The No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430GT, prepared by Risi Competizione, is ready to challenge the 56^th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring. The Ferrari will be driven by Krohn Racing team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn, along with teammates Nic Jönsson and Eric van de Poele. The legendary Sebring, Florida-based race is the inaugural event of the 2008 American Le Mans Series (ALMS), scheduled for March 12-15.

Krohn Racing and Risi Competizione, both of Houston, Texas, have paired again in 2008 to field a Ferrari 430 GT in the GT2 class for Sebring and the LMGT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Last year the Risi-Krohn Ferrari team participated in four of the ALMS races, collecting three Top-10 finishes, and a remarkable second-place finish at the internationally renowned 24 Hours of Le Mans race.

Krohn Racing and Risi Competizione, both based in Houston, Texas, have joined forces again in 2008 to run a Ferrari 430GT in three races. The races will include the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) sanctioned 56^th Annual 12 Hours of Sebring race in Sebring, Florida on Saturday, March 15, the ALMS Lone Star Grand Prix, in Houston, Texas on April 26 and the 76^th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in Le Mans, France on June 14-15. Once again they will field the No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430GT in the GT2 class.

Risi Competizione, spearheaded by long-time Ferrari race car owner and dealer Giuseppe Risi, will prepare the machine for Krohn Racing team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn, along with his teammates Nic Jönsson and Eric van de Poele. Krohn and Jönsson regularly drive a Daytona Prototype in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. Van de Poele was recruited this year as Krohn's co-driver in the series and combines for the two endurance races in the Ferrari, Sebring and Le Mans. The Krohn Racing two-car team finished fourth and seventh in the prestigious 24 Hours of Daytona race last month.

Krohn Racing has reason to be proud of their results in the 2008 running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona endurance race. The two-car team finished fourth and seventh in the 46^th running of the twice-around-the-clock historic enduro by racing smart and steady in the 24-hour race known for its unpredictable results.

The 2008 running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona has been setting records. At the 18-hour mark, there had already been 18 cautions, a new Rolex 24 record. The Krohn Racing team was holding its own, as numerous teams closed their garages and put their cars away after problems forced them to retire.

At the halfway point of the 46^th annual Rolex 24 At Daytona the Krohn Racing team held the 11^th and 13^th positions out of the 66-car field. Fortunately, minimal problem ensued between the sixth and 12^th hours of the twice-around-the-clock endurance classic.

The Krohn Racing team is off to a positive start at this year's Rolex 24 At Daytona at Daytona International Raceway. The No. 75 Pontiac Riley of team owner and starting driver Tracy W. Krohn, along with Oliver Gavin and Eric van de Pole, started from the 25^th position of 66 cars on the grid. At the 6-Hour mark the car was in ninth position overall after 180 laps.

The No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of Nic Jönsson, Ricardo Zonta and Darren Turner will start the 46th Annual Rolex 24 At Daytona race from the 15th position. The No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of Tracy W. Krohn, Eric van de Poele and Oliver Gavin will start from the 25th position.

Ricardo Zonta No Worse for Wear After Off-Track Excursion

The Proto-Auto test program with the new Lolas continued at Daytona International Speedway January 4-6, 2008, when Krohn Racing brought the two new Lola chassis for testing in preparation for the 2008 season.

Krohn Racing team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn, and teammates Eric van de Poele and Oliver Gavin, tested in the No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Lola. Nic Jönsson, Ricardo Zonta and Darren Turner tested in the No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Lola.

Krohn Racing's two-car team arrives in Daytona this week for the first official Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series on-track activities of the 2008 season for the Daytona Test Days, January 4-6.

Team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn will share the No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Lola with new teammate and veteran endurance sports car driver Eric van de Poele. Corvette GT1 champion Oliver Gavin will test in preparation for his inaugural Rolex 24 At Daytona as the third driver with Krohn and van de Poele.

The No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Lola will be piloted this weekend by Krohn Racing regular driver Nic Jönsson. Paired with Jönsson for the season is new co-driver and former Formula One hotshoe Ricardo Zonta. Briton Darren Turner will serve as the third driver in the No. 76 Krohn entry with Jönsson and Zonta for the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Proto-Auto completed the first Lola Daytona Prototype chassis test for the customer Krohn Racing this week. Representatives from Proto-Auto, Lola Cars and Krohn Racing conducted initial testing with a brief and successful shakedown at Road Atlanta. The operation then moved to Savannah for testing.

Proto-Auto, a partnership of Krohn Racing and Lola Cars, is the official constructor of the Lola chassis. The newly designed chassis, with a CRD-prepared Pontiac engine, performed well at the Savannah test, completing over 100 laps with one hundred percent reliability during the first day of testing.

