---
title: "A 2017 Dodge Viper ACR Lapped The Nurburgring in 7:03.45"
description: "Dominik Farnbacher set the lap with the support of privateers and crowdfunding."
date: "2017-07-27"
modified: "2017-07-28"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/12912/a-2017-dodge-viper-acr-went-round-the-nurburgring-in-703-45"
categories:
  - "Dodge News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Crowdfunding"
  - "dodge"
  - "Lap Times"
  - "Nurburgring"
  - "SRT"
  - "Viper ACR"
---

# A 2017 Dodge Viper ACR Lapped The Nurburgring in 7:03.45

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Last week, [we saw the efforts of the private, crowdfunded attempt](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/12734/watch-this-privateer-dodge-viper-acr-hit-the-nurburgring-ahead-of-a-lap-record-attempt>) to give the Nurburgring production-car lap record back to the [soon-to-be-discontinued](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/12390/dodge-viper-factory-to-close-august-31>) Dodge Viper. On Wednesday afternoon, [*Road & Track*](<https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a10349049/2017-dodge-viper-gts-r-nurburgring-ring-lap-time-farnbacher/>) announced the first fruits of their labor: a respectably blistering 7:03.45 lap in a bone-stock, off-the-showroom-floor 2017 Dodge Viper ACR.

Sponsored by Kumho and Prefix, the [Viper](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/11197/dodge-viper-acr-heading-back-to-the-nurburgring-for-a-new-record-attempt-in-july>) in question was piloted by race car driver and SRT factory hot hand Dominik Farnbacher and represents the first time this generation of Viper has tackled a timed, dry, traffic-free lap at the famed, 12.9-mile German circuit. If you were unaware, Dominik is the same dude who took the previous-gen Viper ACR to Nordschleife lap-record supremacy back in 2011 with a then-fastest-ever time of 7:12.13. (The current record, by the way, belongs to [the McLaren P1 LM with a 6:43.](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/10720/watch-the-mclaren-p1-lm-set-a-nurburgring-record>) Oh, how far we've come.)

Funded by donations from Viper enthusiasts, two brand-new 2017 ACRs were purchased from Texas Viper dealer Viper Exchange (the same dealership supplying donor cars for [the VLF Force 1](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/12572/the-dodge-vipers-death-wont-affect-the-vlf-force-1>)), given GTS-R commemorative liveries, shipped over to Germany, and let loose on the 'Ring. It ran on a factory-fresh set of stock, street-legal Kumho Ecsta V720 rubber supplied directly from the Korean tire sponsor.

While the 7:03 time doesn't break any records, Farnbacher and the team of privateers aren't done yet. Another flying lap is planned sometime later this week.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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