 250 race at Barber Motorsports Park on April 10. Krohn started from the 13th position on the grid and pitted on Lap 12 after an off-road excursion. Fresh tires, fuel and a new nose carried him until lap 58, when Jönsson took the wheel of the Roush Engines supplied Ford V-8-powered Prototype car and drove it to the checkered flag on Lap 108.

As spring flowers bloom in the South and the Masters Golf Tournament is played a few hours away, the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Racing teams travel to the scenic Barber Motorsports Park for the Porsche 250 in Birmingham, Alabama April 9-10, 2010.

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.

The Risi Competizione team continued its endurance race streak and took Saturday's GT2 victory in the 58^th Annual 12 Hours of Sebring race with the No. 62 Ferrari 430 GT with drivers Jaime Melo, Gianmaria Bruni and Pierre Kaffer. The No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari team of Tracy W. Krohn, Nic Jönsson and Eric van de Poele finished in seventh place in the GT2 class.

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.

The No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430 GT2 started today's 12 Hours of Sebring from the rear of the field, in the 31^st position and 9^th in the GT2 class, after the team changed all four tires following a brief spin in Friday's qualifying session. Starting driver Nic Jönsson quickly moved through the field and was in the 17^th position overall and eighth in class by the first caution on Lap 29. Jönsson drove a double stint before relinquishing the car to Tracy W. Krohn on Lap 56 and just over two hours in to the race. Tracy completed a single stint before turning the "Krohn green" Prancing Horse over to Eric van de Poele on lap 87 at 1:45 p.m.

The Risi-Krohn Ferrari team of Tracy W. Krohn, Nic Jönsson and Eric van de Pole, have been at Sebring International Raceway all week in preparation for the 58th Annual 12 Hours of Sebring race. Testing sessions on Monday and Tuesday and practice Wednesday and Thursday all led up to today’s qualifying under the Florida sun for the inaugural race on the 2010 American Le Mans Series calendar.

Tracy qualified the Ferrari 430 GT2 in the 12th position in the GT2 field with a time of 2:06.680 at 105.147 mph. He could not quite match his Friday morning practice time (his best of the week) of 2:04.166 after suffering a quick spin in Turn 1 and losing the optimum capability of his Michelin tires.

DRIVER QUOTES:
TRACY W. KROHN, Team Owner/Driver, No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430: “We started off the early part of the week with testing. I had a few little issues with the car, including one where I hit the trigger of the fire extinguisher. That’s the first time I’ve ever accidentally hit one. I’ve hit them on purpose before but never accidentally. Notwithstanding that, the car has gotten better through the week and is actually quite good. We’ve been trying different tires and different set-ups. We’ve narrowed in on one that seems to be very good with any tires we seem to use. The car is very well balanced. I’m looking forward to a great race tomorrow. I’ve gotten a little bit quicker throughout the week. That’s helped. It’s difficult for me to go from the DP (Daytona Prototypes in Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series) to this car. It’s quite a different feeling for me. It’s a very comfortable car to drive because it’s very well balanced. When we got to Thursday evening, the car was as good as it’s been all week, which is where you want to be. I had my best time last night and then bettered it this morning.

“I’ve had a lot of help here this week from Nic and Eric. I was all ready to go out and put in a good time in qualifying today and I just screwed up in the exit of the pits. I put a little too much power down and shifted gears at the wrong time and the car lurched left. Fortunately I kept it on the track and kept on going, but I pretty much wrote the tires off. I still did an okay time but I had a couple of seconds more in me that I left out on the track with a knackered set of tires. We’ll deal with that and get ready for the race. I think Risi and his team has done a great job. I think everybody is right on top of it and I feel very confident for the race.”