Krohn Racing returns to the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series in 2008 for its third season as an independent race team of owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn.

Ricardo Zonta and Eric van de Poele Join Krohn Racing
As 2008 Teammates to Tracy Krohn and Nic Jönsson

The driver line-up, beginning at the 46^th Annual Rolex 24 At Daytona, will include Krohn paired with endurance sports car veteran Eric van de Poele in the No. 75 Pontiac-powered entry. The No. 76 car will pair team regular Nic Jönsson with former Formula One star Ricardo Zonta for the season.

Darren Turner and Oliver Gavin Join Krohn Racing
for 2008 Rolex 24 At Daytona

English sports car ace Darren Turner will be added to the Krohn No. 76 entry with Jönsson and Zonta for the Rolex 24 effort in January. Fellow Brit Oliver Gavin will join Krohn and van de Poele in the No. 75 car for the twice-around-the-clock endurance classic.

The exciting American Le Mans Series finale race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca saw the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 430 GT of Mika Salo and Jamie Melo clinch the ALMS GT2 class Driver and Team Championships. Additionally Ferrari grabbed the coveted Manufacturer's Championship. The No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430 GT, with pilots Tracy Krohn and Nic Jönsson, drove a good, solid race, taking eighth place in the hotly contested GT2 class and 21^st overall. They started the race from the ninth position in class and 27^th overall.

The four-hour race at the 2.238-mile, 11-turn Laguna Seca circuit was the finale of the 12-race American Le Mans Series schedule. The green No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari team participated in four of the ALMS races, collecting three Top 10 finishes, and the internationally renowned 24 Hours of Le Mans, where they drove to a remarkable second-place podium finish.

The No. 61 Risi Competizione-Krohn Racing Ferrari 430 GT returns to the American Le Mans Series October 18-20 for the Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Looking to assist their sister No. 62 Risi Competizione team win the manufacturer's championship for Ferrari, Tracy Krohn and Nic Jönsson will take to the 2.238-mile, 11-turn road course for the four hour ALMS finale.

Krohn and Jönsson had to retire the No. 61 Ferrari at the recent Petit Le Mans in the final hour with oil pump failure. They had Top Ten finishes with the Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430 GT at both the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Houston Grand Prix (ninth and tenth respectively). The highlight of their year with the Krohn green colored Ferrari was their second-place class finish, along with third driver Colin Braun, at the 75^th Annual 24 Hours of Le Mans, the pinnacle of their season. Krohn and Jönsson also drive Krohn Racing Pontiac Rileys in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, where the team finished fourth in the Team Championship and Krohn won the prestigious Jim Trueman Award for gentlemen drivers.

Tracy W. Krohn, owner of Krohn Racing, driver of the No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430 GT:
Tell us your thoughts on returning to the cockpit of the Ferrari 430 GT for the final ALMS race of the season at Laguna Seca.
"The Ferrari 430 GT is a great car to drive and so much fun. It's a good package and prepared by an outstanding team, so I'm happy to return to the cockpit and give it a go on a fantastic circuit."

Give us your thoughts about the historic Laguna Seca circuit.
"Laguna is always a great place to race. The climate is good. The track changes from dawn to dusk, so it is always challenging. It is really all about getting the car set up for the race. We plan to have a great set-up and go out there and challenge the rest of the GT2 class field."

Nic Jönsson, driver of the No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430 GT:
It is the final race of the season and you are back in the Ferrari. Talk about Laguna Seca being the last race of the season and also the opportunity to drive the Risi/Krohn Ferrari one more time.
"We have had ups and downs with the Risi-Krohn Ferrari this year. We started out in Sebring with very big hopes and were very fast in practice. We had a few mishaps in the race. Then we went to Houston and ran pretty well there as well. Obviously the big thing of the year was Le Mans, where we had a very good run and finished second. Thanks to the Risi-Competizione-Krohn Racing crew, who prepared a fantastic car, the car ran flawless for entire 24 hours of Le Mans. That was, I think, the pinnacle of this season altogether. To stand up on the podium at Le Mans and look out at the crowd was just a fantastic feeling, for both Tracy and I. Then at Petit we brought Darren Turner in as a co-driver. I think he did a fantastic job in his first time with the team. We had a very good car and unfortunately had a bit of contact about two hours into the race. And then, unfortunately, had more of that during the day and fell a few laps behind and couldn't really recoup and ultimately had to retire, so we didn't have a good finish. I'm really looking forward to getting back in the car again at Laguna. It is one of the nicest tracks with the famous corkscrew. There's a lot of drivability. I think the Ferrari should be a very balanced car for that race track. It's always a pleasure to be racing with Risi Competizione-Krohn Racing and with my co-driver, Tracy Krohn. He's really shown this year that he can be very competitive in this car if he gets enough time. He was within two seconds, I believe, of the fastest guys at Petit Le Mans. I think that shows a lot for a guy that just started racing five years ago and doesn't do it full-time. I'm very optimistic and we hope to get a Top Five finish there."

