Introduction
Tracy W. 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
He 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.
His 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.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | GTE Am |
123 | DNF | DNF |
| 2012 | Krohn Racing | Niclas Jönsson Michele Rugolo |
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Am |
323 | 25th | 3rd |
| 2013 | Krohn Racing | Niclas Jönsson Maurizio Mediani |
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Am |
111 | DNF | DNF |
| 2014 | Krohn Racing | Niclas Jönsson Ben Collins |
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Am |
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 | GTE Am |
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 | GTE Am |
- | WD | WD |
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 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Krohn Racing | P | Ligier JS P2 | Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | DAY 13 |
SEB 6 |
LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | COA | PET | 20th | 45 |