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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 9th 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.[1] 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 2nd in class.[1] 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 2nd 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.[2] Farnbacher also finished 2nd 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.[1]

Motorsports career results[]

24 Hours of Le Mans[]

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2006 25px Germany Seikel Motorsport
25px Germany Farnbacher Racing
25px Flag of Denmark Lars-Erik Nielsen
25px Germany Pierre Ehret
Porsche 997 GT3-RS GT2 320 16th 2nd
2009 25px Germany Hankook Team Farnbacher 25px Flag of Denmark Allan Simonsen
25px Flag of San Marino Christian Montanari
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 183 DNF DNF
2010 25px Germany Hankook Team Farnbacher 25px Flag of Denmark Allan Simonsen
25px USA Leh Keen
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 336 12th 2nd
2011 25px Germany Hankook Team Farnbacher 25px Flag of Denmark Allan Simonsen
25px USA Leh Keen
Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTE
Pro
137 DNF DNF
2012 25px France Luxury Racing 25px France Frédéric Makowiecki
25px Brazil Jaime Melo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Pro
333 18th 2nd
2013 25px USA SRT Motorsports 25px Great Britain Ryan Dalziel
25px Belgium Marc Goossens
SRT Viper GTS-R GTE
Pro
306 24th 8th

24 Hours of Daytona[]

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos.
2005 GT 71 25px USA Farnbacher Racing USA Porsche GT3 Cup 25px Germany Wolf Henzler
25px USA Shawn Price
25px Germany Pierre Ehret
664 10 1
2006 GT 82 25px USA Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 25px USA Mike Fitzgerald
25px Germany Pierre Ehret
25px Germany Marc Basseng
671 15 5
2007 GT 74 25px USA Tafel Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 25px USA Eric Lux
25px Germany Wolf Henzler
25px USA Jim Tafel
544 39 DNF 20 DNF
2008 GT 87 25px USA Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 25px Germany Pierre Ehret
25px Germany Timo Bernhard
25px Germany Dirk Werner
646 18 8
2009 GT 86 25px USA Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 25px USA Eric Lux
25px Great Britain Mathew Marsh
25px USA Kevin Roush
688 13 5
2010 GT 23 25px USA Alex Job Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 25px USA Claudio Bertin
25px USA Jack Baldwin
25px USA Mitch Pagerey
25px Austria Martin Ragginger
688 19 12
2011 GT 66 25px USA The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 Cup 25px USA Tim George Jr.
25px USA Ben Keating
25px Germany Lucas Luhr
612 27 DNF 13 DNF
2012 GT 66 25px USA The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 25px USA Ben Keating
25px France Patrick Pilet
25px Flag of Denmark Allan Simonsen
721 17 7
2013 GT 66 25px USA The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 25px Germany Jörg Bergmeister
25px USA Ben Keating
25px Canada Kuno Wittmer
622 31 20
2014 GTLM 91 25px USA SRT Motorsports SRT Viper GTS-R 25px Belgium Marc Goossens
25px USA Ryan Hunter-Reay
675 12 3

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results[]

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2014 SRT Motorsports GTLM SRT Viper GTS-R Dodge 8.0L V10 DAY
3
SEB
7
LBH
7
LGA
6
WGL
2
MOS
3
IMS
8
ELK
4
VIR
6
COT
2
PET
6
5th 309
2015 Riley Motorsports GTD Dodge Viper GT3-R Dodge 8.3 L V10 DAY
1
SEB LGA BEL WGL LIM ELK VIR AUS ATL 29th 36
2016 Riley Motorsports GTD SRT Viper GT3-R SRT 8.3 V10 DAY
9
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
11
LBH LGA BEL WGL MSP ELK AUS PET 35th 21
2017 3GT Racing GTD Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.0 L V8 DAY
14
SEB LBH COA AUS WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 72nd 17
2018 3GT Racing GTD Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.0 L V8 DAY
9
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
23
SEB MDO DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 70th 8

* Season still in progress

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