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
Ansbach, West Germany
(now Germany)
Related toMario Farnbacher (brother)
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season2006
Current teamSRT Motorsports
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, 20092013
TeamsSeikel Motorsport, Team Farnbacher, Luxury Racing, SRT Motorsports
Best finish12th (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]

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

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

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
2016 Alegra Motorsports P Riley Mk XXVI DP Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8 DAY
SIR
11
LBH
LAG
DET
WAT
MSP
ELK
COA
PET
35th 21

* Season still in progress

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.
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