Niclas Jönsson Explained

Niclas Jönsson should not be confused with Niklas Jonsson.

Niclas Jönsson

Nationality:

Sweden

Birth Date:

4 August 1967

Birth Place:

Jönköping, Sweden

Racing Licence:

FIA Bronze

Current Team:

Krohn Racing

Car Number:

Engine:

Ferrari 4.5 L V8

Codriver:

Tracy Krohn
Ben Collins

Module:

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Years:	–
Team(S):	White Lightning Racing, Risi Competizione/Krohn Racing
Best Finish:	19th

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Total Busch Races:	1
Years In Busch:	1
Best Busch Pos:	121st (2007)
First Busch Race:	2007 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal)
Busch Wins:	0
Busch Top Tens:	0
Busch Poles:	0

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Total Irl Races:	3
Years In Irl:	2
Best Irl Pos:	31st (2000)
First Irl Race:	1999 Vegas.com 500 (Las Vegas)
Last Irl Race:	2000 MCI WorldCom Indy 200 (Phoenix)
Irl Wins:	0
Irl Podiums:	0
Irl Poles:	0

Niclas Lennart "Nic" Jönsson (born 4 August 1967) is a Swedish racing driver, currently driving in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He drove in the Indy Racing League in the 1999 and 2000 seasons with 4 career starts. His best career IRL finish was in 12th position in the 2000 Delphi Indy 200 held at Walt Disney World Speedway. He made one NASCAR Busch Series (now Xfinity Series) start at Montreal in August 2007, he started 8th, led five laps, and finished 12th in the #28 car for Jay Robinson Racing.

In 2009 he was hired by USF1 team owner Ken Anderson as a test driver for the fledgling American Formula 1 team.

Racing record

Complete American Open-Wheel racing results

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American open–wheel racing results

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Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1994	McCormack Racing	PHX	LBH	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MDO	NHA	VAN	NAZ	LAG 9	26th	4
1996	Dorricott Racing	MIA	LBH	NAZ	MIS	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	TRO	VAN	LS	35th	0

Indy Racing League

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Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points	Ref
1999	Blueprint-Immke Racing	G-Force	27	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW	PHX	CLT	INDY	TXS	PPR	ATL	DOV	PPR	LVS	TXS	43rd	9	^[1]
2000	Blueprint Racing		27		WDW											31st	27	^[2]
2000	Nienhouse Motorsports		17			PHX	LVS	INDY	TXS	PPR	ATL	KTY	TXS					^[2]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps
2006	White Lightning Racing Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT2	148	DNF	DNF
2007	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Colin Braun	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	314	19th	2nd
2008	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Eric van de Poele	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	12	DNF	DNF
2009	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Eric van de Poele	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	323	22nd	3rd
2010	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Eric van de Poele	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	197	DNF	DNF
2011	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Michele Rugolo	Ferrari F430 GT2	GTE Am	123	DNF	DNF
2012	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Michele Rugolo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	323	25th	3rd
2013	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Maurizio Mediani	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	111	DNF	DNF
2014	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Ben Collins	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	325	30th	10th
2015	Krohn Racing	João Barbosa Tracy Krohn	Ligier JS P2-Judd	LMP2	323	32nd	12th
2016	Krohn Racing	João Barbosa Tracy Krohn	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	338	22nd	13th
2017	DH Racing	Tracy Krohn Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	320	42nd	13th
2018	Eurasia Motorsport	Andrea Bertolini Tracy Krohn	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	334	NC	NC
2019	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Tracy Krohn Patrick Long	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	-	WD	WD

NASCAR

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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6		Pts
2011	Krohn Racing	LMGTE Am	Ferrari F430 GTE	Ferrari 4.0 V8	LEC	SPA	IMO	SIL	EST		NC	0
2015	Krohn Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	EST		6th	46
2016	Krohn Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	9th	39
2018	Krohn Racing	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	LEC	MNZ	RBR	SIL	SPA	ALG	8th	48

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		Pts
2012	Krohn Racing	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 V8	SEB	SPA	LMS	SIL	SÃO	BHR	FUJ	SHA	57th	3.5
2013	Krohn Racing	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	SÃO	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	17th	32

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		Pts
2014	Krohn Racing	GTLM	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	VIR	COA	PET		17th	119
2015	Krohn Racing	P	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	COA	PET			20th	45
2016	Flying Lizard Motorsports	GTD	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi 5.2 V10	DAY	SEB	LAG	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ROA	VIR	COA	PET		57th	18
2017	CORE Autosport	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 Flat-6	DAY	SEB	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ROA	VIR	LAG	PET	39th	68
2022	CORE Autosport	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	DAY	SEB	MDO	WGL	MOS	ELK	PET						NC†	0†

^† Jönsson did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP3 Championship.

Sources

Notes and References

Web site: Niclas Jönsson – 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 6 August 2023.
Web site: Niclas Jönsson – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 6 August 2023.
Web site: Niclas Jönsson – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 10 April 2023.