Tracy Krohn

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

Krohn 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 in 1983. He resides in Houston.

Krohn's 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 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2006 White Lightning Racing Krohn Racing Jörg Bergmeister Niclas Jönsson Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 148 DNF DNF 2007 Risi Competizione Krohn Racing Niclas Jönsson Colin Braun Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 314 19th 2nd 2008 Risi Competizione Krohn Racing Niclas Jönsson Eric van de Poele Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 12 DNF DNF 2009 Risi Competizione Krohn Racing Niclas Jönsson Eric van de Poele Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 323 22nd 3rd 2010 Risi Competizione Krohn Racing Niclas Jönsson Eric van de Poele Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 197 DNF DNF 2011 Krohn Racing Niclas Jönsson Michele Rugolo Ferrari F430 GT2 GTEAm 123 DNF DNF 2012 Krohn Racing Niclas Jönsson Michele Rugolo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTEAm 323 25th 3rd 2013 Krohn Racing Niclas Jönsson Maurizio Mediani Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTEAm 111 DNF DNF 2014 Krohn Racing Niclas Jönsson Ben Collins Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTEAm 325 30th 10th 2015 Krohn Racing João Barbosa Niclas Jönsson Ligier JS P2-Judd LMP2 323 32nd 12th 2016 Krohn Racing João Barbosa Niclas Jönsson Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP2 338 22nd 13th 2017 DH Racing Niclas Jönsson Andrea Bertolini Ferrari 488 GTE GTEAm 320 42nd 13th 2018 Eurasia Motorsport Niclas Jönsson Andrea Bertolini Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 334 NC NC 2019 Dempsey-Proton Racing Niclas Jönsson Patrick Long Porsche 911 RSR GTEAm - WD WDSources:

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (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 PtsRef 2014 Krohn Racing GTLM Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET 17th 119 2015 Krohn Racing P Ligier JS P2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET 20th 45 2016 Flying Lizard Motorsports GTD Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi 5.2 V10 DAY SEB LAG DET WGL MOS LIM ROA VIR COA PET 40th 30 Source: