Tracy Krohn

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2006 -
Teams	White Lightning Racing, Krohn Racing
Best finish	19th (2007)
Class wins	0

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Tracy Krohn signing autographs.

Tracy W. Krohn (born August 26, 1954 in Houston, Texas) is an entrepreneur, business mogul and auto racing enthusiast who was a new addition to the 2006 Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans, at #320. He is currently #278 on the list. 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 Grand American Road Racing Association. 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. For 2012, the team will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship with a Ferrari F458 Italia in GTE-Am.

[edit] 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	GT2	90	M	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	White Lightning Racing Krohn Racing	Jörg Bergmeister Nic Jönsson	148	DNF	DNF
2007	GT2	99	M	Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0L V8	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Nic Jönsson Colin Braun	314	19th	2nd
2008	GT2	83	M	Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0L V8	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Nic Jönsson Eric van de Poele	12	DNF	DNF
2009	GT2	83	M	Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0L V8	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Eric van de Poele Nic Jönsson	323	22nd	3rd
2010	GT2	83	M	Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0L V8	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Nic Jönsson Eric van de Poele	197	DNF	DNF
2011	GTE Am	57	D	Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0L V8	Krohn Racing	Nic Jönsson Michele Rugolo	123	DNF	DNF