Krohn/TRG - Laguna Seca qualifying

DP qualifying 

car          position           driver

 

66             2                    Jörg Bergmeister

67           21                    Tracy Krohn

 

front row!

 

Krohn Racing/TRG will start Sunday's Rolex Sports Car Series race at Laguna
Seca Raceway from the front row. Jörg Bergmeister returned from an
uncharacteristic off-course excursion on Friday to qualify the No. 66
Pontiac-powered Riley Mk XI second on the 52-car grid. His lap of in one
minute 24.466 seconds on the 2.238-mile road course was less than one-tenth
of a second behind the pole position.

 

"It was definitely much better than yesterday!" he said. "It was kind of a
gamble today for qualifying because we weren't able to do the qualifying
setup yesterday. The car was running really good – the whole team did an
excellent job on that. I'm really happy that I could make up a little bit
for yesterday."

 

CART vs prototype

 

Max Papis, who drives the No. 66 Pontiac-Riley with Jörg Bergmeister, won
the 2001 CART Championship Series race at Laguna Seca. He noted the
differences between his CART car and the Krohn/TRG Daytona Prototype.

 

"It's a completely different feeling when you drive an Indy car compared to
the prototype car because the Indy car has so much more downforce. It makes
some of the corners that much faster," he noted. "In the prototype, there's
a lot more sliding and a lot more being on the edge, especially in
medium-speed corners."

 

rookie results

 

Nic Jönsson and Tracy Krohn have enjoyed two top-five finishes in three
races this year, driving the No. 67 Pontiac-Riley. Jönsson is encouraged by
the rookie team's progress.

 

"It's still early in the season and we've only done one real test day. The
teams that are beating us have been in the series for one or two more years;
we're a brand-new operation," he said. "I feel very confident for the
future, that we'll be a contender for winning races sooner rather than later
this year."