A month after winning the GT World Challenge America event on the Road America, Mario Farnbacher headed for his next Racers Edge Motorsports assignment. On 23 and 24 September, the Ansbach native and his team colleague Ashton Harrison were focussing on winning more vital championship points at the Sebring International Raceway. Having started from fourth…
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Setback in title fight
Two weeks after the IMSA guest appearance, Mario Farnbacher headed for the next race weekend on the legendary Road America. Together with Ashton Harrison, the 31-year-old was racing for Racers Edge Motorsports at the GT World Challenge America on the Elkhart Lake circuit. “Qualifying didn’t go at all well, because the other cars were carrying…
Big gamble does not pay off
Mario Farnbacher returned to the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship for one round. Together with Racers Edge Motorsports and teammate Ashton Harrison, the 31-year-old had set himself big goals, but did not get better than eighth place at Road America. “I was very happy to come back for another round in the IMSA. The competition is…
Difficult weekend ends on podium
The GT World Challenge America 2023 season races seven and eight ran from 16 to 18 June. Mario Farnbacher and teammate Ashton Harrison were on the Virginia International Raceway at Alton for Racers Edge Motorsports and clinched a fifth in the overall classification, as well as a second place in the Pro category. “We were expecting…
Circuit of the Americas triumph for Farnbacher
Mario Farnbacher’s 2023 GT World Challenge America season began with ups and downs. The Franconian and his team Racers Edge Motorsports were aiming to climb onto the top step of the rostrum again at the Austin race weekend (19to 21 May) in Texas – and they succeeded. In the second race, Farnbacher and his team…
High hopes, small yield
The second round of the GT World Challenge America with Racers Edge Motorsports was on Mario Farnbacher’s schedule from 28 to 30 April. Together with teammate Ashton Harrison, the Ansbach native had been focusing on a top placement, but despite strong qualifying sessions, the duo couldn’t make it onto the podium. „We were in fact…
Victory and podium – successful start to new season
Strong debut in the Pro class: Mario Farnbacher and teammate Ashton Harrison were able to celebrate a successful GT World Challenge America weekend with a victory and a third place. The Racers Edge Motorsports duo delivered two powerful races and great fighting spirit at Sonoma Raceway. “We knew right from the start that the weekend…
Starting the GT World Challenge America season
Mario Farnbacher is back in the GT World Challenge America. The driver from Ansbach in Bavaria will once again compete in the championship alongside Ashton Harrison with Racers Edge Motorsports. The duo pilots an Acura NSX GT3 Evo22. Together, Farnbacher and Harrison clinched four wins in the 2022 season on their way to being crowned…
About me
Motorsport is in Mario’s blood – and just like his father and brother, he is living his passion.
Already at the age of six, he appeared at the karting tracks, and it didn’t take long for him to claim the first successes. Competing in the Bambini Class, he celebrated victories and titles in Bavaria before he also left a remaining impression in the Junior Classes in 2005.
With ambition and discipline, the highly talented race driver made his way up, and over the years, he proved to be a serious and tough rival for his opponents. The Franconian proved his skills in various racing series – including the ADAC GT Masters, the Nürburgring Endurance Series (formerly VLN) and the International GT Open.
In 2014, he competed in America, where he was to celebrate his greatest sporting triumphs in the years that ensued. Following the season with Alex Job Racing and Porsche in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, he switched to Mercedes-AMG in 2017. Together with Riley Motorsport, Mario celebrated his first title in the Michelin Endurance Cup.
With Acura, more championship titles rolled in from 2018 onwards. After starting out with a few selected races, the Ansbach native established himself as a regular driver in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2019. What then followed were two successful years with Meyer Shank Racing, in which Mario was crowned champion twice in the GTD class.
2020 was also successful for him, with Meyer Shank Racing securing the IMSA Sports Car Championship in the GTD class.
In 2022, he won the ProAm class title in the Fanatec Pirelli World Challenge America in the Racers Edge Motorsport Acura NSX GT3.
Steckbrief Mario Farnbacher
Date of Birth: 14th May 1992
Place of Birth: Ansbach
Nationality: german
Marital Status: single
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 73 kg
Education: qualified Secondary School
Profession: Race driver & CEO Autohaus Farnbacher
Hobbies: Snowboard, CrossFit, Music and Friends
2022
» Champion (ProAm class) Fanatec Pirelli World Challenge America (Acura)
2020
» Champion (GTD class) IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (Acura)
2019
» Champion (GTD class) IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (Acura)
» Intercontinental GT Challenge (Honda)
2018
» IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (Acura)
2017
» IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (Mercedes-AMG)
» Champion (GTD class) IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup
» International GT Open (Lexus)
2015 – 2016
» IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (Porsche)
» VLN Nürburgring (Lexus)
2014
» 10th place (GTD class) TUDOR United SportsCar Championship
» Victory 12H Sebring
2012 – 2013
» ADAC GT Masters
2011
» ADAC Formula Masters – 6th place overall
» Scholarship ADAC and Deutsche Post Speed Academy
2010
» ADAC Formula Masters – 3rd place overall / Rookie of the Year
1998 – 2009
» Karting
Racing
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship offers sports car racing at the highest level. The series was created in 2013 from the merger of the American Le Mans Series and the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and forms the highest American sports car series. The series includes several Sprint and Endurance races, held on different racetracks in North America.
In 2023, Mario participates in the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Together with Marc Miller, Sheena Monk and Katherine Legge, he drives Gradient Racing’s Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 #66.
Dates
| 28/01/2023 | Rolex 24 At Daytona |
GT World Challenge America
Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS is the premier North American GT series contributing to the global GT World Challenge championship. The best race tracks from Sonoma to Indianapolis will host GT3 races at the highest level in the 2023 season. The race weekends will feature 90-minute double-header heats for thrilling motorsport.
In 2023, Mario will compete in the GT World Challenge America together with Ashton Harrison. Both will be behind the wheel of the Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 #93.
Dates
| 02/04/2023 | Sonoma Raceway |
| 30/04/2023 | NOLA Motorsports Park |
| 21/05/2023 | Circuit of The Americas |
| 18/06/2023 | VIRginia International Raceway |
| 20/08/2023 | Road America |
| 24/09/2023 | Sebring International Raceway |
| 07/10/2023 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
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