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.

For more informaiton visit: www.risicompetizione.com or www.krohnracing.net.

For more information on Nic Jonsson visit www.NicJonsson.com or email media@nicjonsson.com

 

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