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Dominik Farnbacher
Farnbacher at Le Mans in 2010
Nationality Germany German
Born (1984-09-26) 26 September 1984 (age 39)
Ansbach, West Germany
Related to Mario Farnbacher (brother)
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season2006
Current team SRT Motorsports
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number91
Starts54
Wins5
Poles0
Best finish7th (GT) in 2013 (as ALMS)
Previous series
1996–2000
2001
2002–2006
2004
2006, 2009–2011
2012
2006–2013
Karting
Formula BMW Junior
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Porsche Supercup
Le Mans Series
World Endurance Championship
American LeMans Series
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 2006, 20092013
Teams Seikel Motorsport, Team Farnbacher, Luxury Racing, SRT Motorsports
Best finish12th ( 2010)

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]

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. [3]

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 Germany Seikel Motorsport
Germany Farnbacher Racing
Denmark Lars-Erik Nielsen
Germany Pierre Ehret
Porsche 997 GT3-RS GT2 320 16th 2nd
2009 Germany Hankook Team Farnbacher Denmark Allan Simonsen
San Marino Christian Montanari
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 183 DNF DNF
2010 Germany Hankook Team Farnbacher Denmark Allan Simonsen
United States Leh Keen
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 336 12th 2nd
2011 Germany Hankook Team Farnbacher Denmark Allan Simonsen
United States Leh Keen
Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTE
Pro
137 DNF DNF
2012 France Luxury Racing France Frédéric Makowiecki
Brazil Jaime Melo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Pro
333 18th 2nd
2013 United States SRT Motorsports United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
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 United States Farnbacher Racing USA Porsche GT3 Cup Germany Wolf Henzler
United States Shawn Price
Germany Pierre Ehret
664 10 1
2006 GT 82 United States Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3 Cup United States Mike Fitzgerald
Germany Pierre Ehret
Germany Marc Basseng
671 15 5
2007 GT 74 United States Tafel Racing Porsche GT3 Cup United States Eric Lux
Germany Wolf Henzler
United States Jim Tafel
544 39 DNF 20 DNF
2008 GT 87 United States Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3 Cup Germany Pierre Ehret
Germany Timo Bernhard
Germany Dirk Werner
646 18 8
2009 GT 86 United States Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3 Cup United States Eric Lux
United Kingdom Mathew Marsh
United States Kevin Roush
688 13 5
2010 GT 23 United States Alex Job Racing Porsche GT3 Cup United States Claudio Bertin
United States Jack Baldwin
United States Mitch Pagerey
Austria Martin Ragginger
688 19 12
2011 GT 66 United States The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 Cup United States Tim George Jr.
United States Ben Keating
Germany Lucas Luhr
612 27 DNF 13 DNF
2012 GT 66 United States The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 United States Ben Keating
France Patrick Pilet
Denmark Allan Simonsen
721 17 7
2013 GT 66 United States The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Ben Keating
Canada Kuno Wittmer
622 31 20
2014 GTLM 91 United States SRT Motorsports SRT Viper GTS-R Belgium Marc Goossens
United States 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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Dominik Farnbacher". SRT Motorsports. 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
  2. ^ Broomhead, James (May 17, 2010). "BMW Motorsport Take Surprise Nurburgring 24 Victory". The Checkered Flag. Royston, Hertfordshire, England. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
  3. ^ "Dodge Viper SRT10® ACR Reclaims Production Car Lap Record at Nürburgring with 7:12.13". Stellantis North America. Retrieved 2023-10-07.

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