The combination of the Ferrari 430 GT on the Laguna Seca circuit...how will you like driving the Ferrari there and what do you anticipate will be the best part?
"I think the Ferrari has shown to be very good on braking and good to put power down. Laguna Seca is a very low grip track. They actually resurfaced the track a few years ago and it's still very slippery because of the sand that blows across the track all the time. It's like polished asphalt and it's very slippery. I think it should be a very good track for the Ferrari because the geometry on the car helps get the good traction. Even though we have traction control, the geometry and the set-up the engineers give us with the shocks and everything, should benefit us on that track."

It will be a tough finale - four hours in a tightly contested class. What are your goals for the weekend?
"The goals have to be, first of all, obviously to help Ferrari win the Manufacturer's Championship. In addition to the three races with Krohn, I've done additional races with Risi Competizione and I feel if I can help win the constructors' championship that would be a big thing with my first year driving a Ferrari. For Tracy and I, our goal for ourselves is to finish in the Top Five. That would be a fantastic achievement. You have to remember Tracy and I are probably in the only car that has one full-time driver and one driver doing this partial, who actually has another job. If we can mix it up and finish in the Top Five, I think that will be a tremendous performance for us and result."

Mark Schomann, Race Engineer of the No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430 GT:
What do you anticipate will work the best for the Ferrari 430 GT on the Laguna Seca circuit?
"What we've seen in the past about the Laguna Seca race track is that it is better suited for the Ferraris than the Porsches. There are two reasons for that. One is that it is a very low-grip track that tends to be very slippery and we tend to be able to set-up our cars to gain grip a little bit better than the Porsches. The other thing we do better, compared to the Porsches, is our tire longevity. Last year we had a great run to clinch the championship between Mika (Salo) and (Jörg) Bergmeister. The reason we outran them and made it no race whatsoever was Bergmeister's tires went off and Mika was able to drive by him. I anticipate that being similar this year, although not exactly the same because sections of the track have been refinished, resurfaced and touched up. I know since last year there have been some surface changes made to the track. So we'll have to see what that does to the performance for this year."

This weekend's race will make for a tough finale - four hours in a tightly contested class. What are your goals for the weekend?
"The team has got pretty strict marching orders, with the main concern that the No. 62 (Risi Competizione Ferrari) car finishes. If it finishes, it will wrap up the Driver's Championship and the Team Championship. If it finishes fourth or better, it will also wrap up the Manufacturer's Championship for Ferrari. So, the first priority is finishing and the second priority is finishing fourth or better. Since this is a two-car team, I would like to think that we're going to utilize the second car, the Risi-Krohn No. 61 Ferrari, this weekend to help protect the lead car because it is not in a points chase. I'm hoping it's there to help support the lead car."

Share a few thought on your experience engineering the Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430 GT this year and what it has meant to you.
"It turned out to be quite an experience. You never know what a part-time team is going to be like. Changing drivers, changing colors of the car and changing the strategy for the weekend depending on who is driving. It turned out much better than I thought, honestly, especially at Le Mans - with a finish like that (second in class) without a consistent basis to go there with, I was very happy with how we did as a team - drivers and crew. We actually probably did better at most of the events this year than show with the record of finish. I think the team actually did a much better job than the record books are going to show. I actually enjoyed it."

The Monterey Sports Car Championships race is scheduled to run from 2:43-6:43 p.m. PT. SPEED TV will provide live coverage beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET. American Le Mans Radio and IMSA's Live Timing and Scoring will also be available at www.americanlemans.com. For more information, please go to  http://www.risicompetizione.com/.

Risi Competizione's Jaime Melo will start the tenth annual running of the prestigious Petit Le Mans event from pole position in the GT2 class after setting a time of 1:21.660 in today's tense qualifying session.  He placed his #62 Ferrari F430 GT 0.13 seconds ahead of the Petersen/White Lightning Ferrari of Dirk Müller. 

The Brazilian and his race engineer, Rick Mayer, took a very measured approach to qualifying, but Melo left it to the dying seconds of the session to post the pole-winning time.  He already had provisional pole position but, with a gap of only three hundredths of a second between himself and Muller, Jaime decided to have one more shot at a hot lap.  He came into the pits for a small tire pressure change and managed to cross the start-finish line to start his final, flying lap just six seconds before the checkered flag came out.

