Jonsson has
stellar performance
taking 2nd at Barber Motorsports Park!
BUFORD,
GA –July 22, 2007: Krohn Racing
made another visit to victory circle Sunday, July 22nd, at the Porsche
250 race at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. In a
battle to the finish, the No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley driven
by Nic Jönsson and co-driver Colin Braun finished second, just
behind five-time winners Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty in the No.
99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley. Jönsson led 27 of the 99 laps before
he turned over the wheel to teammate Braun. Braun emerged second
after the pit stop under caution and held that position for the
balance of the race while breathing down the neck of Gurney for
the final half of the race. Running on fumes at the finish, Braun
was unable to challenge Gurney in the final couple of laps while
driving on fuel reserves.
“I was a little disappointed after qualifying because we’d
been the quickest car all week and we qualified third.", said
Jonsson. "I know we had a good car. In the race, after the
first yellow, we came out in second and we had a good battle going.
I did basically what I was asked to do, which was give the car to
Colin in the lead. Unfortunately, the #99 guys did a driver change
the first stop so they were much quicker on the their second stop
and we lost the track position. I think if we could have done our
driver change on the first stop as well, I don’t think Gurney
had enough to get back on Colin because they were very, very equally
matched out there. I think Colin had a little bit more but we ran
out of fuel just at the end.
" All of
the Krohn guys have done a fantastic job.", said Jonsson. I’m
very happy to be able to help deliver second place at the Barber
track. Driving with Colin was fantastic. He’s a very talented
young man and he’s going off to NASCAR next year and we wish
him much luck and I’m sure he’ll do very well. He did
very well today also. He stayed very clean, very fast and consistent
so hopefully if we continue on this way we’ll pull out a win
or two before the season is over. I think we have the equipment,
we have the team, and we just need that little extra luck. If we
can have a couple of extra laps of fuel, hopefully we can pull off
a win at Montreal.”
The No. 75 Krohn Racing team continues to
maintain fourth place with 269 points.The next race, Round 11 of
14, will be at Montreal’s famed Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve
on August 3, 2007. The race will be televised tape delay on SPEED
TV on Friday night, August 3 at 8:00 p.m. EDT.