Last update: August 21, currently 31 models in this collection
The first generation open top Viper R/T 10 was not very successful on the racing tracks. Its successor, the coupe GTS/R version surely was. It has been developed and raced by the French Oreca team and this works team would make the Viper with its huge V10 engine, the leading GT before it was surpassed by the Corvette. Privateer teams went on using the big snake for many more years. In the USA the Vipers raced as Dodge, in Europe Chrysler.
Dodge Viper R/T10
1994 Le Mans 24h, Dodge Viper R/T 10. These are the two first Vipers running at Le Mans. The entries were done by Belgian Luigi Team in the GT1 category. Both cars managed to finish, one even on the podium, the other was not classified as it hadn’t covered enough distance.
- #40 René Arnoux (
F) / Justin Bell (
GB) / Bertrand Balas (F) – 12th / 3rd in GT1 | EAGLE’S RACE 361000
- #41 Francois Migault (
F) / Denis Morin (
F) / Philippe Gache (F) – DNC | EAGLE’S RACE 360900
Taisan Advan Vipers in Japan
1997/ 1998 Japanese GT Championship, Chrysler Viper GTS/R. Dodge Vipers were not only used at Le Mans and in the FIA GT Series, it also found its way to Japan. Team Taisan Advan used a Porsche GT2 in the first part of the 1997 season before they switched to this mighty Viper. Its best result was 8th in the season final at Sugo. For the 1998 season, Tsuchiya was replaced by Tajima which brought no success. Only in the last race of the championship, when Anthony Reid replaced Tajima, the team scored its only point of the season.
- 1997 #34 Keiichi Tsuchiya (J) / Hideshi Matsuda (J) | EAGLE’S RACE 3618
- 1998 #55 Hideshi Matsuda () / Eichiie Tajima (J) | EAGLE’S RACE 3638
Team Oreca Chrysler Vipers
1997 Le Mans 24h, Chrysler Viper GTS/R. Two teams ran Vipers with factory support in 1996; French Oreca and Canadian Canasta. In 1997 Team Oreca became the official works team and entered 3 cars at Le Mans. Two crashed and the 3rd only finished 14th. The Vipers did however win the FIA GT2 championship this year, in the following years they would also dominate Le Mans in GT2.
- #61 Philippe Gache (F) / Olivier Beretta (MC) / Dominique Dupuy (F) – DNF / crash | MINICHAMPS MC 430 971461
- #62 Tommy Archer (USA) / Marc Duez (B) / Soheil Ayari (F) – DNF / crash | MINICHAMPS MC 430 971462
- #63 Justin Bell (GB) / John Morton (USA) / Pierre Yver (F) – 14th / 5th GT2 | MINICHAMPS MC 430 971463
1998 Le Mans 24h, Chrysler Viper GTS-R. All attention went to the GT1 category with works entries from Porsche, Mercedes, Nissan, Toyota, BMW … But behind that another factory was present; French Oreca team was the official works team for the American Vipers and sent three cars to Le Mans. The #53 won GT2, #51 was 2nd. The #50 car retired.
1998 FIA GT Championship, Chrysler Viper GTS-R. The Vipers didn’t only run at Le Mans, but also the entire FIA GT Championship in which they won all races but one. Beretta and Lamy took the GT2 drivers’ title scoring 8 wins.
- Le Mans #50 Karl Wendlinger (A) / Patrick Huisman (NL) / Marc Duez (B) – DNF | IXO Modern Le Mans & GT cars LMM070
- FIA GT #51 Olivier Beretta (MC) / Pedro Lamy (POR) – 8 x 1st | EAGLE’S RACE 3662
- FIA GT #52 Karl Wendlinger (A) / Justin Bell (GB) – 1st FIA GT A1-Ring | EAGLE’S RACE 3663
2000 Le Mans 24h, Chrysler Viper GTS-R. The Vipers were red and white this year, just like the new Reynard-Chryler prototypes. The Vipers did better than their sister team. The big snakes finished 1st, 2nd and 5th in the GTS category.
