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TRG / Krohn Takes Daytona Prototype Win at Sahlen Six Hours of the Glen
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Posted (06/12/2005) - Archangel Motorsports Principle Mike Johnson, who is a team manager for the TRG effort, saw the team take overall victory in the Sahlen Six Hours of the Glen this past weekend. Johnson is no stranger to Prototype success in the Grand American Rolex series as he oversaw the Archangel effort that won back to back Championships in the SRPII class in the formative days of the Rolex Series. The race saw rain wash away many of the team's hopes of victory. However, the TRG / Krohn effort saw victory with team drivers Nic Jonnson and Tracy Krohn. "We have been struggling all week with the set up on the car in dry conditions and we were not really prepared for that," Jönsson said. "We had been struggling in dry conditions, but for the race we made some changes and it worked, so I thought we had a top-five or top-six car. When it started raining I thought, 'the car feels very good.' We were able to take it home." Although Jönsson had a SRP II class victory at Phoenix International Raceway in 2001, the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was his first career overall win in Rolex Series competition. The win came in his 15th career Rolex Series start, and Jönsson is in his first full Rolex Series season. Krohn also had plenty of reasons to celebrate, as he not only collected his first career Rolex Series victory as a driver, it was also his first series win as a team co-owner. In addition, it was the first 1-2 sweep by a team since Brumos Racing swept the top two spots at Mont-Tremblant in September, 2003. "We've worked on this all week long and really the last three races we have knocked on the door and had some bad luck," Krohn said. "We just had to maintain our patience when a lot of things went wrong with the car during the race, especially when we lost communication (on the first driver change of the race). The track was going away from us all day long, but Nic just did an outstanding job. What a great day it has been for this team." The team also scored second place in the race with Christian Fittipaldi and Jorg Bergmeister sharing the controls. |
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