Dominik Farnbacher
Dominik Farnbacher 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 Le Mans Series">2010 24 Hours of Le Mans">Le Mans Series, driving at the 2006 [12 Hours of Sebring|12 Hours of Sebring] and Petit Le Mans, and participated in his first 2006 [24 Hours of Le Mans|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 season|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 2009 [1000 km of Okayama|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.