Krohn/TRG - Mont-Tremblant preview

six hours

 

Krohn Racing/TRG is looking for a strong finish in the six-hour Rolex Sports
Car Series race at le Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Qué., on May 21. The rookie
team has enjoyed some success in shorter races, tempered by the racer's luck
of sometimes being in the wrong place on track at the wrong time.
Krohn/TRG's two Pontiac-powered Riley Mk XI cars have scored one podium
finish and three top-fives in the first four races this season.

 

"As a team, we are really looking forward to a true endurance race. Our
drivers are quick and our team has been solid, but a little bad luck has
cost us dearly. Our bad luck has always come at a time when we could not
recover quick enough," team manager Mike Johnson explained. "Now we should
have enough time to recover if we encounter some bad luck again and if we
encounter no bad luck, then look out!"

 

testing ...

 

Jörg Bergmeister of Langenfeld, Germany, who drives the No. 66 Pontiac-Riley
with Christian Fittipaldi of Key Biscayne, Fla., is encouraged by
Krohn/TRG's early success. He believes recent testing will further
strengthen the team's performance. Bergmeister knows the value of testing –
he tested at every track en route to winning the 2000 Porsche Carrera Cup
championship with four poles, three wins and eight podium finishes in nine
races.

 

"Krohn Racing/TRG is a new team, so we need as many tests as we can get.
With every test, we learn new things about the car. It's time to understand
the car better and develop it. We work on the whole package – the shocks,
tire pressures, roll bars, everything," he said. "The most important thing
is for the engineer and driver to work close together to get the car in the
right direction."

 

crew credit

 

Nic Jönsson of Buford, Ga., and Tracy Krohn of Houston have continually
progressed in the No. 67 Pontiac-Riley. Jönsson credits their success to the
Krohn/TRG crew.

 

"I've always been a big believer in long-term relationships. I try to build
synergy and relationships with the crew guys," he said. "The engineer and
the driver always get the recognition and the crew seems to be secondary,
which I think is wrong. Without them preparing the car, I would not be able
to do my job out there on the track. We think it's just a machine and we go
drive it, but there's so much more that goes into it – all the preparation
back in the shop, long days and nights to get the car to where we need it to
be competitive."

 

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