Krohn Racing and Risi Competizione are back together for the 10^th Annual Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta this Saturday, October 6^th. The two Houston, Texas-based racing entities joined forces earlier this year to run five races, including the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Houston Grand Prix, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Petit Le Mans and the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) finale at Laguna Seca.

This weekend's No. 61 Risi-Krohn Racing Ferrari 430 GT entry for Petit Le Mans will feature Krohn Racing owner/driver, Tracy W. Krohn, Krohn team regular Nic Jönsson and team newcomer Darren Turner. The Petit Le Mans is a 1000-kilometer or 10-hour race, whichever comes first, and is Round 11 of 12 on the popular American Le Mans Series.

The Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race finale, the Sunchaser 1000, at Miller Motorsports Park was one for the record books. The 2007 Grand-Am Prototype Championship came down to the last race with three teams vying for the championship trophy. Four cautions, blown tires, a car fire and penalties all factored into the outcome of the championship. The No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley of Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty brought home the Prototype Championship with their eighth-place finish today and following the points scored collecting seven victories in 14 races during the 2007 season.

First time Grand-Am race winner, the No. 91 Riley-Matthews Pontiac Riley of Jim Matthews, Marc Goossens and Ryan Hunter-Reay, were the seventh different winner of the 2007 season when they stepped to the top of the podium today at Miller. The No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of Colin Braun and Nic Jönsson made another podium appearance after finishing third, the team's sixth podium of the season. Pontiac took the top three places in today's race and was awarded with the Manufacturer's Championship.

The Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season comes to a close this weekend at the 4.486-mile, 24-turn Miller Motorsports Park road course in Tooele, Utah. The Sunchaser 1000 race is a seven and one-half hour/1,000-kilometer combined Prototype and GT race. The 2007 Grand-Am Driver and Team Championships will be crowned following this race in the highly contested sports car series. Last year Krohn Racing won the Driver's Championship with Jörg Bergmeister and finished second in the Prototype Team Championship.

Krohn Racing will see the return of 18-year-old hotshoe Colin Braun and teammate Nic Jönsson to the cockpit of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley, as they seek their first victory of the season. Team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn and Max Papis will co-drive the No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley in search of additional points in Tracy's quest of the Jim Trueman Sportsman Award.

It was a very competitive race on a beautiful day at the Infineon Raceway/Sears Point in the Armed Forces 250, a two and one-half hour/97-lap sprint race for Daytona Prototypes in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series on Saturday, August 25^th.

The No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley of Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty won their seventh race of the season and the No. 57 Brumos Porsche of David Donohue and Darren Law finished second. The No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of Nic Jönsson and Ricardo Zonta, who filled in for Colin Braun, finished fifth. Jönsson had started the Pontiac from the outside pole, qualifying in the second position. The No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of team owner/driver Tracy Krohn and Max Papis started and finished in the 16^th position after a lengthy pit stop early and retired the car just before the end of the race.

Krohn Racing has some changes in store for this weekend at the Infineon Raceway/Sears Point, as the team adds a new driver to substitute for the suspended Colin Braun. Former Formula One racer, Ricardo Zonta, will replace Braun in the No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley for Saturday's 400-kilometer race, teaming with Nic Jönsson. Team owner/driver Tracy Krohn and Max Papis will again be paired in the No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley.

It is the penultimate round of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, Round 13 of 14, at the beautiful 2.52-mile northern California circuit, as the season winds to a close. The season finale will be held at Miller Motorsports Circuit, the Sunchaser 1000 race on September 15^th.

Tight, close racing throughout the entire race and especially on the final lap of the Crown Royal 200 race at Watkins Glen International predicated the outcome of the two-hour/82-lap sprint race for the No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley. Colin Braun passed Max Angelelli for second place following the final restart after the third of three cautions. As they crossed the start/finish on the final lap, the two came together, Colin spun and Angelelli went on to finish second behind six-time winner, the No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley of Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty. Braun and teammate Nic Jönsson, who qualified the car second and turned it over to Braun on Lap 34, had to settle for 11^th position.

The No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of team owner/driver Tracy Krohn and Max Papis suffered a off-course excursion on Lap One when he was squeezed by another car in Turn 5, plowing the nose of the car into the dirt and spinning him around. Power steering problems later in the race caused teammate Max Papis to pit for 15 laps for repairs before Krohn brought it back out for the final seven laps and to a 19^th place finish.

This Friday's Crown Royal 200 at The Glen marks Round 12 of 14 in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. The competitors will take to the fast 2.45-mile, 11-turn "short course" on the historic Watkins Glen International circuit in Watkins Glen, New York for a two-hour "sprint" race format.

