Tracy Krohn | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Houston, Texas | 26 August 1954
Racing licence | FIA Bronze |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Years | 2006 – |
Teams | White Lightning Racing, Krohn Racing |
Best finish | 19th (2007) |
Class wins | 0 |
Tracy William Krohn (born August 26, 1954, in Houston, Texas) is an entrepreneur and auto racing enthusiast who was a new addition to the 2006 Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans, at #320.
He has a petroleum engineering degree from Louisiana State University and has worked as an engineer and drilling supervisor for Mobil Oil. Krohn founded W&T Offshore with $12,000 in 1983. He resides in Houston.
His racing team, Krohn Racing currently competes in the European Le Mans Series. In March 2007 he and Lola Racing Cars created Proto-Auto LLC and purchased a chassis design and Grand American Daytona Prototype Constructors Licence from Multimatic Motorsports, a racing car constructor, to build a Lola chassis for Grand-Am Daytona Prototype competition in 2008 and beyond.
Krohn entered the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in 2011, finishing second in the GTE-Am class standings. Since 2012, the team competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship. They started off with a Ferrari F458 Italia in GTE-Am, but since 2015 they compete in the LMP2 class with a Ligier JS P2 powered by Judd.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Pts |
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2011 | Krohn Racing | LMGTE Am | Ferrari F430 GTE | Ferrari 4.0 V8 | LEC | SPA 8 | IMO 6 | SIL 7 | EST | NC | 0 | |
2015 | Krohn Racing | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | SIL 4 | IMO 5 | RBR 5 | LEC 5 | EST 8 | 6th | 46 | |
2016 | Krohn Racing | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 4 | IMO | RBR 9 | LEC 8 | SPA 10 | EST | 18th | 19 |
2018 | Krohn Racing | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC 4 | MNZ 6 | RBR 5 | SIL 6 | SPA Ret | ALG 5 | 8th | 48 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Pts |
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2012 | Krohn Racing | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 | SEB 5 | SPA 5 | LMS 2 | SIL 3 | SÃO Ret | BHR 3 | FUJ 2 | SHA 3 | 57th | 3.5 |
2013 | Krohn Racing | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 | SIL 6 | SPA 7 | LMS Ret | SÃO 5 | COA 8 | FUJ 6 | SHA Ret | BHR Ret | 17th | 32 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Pts |
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2014 | Krohn Racing | GTLM | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 | DAY 7 | SEB 4 | LBH | LGA 11 | WGL 11 | MOS | IMS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET 9 | 17th | 119 |
2015 | Krohn Racing | P | Ligier JS P2 | Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | DAY 13 | SEB 6 | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | COA | PET | 20th | 45 | |
2016 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | GTD | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Audi 5.2 V10 | DAY 19 | SEB 15 | LAG | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ROA | VIR | COA | PET | 40th | 30 |
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