# 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

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.

## Racing record
### 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 |
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### Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2011 | Krohn Racing | LMGTE Am | Ferrari F430 GTE | Ferrari 4.0 V8 | LEC | SPA 8 | IMO 6 | SIL 7 | EST | | NC | 0 |
| 2015 | Krohn Racing | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | SIL 4 | IMO 5 | RBR 5 | LEC 5 | EST 8 | | 6th | 46 |
| 2016 | Krohn Racing | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 4 | IMO | RBR 9 | LEC 8 | SPA 10 | EST | 18th | 19 |
| 2018 | Krohn Racing | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC 4 | MNZ 6 | RBR 5 | SIL 6 | SPA Ret | ALG 5 | 8th | 48 |
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### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2012 | Krohn Racing | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 | SEB 5 | SPA 5 | LMS 2 | SIL 3 | SÃO Ret | BHR 3 | FUJ 2 | SHA 3 | 57th | 3.5 |
| 2013 | Krohn Racing | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 | SIL 6 | SPA 7 | LMS Ret | SÃO 5 | COA 8 | FUJ 6 | SHA Ret | BHR Ret | 17th | 32 |
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### 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 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2014 | Krohn Racing | GTLM | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 | DAY 7 | SEB 4 | LBH | LGA 11 | WGL 11 | MOS | IMS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET 9 | 17th | 119 |
| 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 |
| 2016 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | GTD | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Audi 5.2 V10 | DAY 19 | SEB 15 | LAG | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ROA | VIR | COA | PET | 40th | 30 |
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