The Krohn Racing team, who normally runs strong at Watkins Glen, will field two cars - the No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of team owner/driver Tracy Krohn and 2004 Grand-Am Daytona Prototype champion Max Papis; and the No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley, shared by teammates Colin Braun and Nic Jönsson. Krohn Racing's Tracy Krohn and Nic Jönsson won the Six Hours at the Glen in 2005 and Krohn teammates Jörg Bergmeister and Boris Said won the same event in 2006.

Krohn Racing had a challenging race Friday afternoon in the inaugural Montreal 400 race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. Both cars suffered setbacks in the race filled with five cautions for approximately 26 laps of a total 68-lap race, and neither car finished in the Top Ten.

The No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of qualifying driver Nic Jönsson, who put the car on the second row in the fourth position, was relinquished to co-driver Colin Braun at the first caution. While battling with brakes and traffic on the narrow track, Braun came together with a couple of cars, causing body and wheel damage. With just 68 laps completed in the anticipated 92-lap race/two and one-half hour race, the No. 75 Krohn entry of Braun and Jönsson had to settle for 12^th position.

The Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series moves north of the border for Round 11 this week at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada on Friday, August 3^rd.

The Krohn Racing team will again field two cars - the No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of team owner/driver Tracy Krohn and 2004 Grand-Am Daytona Prototype champion Max Papis. The No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley will be shared by co-drivers Colin Braun and Nic Jönsson, all making their first race Grand-Am appearance at the 2.71-mile, 15-turn historic permanent road course on an island in the St. Lawrence River.

Krohn Racing made another visit to victory circle Sunday, July 22^nd, at the Porsche 250 race at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. In a battle to the finish, the No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of Colin Braun and Nic Jönsson finished second, just behind five-time winners Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty in the No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley. Jönsson led 27 of the 99 laps before he turned over the wheel to teammate Braun. Braun emerged second after the pit stop under caution and held that position for the balance of the race while breathing down the neck of Gurney for the final half of the race. Running on fumes at the finish, Braun was unable to challenge Gurney in the final couple of laps while driving on fuel reserves.

The Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series' Round 10 will be held this weekend with the Porsche 250 presented by Bradley Arant at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama on July 19-22.

The Krohn Racing team will be mixing it up a bit at Barber by swapping driver combinations. Team owner/driver Tracy Krohn will have Max Papis join him in the No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley. Colin Braun and Nic Jönsson will co-pilot the No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley. Both cars are seeking their first victory of the season.

The Krohn Racing team had an adventure-filled race at the inaugural Iowa 400 under the lights at Iowa Speedway Friday night, July 13^th. As expected, passing was difficult on the short and tight 1.3-mile, 9-turn tri-oval road course.

The No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of Colin Braun and Max Papis just missed the podium, finishing in fourth place after starting from the eighth position on the grid. It was their third straight top-five finish and a total of five in nine races. The No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of team owner/driver Tracy Krohn and Nic Jönsson finished just outside the Top 10, in the eleventh position, after starting from 16^th in the 192-lap Daytona Prototype night race.

The Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series makes it inaugural visit to Iowa Speedway this week for the Iowa 400K in Newton, Iowa. The two-car team of Krohn Racing hopes to improve its standings in the Rolex points championship at Round 9 of 14 at the 1.3-mile, 9-turn midwestern tri-oval speedway road course.

Krohn Racing team owner/driver Tracy Krohn pairs with Nic Jönsson in the No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley for the Prototype-only race. The sister car, the No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley, will feature Max Papis and Colin Braun looking for their first victory of the season after four podium finishes.

The Krohn Racing team captured another podium finish, their second in a row, in the Brumos Porsche 250 race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on Thursday night, July 5^th. The No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of qualifying and starting driver Max Papis and co-driver Colin Braun finished in third place in the 70-lap, two and one-half hour sprint race, Round Eight of 14 in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. They started from the third position and Papis lead for two laps in the exciting night race which featured only one caution period.

The Krohn Racing team heads to Daytona Beach, Florida to defend its 2006 victory in the Brumos Porsche 250 race at the world-renowned Daytona International Speedway on Thursday, July 5th. Defending winner Colin Braun pairs up with 2004 Grand-Am Daytona Prototype champ Max Papis in the No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley for the 250-mile race at the 3.56-mile, 12-turn super speedway circuit. Team owner/driver Tracy Krohn drives with Nic Jönsson in the No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley for Round 8 of 14 in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

The Krohn Racing team took its third podium in the Daytona Prototype class Saturday, June 23^rd, in the EMCO Gears Classic presented by KeyBank race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. The No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of qualifying driver Max Papis and co-driver Colin Braun finished in third place in the seventh of 14 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car races this season.

