Tracy Krohn

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Tracy Krohn
Tracy Krohn Driver of Krohn Racing's Ferrari F458 Italia (8667956677).jpg
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1954-08-26) 26 August 1954 (age 69)
Houston, Texas
Racing licence FIA Bronze Driver.png FIA Bronze
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 2006
TeamsWhite Lightning Racing, Krohn Racing
Best finish19th (2007)
Class wins0

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.

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Biography

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.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2006 Flag of the United States.svg White Lightning Racing
Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Porsche 911 GT3-RSRGT2148DNFDNF
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione
Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing
Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun
Ferrari F430 GT2GT231419th2nd
2008 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione
Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing
Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele
Ferrari F430 GT2GT212DNFDNF
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione
Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing
Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele
Ferrari F430 GT2GT232322nd3rd
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione
Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing
Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele
Ferrari F430 GT2GT2197DNFDNF
2011 Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Flag of Italy.svg Michele Rugolo
Ferrari F430 GT2GTE
Am
123DNFDNF
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Flag of Italy.svg Michele Rugolo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Am
32325th3rd
2013 Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Flag of Italy.svg Maurizio Mediani
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Am
111DNFDNF
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Collins
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Am
32530th10th
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing Flag of Portugal.svg João Barbosa
Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Ligier JS P2-Judd LMP232332nd12th
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing Flag of Portugal.svg João Barbosa
Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP233822nd13th
2017 Flag of Hong Kong.svg DH Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Bertolini
Ferrari 488 GTE GTE
Am
32042nd13th
2018 Flag of the Philippines.svg Eurasia Motorsport Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Bertolini
Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2334NCNC
2019 Flag of Germany.svg Dempsey-Proton Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Am
-WDWD

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantClassCarEngine123456Pos.Pts
2011 Krohn Racing LMGTE Am Ferrari F430 GTE Ferrari 4.0  V8 LEC SPA
8
IMO
6
SIL
7
EST NC0
2015 Krohn Racing LMP2 Ligier JS P2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 SIL
4
IMO
5
RBR
5
LEC
5
EST
8
6th46
2016 Krohn Racing LMP2 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
4
IMO
RBR
9
LEC
8
SPA
10
EST
18th19
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
8th48

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantClassCarEngine12345678Pos.Pts
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
57th3.5
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
17th32

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamClassMakeEngine1234567891011Pos.Pts
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
17th119
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 20th45
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 40th30

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