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Krohn Gets Caught Up In Unavoidable Accident In Kentucky’s Lights Race

SPARTA, Ky., Oct. 3 - Anders Krohn was using the outside lane to make one of his typical exciting charges through the field in Sunday’s Firestone Indy Lights race at Kentucky Speedway, but unfortunately it was short-lived because he got caught up in an unavoidable five-car accident in Turn 2 on the first lap.

Krohn, a native of Stavanger, Norway who lives in Houston, was examined, X-rayed and released from the infield care center with only a bruised left knee.

He ended up 13th in the final standings in the race, which was won by Stefan Wilson over 2011 champion Josef Newgarden and Jorge Goncalvez. Krohn started 13th too, as he went to the back of the field after an engine change following time trials on Saturday.

After a disappointing qualifying run that saw Krohn end up 12th with an average speed of 186.503 miles per hour, the engine change did the trick. Krohn used the outside lane to get a fabulous start in the race, as he quickly passed Bryan Clauson, David Ostella and Rusty Mitchell and was working on the next pack of cars.

But up ahead of him one of his Belardi Auto Racing teammates, Jacob Wilson, was having problems. The rear end of Wilson’s car got away from him on its cold tires and he spun. Four other drivers — Krohn, Gustavo Yacaman, Esteban Guerrieri and Ostella — had nowhere to go and got caught up in the crash and they were out prematurely too.

“I had a fabulous start. I had just passed Rusty, Clauson and was working on a few other cars,” said Krohn, who drives Belardi Auto Racing’s bright red Liberty Engineering Racing Special No. 9. “I just kept it wooded [full throttle] and went around the outside. It was great. Then suddenly mid-corner I see tire smoke and I thought ‘Oh no!’

“I saw everything happening down low,”he continued. “I thought I was going to get through with no problem, but Yacaman just came up too far and clipped me and then I hit the outside wall with my right side.

“I bruised my left knee but they X-rayed it at the infield care center and it’s fine,”he added.

“I think this is a great track,”he said. “It’s more bumpy than other 1.5-mile ovals I’ve been on so it’s difficult to get the car right. The race was going to be interesting with us starting at the back. That high line worked for us at Indy so we had hopes for this race as well.

“By finishing third, Jorge showed that our team had incredibly fast cars,”Krohn added. “I didn’t get to show it in qualifying so I wanted to show it in the race.

“This is just the continuation of the frustration that we’ve had this year,”he noted. “We have so much potential and so much speed, but we’re just not able to finish it off the way we want to. We’ll just have to continue to do our best and control what we can control, but there are certain things that we can’t predict, like today’s wreck,” he added philosophically. “That’s what makes oval-track racing so exciting for the fans.”

Krohn’s sponsors for the 2011 Firestone Indy Lights season, which concludes Oct. 16 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, are Liberty Engineering, Logi Trans Offshore Express, Trallfa, PM International Suppliers, Allied Building Products, ZAT Graphics, Eagles Canyon Raceway, OMP and Bell Helmets.

“I have to thank our sponsors and the Belardi Auto Racing guys,” Krohn said. “They’re going to have a lot of work to do to get ready for Vegas, but we’ll come back and try our best. Although I’d never seen this track before this weekend, I’ve tested at Vegas. It’s a wide open track where you can go flat out, and there is great potential for running side by side. It’s going to be exciting!”

Krohn is eighth in the point standings headed into the season finale.

Sunday’s race was broadcast live on Versus.

Krohn was one of several drivers who made a special visit to see Racing for Corey’s guests who were enjoying a day at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday. Founded in 1999, Racing for Corey is a program designed to bring together the sport of auto racing and kids diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses, in the hopes of inspiring them to stay strong and to hold on to their dreams. Its Web site is at RacingForCorey.org.

The series’ Web site is at indycar.com/fil.

More information on Krohn can be found on his Web site at AndersKrohn.com. Fans can also interact with Krohn via Facebook and Twitter.

Additional information can be found on the team’s Web site at BelardiAutoRacing.com.