NIC JONSSON, Driver, No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430: “This is a brand new car for us here to Sebring. We’ve had our fair share of small incidents, both driver’s errors and other mechanical and electrical issues during the week. I think finally today we got the car working flawlessly, as far as mechanically and electronically. I think Tracy proved that this morning when we went out and ran within three (3) seconds of the fastest class time, which is fantastic. The Risi guys have done a fantastic job again preparing this car. We look very positive going into tomorrow’s race. I think we’ve got a very well balanced race car. We are going to start the race and take the approach we always do – to be safe and stay out of trouble and start clicking them off and try to make it home tomorrow night and hopefully that will give us a good response.”

ERIC VAN DE POELE, Driver, No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430: “For me, everything was perfect from the first day. The car was good straightaway. Just yesterday we had a little problem with the engine and it looks like we found it. Tracy did a very good time this morning. The car looks like it has a good set-up now and looks very comfortable to drive. We expected maybe a little bit better on qualifying but it’s not so important for us. We know that. The most important is to get a competitive car, like we have, and be comfortable for the race, especially here. Everything is exactly like we expected and I’m looking forward to getting back in the car.”

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

2010 AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES, ROUND 1
MOBIL 1 TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

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.

The Krohn-Risi Ferrari team is excited to be back at Sebring International Raceway for the 58th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida on Saturday, March 20^th. The No. 61 "Krohn green" Ferrari 430 GTE, driven by Krohn Racing team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn, Nic Jönsson and Eric van de Poele, will be looking to add another podium to their endurance portfolio.

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.

Round 2 of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series at Homestead-Miami Speedway didn't produce the strong results for which the Krohn Racing team had hoped. The No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola finished 13^th overall on the 2.3-mile South Florida superspeedway. Tracy W. Krohn, car owner/driver, qualified the car 15^th and drove 99 laps before turning over the 530-horsepower Prototype car to teammate Nic Jönsson. Nic took it to the checkered flag, where the Krohn team finished 13^th, seven laps down from the winners.

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.

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.

Krohn Racing and Risi Competizione, the 2008 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) GT2 Championship winning team, announce their continuing partnership for three races in 2010. Krohn will be competing in the No. 61 Ferrari 430 GTE with the easily identifiable green-and-blue livery.

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.

Hi, Nic Jonsson here again! First of all, I have to apologize for not writing my blogs for a while. Some people are probably happy about that but here we go again!!

The 2010 season is under way with the Rolex 24 hours of Daytona two weeks ago. Congrats to Auto Express Racing!! I raced in both the Continental Tire Series and the Rolex 24.

The 48^th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona race came to a finish Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. ET after featuring 16 cautions for 74 laps, 53 lead changes among 59 drivers and with 13 cars having led the race by 29 different drivers. If those statistics did not catch your attention, being at the race live surely would have.

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.

From the 12 hour to the 18 hour mark, the intense drama that marked the first half of the Rolex 24 At Daytona has slowed a bit. Only three cautions slowed the action. At 18 hours, the competitors had completed 554 laps, totaling 1,972.24 miles.

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."

In the past six hours, at the halfway point of the Rolex 24 At Daytona race, 365 laps were covered, amounting to 1,299.4 miles. There have been 36 lead changes among 13 drivers/13 cars. Eleven caution periods have caused the 48^th annual running of the twice-around-the-clock endurance race to become a very strange race indeed.

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.

The 48^th annual Rolex 24 At Daytona started under caution due to rainy conditions. Ricardo Zonta was at the wheel of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola in the ninth position on the grid. On Lap 5, the track went green. Zonta climbed through the positions and lead the race for eight laps, until he came in for a pit stop, including a change to slick tires as the track started drying out. A brief spin on cold tires after he returned to the track dropped him a couple position, which he quickly earned back. He turned over the wheel of the popular green Prototype machine to Nic Jönsson at the three-hour mark in the fourth position.

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.

Krohn Racing has been at Daytona International Speedway this week in preparation for the 48^th annual Rolex 24 At Daytona endurance race. The No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola includes owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn, Nic Jönsson, Ricardo Zonta and Colin Braun.

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."