August 24, 2007 - Krohn Racing has some changes in store for this weekend at the Infineon Raceway/Sears Point, as the team adds a new driver to substitute for the suspended Colin Braun. Former Formula One racer, Ricardo Zonta, will replace Braun in the No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley for Saturday’s 400-kilometer race, teaming with Nic Jönsson. Team owner/driver Tracy Krohn and Max Papis will again be paired in the No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley.
It is the penultimate round of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, Round 13 of 14, at the beautiful 2.52-mile northern California circuit, as the season winds to a close. The season finale will be held at Miller Motorsports Circuit, the Sunchaser 1000 race on September 15th.
Max Papis, driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley:
How do you like the Infineon Raceway circuit?
“I think it is one of the best, and one of my top three favorite race tracks in the United States. It is an awesome track and it’s good to be here in California. It always makes for good racing. There are going to be a lot of race fans that are very knowledgeable. It’s good to be teamed up this weekend with the IRL. It is going to bring out even more crowd so I’m excited about that.”
It is the penultimate race of the season, your thoughts?
“We started the season with the goal to get the No. 75 car in the Top Five and try to win races. That’s still a goal for the other car. For our car, we are in the chase to win the Truman Award for Tracy. I still don’t give up the hope to be on the podium before the end of the season with Tracy.”
The Krohn Racing team continues in fourth place in the Rolex Series Prototype team points chase with the No. 75 entry and 12th place with the No. 76 entry after 12 of 14 races. Braun has five podium finishes, Papis four and Jönsson one. Braun has also captured two pole positions. Krohn has one Top Five and four 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 Armed Forces Grand-Am 250 is a 400-kilometer/99-laps/two and one-half hour race and will be televised taped delay on SPEED TV at 8:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday night, August 25th. For more information, please see www.grand-am.com and www.krohnracing.net.