- #51 Karl Wendlinger (A) / Olivier Beretta (MC) / Dominique Dupuy (F) – 7th / 1st GTS | ONYX Le Mans Collection XLM 99061
- #52 Patrick Huisman (NL) / Marc Duez (B) / Tommy Archer (USA) – 12th / 5th GTS | ONYX Le Mans Collection XLM 99063
2001 Le Mans 24h, Chrysler Viper GTS-R. Chrysler stopped their factory support and was presented by privateers. However, one of the teams that raced a Viper was Oreca, still with sponsoring from Playstation. Unfortunately the team was one of the first victims of the heavy rain that started in the 4th lap of the race.
2002 Le Mans 24h, Chrysler Viper GTS-R. Just like in 2001, French Motorsport Federation FFSA entered a Playstation sponsored Oreca Viper. The young drivers did doing a good job and finished 3rd in GTS class.
- 2001 #57 David Terrien (F
) / Jonathan Cochet (F
) / Jean-Philippe Dayraut (F) – DNF / crash | IXO Modern Le Mans & GT Cars LMM 007
- 2002 #52 Jean-Philippe Belloc (
F) / Jonathan Cochet (
F) / Benoit Tréluyer (F) – 14th / 3rd GTS | MINICHAMPS MC 400 021452
Chamberlain Engineering Vipers
1997 Le Mans 24h, Chrysler Viper GTS-R. The small privateer team from Hugh Chamberlain didn’t stand a chance against the factory team from Team Oreca. But they achieved a nice 6th place in GT2 this year.
1998 Le Mans 24h, Chrysler Viper GTS-R. Chamberlain Engineering did even better than last year; they finished 5th in GT2.
1999 Le Mans 24h, Chrysler Viper GTS-R. In 1999, the Chamberlain entered Chrysler Viper managed to get the third step on the podium behind the two factory Vipers. What a great effort for the privateers.
- 1997 #64 Hans Hugenholtz jr. (
NL) / Jari Nurminen (
FIN) / Chris Gleason (
GB) – 15th / 6th GT2 | MINICHAMPS MC 430 971464
- 1998 #56 Hans Hugenholtz jr. (NL
) / Gary Ayles (GB
) / Matt Turner (GB) – 19th / 5th GT2 | MINICHAMPS MC 430 971456
- 1999 #56 Hans Hugenholtz jr. (NL) Toni Seiler (CH) / Ni Amorim (POR) – 14th / 3rd GTS | IXO Modern Le Mans & GT Cars LMM 075
Other privateer teams
1999 Le Mans 24h, Chrysler Viper GTS-R. The Vipers dominate the GT2 / GTS class. This is one of two Belmondo cars. Vipers finished 1st until 6th in class, with this one in fifth spot.
- #55 Emmanuel Clérico (
F) / Guy Martinolle (
F) / Jean-Claude Lagniez (
F) – 16th / 5th GTS | MINICHAMPS MC 430 991455
2000 Le Mans 24h, Chrysler Viper GTS-R. This ex-Oreca Viper is ran by Dutch Carsport Holland, an initiative from Team Hezemans. They normally compete in the European FIA GT Championship. In Le Mans they were the best privateer in the GTS class behind the factory Vipers and Corvettes.
- #57 Mike Hezemans (NL) / David Hart (NL) / Hans Hugenholtz jr (NL) – 13th / 6th in GT2 | MINICHAMPS MC430 001457
2001 Spa-Francorchamps 24h, Chrysler Viper GTS/R. French Larbre Racing has been very successful with GT Porsches and afterwards these Vipers. The 24 hour race at Spa-Francorchamps, part of the FIA GT Championship was won with a double victory for the French team. This car qualified 11th and won, its teammates started back in 30th place and finished 2nd, 5 laps behind.
