Krohn/TRG - Rolex 24 Friday

final DP qualifying

 

car          position           driver

 

66             3                    Max Papis

67           28                    did not qualify due to electrical
problem; now fixed

 

new colors

 

Jimmy Morales and his long-time sponsors TracFone and Telcel joined Krohn
Racing/TRG this week. Morales is driving the No. 67 Pontiac-powered Riley Mk
XI with Nic Jönsson, Tracy Krohn, Buddy Rice and Boris Said. His car carries
the Telcel colors; the team's No. 66 Riley, driven by Jörg Bergmeister,
Oliver Gavin and Max Papis, features TracFone.

 

"I feel great with the team," Morales said. "They are putting a lot of
effort in these brand-new cars. I think we have a very good opportunity to
do well in the race because the car feels extremely good – a very good
engine, very good chassis. I drove this race last year and I drove the night
race, also [in July] with the same chassis and I like this race track, so I
think we have a very good chance." 

 

chocolate or ice cream?

 

Boris Said will compete in 12 NASCAR Nextel Cup stock-car races this season,
after many years of excelling in sports-car racing events like the Rolex 24
At Daytona.

 

"They're both fun, just different, like eating chocolate or eating ice
cream," he said. "I like NASCAR because of the speed – I'd never gone
through the banking that fast before and it was a riot! But the infield
course [used in the Rolex 24] is fun, too. I think the hardest thing I'm
going to have to think about next week is not turning into the infield when
I'm in my Nextel Cup car. They're both fun; it's like my two favorite things
in the world."

 

multilingual force

 

The Krohn Racing/TRG drivers and their teammates at TRG and TRG East speak
14 languages – Danish, English, Flemish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian,
Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. The
drivers say they are also fluent in dialects – American uh-huh, Canadian eh,
redneck and Western Pennsylvaniaese.