6-23-2006 - This week in Ford Racing - Colin Braun

This Week In Ford Racing -- Grand-Am Series driver Colin Braun , Krohn Racing

6-23-2006

Colin Braun, Grand-Am Series driver for Krohn Racing, talks about returning to the track and his second place finish at Mid-Ohio. Braun also talks about returning to Daytona this weekend to run his first race there under 24 hours.

THIS PAST WEEKEND AT MID-OHIO WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU WERE BACK RACING SINCE BEFORE THE GLEN. HOW DID IT FEEL TO BE BACK WITH YOUR TEAM AND FINISH IN 2ND? “It was really nice to come back after not driving at Watkins Glen and be able to come back with the Krohn Racing guys and finish second. We were quite happy about the pole position we got on Friday as well. It was a really good weekend for Krohn Racing and for Ford as well, so we were quite happy.”

YOU QUALIFIED ON THE POLE, BUT HAD TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE PACK. HOW WERE ABLE TO SHOOT UP THROUGH THE FIELD? “Well, we started in the back, unfortunately, but I think I passed 20 cars in my first stint. We brought the car up to fifth or sixth when I got out of the car and then Jorg [Bergmeister] got in and drove from fifth to second. It was not too hard because we had a really quick car and it was just set up really well and we just sort of drove and passed as many cars as we could and ended up finishing second. It was quite an impressive weekend for us and a compliment to the Krohn Racing guys to how well the car was set up and also all the power we had from the Ford engine. That obviously made it easy to pass cars down the straight.”

AFTER THE RACE AT THE GLEN, YOU SPENT SOME TIME OVER IN LE MANS WATCHING THE EVENT WITH KROHN RACING, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? “I was invited by Tracy Krohn to go over to Le Mans and see what that race was and how it works. Hopefully, I’ll be racing there soon. He just wanted me to come and see what it’s like before I actually race there. I had a fun time learning about the race and seeing all of the cars and the event. It was really neat. It’s always kind of different going to a race and not driving. It’s definitely a good thing to do so when you go there to race you are prepared. It was a lot of fun to go there at watch that race.”

THIS WEEKEND YOU HEAD TO DAYTONA WHERE YOU’VE TWICE RUN THE 24-HOUR RACE. HOW MUCH FUN IS IT TO RUN IN DAYTONA? “I’ve driven there twice, once in a Porsche 911GT car and then once earlier this year in a Krohn Racing prototype car. We had a seventh-place finish in the GT car and a fifth-place finish in a prototype car this year. It will be fun going back to Daytona. The two times I’ve raced there were the 24-hour races, so it will be fun to kind of race a sprint race and go as fast as you can go there.”