2002 Spa-Francorchamps 24h, Chrysler Viper GTS/R. The same car also won the 2002 edition of the Spa 24-hour race.
- 2001 #7 Christophe Bouchut (F
) / Marc Duez (
B) / Jean-Philippe Belloc (F) – 1st | IXO Modern Le Mans & GT Cars GTM004
- 2002 #1 Christophe Bouchut (
F) / Vincent Vosse (
B) / Sebastien Bourdais (F) – 1st | IXO Modern Le Mans & GT Cars GTM058
2002 Le Mans 24h, Chrysler Viper GTS/R. Team Carsport Holland returned to Le Mans this year after their fine race in 2000. They had to abandon the race with a damaged car but were never in the position to threaten the mighty Corvettes.
- #53 Mike Hezemans (NL) / Anthony Kumpen (
B) / Gabrielle Matteuzzi (FI) – DNF / damage | IXO LMM035
2004 FIA GT Monza, Chrysler Viper GTS/R. Dutch team Zwaan Racing entered two Vipers in the FIA GT Championship. However the car is over its top, they reached a 6th place in de first race of the season thanks to a surprisingly strong driver line up.
- #10 Arjen van der Zwaan (
NL) / Christophe Bouchut (
F) / Marc Goossens (B) – 6th | ALTAYA unknown
2002 Nürburgring 24h, Zakspeed Dodge Viper GTS/R. The 24 hour race at the Nürburgring is very special and quite different from Daytona or Le Mans. More than 180 teams (professional and amateurs drive the 15 mile track through the forest). Zakspeed won this event in 1999 and 2001 and even with a restrictor it took victory in 2002.
2003 Spa-Francorchamps 24h, Zakspeed Chrysler Viper GTS/R. The Zakspeed Viper GTS-R dominated the 24h race at Nürburgring for years; it won in 1999, 2001 and 2002. In 2003 it also participated in the FIA GT race at Francorchamps in the G3 category. It showed its reliability again by finishing 5th.
2005 Nürburgring 24h, Zakspeed Dodge Viper GTS/R. The 24 hour race at the Nürburgring is very special. Zakspeed won this event in 1999, 2001 and 2002, this year they finish 3rd behind the works BMW’s, despite being handicapped with extra weight and engine restrictions.
- #1 Peter Zakowski (D) / Robert Lechner (D) / Pedro Lamy (POR) – 1st | IXO Modern Le Mans & GT Cars GTM 001
- #126 Pedro Lamy (POR
) / Kurt Mollekens (
B) / Didier de Radigues (
B) – 5th / 1st G2 | IXO Modern Le Mans & GT Cars GTM 076
- #77 Peter Zakowski (
D) / Robert Lechner (
A) / Sascha Bert (
D) – 3rd / 1st A8 | IXO Modern Le Mans & GT Cars GTM 034
New generation SRT Vipers
2013 Le Mans 24h, SRT Viper GTS/R. The impressive Chrysler / Dodge Vipers dominated GT racing end of the last century. Even after the works support stopped, the mighty V10’s remained succesful in the hands of privateers for some years. Now Chrysler tries again with the new Viper. SRT Motorsport enters 2 cars that are developed by Riley in the American Le Mans Series and at Le Mans. Both cars make it to the finish but way back.
2014 United SportsCar Championship, SRT Viper GTS/R. SRT Motorsport enters 2 cars that are developed by Riley in the United SportsCar Championship. They skip Le Mans to cencentrate entirly on th US title. The #93 Viper only wins two races but is very consistent. SRT Motorsports takes the team championship and Kumo Wittmer wins the drivers title.
2015 Le Mans 24h, SRT Viper GTS/R. Ben Keating, owner of dealer Viper Exchange, manages to get one of the Riley prepared factory cars and brings it to Le Mans. They do well but have to retire with a broken gearbox not long before the end of the race.
- 2014 #93 Kuno Wittmer (
USA) / Jonathan Bomarito (
USA) / Tom Kendall (
USA) – 31st / 9th GTE-Pro | SPARK S3771
- 2015 #93 Kuno Wittmer (
USA) / Jonathan Bomarito (
USA) – 1st championship | SPARK US 009
- 2016 #53 Jeroen Bleekemolen (
NL) / Ben Keating (USA
) / Marc Miller (USA) – DNF | SPARK S4669
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