Max Papis On The Podium in Mid-Ohio 

Lexington, OH (June 25, 2007) - The Krohn Racing team took its third podium in the Daytona Prototype class Saturday, June 23rd, in the EMCO Gears Classic presented by KeyBank race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. The No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley of qualifying driver Max Papis and co-driver Colin Braun finished in third place in the seventh of 14 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car races this season.

The polesitting No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley of Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty took their third victory, two in a row, in the 111-lap, two-and-one half hour race at the 2.258-mile road course, on which passing seemed nearly impossible.

Krohn’s sister car of team owner/driver Tracy Krohn and Nic Jönsson both started and finished the No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley in the 17th position.

The No. 01 Ganassi Lexus Riley team of drivers Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas continue to lead the 2007 Prototype points championship (unofficially) with 212 points. The No. 75 Krohn Racing entry maintains fourth place in the championship with 179 points.

Max Papis, driver, No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley:
“We really have to take off the hats to David Brown and all the guys on the team because we started the weekend not very good and we ended up on the podium. That’s a great improvement. I felt than on my stint, the track was very green in the beginning. I was very cautious about not abusing my tires. I tried to back off and have patience in the beginning to wait for the grip from the track. I was able to push the last 12 laps and close up the gap to the No. 01 car, our closest contender. My goal was getting into the pits as close as possible, having a good “in” lap and giving the car to Colin with the closest margin compared to the leader.

I want to say hats off to the 99 car. They were the class of the field, but we are working to close up the gap. It was great to be on the podium again. Colin, as usual, did a good job in the car and was able to stay trouble-free and he drove a very smart race. We were able to capitalize on the 58 car when they were short on fuel. Today we maximized everything we had in our hand.”
The next race, Round 8 of 14, will be the Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway on July 5, 2007. The race will be televised live on Thursday night, July 5th, on SPEED TV at 8:00 p.m. EDT. For more information, please see www.grand-am.com and www.krohnracing.net.