Coming off of an exciting podium finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans last weekend, the Krohn Racing drivers are elated. They hope this will give them an emotional edge heading into the EMCO Gears Classic Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course this Saturday, June 23^rd in Lexington, Ohio.

Krohn Racing team owner/driver Tracy Krohn entered into a relationship with Giuseppe Risi earlier this year to field a Risi Competizione-prepared Ferrari 430GT for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Their second-place finish in the LMGT2 class at Le Mans was a rewarding result for the driving trio of Krohn, Nic Jönsson and first-time Le Mans pilot Colin Braun.

Additionally, the duo of Krohn and Jönsson are coming off their best yet Grand-Am result the previous weekend at the Six Hours at the Glen, where they finished in the Top Five in the No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley. The No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of 2004 Grand-Am Rolex Daytona Prototype champion Max Papis and 18-year-old Colin Braun enter the Ohio race fourth in the Prototype Team Championship points race as we near the midway point of the season.

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a 2.258-mile, 13-turn road course and features Round 7 of 14 for the Grand-Am Prototype Series. Forty-six cars are entered for the 400k/111-lap/two and one-half hour race, including 19 DP and 27 GT cars.

Tracy W. Krohn, team owner/driver, No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley:
You are just coming off a podium finish at Le Mans - How did that feel?
"It felt really good. I was very pleased. The weather conditions were just atrocious. Most of the time it was pretty bad. I think everybody was very patient. We just drove the car, not trying to do anything fancy. Both Colin and Nic did an outstanding job. Nic was very quick and Colin was right there. The Ferrari performed flawlessly and was very well prepared by the Risi crew. We had no problems with the car whatsoever. All of the systems worked the entire 24 hours - the motor, transmission, all the electrical systems were perfect. We nailed the set-up on wet and dry, so the car was very drivable both ways. Giuseppe's (Risi) team just did a great job and we tried to give them a good finish and it worked out very well. It was a nice partnership. It was unfortunate that they had problems with their other car that finally forced them to retire. Fortunately, we were able to stay out of trouble and keep the car going to the end."

You recently had a Top Five at Watkins Glen and a good test at Mid-Ohio - Do you feel more prepared going in?
"We did some testing there, so I think so. I expect good things at Mid-Ohio. I like the track. We're always very good there. We are coming off a pretty nice performance at Le Mans, so there has not been much down time since we've been in the car, so I think we're very well prepared."

Nic feels you guys have the momentum going in to Mid-Ohio...would you agree?
"Absolutely, you're always going to think more as you're moving closer and closer to the top about your chances. That always gives everyone a little more confidence, not just the drivers but the rest of the team as well."

How do you like the Mid-Ohio circuit?
"Mid-Ohio is a driver's track. I really like the track. The more I drive it, the more I enjoy it.  That's kind of like most of tracks we go to. Mid-Ohio is really a driver's track though because it's got a little bit of everything. It's got some elevation changes, some high speed, and some low speed. It's just got a lot of difference challenges, so it's a pretty impressive track."

Mid-Ohio marks the halfway point of the season, does that get you more focused on the championship?
"You bet. I think everyone is pretty well focused on that. We're not where we want to be but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. There's that distinct possibility of still being there."

Nic Jönsson, driver, No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley:
You are just coming off a podium finish at Le Mans - How did that feel?
"It feels very good since it is one of the largest races in the world every year. The three big ones are the Indy 500, the Monaco Grand Prix and the Le Mans 24 Hour. If you stand on the podium at one of those three events, you feel like you have accomplished something in racing.

I'm very, very happy for Tracy because he is the one who made this all possible for us by making the deal with Risi to start with, with such a great team to prep the car, and also to be one of the drivers. Tracy has come a long way from when I first met him and started working together five years ago. He went from the Panoz Racing School to the podium at Le Mans. I'm very happy and proud of myself, but I am ecstatic to be able to be a part of helping Tracy get to that point. All the time, effort and money he has spent on this, it makes it fantastic!

The preparation of the car was flawless. Everything - the gearbox, brakes, everything was as good the last hour of the race as it was the first hour. That says a lot about the Risi team, the crew and what a good job they all do. We had the right approach to not try and go as fast as we could every stint, but to pace ourselves and take care of the equipment. That normally pays off. We thought if we kept the car on track and ran a consistent race pace, we would have a chance of a top four, and potentially to be on the podium."

