Birmingham, AL (July 19, 2007) - 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.
Max Papis, driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley:
How do you like the Barber circuit?
“I’m very excited to be going back to the facility, not just because they have my first ever Formula One car, the Team Lotus car with my original seat still in it, in the Barber Museum, but because it’s a great facility and really nice little track to race on. The fans are usually very knowledgeable. I don’t know if this year they are going to have the go-kart race, but if they do, it’s a lot of fun to watch!
Krohn Racing is former winner at Barber…what’s it going to take to defend that victory this year at Barber?
“We’ve been testing at Barber and we developed a different concept on the set-up. We’ve been hitting new roads to find new solutions in the car. It’s something we’ve been searching for since the beginning of the year. I hope that all the effort that I put in and that the team has done to come up with this new concept is going to work and hopefully is going to give us the first win.”
Krohn Racing is changing it up a bit at Barber and you are going to have a new co-driver.
“ Yes, it was a team decision to change drivers. Tracy wanted some help and am pleased to help him. I have already finished a few times on the podium this year and I’m looking forward to assisting Tracy with his first podium finish this year. I’m looking forward to seeing both cars on the podium this weekend at Barber.”
The Krohn Racing team continues in fourth place in the Rolex Series Prototype team points chase with the No. 75 entry and 11th place with the No. 76 entry after nine of 14 races. Papis and Braun each have four podium finishes, a second-place at both VIR and Mexico City and a third at Daytona Brumos and Mid-Ohio. Braun has captured two pole positions. Krohn and Jönsson each have one Top Five and three 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 Porsche 250 presented by Bradley Arant is a 400-kilometers/109 laps/two and one-half hour race and will be televised live on SPEED TV at 3:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday, July 22nd. For more information, please see www.grand-am.com and www.krohnracing.net.