Dominik Farnbacher

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.

Dominik Farnbacher
Farnbacher at Le Mans in 2010
Nationality	German
Born	(1984-09-26) 26 September 1984 (age 40) Ansbach, West Germany
Related to	Mario Farnbacher (brother)
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2006
Current team	SRT Motorsports
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	91
Starts	54
Wins	5
Poles	0
Best finish	7th (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, 2009–2013
Teams	Seikel Motorsport, Team Farnbacher, Luxury Racing, SRT Motorsports
Best finish	12th (2010)

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	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	GTE Pro	137	DNF	DNF
2012	Luxury Racing	Frédéric Makowiecki Jaime Melo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	333	18th	2nd
2013	SRT Motorsports	Ryan Dalziel Marc Goossens	SRT Viper GTS-R	GTE Pro	306	24th	8th
Source:[4][5]

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 DNF	20 DNF
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 DNF	13 DNF
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	3
Source:[4]

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	Ref
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	[6]
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	[7]
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	[8]
	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	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	72nd	17	[9]
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	[10]
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	[11]
Source:[4]

References

1. "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.
4. "Dominik Farnbacher Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
5. "Dominik Farnbacher". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
6. "Dominik Farnbacher – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
7. "Dominik Farnbacher – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
8. "Dominik Farnbacher – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
9. "Dominik Farnbacher – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
10. "Dominik Farnbacher – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
11. "Dominik Farnbacher – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Dominik Farnbacher driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Dominik Farnbacher career summary at DriverDB.com