Dominik Farnbacher

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Dominik Farnbacher
Dominik Farnbacher at Le Mans drivers parade 2010.jpg
Farnbacher at Le Mans in 2010
Nationality Flag of Germany.svg 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 Driver.png 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.

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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
YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2006 Flag of Germany.svg Seikel Motorsport
Flag of Germany.svg Farnbacher Racing
Flag of Denmark.svg Lars-Erik Nielsen
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Ehret
Porsche 997 GT3-RSGT232016th2nd
2009 Flag of Germany.svg Hankook Team Farnbacher Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen
Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg Christian Montanari
Ferrari F430 GT2GT2183DNFDNF
2010 Flag of Germany.svg Hankook Team Farnbacher Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen
Flag of the United States.svg Leh Keen
Ferrari F430 GT2GT233612th2nd
2011 Flag of Germany.svg Hankook Team Farnbacher Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen
Flag of the United States.svg Leh Keen
Ferrari 458 Italia GTCGTE
Pro
137DNFDNF
2012 Flag of France.svg Luxury Racing Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Pro
33318th2nd
2013 Flag of the United States.svg SRT Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc Goossens
SRT Viper GTS-R GTE
Pro
30624th8th

24 Hours of Daytona

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona results
YearClassNoTeamCarCo-driversLapsPositionClass Pos.
2005 GT71 Flag of the United States.svg Farnbacher Racing USAPorsche GT3 Cup Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Price
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Ehret
664101
2006 GT82 Flag of the United States.svg Farnbacher Loles RacingPorsche GT3 Cup Flag of the United States.svg Mike Fitzgerald
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Ehret
Flag of Germany.svg Marc Basseng
671155
2007 GT74 Flag of the United States.svg Tafel RacingPorsche GT3 Cup Flag of the United States.svg Eric Lux
Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Tafel
54439 DNF20 DNF
2008 GT87 Flag of the United States.svg Farnbacher Loles RacingPorsche GT3 Cup Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Ehret
Flag of Germany.svg Timo Bernhard
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Werner
646188
2009 GT86 Flag of the United States.svg Farnbacher Loles RacingPorsche GT3 Cup Flag of the United States.svg Eric Lux
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mathew Marsh
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Roush
688135
2010 GT23 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing Porsche GT3 Cup Flag of the United States.svg Claudio Bertin
Flag of the United States.svg Jack Baldwin
Flag of the United States.svg Mitch Pagerey
Flag of Austria.svg Martin Ragginger
6881912
2011 GT66 Flag of the United States.svg The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 Cup Flag of the United States.svg Tim George Jr.
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating
Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr
61227 DNF13 DNF
2012 GT66 Flag of the United States.svg The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating
Flag of France.svg Patrick Pilet
Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen
721177
2013 GT66 Flag of the United States.svg The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kuno Wittmer
6223120
2014 GTLM91 Flag of the United States.svg SRT MotorsportsSRT Viper GTS-R Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc Goossens
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay
675123

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results

YearTeamClassMakeEngine123456789101112RankPoints
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
5th309
2015 Riley Motorsports GTD Dodge Viper GT3-R Dodge 8.3 L V10 DAY
1
SEB LGA BEL WGL LIM ELK VIR AUS ATL 29th36
2016 Riley Motorsports GTD SRT Viper GT3-R SRT 8.3 V10 DAY
9
SEB LGA BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR AUS PET 49th23
Alegra MotorsportsP Riley Mk XXVI DP Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8 DAY SEB
11
LBH LGA BEL WGL MSP ELK AUS PET 35th21
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 72nd17
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
55th22
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 70th8

* Season still in progress

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References

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