Tracy Krohn
Tracy Krohn (born August 26, 1954 in Houston ) is an American entrepreneur, racing car driver and racing team owner.
Entrepreneur
According to the list of the richest people in the United States, The World's Billionaires , published by the US business magazine Forbes , it was 278th at the end of 2014. Currently, he is not among the first 400. 2005 was a then estimated fortune of 1.1 billion - US dollar for the first time as Billionaire called. Today he is said to have a net worth of more than $ 3 billion.
Krohn was born in Texas and grew up there with his father. His parents were divorced and his mother lived in New Orleans where she worked for a small oil company. After high school and an extended stay in Europe , he studied petroleum and natural gas engineering at Louisiana State University . After completing his studies, he worked for various oil production companies , including Mobil Oil .
In 1983 he founded his own company with seed capital of 12,000 US dollars. W&T Offshore produces oil and natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico . Krohn now makes a profit of more than 1 million US dollars per day with his company.
Krohn is married for the second time and has two children from his first marriage.
Career as a racing driver and team boss
Tracy Krohn started motorsport in 2003. After the first season, where he gained his first experience with racing starts in national sports car series, he started in the American Le Mans Series in 2004 . Just before the end of the 2015 racing year, he had contested 159 sports car races. In addition to an overall victory, he was able to celebrate two class wins. The overall win was early in the career, the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen in 2005 , a championship round of the Rolex Sports Car Series this year , he won with partner Niclas Jönsson on a Riley Mk.XI .
Niclas Jönsson became Krohn's most important racing partner. For the two pilots, who became close friends over the years, this partnership was an advantage. With Jönsson, Krohn received a reliable and fast professional racing driver at his side and Jönsson a fixed cockpit for many years, combined with a lucrative contract.
In 2005 he founded his own racing team with Krohn Racing . For many years, Krohn drove mainly in the GT classes in the North American sports car series and came second in 2007 and third in class in the Le Mans 24-hour race in 2009 and 2012 . In 2007 he also achieved the best placement and final classification with 19th place. In 2015 he was at Sebring .
In 2015, Krohn acquired a Ligier JS P2 . The Ligier was a lot faster than the GT-Ferraris with which Krohn was previously active. During the 2015 race, he produced a large number of turntables that led some TV commentators to make nasty remarks. After the race it turned out that the traction control had failed due to an electrical problem. While the two professional racing drivers Jönsson and João Barbosa were able to cope with it to some extent, Krohn had considerable problems with it. In the end, the trio came in 28th overall.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2006 | White Lightning Racing | Porsche 996 GT3 RSR | Jörg Bergmeister | Niclas Jönsson | failure | accident |
2007 | Risi Competizione | Ferrari F430 GT | Colin Braun | Niclas Jönsson | Rank 19 | |
2008 | Risi Competizione | Ferrari F430 GT | Eric van de Poele | Niclas Jönsson | failure | accident |
2009 | Risi Competizione | Ferrari F430 GTC | Eric van de Poele | Niclas Jönsson | Rank 22 | |
2010 | Risi Competizione | Ferrari F430 GT2 | Eric van de Poele | Niclas Jönsson | failure | Engine failure |
2011 | Krohn Racing | Ferrari F430 GTE | Michele Rugolo | Niclas Jönsson | failure | malfunction |
2012 | Krohn Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | Michele Rugolo | Niclas Jönsson | Rank 26 | |
2013 | Krohn Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Maurizio Mediani | Niclas Jönsson | failure | malfunction |
2014 | Krohn Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ben Collins | Niclas Jönsson | Rank 30 | |
2015 | Krohn Racing | Ligier JS P2 | João Barbosa | Niclas Jönsson | Rank 32 | |
2016 | Krohn Racing | Ligier JS P2 | João Barbosa | Niclas Jönsson | Rank 22 | |
2017 | DH Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE | Andrea Bertolini | Niclas Jönsson | Rank 42 | |
2018 | Eurasia Motorsport | Ligier JS P217 | Andrea Bertolini | Niclas Jönsson | not classified |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2004 | PK Sport | Porsche 911 GT3-R | David Warnock | Alex Caffi | failure | Clutch damage |
2005 | TRG | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Michael Cawley | Marc Sluszny | Rank 15 | |
2007 | Risi Competizione | Ferrari F430 GT | Niclas Jönsson | Colin Braun | Rank 22 | |
2008 | Risi Competizione | Ferrari F430 GTC | Niclas Jönsson | Eric van de Poele | Rank 14 | |
2009 | Risi Competizione | Ferrari F430 GTC | Niclas Jönsson | Eric van de Poele | Rank 12 | |
2010 | Risi Competizione | Ferrari F430 GTC | Niclas Jönsson | Eric van de Poele | Rank 14 | |
2011 | Krohn Racing | Ferrari F430 GTE | Niclas Jönsson | Michele Rugolo | Rank 19 | |
2012 | Krohn Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia | Niclas Jönsson | Michele Rugolo | Rank 47 | |
2014 | Krohn Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Niclas Jönsson | Andrea Bertolini | Rank 15 | |
2015 | Krohn Racing | Ligier JS P2 | Niclas Jönsson | Olivier Pla | Rank 8 | |
2016 | Krohn Racing | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Niclas Jönsson | Pierre Kaffer | Rank 36 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of the Richest Americans (English)
- ↑ Tracy Krohn in an interview
- ↑ Krohn with his second wife in Le Mans in 2010
- Jump up ↑ Watkins Glen 6 Hours 2005
- ↑ Krohn's problems in Le Mans 2015
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Krohn, Tracy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American entrepreneur and racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Houston |