Tracy W. Krohn (born August 26, 1954, in

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) is an

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and

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enthusiast who was a new addition to the 2006

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list of the wealthiest Americans, at #320.

Biography

He has a petroleum engineering degree from

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and has worked as an engineer and drilling supervisor for

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. Krohn founded W&T Offshore with $12,000 in 1983. He resides in Houston. His racing team,

Krohn Racing Krohn Racing is a professional sports car racing team based in Houston, Texas. The team competes in the IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship Prototype class, and has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, Intercontinental Le Mans ...

currently competes in the

European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...

. In March 2007 he and

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created Proto-Auto LLC and purchased a chassis design and Grand American Daytona Prototype Constructors Licence from

Multimatic Motorsports Multimatic Motorsports is the competition arm of Multimatic Special Vehicle Operations. Founded in 1992, the team has competed in the Firestone Firehawk Series, Motorola Cup, IMSA GT Championship, American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am Cup, Rolex Sport ...

, a racing car constructor, to build a Lola chassis for Grand-Am Daytona Prototype competition in 2008 and beyond. Krohn entered the

Intercontinental Le Mans Cup The Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (shortened ILMC) was an endurance sports car racing tournament organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) started in 2010.

in 2011, finishing second in the GTE-Am class standings. Since 2012, the team competes in the

FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship is an auto racing world championship organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The series supersedes the ACO's former Intercont ...

. They started off with a

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F458 Italia in GTE-Am, but since 2015 they compete in the LMP2 class with a

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

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