Backstretch Motorsports

Richardo Zonta (Grand-Am Photo)

TOOELE, Utah (Sept. 19, 2008) - Ricardo Zonta saved his best for last Friday at Miller Motorsports Park, running a lap of 2:35.664 (103.747 mph) to capture the pole for Saturday’s SunRichGourmet.com 1000 presented by The Grand and Little America Hotels, the final event of the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16.

It was the first career pole for Zonta, a former Formula One regular, and also the first time the Lola chassis captured a pole in Daytona Prototype competition. Zonta will co-drive the No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Lola with Nic Jonsson in search of his first career Rolex Series victory.

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BryanMark Financial Group Joins Krohn Racing

“We are pleased to announce that BryanMark has joined Krohn Racing as a sponsor partner. Their niche business is a good fit with the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series,” said Krohn Racing team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn. “We are looking forward to working with them and introducing them to the Grand-Am Series Prototype level. With BryanMark’s astute knowledge of financial services and the Krohn Racing team’s desire to win, we look forward to sharing many successes.”

Nick Bellon, a Partner and Director of Business Development at BryanMark Financial Group, is enthusiastic about being involved with Krohn Racing. “In addition to the fact that I like racing, the Grand-Am Rolex Series and Krohn Racing are a good fit for us demographically. We wanted to align ourselves with both an elite DP and GT team and found a good match in Tracy Krohn and Johnny Stevenson of Stevenson Racing. Tracy is running a very serious racing program with the new Lolas. Tracy owns the team and is also driving the car. Additionally, he is a fairly high-profile business owner. Aligning ourselves with an individual team like Tracy and Krohn Racing is a good fit for us branding and marketing-wise.”

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