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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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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