Tracy Krohn

 ( American Energy Industry Businesspeople ) 

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.

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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 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.

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Racing record

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

2011 ! Krohn Racing ! LMGTE Am ! Ferrari F430 GTE ! Ferrari 4.0  V8	LEC	SPA	IMO	SIL	EST	! NC ! 0
2015 ! Krohn Racing ! LMP2 ! Ligier JS P2 ! Judd HK 3.6 L V8	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	EST	! 6th ! 46
2016 ! Krohn Racing ! LMP2 ! Ligier JS P2 ! Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST ! 18th ! 19
2018 ! Krohn Racing ! LMGTE ! Ferrari 488 GTE ! Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	LEC	MNZ	RBR	SIL	SPA	ALG ! 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)

2012 ! Krohn Racing ! LMGTE Am ! Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 ! Ferrari F142 4.5 V8	SEB	SPA	LMS	SIL	SÃO	BHR	FUJ	SHA ! 57th ! 3.5
2013 ! Krohn Racing ! LMGTE Am ! Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 ! Ferrari F142 4.5 V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	SÃO	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR ! 17th ! 32

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Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

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

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See also

• Krohn Racing

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External links

• Forbes – The 400 Richest Americans
• Tracy W. Krohn
• W&T Offshore
• Krohn Racing

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