Dominik Farnbacher (born 26 September 1984 in
Ansbach
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) is a
German
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sports car racing
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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
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, Farnbacher competed in
Formula BMW
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Junior in 2001, finishing 9th in the championship. He then moved to
sports car racing
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, 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
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.
In 2006, Farnbacher drove in the
Le Mans Series
The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the ...
for
Seikel Motorsport in the GT2 class. He also made his debut in the
American Le Mans Series
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, driving at the
12 Hours of Sebring
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and
Petit Le Mans
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, and participated in his first
24 Hours of Le Mans
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, finishing 2nd in class.
Farnbacher raced in the full ALMS season in 2007, driving a
Porsche
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for Tafel Racing. He also ran in the
Super GT
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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
Allan Rodenkam Simonsen (born 15 December 1952) is a Danish former footballer and manager. He most prominently played as a striker for German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barcel ...
,
Leh Keen, and Marco Seefried. Farnbacher also finished 2nd in GT2 at
Le Mans
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with Simonsen and Keen. He spent 2011 in the
ADAC GT Masters
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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
The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association ( ...
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.
Motorsports career results
24 Hours of Le Mans
24 Hours of Daytona
(
key)
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results
References
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Living people
1984 births
Sportspeople from Ansbach
Racing drivers from Bavaria
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
24 Hours of Daytona drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
American Le Mans Series drivers
European Le Mans Series drivers
Asian Le Mans Series drivers
FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
Super GT drivers
ADAC GT Masters drivers
24 Hours of Spa drivers
International GT Open drivers
Extreme Speed Motorsports drivers
AF Corse drivers
FIA GT Championship drivers
Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drivers