Tracy Krohn
| Tracy Krohn | |
|---|---|
| Krohn at the 2013 6 Hours of Silverstone | |
| Nationality | United States American |
| Born | (1954年08月26日) 26 August 1954 (age 70) Houston, Texas |
| 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 |
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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.
Biography
[edit ]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ドル 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
[edit ]24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit ]Complete European Le Mans Series results
[edit ](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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Source:[1] | ||||||||||||
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
[edit ](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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sources:[1] [3] | ||||||||||||||
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
[edit ](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 | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | [4] |
| 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 | [5] | |
| 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 | [6] |
| Source:[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d "Tracy Krohn Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Tracy Krohn". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Tracy Krohn". FIA World Endurance Championship . Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Tracy Krohn – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Tracy Krohn – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Tracy Krohn – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
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