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.

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 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.

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)