Dominik Farnbacher

Dominik Farnbacher
Farnbacher at Le Mans in 2010
Nationality German
Born (1984-09-26) 26 September 1984
Ansbach, West Germany
Related toMario Farnbacher (brother)
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season2006
Current teamSRT 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
Years2006, 2009–2013
TeamsSeikel 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 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. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c "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.
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