The Krohn Racing team announced its driver line-up today for
its two-car effort in the 2007 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
Team owner/driver Tracy Krohn will again pair with Nic Jönsson
in the #75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley for the entire Daytona
Prototype season. Joining them for the 45th Annual Rolex 24 At
Daytona will be fan favorite Boris Said.
Teaming in the #76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley will be young sensation
Colin Braun, paired with 2004 Grand-Am Driver Champion Max Papis.
Joining them for the Rolex 24 At Daytona is former Formula One
driver JJ Lehto.
Team owner Tracy Krohn, of Houston, Texas, started the Krohn
Racing Daytona Prototype team in 2006, after racing a couple
of years in the Grand-Am Series. “We’re ready to
get the new season underway and get back to Daytona with a great
line-up of drivers. A Top Five finish last year with the new
team was great, but we’re coming back to win this year,” said
Krohn.
“We’re pleased with the drivers we’ve compiled
for the year and Daytona,” said Krohn Racing Team Manager
Jeff Hazell. “We’re very glad to welcome Colin and
Nic back to the team, as well as adding Max as a full-time driver
for the season. Boris helped us attain a victory at Watkins Glen
in 2006 and we’re glad he’s joining us for the 24
Hours. Adding JJ and his endurance experience for the Rolex race
is another asset for Krohn Racing.”
Krohn Racing’s Jörg Bergmeister captured the Grand
American Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype Driver Championship
in 2006. Additionally, Krohn Racing was second in the DP Team
Championship, quite an accomplishment for a new team. Krohn
released Jörg from his 2007 Krohn Racing drive to permit
him to fulfill his wish to represent a German manufacturer.
Braun collected two victories, five podiums and finished in the
Top 10 in all 11 Grand-Am appearances in 2006. The young American
driver missed being co-champion with Bergmeister due to be prohibited
from driving in three races because of his age of 17 years old.
The versatile Italian, Max Papis, was the 2004 Grand-Am DP champion
and served as an additional Krohn racing driver twice last season.
The former Formula One and CART driver also has two Indy 500
appearances and has won both the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours
of Sebring (class victory), along with a podium finish at the
24 Hours of Le Mans.
Jönsson, a Swede, and Krohn first paired in 2004 and have
been teammates since. They had 12 Top 20 finishes last season,
including a fifth-place finish at the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Nic
was a Touring Car and F3 champion before going sports car racing
in 2001. Krohn, who only started racing five years ago at age
48, got his start in the Panoz Racing series.
American Boris Said is a name with which most everyone in racing
is familiar. He’s raced sports cars, as well as NASCAR
Cup, Busch and Truck and has a huge fan following. He joined
the Krohn Racing team three times in 2006, including the 6 Hours
at the Glen victory.
JJ Lehto, of Finland, competed in Formula One for five seasons
and got his start in karts and rally driving before switching
to single-seaters. He’s a three-time 24 Hours of Le Mans
winner, as well as taking victories at the 12 Hours of Sebring
and Petit Le Mans.
The 45th Annual Rolex 24 At Daytona is scheduled for January
25-28, 2007 at Daytona International Speedway. Daytona Test Days
run from January 4-6, 2007. For more information, please see
www.grand-am.com.