How do you like the Mid-Ohio circuit?
"I really like the Mid-Ohio race track. It has a little bit of everything - elevation changes, long straightaways, hard braking, 90 degree corners, some carrousels -- slow, round, long corners. It is also obviously a very historical and traditional sports car track. It's always fun to come back there. They repaved the track last year and that added some more elements. Before you needed to know where all the bumps were. Now you can take more lines, which opens up a little bit more opportunity, but also makes it more difficult to really go fast. Now you have to really find that line to see where the most grip is. I'm very excited because we also had a good test there several weeks ago with both cars.

We've had good runs there before. Tracy and I led the race two years ago, but we got black flagged for some oil leak or something. We also had a good run there last year. I think we have a good car and we all like the track, so I am really looking forward to the weekend. I think we will have a good car to start out with and we should be very good from the get-go."

Mid-Ohio marks the halfway point of the season, does that get you more focused on the championship?
"I think obviously the championship is always important and Tracy and I haven't had the most luck in the beginning of the year with Daytona with some mechanicals and some other bad luck. It feels like we have turned it around with the successful test in Mid-Ohio, then another successful test at Le Mans. We came back and had a fifth-place finish - the best for us so far this year - at the Six Hour at the Glen two weeks ago. Now coming off of Le Mans with a second-place finish, it feels like we kind of turned the season around and we have momentum going for us. Now we have to be as smart as we have been the last few races, be able to keep the car on track and keep plugging away. I think things will fall into place. It feels like we actually have the momentum on our side now."

Max Papis, driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley:
Tell us about the Le Mans race for you with GM's Corvette Racing team?
"Le Mans was a big disappointment. We worked so hard in the Corvette organization to prepare for the Le Mans race. We had the only single failure in history to happen to Corvette at Le Mans with the No. 64 car this year. The No. 63 car ran very well and finished on the podium.

I was extremely pleased to see that the other three guys (Tracy, Nic and Colin) got on the podium at Le Mans. It was good for everyone, but especially good for someone like Tracy and Nic that should have already gotten on the podium in Grand-Am this year. They got pretty close in the last race but they couldn't quite do it. This time to go on the podium is a great satisfaction, especially at Le Mans."

You have a lot of history at Mid-Ohio since you came to the States in 1996 - Rolex, CART, SCCA and ALMS - including a victory in 2004 with Pruett and fourth-place with Team Rahal in 2000 in CART, as well as holding the Grand-Am track qualifying record. Tell us about your affinity for Mid-Ohio:
"Mid-Ohio definitely, for me, is a track that is really close to my heart for all the reasons mentioned. It was my debut in Champ car and a victory in Grand-Am in 2004. It is an awesome race track and a place where I have a lot of race fans. I love to compete there. We have had pretty good success in the past. It would be the perfect place to try to give the first win to Krohn Racing this year."

You have a special personal activity this weekend at Mid-Ohio as well?
"Yes, Mason Ream, a young kid and native of Mansfield, Ohio, whom I have know since I first raced there, had a battle with cancer and passed away last year at 12 years old. We are celebrating his life, with the memory of both he and my Dad, by having a cookout Friday night after qualifying with his family and school friends. We hope to start a little legacy and grow this into a fundraiser for cancer research in coming years."

Colin Braun, driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley:
What was the Le Mans race experience like for you as a first-time competitor?
"Le Mans was a very challenging experience for me. It was such a long race. I didn't realize how hard Le Mans would actually be to finish. I was very surprised only five GT2 cars finished the race. I had the best time driving with Tracy and Nic. They both did a really great job. The whole Risi crew really worked hard. It was great to be there at the end and get to experience the whole race. My favorite part was just being able to be a part of the whole 24 Hours, all 24 hours of it, and to be there at the end. To finish second was icing on the cake."

The Krohn Racing team recently did a test at Mid-Ohio - How do you feel the test went?
"I think the test we had at Mid-Ohio went really well. Max and I both got a lot of things accomplished at the test. Just having been there at the track this year and knowing a little more of what to expect I think is really going to help us out."

How do you like the Mid-Ohio circuit?
"I am a huge fan of Mid-Ohio. I think it is one of my favorite tracks. It's very similar to Barber and Road Atlanta. It's a very fast, flowing, high grip race track. It's a special race track for me because I sat on the pole there last year as my very first pole in Grand-Am. Although it was taken away, it was still my first pole I had. It's just a really fun track. I love driving there. I love all the elevation changes and it has such a good flow and good rhythm. It makes it one of my favorite tracks to go to."

Jeff Hazell, Krohn Racing Team Manager:
The team is just coming off of a podium finish at Le Mans. Does that have everyone pumped up going into Mid-Ohio?
"I think so. Certainly the track time is good for everybody. I think the drivers (although Max did not get much track time, I have to say, unfortunately his Corvette broke a shaft). Now one has to readjust to the rather more varied driving skills that surround us in Grand-Am and re-tune to the requirements of Grand-Am, which are quite different than Le Mans."

