Dominik Farnbacher (born 26 September 1984 in Ansbach) is a German sports car racing driver, and currently an SRT factory driver, driving an SRT Viper GTS-R in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship.
Career After beginning his career in karting, Farnbacher competed in Formula BMW Junior in 2001, finishing ninth in the championship. He then moved to sports car racing, participating in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, at first for his father's team, Farnbacher Racing; he also participated in the 2004 Porsche Supercup season.
In 2005, Farnbacher co-drove for Farnbacher Racing to win the GT class in the 24 Hours of Daytona. In 2006, Farnbacher drove in the Le Mans Series for Seikel Motorsport in the GT2 class. He also made his debut in the American Le Mans Series, driving at the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans, and participated in his first 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing second in class. Farnbacher raced in the full ALMS season in 2007, driving a Porsche for Tafel Racing. He also ran in the Super GT series in Japan, taking two wins in the GT300 class at Motegi and Fuji. 2008 saw Farnbacher finish second in the GT2 drivers' championship for Tafel, winning four races.
In 2009, Farnbacher switched to Team PTG, driving a Panoz Esperante. He also won the Okayama 1000 Kilometers. Farnbacher won the SP7 class of the 2010 24 Hours Nürburgring with co-drivers Allan Simonsen, Leh Keen, and Marco Seefried. Farnbacher also finished second in GT2 at Le Mans with Simonsen and Keen. He spent 2011 in the ADAC GT Masters series in Germany. Late in 2012, Farnbacher began racing the SRT Viper; he ran with SRT Motorsports for the full 2013 ALMS season, and remained with the team in the merged United SportsCar Championship in 2014.
On September 14, 2011, Farnbacher lapped the 20.6-kilometre Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7:12.13 in a 2010 Dodge Viper SRT-10 ACR, setting a record for volume production cars.
Motorsports career results
24 Hours of Le Mans 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2006 Seikel Motorsport Farnbacher Racing Lars-Erik Nielsen Pierre Ehret Porsche 997 GT3-RS GT2 320 16th 2nd 2009 Hankook Team Farnbacher Allan Simonsen Christian Montanari Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 183 DNF DNF 2010 Hankook Team Farnbacher Allan Simonsen Leh Keen Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 336 12th 2nd 2011 Hankook Team Farnbacher Allan Simonsen Leh Keen Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTEPro 137 DNF DNF 2012 Luxury Racing Frédéric Makowiecki Jaime Melo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTEPro 333 18th 2nd 2013 SRT Motorsports Ryan Dalziel Marc Goossens SRT Viper GTS-R GTEPro 306 24th 8thSource:
24 Hours of Daytona (key) 24 Hours of Daytona results Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos. 2005 GT 71 Farnbacher Racing USA Porsche GT3 Cup Wolf Henzler Shawn Price Pierre Ehret 664 10 1 2006 GT 82 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3 Cup Mike Fitzgerald Pierre Ehret Marc Basseng 671 15 5 2007 GT 74 Tafel Racing Porsche GT3 Cup Eric Lux Wolf Henzler Jim Tafel 544 39 20 2008 GT 87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3 Cup Pierre Ehret Timo Bernhard Dirk Werner 646 18 8 2009 GT 86 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3 Cup Eric Lux Mathew Marsh Kevin Roush 688 13 5 2010 GT 23 Alex Job Racing Porsche GT3 Cup Claudio Bertin Jack Baldwin Mitch Pagerey Martin Ragginger 688 19 12 2011 GT 66 The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 Cup Tim George Jr. Ben Keating Lucas Luhr 612 27 13 2012 GT 66 The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 Ben Keating Patrick Pilet Allan Simonsen 721 17 7 2013 GT 66 The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 Jörg Bergmeister Ben Keating Kuno Wittmer 622 31 20 2014 GTLM 91 SRT Motorsports SRT Viper GTS-R Marc Goossens Ryan Hunter-Reay 675 12 3Source:
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank PointsRef 2014 SRT Motorsports GTLM SRT Viper GTS-R Dodge 8.0L V10 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COT PET 5th 309 2015 Riley Motorsports GTD Dodge Viper GT3-R Dodge 8.3 L V10 DAY SEB LGA BEL WGL LIM ELK VIR AUS ATL 29th 36 2016 Riley Motorsports GTD SRT Viper GT3-R SRT 8.3 V10 DAY SEB LGA BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR AUS PET 49th 23 Alegra Motorsports P Riley Mk XXVI DP Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA BEL WGL MSP ELK AUS PET 35th 21 2017 3GT Racing GTD Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.0 L V8 DAY SEB LBH COA BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 72nd 17 2018 3GT Racing GTD Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.0 L V8 DAY SEB MOH BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 55th 22 2019 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB MDO DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 70th 8Source: References
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