How did the recent test go at Mid-Ohio for the Krohn Racing team?
"We had a good test at Mid-Ohio and it indicated that the surface has changed quite a lot since we raced there last year. Not all the teams were at that test, but we felt that we were probably the quickest team at that test. We've got the set-up we arrived at on file and will probably look at some other set-ups in the early part of the week there."

The Krohn Racing team sits fourth in the Daytona Prototype points chase with the No. 75 entry and 11th with the No. 76 entry after six of 14 races this season. Papis and Braun have two podium finishes, a second-place at both VIR and Mexico City. Braun also captured the pole at both those races. Krohn and Jönsson have one Top Five and two Top Ten finishes so far this year.

Krohn Racing won the 2006 Daytona Prototype Driver's Championship with driver Jörg Bergmeister and finished second in the DP Team Championship. The team collected three victories, six podiums, eight Top Five finishes, 13 Top Ten finishes and two pole positions.

The EMCO Gears Classic at Mid-Ohio will be televised taped delay on Saturday, June 23rd on SPEED TV at 8:00 p.m. EDT. For more information, please see http://www.grand-am.com/ and http://www.krohnracing.net/.

As the skies above delivered a variety of weather over the 24 hours of racing at Le Mans, so the result delivered one of mixed feelings for all within the Risi Competizione team.  With their Krohn Racing partners, there was joy and jubilation at the Ferrari 430 GT of Tracy Krohn, Colin Braun and Nic Jönsson finishing 2^nd in the GT2 class (19^th overall), but sadness at the retirement the team's other entry.

The only Ferrari representatives on the GT2 podium included the youngest driver in the race, 18-year-old Colin Braun, who achieved this superb result under extremely challenging conditions on his debut at the world's most famous sportscar race.  He was ably backed by Tracy W Krohn of Houston, Texas, and Nic Jönsson who performed brilliantly in the very worst of weather and track conditions.

The Risi Competizione Ferrari 430 GT of Jaime Melo, Johnny Mowlem and Mika Salo has officially been retired from the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans due to damage to a water pump following an accident which occurred at 0610 hrs this morning.

Having led the GT2 class for 11 hours, Jamie Melo was unfortunate to come across oil on the Mulsanne straight which pitched him into a spin, ending in the barriers.

The Risi Competizione is facing a tough fight back into GT2 honors contention for the remainder of the 24 Hours of Le Mans after an accident sidelined the class-leading #97 car for 42 minutes in the pits.

At 0610 hrs, just one minute shy of having been at the top of the GT2 leader board for 11 hours, Jaime Melo hit oil on the Mulsanne straight and spun into the barriers.  He successfully managed to bring the car back to the pits, but the resulting replacement of the radiator, nose, splitter and front bumper meant that the team re-joined the race 9 laps down on the new leader, the Ferrari 430 GT of Scuderia Ecosse.

As the mid point of the 24 Hour race fell, the #97 car within the Risi Competizione team celebrated a two lap lead over its nearest rival in the GT2 class, the Porsche of IMSA Performance Matmut.  The #99 Ferrari 430 GT which is piloted by the Krohn Racing drivers is holding a steady 5^th place in class, and neither car has had any problems over the last six hours.

The weather gods sent every challenge known to man (or engineer) in the first two hours of today's 75^th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but the Risi Competizione team met them all head on and came out ahead.

At the end of the first quarter of the race, after six full hours of racing, the #97 car is leading the GT2 class by one lap over its nearest rival, having capitalized on clever pit strategy, tire choice and driver consistency.

Under extremely challenging, and at times treacherous, weather conditions tonight, the two cars within the Risi Competizione team ran through a program of testing which crucially included the evaluation of different compounds of wet weather tires from Michelin.  No times were improved upon from yesterday due to the damp track, and further rain is forecast for the weekend ahead.

(This is a excerpt from www.speedtv.com.) 
Postcards From Le Mans Day 3: Diffey's Diary, Braun's Debut, and Aston's Mansion
Written by: Marshall Pruett Le Mans, France - 6/14/2007

Colin Braun on Le Mans
By Colin Braun

Well, we got here on Sunday straight from Watkins Glen, so I've had a chance to acclimatise and get my body clock straight a bit. All the Krohn Racing drivers (Tracy Krohn, Nic Jonsson and me) are staying in a fancy, chateau ten minutes away from the track. It's got its own pool so we've been swimming every night. I've also been playing ping pong with Nic who claims to be a Swedish World Champion or something!